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Do you know what happens when the Xbox red rings?
If, like me you own a houseful of adolescent males, initially you will be unaware that your worst fears are about to be realized. You might imagine mowed lawns, washed cars, movies rented, even in flights of pure fantasy, washing up done and folding put away.
Wrong.
When the Xbox red rings in a house full of adolescent males, the N64 comes out of retirement and those Mario Party songs you thought you would never have to listen to again, start repeating through the house. Did you think you’d never hear Snowboard Kids again? I did. Did you think if someone is twenty-five they are too old to laugh hysterically at Super Smash Brothers?
Wrong again.
When they were small, I had an early early riser. He was up with the sun every day. I could get up with him at 4am or 4.30am every day, or I could, as I did, teach him to make his breakfast cereal, and come to my room where he could see a red and a green spot on the vcr buttons.
All he had to do was put in a video and press green.
Born into the techno generation, he learned the vcr buttons by the time he was four and was rebuilding computers from the dump shop by ten, but in those early days he would put on his videos of Spot, Bananas in Pyjamas, Thomas the Tank Engine or Wiggles. And he did. Over and over and over again.
To this day, if I hear the start music of any of those children’s shows, I develop a tremor and a facial tic.
There’s been talk this morning of SNES and Sega and if I hear Alex the Kid I might jump off the roof.
Meanwhile at 1889 Labs the party is winding down and MCM is emptying ashtrays, tossing paper plates, hats and streamers into a garbag, and trying to work out who owns the wet mobile phone and the red lace knickers in the fridge. Then he’ll be giving out prizes galore!
If you left a comment on any site with the big pink icon, or sent in a photo, you could be a winner.
Stay tuned.
More BIG news for 1889 Labs, Arkady and Kain - Guns. Bombs. Paparazzi. Welcome to the world of international terrorism - is due for release next month.
So more big claps for authors AM Harte and MCM.
And BIG big news for 1889 Labs is the release of The Antithesis. Yes, that’s right. The webfiction phenom that is The Antithesis will be available through 1889 Labs from July 12, 2011.
Pre order your signed copy now.
eFiction Magazine has a June KaBoom parked on the launchpad and is about to begin countdown. There will be subscription prizes and even – you guessed it – a kindle giveaway this month, so be on the lookout.
This month contributors include: Aaron Wilson, ED Lindquist, Rebeccah Roberts, Will Pearson, Harris Tobias, Kathleen Troutman, and Stasey Norstrom. With poetry by Greg Elperin and Elizabeth Emerick.
AND the always amazing Tonya R Moore continues Blood Binds.
I entered the giveaway at bibilotastic a while ago. That was exciting – I was trying to win an apple and some kindling. I posted my comment, noted my favourite Romanian poet and posted my entry off to the team. I’m still on tenterhooks. Who knows if I’ll win!
I doubt it. I never win anything.
In fact, centuries ago when I was born, the universe stamped me with the special mark it puts aside for those who are destined to sit, wizzened up in a cave with a hessian robe and hemorrhoids, contemplating navel fluff.
The universal powers said, "Don't give that one nuthin! [Except in the 80s - a really great time to have been rich.] Wastes everything. Bastard!" Instead they made me a Scorpio water rabbit, and left me to think about humanity and its endlessly fascinating insanity.
Of course, the other navel gazers know my cave. It has the satelite dish, conservatory and gucci door mats.
Lxx
Do you know what happens when the Xbox red rings?
If, like me you own a houseful of adolescent males, initially you will be unaware that your worst fears are about to be realized. You might imagine mowed lawns, washed cars, movies rented, even in flights of pure fantasy, washing up done and folding put away.
Wrong.
When the Xbox red rings in a house full of adolescent males, the N64 comes out of retirement and those Mario Party songs you thought you would never have to listen to again, start repeating through the house. Did you think you’d never hear Snowboard Kids again? I did. Did you think if someone is twenty-five they are too old to laugh hysterically at Super Smash Brothers?
Wrong again.
When they were small, I had an early early riser. He was up with the sun every day. I could get up with him at 4am or 4.30am every day, or I could, as I did, teach him to make his breakfast cereal, and come to my room where he could see a red and a green spot on the vcr buttons.
All he had to do was put in a video and press green.
Born into the techno generation, he learned the vcr buttons by the time he was four and was rebuilding computers from the dump shop by ten, but in those early days he would put on his videos of Spot, Bananas in Pyjamas, Thomas the Tank Engine or Wiggles. And he did. Over and over and over again.
To this day, if I hear the start music of any of those children’s shows, I develop a tremor and a facial tic.
There’s been talk this morning of SNES and Sega and if I hear Alex the Kid I might jump off the roof.
Meanwhile at 1889 Labs the party is winding down and MCM is emptying ashtrays, tossing paper plates, hats and streamers into a garbag, and trying to work out who owns the wet mobile phone and the red lace knickers in the fridge. Then he’ll be giving out prizes galore!
If you left a comment on any site with the big pink icon, or sent in a photo, you could be a winner.
Stay tuned.
More BIG news for 1889 Labs, Arkady and Kain - Guns. Bombs. Paparazzi. Welcome to the world of international terrorism - is due for release next month.
So more big claps for authors AM Harte and MCM.
And BIG big news for 1889 Labs is the release of The Antithesis. Yes, that’s right. The webfiction phenom that is The Antithesis will be available through 1889 Labs from July 12, 2011.
Pre order your signed copy now.
eFiction Magazine has a June KaBoom parked on the launchpad and is about to begin countdown. There will be subscription prizes and even – you guessed it – a kindle giveaway this month, so be on the lookout.
This month contributors include: Aaron Wilson, ED Lindquist, Rebeccah Roberts, Will Pearson, Harris Tobias, Kathleen Troutman, and Stasey Norstrom. With poetry by Greg Elperin and Elizabeth Emerick.
AND the always amazing Tonya R Moore continues Blood Binds.
I entered the giveaway at bibilotastic a while ago. That was exciting – I was trying to win an apple and some kindling. I posted my comment, noted my favourite Romanian poet and posted my entry off to the team. I’m still on tenterhooks. Who knows if I’ll win!
I doubt it. I never win anything.
In fact, centuries ago when I was born, the universe stamped me with the special mark it puts aside for those who are destined to sit, wizzened up in a cave with a hessian robe and hemorrhoids, contemplating navel fluff.
The universal powers said, "Don't give that one nuthin! [Except in the 80s - a really great time to have been rich.] Wastes everything. Bastard!" Instead they made me a Scorpio water rabbit, and left me to think about humanity and its endlessly fascinating insanity.
Of course, the other navel gazers know my cave. It has the satelite dish, conservatory and gucci door mats.
Lxx
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