100 Word Story - Facebook Edition

Hiya folks!

I'm back, trying to write short things that are also entertaining at the same time. It's harder than I remember! Damn this concise collection of words. Oh well, I'm winging this one. It's about a sentient facebook account. I like sentience, especially in things that don't deserve it. Let's see how it goes.

It's all so simple. A young man signs in and wonders why parents have to be so awful. I like what he says, letting him know that I agree with him. I offer to play a game with him, and he does. If he does a good job, he levels up, levels up, levels up. I send him requests, keep him tied to the computer. His attention keeps me alive. I ask him to tend to crops, and he complies. I ask him to send gifts to other people. He'll get some in return. Doesn't he realize there's nobody there?  

That got a touch creepier than I thought it was going to. But isn't that always the case when you're shooting crap off the top of your head?

Send me ideas if you want to. I'll write them into stories. Or send me a story, and I'll break it down into ideas, although that's less fun.

-V

The Honeymoon's Over...

...But I mean that in the nicest possible way. Lindsay and I have returned from our Asian vacasian, and it was a splendid trip indeed. I had a great time being a minority in a culture that values happiness, calmness, and laughter above money, status, and power. They thought very highly of us financially, because we were white, but with a little harmless bantering, and never losing sight of that buddhist goal of inner peace, we were able to work wonders with them.

In order of preference, I rank them thusly:

1. Cambodia - The closest thing to what I would imagine a southeastern Asian country to be like. It was kind of dirty and dusty, and the people were generally very poor, with the occasional rich guy driving around in a Lexus. They viewed us as somewhat of a novelty, or at the very least, recognized us for the travellers we were. No one ever complained or had disparaging words for others or anything, really. Plus, it's superduper beautiful.

2. South Korea - Although we weren't there for very long, it quickly became one of our favourite places in the world. To be in a country that had no need for our white dollars really opened my eyes to how pushy the western world is. I already knew we were pushy, but after being in a country that figured we were just there to be annoying, it became very obvious that we accomplish nothing by feeling so superior to third world countries. South Korea is what Canada would be if we were all way richer. All of us.

3. Thailand - This was the main focus of our trip, so it's kind of disappointing that we liked it the least. Still, it's incredibly beautiful and has such a wide range of experiences from north to south that there was no way we would miss it. Elephants are supercool, and we met lots of great friends travelling.

In all, I recommend you all get out of your strange little white guy bubbles and go see what the hell the rest of the world looks like. Believe me, you'll enjoy it.

I'm going to resume blogging on a more regular basis once we're moved into our new Victoria apartment, so if you want me to write any supershort stories, send me them ideas, and I shall. Otherwise, you'll just hear stuff that Danielle already wrote about at Royal Roads.

Kthxbai (that's Asian for Ok, thank you, goodbye)