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Dawn KaltenbaughAnn O' Nim Stories 04-07

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  • Dream Worlds
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  • Many Happy Returns
  • Senior Squabble
  • Dream Worlds

    Neurons fire, messages zooming from one synapse to another. Then the hour gets late, and the person whose skull I inhabit goes to sleep. This is my favorite part of the day, by far. Her life is boring from a brain’s point of view. She reads a book occasionally, but she’s no rocket scientist. Sometimes I wish we brains could have a convention and discuss our time off together. I bet some of the most banal citizens you meet have a fantastic dream life. They’d have to, or we brains would get bored, and no one wants that. That’s when the hallucinations start. My body goes to a job every day, rais...47Done door

    INVALID INPUT

    9th June  I am so overworked it feels like I am losing my mind. Guess I should be happy that it’s breaking down after my exams rather than before them... but I am pretty sure the traffic cone on the road in front of my window is flickering. So much like my brain to pick something so meaningless even the construction workers didn’t bother cleaning it up and then go crazy about it! (Funny, though.)10th June A day at my grandma’s. No time to write.  Too much fussing about me gaining weight. 11th JuneOk. This is bad!!!  This is super, super bad! (And embarrassing.) The traffic cone from the day be...47Done door

    Many Happy Returns

    After my breakup with Sally Stukel, I swore off love, laughter, hope, fruit and veg, basic hygiene. Pretty much in that order. What really threw me was the shock of it. I thought we were fine. Came home from work one day and found a note. “Dear Nick…” It was almost poetic. Nick, it turns out, rhymes with prick, dick, sick, thick and even, in a purple penultimate paragraph, hick. Upshot: she’d been unhappy and I’d been “smothering” her. Have to admit, my breath caught at that. Me “smothering” her?I took unpaid leave from work to sink unencumbered into depression and despair, but found the “smot...47Done door

    Senior Squabble

    SENIOR SQUABBLE – by Cheryl WolfDid you read the brochure? I skimmed it. Oh, so in other words, No. Yes, I did. I skimmed it. That’s NOT reading. Sure it is. I glanced it over. That’s NOT reading. You miss lots of important parts. No, I hit all the important parts. Like what? What do you mean? Name ONE important part. Hmm…. I don’t know. You don’t KNOW because you SKI妹子ED IT! I got the main idea. So, what’s the main idea? I don’t remember. Oh, so you forgot? No, I didn’t forget. I just don’t remember. THAT’S THE www.onedoor.ccSAME THING. No, it’s not. Stop yelling. I’m NOT yelling. Forgot & don’t rememb...47Done door

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