I didn't take the time to read it, I just gave him his wish. David Ferrin I tried thinking once but decided it was a bad idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Duary of a firework.
Not much of a story unless maybe written by a fifth grader. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <d...@jaws-users.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Duary of a firework. > This is a wish we can certainly grant. > David Ferrin > I tried thinking once but decided it was a bad idea. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert kingett" <kingettb...@gmail.com> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:32 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Duary of a firework. > > > I know this doesn't deal with jaws, but its just something, as an aspiring > author and all, I thought I should share with you all. enjoy, and u can > remove me if u wish... I don't care. > > Diary of a firework. > > By Robert Kingett. > > Saturday, July 04, 2009 > > Sigh. I'm bored. No, in fact, I am far beyond bored. What to do what to > do. > I'm this tiny box now just sitting here like I'm waiting for jerry > Springer > to come on or something. It's so depressing and dark in here. I'm thirsty. > Okay. I'm bored. I'm going to go nap. > > Okay. I am awake now. God. My brother won't stay still here in this box of > mine. When I'm looking up interesting things, like how our kind were > originally made in ancient China for example, do you know what he does? > Shifts the box. I swear! He shifts it so much that it nearly topples off > the > shelf. Hey! I yell at him. I'm learning here! Go get snuffed. He tells me. > I > hate siblings. > > Well, about this time my dark home is moving. its being loaded into > something that smells like an old room. Dusty and hot. Now I am being > bounced like nuts. My bro, like the evident sparkler that he is, is having > a > blast. He's an idiot. I don't like this, but I guess I can endure it for a > little while. Oh dear god! My bro is talking about "getting lit." I swear. > He daydreams too much. That never happens. I heard the helicopters > however, > saying that it's the first step on a road to a different world. The bottle > rockets are of no huge help when I want to talk to someone. All they want > to > do is go boom. Sigh. Am I the only one with a brain here? > > I've been trying to figure out what I am. All the adults say I am > something > special, that I will bring joy into people's hearts on one day of the > year. > I think they have all been snuffed out too long, not to mention drenched > in > water. I'm sure, like my family, I am nothing more than a sparkler. My dad > agrees with my mom, and they keep talking about me like I'm some great > thing > or something. I'm not. I mean, in school, when the big ball was talking > about how it's our destiny to be lighten up, at one point in our lives, I > was daydreaming about this totally awesome pink named. A. but see, his > families are all something called ASSORTMENTS. I don't know what that > means, > but my mom said it was very unusual, and socially unacceptable. > "ASSORTMENTS don't know how to let up!" My mom practically shouted when I > asked her. "And they are just so confusing with all those beings in one > box. > Dear me!" She got so distressed that she started to smoke. > > The truck has stopped, and now my home is being lifted out and placed on a > shelf where I hear people all about walking past. I want to say hi, but I > don't think my spark looks good. I spent like 6 minutes in the bathroom > today trying to get my color just right. "G!" my mom yelled at me. > "You have been at that for about an hour!" She boomed at me. Oops. I > didn't > know that. > "You act like your going to go to the show, and I will NOT, by the way, > let > you do that until you are an adult!" I wanted so badly to go to the show. > I > want to do it now, so why wouldn't she let me? I mean, it's the most > important time in our lives! She's so controlling. > > Oh my god! Guess whose box is right next to ours! Yep. A whole swoon of > Aerial repeaters. God. Why did I have to be put next to popular snobs like > that! Every morning I hear them talking about their "sparkles!" > "Oh my god. That glow looks like totally good on you!" > "Oh my god! You think so?" > "Totally!" as if their voices and attitudes aren't annoying enough their > little giggles and bursts of flame aren't attractive either. I want to > snuff > them out. > > Oh. my god! This totally hot Reloadable shell just gave me his box shelf! > Ash! I'm dying! A Reloadable shell is like one of the most popular types > of > fireworks like in the whole wide world! Oh god. He asked me to spend the > night in his box! Oh god! I'm so excited I'm getting hot. Dear me. What > should I say? You're rather colorific? Oh god! What do I do? > > Um, okay. I didn't know he was of a mixed relation. His mom and dad, even > though they are Aerial display tubes, are pretty awesome. Kind of sucks to > hear he's adopted though. His brothers, a firecracker, and a helicopter > are > also adopted obviously, but wow. He's hot. And he gleams in the darkness. > He > lights me up all the time. > > Okay. Humans are gross. They want to take me home with them. I don't like > humans with their plane colors and filthy hands. Oh god. My mom is saying > it's time, but I never got to get married, have kids, and I still want to > go > back and talk to that awesome blue hunk. Wow. He's still in my mind, and > the > way we smoked together last night. wow. That was amazing. These humans > keep > saying I'm going to be used at the last minute. What does that mean? I'm > not > broken you know! In fact I can emit colors just fine! So beat that! > > Okay. I didn't know this before, mainly because no one told me. This is > the > worst fate in all history of our kind. I don't want to do it! Don't make > me! > I'm watching all these other fireworks explode, and I am just now > realizing > what fate has in store for me. God, my spark will be ruined. Why didn't > mom > tell me about this. > > These humans don't even wash their hands. Ewe! It's like totally gross. > I'm > being carried out. These humans keep calling me something, but what is it? > My mom named me G, and don't get me wrong, it's better than S, or > something, > but these humans are like totally butchering my name. I want to get out > and > give them a piece of my mind. > > They are now taking me out, and setting me down. I will be lightening up! > I'm so excited. A match lights behind me. I feel it creeping closer to me, > but something is wrong. I'm having a sense of fear, and a sense of sadness > I > can't quite place. My mind then flashes back to when I saw all my fellow > kind is lighten up. They all exploded in a shower of colors, and then > never > were seen again. Was this what I was going to have to endure? I didn't > want > to! I wasn't going to let that happen. I refused to light. > "Oops. It didn't light." The human said. "Better try again." No! No! No! > Don't > do this! I couldn't run, I couldn't breathe. I was trapped. The match came > into contact with me. I didn't know what to do. As I felt myself being > ready > to take off. I knew what I was. I was the grand finale. THIS WASN'T FAIR! > I > had a boyfriend, and he was a total blue hunk! No! No! I couldn't move. As > I > felt myself being shot into the sky and my life slipping away in a shower > of > different colored sparks. I started to cry. I cried out at the last > minute, > my energy nearly gone. "I love you!" he didn't hear me.. And he never > will. > > I float up to some gates, and another grand finale let's me in. I float a > little closer, and I see all my friends. The place is bright, and sunny, > and > washed in a golden light that comes from some unknown source. > "Um, like hi." I said to all my friends and family gathered around. > "It's about time you got here g." a gorgeous velvety voice said to me just > then. I turn, and see the blue hunk! Spitting colors at me. I start to > flare red. > "So, where is this place?" > "Duh!" my friend said to me. "It's the after light." > "The after light?" > "Did you get dunked in water or something? Yeah. The after light." > "So." I said." "This is where we go after.?" > "We go boom!" My friend tells me. > "This is all stupid. I'm dreaming right? I mean, this isn't real. The blue > hunk, my boyfriend, sparks at me. I flare white this time. > "Look. It is real. See what I just did? Oh come on don't get like that. > "Okay. Fine. I'll accept it." I pouted. > "Good. Now that that's settled, we have lots of things to catch up on!" he > started leading me to his own private box. He moved out of his parent's > box, > and now he had one of his own. He was flaring blue with excitement. I > loved > him, but there was something odd about his movements. > "Um, what are we about to do?" with a flash of green, then blue, he > replied > in a deep voice. > "Want to make firecrackers?" with a smoke of excitement, just now knowing > what his plans are, I go with him, shutting the lid of the box behind me. > > You may contact me by any of the following > > Cell # 904 302 9932 > Email: kingettb...@gmail.com > MySpace: www.myspace.com/kingettrobert > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rkingett > YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/nightwatcher3344 > > AIM: kingettblue > Skype: kingettblue > MSN: kingettb...@gmail.com > Yahoo messenger: kingettblue, but I prefer it more if you add my msn > screen > name to your yahoo list. > > In my spare time I write stories. I am a aspiring author. one of the > places > where you can find and read and review my work even if you do not have an > account us at Fictionpress. > > http://www.fictionpress.com/u/534188/shadowdog1 > > I Host a podcast called the 4 Yo information podcast. You can check out > the > site at > > http://www.freewebs.com/4yoinformation/ > > And I also do another podcast called the Accessibility in Mind Podcast. > Check out the site at > > http://www.gcast.com/u/kingettblue/main > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
