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I have six stories here for you to read. This doesn't represent everything I've ever done.
Other things I've written are a little long to be sitting on a web page.
Maybe I'll figure out a way to stick them here without
messing anything up. I'm not sure anyone would read stuff
that's over a couple pages long, though, since there are
all those bikini pages to look at and whatnot.
Anyway, as usual, nothing's
set in stone, so don't worry if you don't like my page.
I'm always willing to
take suggestions. Whether or not I use them is a different story,
of course, since not everyone has the same tastes. And if you
think I didn't do it right, you're probably wrong.
Oh yeah, if you like, you can send
me a story or poem of your
own, or at least take my survey. Some
guy actually did send me a story about his own dead dog, and
while it had nice evocations of spring, it wasn't quite like
my own Happy(dead) story. Then again, what is?
When you get done reading the stories, if you get that far,
you can do two things:
Sign my Guestbook or
Read my Guestbook
Or do neither, it's your life. Anyway, bye now, see you later.
Jenny:
This is a short short I wrote for a class that
was supposed to be just a scene, but I think it works as a 'whole' story.
Happy(dead):
Need I say more? A true classic. Your grandchildren will be
reading this in their future American Literature classes.
Check out the accompanying photographic essay, too.
A Man's World:
This is a short short story, as well. Maybe two typewritten pages, at the most.
Hoop Nightmares:
With two weeks to go in spring semester '97, the coach for my
basketball class said, "Okay, I'm only going to say this once. Next Thursday,
I want a 3-5 page paper on anything basketball related. I don't care what
it is, as long as it's about basketball and it's 3-5 pages, double spaced."
Our grade was based 25% on the paper and 75% on attendance. He probably
gave an A just for turning it in, so I don't know if he even read anything.
Whatever the outcome, this was what I turned in.
Journal Entry:
Fall '97 I took ENGL-375, which has to do with ethnic writers.
Of course we read, among other things, The Woman Warrior
by Maxine Hong Kingston. This book is good, but it's crazy
how many people use it in class nowadays. I had it once before
E375 and am reading it again this semester (for those of you
who can't count, that's three times so far). Anyway, one of
our assignments was to write about how we relate to the
story of Fa Mu Lan (in section 2 of the book), especially the
training she received from the two old people in the mountain.
Obviously, I haven't had ancient Chinese warrior training,
so I couldn't think of anything. Instead, I decided to make
something up involving part of my own heritage. I think it's
funny, as long as you've read TWW and know a little
about being Norsk. I can't vouch for any accuracies, historical
or otherwise, so don't hate me if I get it all wrong.
Remember that stories are, first and foremost, fictional. While they
may be based on actual events, and the characters may be based on
actual people, still everything is made up. This is important to remember,
especially if you know someone who is a writer. You may read his/her
stuff and say, "Hey, that's me! Is that what he thinks of me, the bastard?!"
Well, probably not. S/He could take one little aspect of you and
expand on it to make a more interesting character. Face it, most people
would make fairly boring fictional characters. Of course, it's up to the
writer to make necessary changes to hide those things, like, obviously,
changing names, hair color, race, etc. It's almost like dreaming: you don't
necessarily endorse the feelings or ideas that you dream about.
Sure, you have a dream about making
beautiful love to your neighbor's sheep, but you don't ever plan on doing
that in real life, right? It's just make believe...(unless you're Tommy)
So, that said, if you read something I wrote, it doesn't mean it really happened.
Something similar may have happened, but I changed it to give it more
meaning and whatnot.
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