Sometimes a funny image pops in my head...this is one of those times...
Friday, September 25, 2009
More attempts at being funny...
Sometimes a funny image pops in my head...this is one of those times...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
In the news...
this one has been in the works for a few days...
Looks like somebody’s retirement is still Favre, Favre away.
Hurricane Bill is now a category 4 storm in the Atlantic. Hurricane Hillary angrily responded, “No, I’m a category 4 storm in the Atlantic! You want the opinion of a category 4 storm, you ask me, not my husband!”
Archivists are studying the contents of 610 boxes filled with junk collected by pop artist Andy Warhol. So far the finds have been very exciting to anyone who really, really likes Campbell’s soup.
Britney Spears showed off her hot new figure on David Letterman’s “Late Show” by delivering the nightly top ten list in a bikini. The list was “The Top Ten Reasons Male Viewers Won’t Click Away in the Next Sixty Seconds.” Okay, the top two reasons.
Afghanistan is calling for a media blackout, which should be easy if Britney stays out of Afghanistan.
Feisty old folks are so riled up at the AARP for endorsing Obama’s health care plan that they’re staging a mass shuffle-out.
House democrats are threatening to push health care reform through even if they ultimately get no republican support, saying, “we can’t work with them if they’re not going to give us the bipartisan gesture of doing what we say.”
Swiss banks have agreed to hand over the names of approximately 5,000 account holders to the U.S. government for possible criminal investigation, and in so doing have ruined their credibility in Hollywood spy movies.
38% of companies have indicated that they would hire back employees that they have fired because of the economic downturn because it’s harder to train somebody new than it is to ignore someone who’s really really angry.
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Looks like somebody’s retirement is still Favre, Favre away.
Hurricane Bill is now a category 4 storm in the Atlantic. Hurricane Hillary angrily responded, “No, I’m a category 4 storm in the Atlantic! You want the opinion of a category 4 storm, you ask me, not my husband!”
Archivists are studying the contents of 610 boxes filled with junk collected by pop artist Andy Warhol. So far the finds have been very exciting to anyone who really, really likes Campbell’s soup.
Britney Spears showed off her hot new figure on David Letterman’s “Late Show” by delivering the nightly top ten list in a bikini. The list was “The Top Ten Reasons Male Viewers Won’t Click Away in the Next Sixty Seconds.” Okay, the top two reasons.
Afghanistan is calling for a media blackout, which should be easy if Britney stays out of Afghanistan.
Feisty old folks are so riled up at the AARP for endorsing Obama’s health care plan that they’re staging a mass shuffle-out.
House democrats are threatening to push health care reform through even if they ultimately get no republican support, saying, “we can’t work with them if they’re not going to give us the bipartisan gesture of doing what we say.”
Swiss banks have agreed to hand over the names of approximately 5,000 account holders to the U.S. government for possible criminal investigation, and in so doing have ruined their credibility in Hollywood spy movies.
38% of companies have indicated that they would hire back employees that they have fired because of the economic downturn because it’s harder to train somebody new than it is to ignore someone who’s really really angry.
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
In the Obits...
Someone I didn't know was still alive...has died. R.I.P. Les Paul.
John Hughes has left us Home Alone. And Home Alone 2, and Home Alone 3, and Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, and Vacation, and Christmas Vacation, and Mr. Mom, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles….R.I.P. John Hughes
John Hughes has left us Home Alone. And Home Alone 2, and Home Alone 3, and Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, and Vacation, and Christmas Vacation, and Mr. Mom, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles….R.I.P. John Hughes
In the news...
Great news! The recession is over! Except there won’t be more jobs. Or lower taxes. Or higher wages. But, other than that…it’s over!
According to President Obama, his health care plan does not contain a provision whereby seniors will be herded into a government-assisted suicide facility and processed into Soylent Green. But who are you going to believe?
Coffee is only pretending to be your friend.
When Governor Mark Sanford was asked in a recent interview what it’s like to live alone in the governor’s mansion now that his wife has moved out, he responded, “That part’s hard.” He said lots of other things that could be taken two ways, too.
Global warming is real...really real...just like Santa, and the tooth fairy.
According to President Obama, his health care plan does not contain a provision whereby seniors will be herded into a government-assisted suicide facility and processed into Soylent Green. But who are you going to believe?
Coffee is only pretending to be your friend.
When Governor Mark Sanford was asked in a recent interview what it’s like to live alone in the governor’s mansion now that his wife has moved out, he responded, “That part’s hard.” He said lots of other things that could be taken two ways, too.
Global warming is real...really real...just like Santa, and the tooth fairy.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Vaca
For both of my fans...I'm off to St. Louis for a few days vacation...more posting when I get back.
In the news...
That's weird because usually Christians and Muslims get alone so well.
You can not believe in it all you want, that doesn't mean it ain't real.
True Love Waits, But Is It Waiting Too Long?
Some Accidents Are More Successful Than Others...we call those happy accidents.
Thanks for your heroics and saving everyones lives and all...now...you're fired.
Bill Clinton is in North Korea. Hillary is heading for Africa. Talk about your secrets to a happy marriage.
With news like thisis it any coincidence that Obama's new science czar is for mandatory sterilization? Or if the planet doesn’t concern you, at least you can save the good furniture.
A recent college grad is suing her school for $72,000 because she can’t find a job. The grad, who pulled a 2.7 grade-point average, claims the school’s placement office gives preference to students with better grades. Guess what? They also prefer students who don’t sue them.
You can not believe in it all you want, that doesn't mean it ain't real.
True Love Waits, But Is It Waiting Too Long?
Some Accidents Are More Successful Than Others...we call those happy accidents.
Thanks for your heroics and saving everyones lives and all...now...you're fired.
Bill Clinton is in North Korea. Hillary is heading for Africa. Talk about your secrets to a happy marriage.
With news like thisis it any coincidence that Obama's new science czar is for mandatory sterilization? Or if the planet doesn’t concern you, at least you can save the good furniture.
A recent college grad is suing her school for $72,000 because she can’t find a job. The grad, who pulled a 2.7 grade-point average, claims the school’s placement office gives preference to students with better grades. Guess what? They also prefer students who don’t sue them.
Rush-ism of the Day
"When Democrats see a majority of public opinion opposed to them, they start thinking, 'How can we ram it down their throats anyway?'"
--Rush Limbaugh
--Rush Limbaugh
Monday, August 3, 2009
Rush-ism of the Day
"How many of you today can honestly say that you trust used car salesmen more than congressmen? I can."
--Rush Limbaugh
--Rush Limbaugh
Bull Whip Guy-Videos that Ammuse Me
This is a satrical piece, I don't know who did it but it ammuses me. and it is a scathing response to Rob Bell's Bull horn Guy video. Which to be fair you should probably watch before you watch the Bull Whip guy video.
So watch this one first then watch the first one I posted.
I think there is valid arguments on both side of the fence, however I lean more and more toward actually talking about hell, and sin and judgement, as difficult subjects as they may be, instead of shying away from them as Rob Bell does. Because Jesus talked more about hell than he did about heaven, and we cannot ignore it because it make someone uncomfortable. Thoughts?
Friday, July 31, 2009
In the news...
If I was a Mormon I'd be desprate to get out of going to church too.
I think the mall owner may be a libral...that's right he believes in freedom of speech, just not for you.
All healing comes from God, that's why he gave some people the desire to become doctors.
But I want to look good when I'm dead.
This is not what I thought they ment by stimulus plan.
See, I told you M&M's were good for you.
It may be just me, but I'd be really uncomfortable if they guys guarding me looked like this.
I think the mall owner may be a libral...that's right he believes in freedom of speech, just not for you.
All healing comes from God, that's why he gave some people the desire to become doctors.
But I want to look good when I'm dead.
This is not what I thought they ment by stimulus plan.
See, I told you M&M's were good for you.
It may be just me, but I'd be really uncomfortable if they guys guarding me looked like this.
Other People You Get Stuck Behind in Long Lines
* Guy who plays World of Warcraft
* Big jerk who thinks he speaks for everyone
* Person who might be normal otherwise, but has a really weird butt
* Guy who looks like cross between Anthony Michael Hall and a potato
* Kid who has to pee
* Axe user
* One of those people who will never be happy about anything, at any time
* Smoker surrounded by cloud of post-smoke effluvium
* Expired coupon lady
* Suspiscious Guy with nylon stocking over head
* Fat Guy who hasn't showered in a month
* Old person looking at you suspiciously
Any others?
* Big jerk who thinks he speaks for everyone
* Person who might be normal otherwise, but has a really weird butt
* Guy who looks like cross between Anthony Michael Hall and a potato
* Kid who has to pee
* Axe user
* One of those people who will never be happy about anything, at any time
* Smoker surrounded by cloud of post-smoke effluvium
* Expired coupon lady
* Suspiscious Guy with nylon stocking over head
* Fat Guy who hasn't showered in a month
* Old person looking at you suspiciously
Any others?
In the news...
Your stimulus dollars at work...or not.
Fix americas infrastucture...nah...lets just do what's easiest.
Cash for clunkers costing too much cash. Program administrators say, “How could we offer a deal like this? We must be CRAAAAZYYYYYYY!!!!”
How's that hope and change working out for you?
Fix americas infrastucture...nah...lets just do what's easiest.
Cash for clunkers costing too much cash. Program administrators say, “How could we offer a deal like this? We must be CRAAAAZYYYYYYY!!!!”
How's that hope and change working out for you?
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Big Surprises in Food News Today
So organic food really isn't better for you...how's that $4 apple taste now?
Yeah..another big surprise..salt causes weight gain...you know what else causes weight gain? Fat!
Yeah..another big surprise..salt causes weight gain...you know what else causes weight gain? Fat!
Louder with Crowder...
Lonewolf Diaries: Arresting Black People is Racist, You Pigs!
Editors note: Steven Crowder is one of my favorite conservatives...he is quickly becoming my choice to be the face of young republicans.
Editors note: Steven Crowder is one of my favorite conservatives...he is quickly becoming my choice to be the face of young republicans.
Rush-ism of the Day
"I've always had a dream of owning a team in the NFL, but if I could buy the White House and the US Capitol building as an act of patriotism to save my country, wouldn't that be cool, too?"
--Rush Limbaugh
--Rush Limbaugh
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
In the News...
Theology and Church Buildings: Do Architecture and Organization Matter?
With Proper Feeding and Socialization, He Could Become A Human...altenatively titled more insanity from the Librals..do they even listen to themselves when they speak?
The Blind leading the Blind
Geologist: ‘Global Warming Is The New Religion of First World Urban Elites’
With Proper Feeding and Socialization, He Could Become A Human...altenatively titled more insanity from the Librals..do they even listen to themselves when they speak?
The Blind leading the Blind
Geologist: ‘Global Warming Is The New Religion of First World Urban Elites’
Little Known Sections of President Obama's Health Care Bill
1. Smoking is good for you now.
2. Being Republican qualifies as a pre-existing condition.
3. Free band-aids for the deceased.
4. Cannot be denied coverage of butt. (Democratic Congress members only.)
5. Guaranteed upper arms just like Michelle’s.
6. 24-hour “Head-On” commercial channel.
7. First million to be treated for Swine Flu get free gum.
8. Secret payment plan: Bill Gates
9. Instead of X-rays for broken arms, doctors will just ask if you can wiggle your fingers.
10. Medical marijuana covered. Ditto medical Cheese Curls.
btw: this is just for laughs...these things aren't really in the bill, but i wouldn't necessarily be surprised if it were.
2. Being Republican qualifies as a pre-existing condition.
3. Free band-aids for the deceased.
4. Cannot be denied coverage of butt. (Democratic Congress members only.)
5. Guaranteed upper arms just like Michelle’s.
6. 24-hour “Head-On” commercial channel.
7. First million to be treated for Swine Flu get free gum.
8. Secret payment plan: Bill Gates
9. Instead of X-rays for broken arms, doctors will just ask if you can wiggle your fingers.
10. Medical marijuana covered. Ditto medical Cheese Curls.
btw: this is just for laughs...these things aren't really in the bill, but i wouldn't necessarily be surprised if it were.
Quote of the...Afternoon...
"A record heat wave continues in Seattle. Locals fear it may be a sign of global warming caused by the 20 espresso shops per capita, but they’re not giving them up."
Quote of the Day
"I think there have been so many instances in history where people should have seen the follies of liberalism to the point where they would never, ever get elected in large numbers ever again. But they do, because they are filled with deceit."
-Rush Limbaugh
-Rush Limbaugh
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
It's not all relative
This was this past weeks lesson I taught the youth at our church...names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Moral relativism is the one of the greatest dangers Christians today face. Moral relativism works like this: What’s right for you may not be what is right for me. There are no moral rights or wrongs… it’s all just shades of gray. Maybe you know people who think this way…maybe you think this way.
What that means is this: If I believe that I’m a good person and that’s all that really matters then I will go to heaven when I die Or…I believe in Zulu, the big spirit in the sky, and when I die I will go and be with him and become part of the universe. Or…When I die I cease to exist….that’s it…there is nothing beyond this…
What Moral relativism really says is that I can believe anything I want to and it doesn’t matter what you believe, because how dare you impose your beliefs on me.
Moral relativism doesn’t hold up because there has to be a standard somewhere.
For example… if your boss came to you and said you’re late for work…and your fired…would you say to him “According to my watch I wasn’t late for work.” or “Just because you say I’m fired doesn’t make it so.”
Perhaps a better example is this: Lets say you get a traffic ticket…for example…and you go to traffic court, and you go before the judge and the judge says you have to pay the fine, and do community service…Would you say to the judge…”I don’t believe you exist and there fore your laws have no governance over me” probably not.
Moral relativism doesn’t work because there is a standard…God has set the standard and whether we believe in Him or not, He will judge us according to that standard.
Most people think that God is love, or God is a loving God and doesn’t want to send anyone to hell. That’s only partly true…God is a loving God…and he doesn’t want to send anyone to hell. But God is also a just God. And He has made the laws and we have to abide by those laws. Does anyone know what those laws are called? That’s right the ten commandments…now lets just look at a couple of those commandments…
You shall not steal…Anyone ever stolen anything? Someone who steals something is called a…thief.
You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name…Anyone ever swore using Gods name?
You shall not commit adultery….You say John I’m not married…I can’t commit adultery…let me read you another Bible verse…this is Jesus talking here…
"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matt. 5:26-28
Anyone ever looked at a woman …or man, me not so much, lustfully?
Let’s look at one more… You shall not murder. ….You say, John I’ve never murdered anyone…let me read you another Bible verse…this is Jesus talking here… You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Anyone ever been angry with someone? According to Jesus we deserve the same fate as someone who murders someone. So we’re all liars, thieves, adulterers and murderers…What do we deserve for these actions? Death…a blood sacrifice must be made on our behalf.
The standard that God set cannot be kept by man. No one can keep all of Gods laws…We can’t even try…the Bible says our righteousness is like filthy rags to God.
The good news of the gospel is that Christ came to earth, fully God and man, lived and died a horrible death on the cross for the atonement for our sins…and that no one goes to heaven but through Him. We can say…well, I don’t believe that God would send anyone to hell…it doesn’t matter whether we believe it or not it is the truth…we can accept it and live in God’s grace or we can reject it and live with God’s wrath. How do we accept it…We repent and turn from our sins …one of the words Jesus used the most Repent. We need to repent of our sins and turn from them, and we turn toward God.
Does that mean we’re perfect, and we don’t sin anymore…No. But God sees us as perfect through Christ. Does that mean we abuse our Christian freedom and live how we want…No. Our sin separates us from God, and why if we are truly saved do we want to be separate from God. If you are truly repentant of your sin, that means you no longer want to sin, you make every effort not to.
THAT is the Good news of the Bible that we are saved through Christ from God’s wrath that is the truth for you, me, and everyone else whether they choose to believe it or not.
Moral relativism, while it seems on the surface to be “sensitive” of others beliefs, in reality it keeps that truth of the gospel hidden from people who need to hear it. You say “John, does that mean I have to be the weirdo that tells everyone about Jesus?”…that depends…do love your friends, do you care about where they are going to spend eternity?
It’s like this…say you go to the doctor and you have a horrible disease that is going to kill you, only you don’t know you have this disease…so you go to the doctor. The doctor examines you and lets you leave without telling you that you have a horrible disease and are going to die. if you ask him why he let you leave his office without telling you that you had this disease he tells you “Well, I didn’t want you to feel bad that you had this disease.” …Does that sound like a caring doctor to you?
Questions for thought:
Do you know anyone or do you have that moral relativism mindset?
Do you know that there was a time in your life that you have truly repented and turned from your sins?
Monday, July 27, 2009
the Big welcome...this is where i say something clever and witty...or not
Hello! And welcome to dead to self…my new blog…when I get bored I create blogs…Actually I had a few blogs that I wanted to condense into one….and I also wanted to have a little more freedom to post whatever I may want to share about whatever is one my mind….not that you should care…I have a total of three followers among all of my blogs…but hey! Whatever…it’s all in fun and it gives me a creative outlet…This blog will be a little more freeform to post whatever, whenever, and however I feel the need.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Seasons Change
I have come to realize that writing, like most everything else in life, has its seasons. There are seasons that the ideas will flow like water and everything just clicks and there are other seasons when it is as stagnate as a muck covered small pond, the trick, I suppose is to know from what season your in before you begin writing. The end product will always be a reflection of that season. Conversely writing is also, like any other art form, subjective, there is the intended meaning the creator puts on the work, and the perceived meaning the consumer takes in within the work. it is difficult for the creator to read there own work as a consumer, even when tried the creator will always be unnecessarily harsh. The creator of the work is almost always there own worst critic. I have been going back and forth in my seasons lately, and not even trying to write when the ideas are coming, mostly out of fear that the ideas will stop coming, the current of my imagination will stop flowing, whether this is the case or not I have decided to continue writing if no one else then for myself. I do enjoy writing, the creation of worlds that don’t exist, populating cites with people that never existed except in my own mind. I shall, at least for now, continue to write.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
the waiting
I have come to realize that I have been living my life waiting. Waiting for things to get better, waiting for things to go my way, waiting for a change and in all this waiting I have lost something, and possibly it was my opportunity to make change happen.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
random thoughts (edition 1)
Random thoughts
Well it’s Thursday again and that means the office is on tonight. Jim Halpert has been plaguing my dreams lately. In every dream I’m working in some random office and he’s always there…just being himself, er Jim Halpert anyway. Why am I having these dreams, am I obsessed with the office? Why can’t I dream about Pam instead?
On another note I’m still sick, is two months too long to have a cold?
I forgot to get the oil changed in my wife’s van.
If the meaning of life is ultimately to serve God what are we supposed to do with our down time?
My lips are chapped. I hate winter and am ready to move to Florida, or maybe Arizona…
Week four of “the Diet” lost 13 lbs. so far. Feel better about that, Still want cheesecake.
I got in touch with some old friends from Toledo this week, it was great to hear from them. I miss them all.
How did the person who invented cottage cheese know he was done?
Well it’s Thursday again and that means the office is on tonight. Jim Halpert has been plaguing my dreams lately. In every dream I’m working in some random office and he’s always there…just being himself, er Jim Halpert anyway. Why am I having these dreams, am I obsessed with the office? Why can’t I dream about Pam instead?
On another note I’m still sick, is two months too long to have a cold?
I forgot to get the oil changed in my wife’s van.
If the meaning of life is ultimately to serve God what are we supposed to do with our down time?
My lips are chapped. I hate winter and am ready to move to Florida, or maybe Arizona…
Week four of “the Diet” lost 13 lbs. so far. Feel better about that, Still want cheesecake.
I got in touch with some old friends from Toledo this week, it was great to hear from them. I miss them all.
How did the person who invented cottage cheese know he was done?
Finish The Story
The following is something I orignially posted on my Flickr account...it is a true story of something that happened to me this past summer. I know what really happened next, but i'd like to challenge you to finish the story in a more imaginative way than "then we left" Happy Writing-John
Finish The Story
A Day at the Theater
The gravity of my situation had not occurred to me until I found myself squinting through the pitch blackness that lay before me. The air was different in here, only moments earlier when I stood outside it was a hot summer day, and now as I stood trying in vein to peer through the darkness that was ahead of me it was at least ten, if not fifteen degrees cooler. I knew two things for sure: one, there was nothing directly in front of me and I could safely take my next step, and two, it was a bad decision to wear sandals this morning. Suddenly the thought occurred to me, I have a camera, with a flash! I could use the camera to illuminate my way. Sure it would be a little strobe light-ish, but it beat the heck out of not seeing anything. I held my breath and prepared to take my first step into the darkness ahead of me. As I stepped through the doorway a quick WHOOSH of air blasted me from the darkened room, as if someone had just opened a door on the far side of the building creating a draft, but I was here alone…or was I? The unmistakable musty smell of decay filled my nostrils as it never had before, even seconds ago. I quickly took a step back and pondered my first step into the dark chamber more cautiously.
“Hello…” I called out into the darkness. No response came back. The air felt almost heavy as if it were somehow pressing against me. I noticed for the first time that I was breathing harder. I thought I could here movement from inside the darkness. I was still for a moment standing, listening for something, anything to confirm my suspicion until I heard movement behind me.
“John is everything okay?” a familiar voice from behind me called. It was Hayden, a seventh grader from our church youth group. We were supposed to be cleaning the alley way outside, picking up litter for the upcoming Daniel Boone Days festival. Instead, while waiting for Jake, another student, to return with more garbage bags to fill, an open doorway to an abandoned theater caught my attention. I peered inside to see a set of concrete steps leading to a vast darkness. The stairs were only partially obstructed, by the door that the crumbling doorway used to hold. Always looking for my next great photo opportunity I callously ventured through the doorway and up the only partially blocked steps. Now I stood before the vastness of the uncertainty ahead of me, my mind railing, trying to figure out my next move.
“John what’s up there?” Hayden again asked from the bottom of the steps.
“Uh, nothing…” I responded, not sure of what to say. Don’t worry Hayden just listening for ghosts or a crazy homeless guy. Somehow I thought that nothing would be the best answer.
Then, as if activated by a switch the atmosphere from inside the empty theater changed, it had eased, becoming somehow more normal feeling. As Hayden began ascending the stairs behind me I quickly snapped four photos of the inside of the theater.
Finish The Story...
Friday, January 30, 2009
Finish the Story
This is a story I started a few years ago. It features Eli Fitzpatrick as a sophomore in high school, his older sister Madylin a senior in high school and takes place in 2005. Some of the references I made in the first paragraph cannot be attributed to a 15 year old, but I liked them so I left them in.~John
Wadsworth Manor loomed over Cleveland Street like some long forgotten statue that had been there so long it seemed it grew out of the very ground it stood on. No one I knew could remember the last time anyone had been seen going into, or coming out of the old place, yet as I stood gazing at it, well behind the iron fence that surrounded the lot, I felt as though the broken windows were eyes peering into my very soul, sensing the tiniest bit of fear that resided there and mocking me for being afraid. The exterior of the house was weather beaten had more wood showing than Paul Ruben at a porno, and yard that had not seen the least bit of pruning since Nixon was president. In spite of the blistered paint and cracked boards I could still sense the past majesty that the old place must have held back in its day. The sun was sitting behind the old place casting a haunting silhouette against the autumn sky, and as I stood there lost in my thoughts I could have sworn I had heard some one call my name from inside the house. A whisper at first, and then a bit louder…
“ELI! Mom says you need to get home right away…she’s pretty upset that your not answering your cell phone, she’s tried to call you like a hundred times.”
It was Madylin my older sister. She was on her cell phone with mom, as she walked down the sidewalk toward me. “Here, she wants to talk to you…” Mady said handing me the phone. I answered the phone and proceeded to converse with my mother, but my thoughts had already begun to drift back to that dilapidated old house, and wondering why it was in its present condition, who had lived there and why did no one live there now.
“Are you listening to me?” my mothers voice interrupted my thoughts.
“Yes, I’m listening to you.” I said as I began to walk home. The sky was getting darker and the wind had picked up a bit as my sister and I walked the last few blocks to our house. I put all thoughts of the old place to the back of my mind as we walked in the back door.
II
“Eli wake up!”
I opened my eyes and saw my mother staring back at me. I looked around my room and quickly remembered that the last thing I did was to sit down at my desk and check on my My Space page. That was at 10:30 after I had finished my homework, now it’s light outside and my moms yelling at me.
“Wha—“It was the only intelligent thing I could muster.
“It’s 7 o’clock in the morning” mom informed me “You’ll be late for school if you don’t get up now!” My mother was an invaluable source of information.
I got up and stumbled into the bathroom, the light was painfully bright.
Finish the Story
Wadsworth Manor loomed over Cleveland Street like some long forgotten statue that had been there so long it seemed it grew out of the very ground it stood on. No one I knew could remember the last time anyone had been seen going into, or coming out of the old place, yet as I stood gazing at it, well behind the iron fence that surrounded the lot, I felt as though the broken windows were eyes peering into my very soul, sensing the tiniest bit of fear that resided there and mocking me for being afraid. The exterior of the house was weather beaten had more wood showing than Paul Ruben at a porno, and yard that had not seen the least bit of pruning since Nixon was president. In spite of the blistered paint and cracked boards I could still sense the past majesty that the old place must have held back in its day. The sun was sitting behind the old place casting a haunting silhouette against the autumn sky, and as I stood there lost in my thoughts I could have sworn I had heard some one call my name from inside the house. A whisper at first, and then a bit louder…
“ELI! Mom says you need to get home right away…she’s pretty upset that your not answering your cell phone, she’s tried to call you like a hundred times.”
It was Madylin my older sister. She was on her cell phone with mom, as she walked down the sidewalk toward me. “Here, she wants to talk to you…” Mady said handing me the phone. I answered the phone and proceeded to converse with my mother, but my thoughts had already begun to drift back to that dilapidated old house, and wondering why it was in its present condition, who had lived there and why did no one live there now.
“Are you listening to me?” my mothers voice interrupted my thoughts.
“Yes, I’m listening to you.” I said as I began to walk home. The sky was getting darker and the wind had picked up a bit as my sister and I walked the last few blocks to our house. I put all thoughts of the old place to the back of my mind as we walked in the back door.
II
“Eli wake up!”
I opened my eyes and saw my mother staring back at me. I looked around my room and quickly remembered that the last thing I did was to sit down at my desk and check on my My Space page. That was at 10:30 after I had finished my homework, now it’s light outside and my moms yelling at me.
“Wha—“It was the only intelligent thing I could muster.
“It’s 7 o’clock in the morning” mom informed me “You’ll be late for school if you don’t get up now!” My mother was an invaluable source of information.
I got up and stumbled into the bathroom, the light was painfully bright.
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