Chapter 11 - Never To Bother Him Again!
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Specifically, Jackie_drew was a beautiful, magnificent Tentacled Transparent Pink Sea Cucumber found in the sunless ocean depths, one of some 1,250 known species:
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(Laurence Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/CMarZ, Census of Marine Life)
VELVETEEN:
"He was a sea creature with an ancient lineage. Through evolution, his species had adapted to become transparent beings. This allowed them to sneak past predators and survive for millions of years! His leathery skin was so transparent that his digestive tract was on spectacular display!"
Found at a depth of 2,750 meters, he was one of Many unusual finds discovered by the Velandian Census of Marine Life. He basically looked like a transparent pickle with an unmentionable skin disease. However, his appearance was deceiving, as he did have natural defenses.
VELVETEEN:
"When threatened, he could go rigid, turning from the consistency of play dough to hard plastic! And, as if that weren't enough, he also had a secret superpower -- farting his lungs out! These contained a soap-like toxin lethal to Many kinds of animals, such as the two lousy sons of *****es, a Crab and a lobster, currently entangled there, slowly dying."
Like a Bird freed from her cage, he looked down at them and rolled lightly though a beaded curtain.
Next: Velveteen And The URL!
It Never Happened (A Memoir In Meme Form)
= CHAPTER ONE: "TEN YEARS AGO THIS VERY DAY"
"It was pretty much exactly ten years ago this very day -- "
“ . . . It never happened."
"Yes, it did. That was the day that my brother met me for lunch at a casual dining seafood restaurant in Wareham, Massachusetts."
"You are deluded."
"The reason I remember it so well is that -- "
"You lie."
"He played one of his l favorite funny, funny jokes on me. Which was to arrange a meeting and then totally stand me up. Which was super super funny. And then he would completely deny it. The first time he ever did this was in 1979. In Harvard Square."
"You fantasize."
"And I believe that this lunch we had together was the first initial swirl, in what was to be my final -- I was circling the drain. For the last time. I was a horrible person! I was the worst type of person a person could be. Also, I was completely out of my mind. My whole entire life up to this point had been just ...
It Never Happened (A Memoir In Meme Form)
= CHAPTER ONE: "TEN YEARS AGO THIS VERY DAY"
"It was pretty much exactly ten years ago this very day -- "
“ . . . It never happened."
"Yes, it did. That was the day that my brother met me for lunch at a casual dining seafood restaurant in Wareham, Massachusetts."
"You are deluded."
"The reason I remember it so well is that -- "
"You lie."
"He played one of his l favorite funny, funny jokes on me. Which was to arrange a meeting and then totally stand me up. Which was super super funny. And then he would completely deny it. The first time he ever did this was in 1979. In Harvard Square."
"You fantasize."
"And I believe that this lunch we had together was the first initial swirl, in what was to be my final -- I was circling the drain. For the last time. I was a horrible person! I was the worst type of person a person could be. Also, I was completely out of my mind. My whole entire life up to this point had been just one long, endless series of psychotic breaks, one after the other, for f -- "
"You are ...
So It Was Pretty Much Exactly Ten Years Ago This Very Day: A Short Story
“ . . . It never happened."
"Yes, it did. That was the day that my sister met me for lunch at a casual dining seafood restaurant in Wareham, Massachusetts."
"You are deluded."
"The reason I remember it so well is that -- "
"You lie."
"She played one of her l favorite funny tricks on me. Which was to arrange a meeting and then totally stand me up. Which was super super funny. And the she would completely deny it. The first time she ever did this was in 1979. In Harvard Square."
"You fantasize."
"And I believe that this lunch we had together was the first initial swirl, in what was to be my final -- I was circling the drain. For the last time. I was a horrible person! I was the worst type of person a person could be. Also, I was completely out of my mind. My whole entire life up to this point had been just one long, endless series of psychotic breaks, one after the other, for f -- "
"You are manipulative. What is it you really want?"
"And ...
