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“Just a few dollars more. If I had a small raise, I would be able to catch up.”
Jack shook his head.
No, he couldn’t afford it.
He popped over to Orinoco and looked at his humongous wish list with a sigh.
This was getting him nowhere.
He tried to move to the news site, but ended up looking at the latest risqué photos of Sharon Shaiplee. What he’d give to… Damn.
*
Trent scratches his head.
“How in the world am I going to fit the analogy about rising from the muck of everyday life to bloom into this story?”
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Word count = 100
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The muse did not love me today. I got zero. So I tried to force a story using the idea of a lotus blossom, and all of the significance of it, as an analogy. I still got nothing ;)
And yes, the Orinoco is a great river in South America, just like that other river that begins with an “A” ;)
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lol, some days are like that ;) Poor Jack will be stuck in the muck forever…
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Some days, like Jack, I’m stuck, neck deep in that muck, I try my luck, But the ick does suck, on the other hand, often I don’t give a…
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Don’t say, it; don’t say it! We know ;)
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Some muses just need to be bullied some times.
That’ll show ’em.
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Yeah, the muses don’t always cooperate, but sometimes it is possible to just plow through it anyway.
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Just like that Trent! Great stuff
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Yep, that flighty muse… thanks!
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I bet your muse was looking over your shoulder. Sometimes they take a step back just to remind you how important they are!
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I think those pesky muses often do things like that.
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Ah, the distractions of Ms. Shaiplee … ;)
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Ms. Shaiplee can be very distracting, that’s for sure. Personally, though, I lose more productive time loitering around Ms Ahthour’s blog site… ;)
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Hah. yeah. I know them. I have a Ms. Prokras Teenator as a neighbor. And then there’s Mr. Yew Tyoob.
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Funny, I know those ladies as well. It seems that Mr. Yew Tyoob and Ms. Prokras Teenator two-team me when I have a tight deadline, but I do learn a lot!
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True, that. I think they are third cousins twice removed. :)
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I had so much trouble with this one, too, Trent.
However, you fudged your way rather well!
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I’m not sure why this one stumped me. Thanks, glad you liked my solution.
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I don’t know why for me either….
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Just went back and looked – I think you turned up a winner. I tried doing what you did, that is, just the first thing that came to mind, which was, “what does a lotus blossom symbolize?” but you were able to run with your idea better than I did mine.
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How sweet are you?
I admit I worries it might be too lovey-dovey 😉
Glad you liked!
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A little bit of lovey-dovey is good on occasion :)
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Agreed! Especially now.
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Ah, Orinoco the river. I was thinking Orinoco the Womble. Which probably won’t mean anything to anyone who didn’t grow up in 1970s UK!
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I had to Google it. My first thought is the Enya song, Orinoco Flow, I try to avoid that other South American river, but a too large portion of my paycheck seems to end up going there any way ;)
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It was a great concept, what with the lotus and all. Pity the muse wasn’t playing.
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If I had double the words, maybe… On the other hand, if I could figure out how to achieve enlightenment that easy, I’d be some sort of guru with thousands of followers ;) Hopefully the muse will be kinder to me next week.
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I had a hard time with this one, too. Sometimes, self-deprecating humor is the way to go. Well played.
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I don’t know why I was stuck. I think because it is a very specific place and my mind didn’t want to go beyond that. Thanks.
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Your monkey mind swung from a lot of branches today, Trent. Fun read :)
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Yes, it did. Or maybe a baseball analogy – I swung at a lot of ideas, but ended up striking out ;) Thanks.
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You are welcome but I don’t think you struck out, your story certainly entertained me :)
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:)
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Sharon Shaiplee? Well, maybe he’s out of the muck and just doesn’t know it yet :)
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Knowing Ms Shaiplee, it is very possible that he has achieved enlightenment…
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Yeah, I’m not sure staring at a computer screen is going to help Jack, no matter what he’s looking at longingly!
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Dear Trent,
This is a head scratcher for sure. I hope Jack can ‘splain himself.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It is a head scratcher. How do I get Jack from mundane to enlightenment in 100 easy words? I guess if I could figure that one out I wouldn’t be here, but some guru with hundreds of followers…
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