It's the Shoes_2/14_Wishing I was on the swings_Marwa and Sukayna
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It's the Shoes
Casting office bathrooms are the worst—nervous stomachs tend to make a mess. You’d think the nerves would lessen with each audition, but that’s not the case for me. An experienced actor once told me to pop antidiarrheals before an audition—a trick I still use to this day. I’ve since added Siberian ginseng and CBD oil to my arsenal of pre-audition tinctures to help battle the nerves. When I was a Midwestern pre-teen dreaming of celluloid immortalisation, I didn’t think of such practicalities. All I cared about was becoming someone else. *** At my first audition, there was only one other acto...
2/14
The girl exits the shop and turns left. Her glassy green eyes watch the cobblestones pass beneath her sneakers. Endless shops decorated with bright cheery hearts and flashy displays surround her. The tinny Sinatra blaring from the speakers sounds like it belongs in a jazz club. A happy couple passes hand in hand and she averts her eyes from their goofy smiles as they enter a chocolate shop.Typical, she thinks.The girl tells herself chocolate tastes the same today. That she’s not missing the annual ritual of flowers, gifts, and puppy love. That her plans for the night – a quiet dinner alone, t...
Wishing I was on the swings
*This story contains gory images and physical violence therefore it may be sensitive to some readers.*Wishing I was on the swingsI know that I’m a little old for playgrounds. However, something about swinging on the swings excites me. Going up so far almost like you’re going to touch the clouds with your feet, then falling as if you’re going backwards off of a cliff. When I think of www.onedoor.cca playground, I think of kids happily yelling whilst chasing each other around in a game of tag. I think of parents sitting and watching while their kids spin on the merry go round. I think of the playground as a f...
Marwa and Sukayna
“How about we invest the money intended for Green Owl into building the architecture for our writing hub?” “No. We should use the space that we already have for a smaller scale presentation of our idea, and then if the investors like it, then we start investing more money” Sukayna – who was her only interlocutor in a meeting of twelve people – flipped the pen through her fingers, and gave a sarcastic smile to Marwa’s reply. Managing not to throw the pen right between her eyes, Sukayna says “Our project involves a lot of people, therefore we need a lot of space. If they are to give us money, we...