Eh -- pretty much same old same old. A government shut down (and bound to get worse before it gets better if we can't get our payday loan type stuff figured out), a few more deaths of the expendable generation (not exactly my characterization per se, but how I'm realizing they must be viewed by community leaders since so little is being done to stop the South Side Slaughter in Chitown), some flooding caused by a surprise heavy storm (at least it's not 40 inches of snow like a few states over on the map).
Looking for a brief escape from all that scandaloso? Then look no further than my ongoing short story, which today had the entirety of chapter 7 added to the Facebook photo album and the "completed chapters" link on the blog. Hadn't run across this side project of mine yet? It's a little creative output I've wanted to do ever since joining the Facebook a few years back -- tell a story a status update at a time. Of course, while that's fun for me, that might be maddening to those who just get a glimpse of things every so often, so I created the photo album and the completed chapters link as a mechanism to address that scenario.
The story itself -- it's basically a rumination on my answer to that standard party icebreaker question of "if you could have any super power, what would it be"? The main character, Alan, is a graduating college student who discovers that his burgeoning super skill is to be able to absorb the painful memories of those with whom he comes into actual physical contact. Truth be told, the story has just started, and on the horizon, Alan will be figuring out the rules attached to his skill, exploring the consequences of being special and what happens to those with whom he's interacted, finding out that there's much more to his "origin story", and eventually getting down to the brass tacks of getting a sidekick (other than his new pit bull puppy that's already been introduced) and discovering the super villain he'll need to battle.
Or, said another way, chapter 7 may finally be finished ... but there's many many more chapters to come, so stay tuned ... or tune in, eh?
THE "PHOTO ALBUM" VERSION OF LOREM IPSUM:
https://www.facebook.com/troy.neidermyer/media_set?set=a.4256647034768.1073741826.1843633569&type=3
THE "COMPLETED CHAPTERS" LINK OF LOREM IPSUM (NOW UP TO CHAP 7):
http://capcognition.blogspot.com/2013/05/lorem-ipsum-aloysius-angelasia-archives_527.html
OR, YOU KNOW, THE NON FICTIONAL STUFF:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1-Dead-8-Wounded-in-Overnight-Chicago-Shootings-226583281.html
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