Wow… That's the main thing I am here to say today.
I have been a member on TheO since 09/16/06…. Can you believe it???
Time really sneaks up on you!
So to celebrate I am doing a few things here today! WOOT!!!
First I am writing this post, (and I might add a short story to be determined later today or tomorrow.)
Second, I am going to make an exciting wallpaper of some sort.
And third… get ready for this; I am posting my first piece of fan art. O.o
Anyhoo more to see shortly as midnight for me is approaching and the anniversary on the 16th is soon!!!!
Hey it's been awhile!
The below is a short story and (sadly) based off of my own life. *sigh*
Where I live now....
ENJOY!
I Illegally cross the street to get to my room on the second floor of an old, three story, cement building. I can hear a police siren off in the distance. Loud screaming music plays from an open window on another building nearly pressed up against the one I call home. I turn off of the sidewalk down some stairs littered with discarded cigarettes. I turn into the roofed area protecting the staircase. There I can see rusted pipes. I climb the metal staircase. There are spilt french fries and a puddle from which come wet little footprints of a rat or maybe a raccoon. I reach the seconded floor landing and put my key card up to the scanner. The door beeps and then clicks. I let myself in and walk down the hall towards my room. There is a group of guys talking to the girl who lives across the hall. I mutter, “excuse me” as I push past them and fiddle with the key in the lock. The door swings open with a creak and I close it again once I’m inside with an unintentional BANG. It’s hot and stuffy in the room and I walk past three beds in our small space to get to the window. I wrestle for a moment with the blinds before getting them to stay up. I lift the lock on the window and swing the glass pane out. I see an ant and kill it. As I lean out my screen less window at the dirty ground below I can’t help but think,
“Man, I live in a bit of a slum.”