I can’t remember what files I have saved on my computer. I think all my archives, but those are online, too. Safe. When my laptop was at 11% battery and turned off, I remembered something.
I had interviewed Pappaw in sixth grade. It was a really valuable thing to me, and I wasn’t prepared to lose [...]
Archive for June 18th, 2008
The Last File
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged computer, dead, dell, file, grandpa, granfather, interview, last file, pappaw, save on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My laptop is dead.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged death, dell, laptop, mourning, old, sad, the dinosaur on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so The Dinosaur is officially dead. Gone. RIP, my beloved friend.
So, you see, I have had my old Dell for so long. Three years. Which means my nocturnal writing, the primary thought time, is gone. For a month. Hopefully, my parents haven’t gotten my anything for my birthday yet. I need to tell them about The [...]
Random Thoughts
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Riding in the back seat of my mother’s car is the place where random thoughts place themselves inside the confines of my head. So, driving around today, an idea came to me.
I was looking at road signs, thinking about patterns in what I saw. What the signs triggered. And what I came up with? The [...]
The Return of Scary Dude
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Diving, people, personal, rainbow, scary, scary dude, strange, weird, writing on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scary Dude is back. Oh no. My sister is now here to endure the scary with me, so I’m a little better off. He was still too close to my personal bubble. Rainbow Kid (he’s a character I haven’t talked about) is still a showoff who likes to flap his face and make noise.
Back to [...]
Hyperventilation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 200, air, backstroke, breath, breathe, breathless, chlorine, coach, dangerous, dizzy, hyperventilation, IM, lane rope, life, no air, pain, personal, random, shoulders, slow, swim meet, Swimming, Thoughts, writing on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I hyperventilated for the first time today.
It was 6 o’ clock. The sun was still fairly high and the excitement of the swim meet was getting to everyone. Not me. Of course I was put into the worst event: the 200 I.M. If you have never swam competitively nor sprinted, you will not understand. Being [...]