Astral Projection

[ennui83]

My uncle used to date a woman who lived next door to him. Bad idea, I know, it seemed to work out pretty well for him. And, to be fair, she was a wicked cool woman. I would have dated her. She had this amazing hippie philosophy on life, she had painted her kitchen brilliant yellow, she was an acupuncturist, for god's sake, it's really tough to

Comments

[nishtariv]

People amuse me.

Heather, your next short story should be about an alien who wants to try life out as a cat on Earth.

[ennui83]

I started to write a comment telling you, in no uncertain terms, to go write a short story.

But then I realized that one of the writing puzzles that occurs to me sometimes, like finding a better way to express laughter, is how to write a good story from the point of view of a pet...a pet/alien is even more of a challenge.

Still, a little sci fi for me, crazy lady.

[janeanger]

kitties!

yep. that's all i've got.

[pinkhairedcyn]

Dude, that totally reminds me of this. I think cats bring out the crazy in people.

[ennui83]

However, I did come to the conclusion that dogs are etards and cats are trippers. Think about it.

Awesome. I once came to almost the same conclusion, possibly under the influence of a certain drug mentioned above. Except I just thought all animals everywhere, at all times, were having a great trip on acid.

I think I spent a long time following the cat around the house on my hands and knees. So yes, cats, and that innocent little sugar cube, bring out the crazy in people.

[mafiajen]

You should definately write a from-the-cat's-point-of-view story! Hell, this one was awesome, so that one should be specfuckingtacular.

Maybe earth is their version of prison. I woudn't come here voluntarily either.