tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post7926106529323113239..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Friday August 3rd, 2012Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-66464097575519981702012-08-07T00:19:32.966-07:002012-08-07T00:19:32.966-07:00Greg - hah, that's a fantastic description of ...Greg - hah, that's a fantastic description of Kalahari :D<br /><br />g2 - awesome description of a reluctant hero :)<br /><br />Zerocore - that's a great take on the prompt, and an excellent use of perspective.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-7998496450381162532012-08-06T10:14:29.429-07:002012-08-06T10:14:29.429-07:00It does sound like a good meal.
Hero?
I stood...It does sound like a good meal. <br /><br /><b>Hero?</b><br /><br /> I stood there looking at the out stretched hand of a smiling politician in the perfect suit. The suit just called me a "hero" like it really meant something. How can I be a "hero", I watched may friend die as I returned fire against someone I couldn't even see. I held out was was left of my right arm to shake and watched the color drain from the suit's face.ZeroCorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219359085156361294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-21791181610476190392012-08-04T16:10:51.336-07:002012-08-04T16:10:51.336-07:00Your mention of cabbages reminded me of the fine a...Your mention of cabbages reminded me of the fine and unfortunate <a href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhvo8tWIk31qdeoxc.jpg" rel="nofollow">Cabbage</a> <a href="http://static.tumblr.com/irgrmak/zySm4cifa/tumblr_luqheqrd5u1qmygr2o1_500.jpg" rel="nofollow">Vendor</a> in <i>Avatar: the Last Airbender</i><br /><br />Yep, all of yesterday's relevance is gone.<br /><br />I think I can summon enough to do the prompt, though.<br />- - - - - - - - -<br />There are certain things you can't help in life: your species, for instance, or your class, or whatever abilities with which you find yourself endowed.<br /><br />There are certain things you can help: You can determine your own morals, your values, and how you affect your surroundings, either for good or ill.<br /><br />But try as you might to keep low, and do your part to make your corner of the universe a little better---but on your terms---you can still catch someone's attention who's going to want you do good how they want, to be their hero.<br /><br />And sometimes you just don't want to be the hero.g2 (la pianista irlandesa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11746312007846172620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-35030347236357934642012-08-04T00:14:16.980-07:002012-08-04T00:14:16.980-07:00That sounds like a delicious meal you'd make f...That sounds like a delicious meal you'd make from all those vegetables. I'm starting to feel hungry just reading about it – good job I'm off to Borough Market in an hour or so :)<br />Heh, the reference to majestical, mystical capes is a fantastic way to describe a hero! I like the idea that writers are busy creating their heroic identities day after day. Or anti-heroic for some of us (me) I guess... <br /><br /><b>The hero</b><br />The reporter looked at the child her producer had picked out of the crowd to be briefly interviewed. He had a face like a crab that someone was trying to eat, odd tentatcles here and there around his body, a strange translucency to his skin (she shuddered when she thought she could hazily see organs), and according to the card, wanted to be called the <i>Kalahari Kalamari</i><br />"And what do you want to be when you grow up, little – ugh, yukky tentacles!" she said, quite unable to stop her exclaimation at the end of her sentence.<br />"A hero!" said the little boy triumphantly.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com