I know I should engage your attention if I wanted my page to rake up an obscene amount of hits. I suppose, in doing that, I ought to say something highfalutinly profound to give the impression that I am "interesting."
However, as I mainly concern myself of trivial stuff (i.e. taming my ugly mop of hair; hunting for the Lint Monster that eats up my socks during washer spin cycle), I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to pull off having an intrinsic character despite peppering this space with lotsa German words like "zeitgeist", "weltanschauung", and "volkswagen".
I am shallow, people of the universe. So shallow that I tidy up complexity by putting people into neat boxes of stereotypes using the question, "What's your sign?".
But when I tire of being shallow, I try to critique movies and books. And sometimes, when my insecurity-level spikes so low, I try to make myself sound so interesting by talking about philosophy. "Try" is the operative word here.
Please excuse me if I talk about me a lot. It's my favorite topic. Next to talking about nothing.
And when one talks about nothing, nothing becomes something. And it's called "crap".
Alice in W. Part 2
October 14, 2008Chapter 2: Mr. Caterpillar
She didn’t know what she expected to find in a rabbit hole, but as soon as she entered it she found herself falling. What was strange though is that she seems to fall quite slowly, having the time to observe the things around her. There are shelves and pictures hung on the wall and even an open cabinet; at one point, she took a liking to a pair of rhinestone-studded galoshes, tried it out then put it back in the closet. She seems to fall for an interminable amount of time that she begins to wonder if the hole even has an end to it.
Finally, she reaches the bottom of the hole and finds herself in a dense forest. With eyes darting furtively around her, “Great. I forgot my insect repellant,” she muttered to herself as she slapped a mosquito on her left arm, “Just as long as I don’t encounter any creepy crawlies, then I suppose I should just suck everything in and move on, “ she said consoling herself.
Barely a few seconds had passed since she said that when she stumbled upon a huge green caterpillar with a hookah. The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: the former, curious; while the latter, horrified at the sight of the generous use of electric blue eye shadow.
“Ew. That make-up is soooo Cyndi Lauper,” she thought, as would anyone born from the era of sheer lipgloss.
At last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.
“Who are YOU?” the Caterpillar said.
“I…I… I’m not sure…yet,” stammered Alice who, still can’t get over the blue make-up, did not completely comprehend the question.
“What DO YOU mean by that?” the Caterpillar queried sternly, “EXPLAIN yourself!”
Snapping back from the annoyed tone of the bug, she hurriedly explained, “I can’t just give my name to strangers, you know.”
“No, I don’t know,” replied the caterpillar.
“Well, it might be a different case from you since you’re a caterpillar… with bad blue make-up, I might add,” she coughed the latter part quietly, then continued, “But a girl just have to protect herself in some way when she’s stranded in an unknown place.”
Even in near stupor, the caterpillar heard what she said about his blue face tint. At this, the Caterpillar was clearly insulted for he was told that blue suits him greatly, so in a clipped haughty voice he said, “At least my house passed the requirements of the Queen.” Then he left Alice alone.
Feeling all italized letters like a slash of wind down Alice’s spine, she knew instantly that she’s in big, big trouble.
To be continued (again)…
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I forgot to add LOL
Posted by Ade at October 15, 2008, 2:43 pmVan: Great great story.
Posted by Rosvie at October 16, 2008, 8:19 amI like the chair
Posted by Jan Errol at October 24, 2008, 7:49 pmwehehe.. me waiting for the part 3.
Posted by lunes at October 29, 2008, 11:50 am
“Ew. That make-up is soooo Cyndi Lauper”
Posted by Ade at October 15, 2008, 2:42 pm