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Friday, May 23, 2014

Today's #flashfiction #TheDepressingTelevisionShowInSpace

“Whoops...and now I have to start all over.”
Michelangelo while working on the Sistine Chapel* #quote


       Tomorrow I'm heading to my trading card game thing. Also, overall seizures have been down the past couple of days so that's been pretty nice. Haven't been flung into anything by one either in awhile. Hope it stays good because it'd suck if I went to the card game thing and knocked over a table by accident or something. Anyway onto the flash fiction!

The Depressing Television Show In Space

         The astronauts floated about in the space station. Rebecca watched the television. You'd think with all the science they should be doing that they should be doing that they wouldn't have time to do such a thing, but in 2050 astronauts in space stations were mostly the most skilled baby sitters in the universe. The machines did all the work and their intense doctorate skills were called upon when something went wrong or when the loads and loads of data needed to be poured through and the end of the week. Fortunately nothing was currently on fire so Rebecca and the rest of the space station crew could just pass the time.
        The most depressing show came one while Rebecca channel surfed. The other astronauts glared at her as if it was her fault for the channel appearing. She dropped the remote in shock and it floated through the station. This would be much more trouble than getting a remote fallen in a living room. The astronauts near the TV were strapped into devices that allowed them to exercise in space to avoid muscle deterioration.
      Rebecca acted fast to unbuckle from the machine and launch herself off of it to get the remote as the tortuous program played. As she reached he panic made her miss slightly and it bounced off the side of her arm. It spun through the station.
      Fortunately Steve witnessed the whole thing. Despite the fact the show the television depressed and hurt him as much as everyone else he reacted fast enough to somersault and spin-kick the remote to Rebecca who grabbed it like a footballer diving for a touchdown. She changed the channel to the news.
      The depressed program was a cooking show and reminded them of the terrible packaged food blocks they had to eat on the space station.

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