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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CRIMINAL SCIENTIST
[FlashXer] EXERCISE:JANUARY 20, 2008
Well, everyone has times in their life they try to remember, of I
would guess
forget. Significant dates always come to mind, and today, Jan. 20 is
a fairly
significant date in my life. January 20, 1946---probably well before
some of you
out there were born--is the day I met the coed who eventually became
my wife.
I remember the details, as does she. But we remember them quite
differently, and I
suppose that is typical too. We all suffer from selective memory.
Regardless,
it is a significant date for me...so I remember. I even remember the
day (evening)
a few months later I suggested we consider ourselves ready to get
married.
From that point it took a couple of years, but we did, and surprise,
we are still
married, and to each other. Says a lot about her ability to deal with
adversity and
crap, doesn't it? Actually it has been a pretty good ride...some
bumps, of course, but
pretty smooth most of the time. I'll report about it again in
another decade. Okay?
Here's the prompt: have fun with this. And remember, the prompt is
the idea starter,
where you go with it is your creativity...so have fun.
I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS STUFF...I QUIT!
Usual rules. 1000 words. In the subject line, please, your name, the
word Quit,
and the story title. Have fun. It should be a good to et some that
hostility
you harbor out and in type. Work on it, or you will be fired.
Have a good day
Irv
Janine's Quit "The Life and Times of a Criminal Scientist" 326 words
I don't have to listen to this stuff! I quit!
What is the point of being a criminal if I can't get anything done?
The police tell me I'm doing the wrong thing and if I want to save myself some time behind bars; I better turn in the big guys.
How can I turn in the big guys when they are the ones paying my salary?
The lawyers say I have no case to stand on in court.
My whole career is based on what they are calling criminal behavior.
It all started out so simple... All I had to do was determine why this alien was here and acting all smart.
What could go wrong? All I had to do was drug it, operate on it and monitor it.
Who knew it would start doing good things and people would get upset and jealous about how good it was?
Who knew it would be sabotaged and tortured because of rumors?
Now I'm stuck with this tortured and terrorized alien disguising itself as a human with all kinds of stuff inside of it to put me away for the rest of my life.
Do I operate on it some more to take it out and risk getting caught or do I let it go and find its own way to deal with its "body of evidence?"
I guess it really comes down to how much time I want behind bars. There is no way of getting out of it now.
Why not have others join in? Yeah, that's it... If there are too many of us, they will never catch all of the bad guys. Yeah, my work can continue even when I am behind bars.
Why did that stupid alien have to come across my path in the first place?
Oh, was I supposed to be nice to it and make friends instead of turning it into a science project?
Hmmm... hindsight is 20/20...
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