June 23rd, 2008

Tiny Little Pieces Of The Girl….

So there’s been this meme going around for awhile.  It seems pretty basic to the untrained eye, I guess.  You post five simple questions on your blog, then answer them.  The five questions/thoughts are these:

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
2. What five things are on your to-do list for today?
3. Snacks I enjoy…
4. Things I would do if I was a billionaire…
5. Places I have lived…

Seems straightforward enough, right?  Wrong!  When you hang out in the midst of extremely talented writers who twist and turn this shit to make it so much more than a list, you’re suddenly compelled to do the same thing.  Okay maybe *you’re* not, but I sure am.  So thanks to the beautiful way that kat! and Vahid handled this meme, I too have spun it in my own direction.  Each question is answered with a third person story and yes, they are about me.  Most of them are things that have happened, while two are pretty much fantasy (like, duh).  I just felt like stretching my legs a little while hoping that my experiment doesn’t suck!  So, here you go…

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

“California Relay Operator 7398…go ahead”.

She sighed as she spent another fucking day at her dead-end job.  It sucked to be 26 years old and not have a game plan.  While it was a bit noble working for the California Relay Service for the Deaf, she had to face the facts.  She worked 14 hours a day in a call center environment, making only $7.00 an hour.  She absolutely had to get out.  In fact, she needed to start her whole life over.

Months earlier, she’d come home a day early from her Grandmother’s funeral in Sacramento.  She just wanted to find her fiance Rudi and have him hold her until the pain of loss washed away.  But she’d made the mistake of walking into her own home at the wrong time and catching Rudi fucking some bitch they both worked with.  At least she had been smart and kicked his ass out, leaving him to eat her dust as she gave up both him and the nursing career they had both started at the same time.

But that was then.  Six months seemed like forever to the girl who was now only in her mid twenties.  She started to realize that she was hiding away from life rather than being strong.  She needed a better job and maybe she was ready to love again.  But first, she had to take a call…or two…or a hundred.


2. What 5 things are on your to-do list today?

He walked past her, trying to see what she was scribbling on her little notepad.  She quickly covered it with her hand, in the same fashion that most children do.  He usually grimaced every time he saw the “H” shaped pad of paper come out of her purse because he always knew that somewhere on that list, there’d  be something for him to do.  This time was different…she wasn’t relying on him anymore and her “to-do” lists contained some sort of code that only she understood.  As he walked away, finally leaving her some peace and tranquility, she uncovered her notepad, lifting her hand and smiling at what was to come.  She reread the list aloud to make sure that she had not missed a thing.

“Map the Earth, create a pretty picture or two, write poetry or prose, let Tootie be my guide, dance with butterflies”.

Yep.  Her list was complete and no one could understand it unless they truly understood her.

3. Snacks I enjoy…

She sat at the edge of the bed, the crisp white sheets beneath her skin.  The ceiling fan caused a light breeze yet her goose bumps were caused by the anticipation of him.  As he walked behind her, she curled her legs underneath her body, indian-style and he gently tied the blindfold around her face.  He kissed the back of her neck and whispered into her ear, “no peeking“.  She giggled as he came to sit down beside her.  She suddenly felt something very sweet against her lips…the juice trickled into her mouth as he said, “Well?”.  After licking her lips, she replied, “That’s honeydew, honey-do!”.  He laughed at her homemade vocabulary as he always did.  She liked that.  One by one, he’d bring food to her lips and make her guess.   After the sweet sweet taste of honeydew, he’d switch it up by offering her salty tastes and then sweet again.  The food that passed her lips included bruschetta chips, sinful chocolate cake, popcorn, cupcake frosting, wheat thins, and….

“Are you ready for your last sweet, love?”, he softly asked.  The goosebumps took center stage once again and she quietly nodded her head yes.  She waited patiently for her next treat, assuming it would be ice cream because he knew how much she loved that.  Suddenly she felt his lips on hers, slowly kissing her as his hand lightly brushed her cheek.  After he pulled away, she grinned and said, “more…“.

4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire…

She grabbed her phone and dialed quickly.  She may have misdialed a few times in her excitement.  Finally, a voice on the other end!

“Pack your bags, bitch…we are SO outta here!  Yes, seriously!  I won a billion dollars and we’re going to travel the world.  I mean, that is…if you want to?  Great, go fill up your fucking pill box so that it lasts a few months.  When we get back, I’ll figure the other stuff out.  Yanno, I’ll buy things for people and donate some of this money to some good causes.  Oh and there’s that thing I want to do…get a full time chef and trainer to come to my house and help me until I’m skinny.  Hrm, I guess I’ll actually need to buy a house.   What?  Well yes, I want to be selfish just for a few months but then I’ll totally use my money to do good things for others.  Can you just pack your fucking bags and let’s go?   I need to fly and be free, and I need to do it with someone who expects nothing from me.  Foo’s married, so that leaves you!  ;) ”

5. Places I have lived…

“Start spreading the news….I’m leaving today“, she said.  Famous last words.  Almost as soon as she arrived in Queens, she longed to be back in the place where she had spent her entire life.  However, she was one of those tough cookie kind of chicks who embraced change and sticking by the choices she’d made.  And yet, she was only 18 years old and did not possess the fortitude to put up with much so she suddenly found herself singing, “California here I come…right back where I started from“.  Once arriving back in the most perfect state there is, she vowed never to leave again.  She had the Capital and the State Fair.  What more did a girl need?  Oh right….love.

Eventually, she moved twice for love and while one of those moves was a huge mistake, the other panned out pretty nicely.  “After that fiasco in Ohio, I vowed I’d never move for a man again“, she said as she unpacked her boxes, staring out into the hot Arizona sun.  “But I’m special“, he said, “because I am the man who is going to marry you“.  She agreed that he was something better than ice cream and that she’d follow him to the end of the Earth and back.  Apparently, as she found out two years later, the end of the Earth is located in Southern California.

Story Lady Kisses,
Me

Posted in Hilly Writes, Memes and Quizzes, Rememberances | Comments (22)

22 Responses to “Tiny Little Pieces Of The Girl….”

  1. Poppy Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    I LOVE the meme modification! VERY nice!!!

    Poppys last blog post..Linkblogger: The Reason Why Tila Tequila Is Famous

  2. Iron Fist Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    If this is the result, maybe I should mangle memes more often.

    Well done, Hilly. Well done. :)

  3. Willie G Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Very nice. Loved the stories :cool:
    Willie Gs last blog post..And now he knows… or not

  4. Shelli Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Awesome! I loved the twist of meme. Sort of like a twist of lime, but for the mind!

    Shellis last blog post..Insomnia

  5. SJ Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    I wonder if this originally began in a writer’s group? It reminds me of the “daily prompts” we get. Really well done, by all three of you!

    Of course I shall steal it. And I already know how I want to “twist” it. :twisted:

    SJs last blog post..Not such a hottie babe after all

  6. Winter Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    Very nice. Interesting reveals as well. Although, I really wish that was me you were calling when you win the billion! ;)
    Winters last blog post..Who’s a Marcus Whore?

  7. Denise Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Clever and fun for a Monday afternoon - thanks for sharing!

    Denises last blog post..Watch all the way to the end…and then take the pledge

  8. adena Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    So, why aren’t you writing for a living, again?

    adenas last blog post..Murder: In Two Parts

  9. suze Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Beautiful job of a rather pedestrian meme. Lovely :)
    suzes last blog post..sometimes you can’t make it on your own…

  10. Sharon Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Wow. I did this meme a couple weeks ago, and your version puts mine to shame. I suck. :cry:
    Sharons last blog post..Monday, Monday

  11. hello haha narf Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    shitfuck, there is NO way i am doing this meme now!
    hilly, that was wonderful. well done.

    hello haha narfs last blog post..They Say Better Late Than Never

  12. foo Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    Dan would so let me go. We’d have to throw him some cash for a chef, or he’d die. LOL. Like others said… You really need a full time writing gig. Loved this.

  13. aka_monty Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    See, that’s why I refuse to do this one. :) Although if I did, it might be useful for insomniacs.

    And isn’t kat the absolute best? I love her almost as much as I do you.

  14. Dagny Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    I love your take on the meme. If I wasn’t such a lazy biotch, I would attempt the same. But I won’t. :wink:

    Dagnys last blog post..Through the ages

  15. Amber Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    That was amazing, Hilly! I loved reading the stories from all of you :).

    I’m thinking about stealing the “mangled version” but I don’t know if I could pull it off. It’s like… first week American Idol contestants singing Celine Dion or something.

    REALLY lame analogy, I know.

    Anyway… is it weird I feel like a little kid banging on the table saying, “MORE STORIES! MORE STORIES!”

    ?

    Just wondering! :)

  16. Finn Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 9:26 am

    Well shit. I’m so jealous I didn’t think of this. How creative are you? I loved this!

    Finns last blog post..Marking Time

  17. kat Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    this was really well done, hilly. you are such an amazing and insightful storyteller.

  18. Something borrowed for someone blue. « Zookins Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

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  19. Tori Blaine Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

    as beautiful as this is… it made me kinda sad… maybe it’s where I am in life…. I hope you’re not sad…

    Tori Blaines last blog post..Is it bad?

  20. martymankins Says:
    June 25th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    Nice twist. Another meme I will have to steal, modify to my own tastes and post on a slow blogging day.

    Just getting nice and caught up on Snackie World

    martymankinss last blog post..Movie Meme Copycat

  21. adena Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    Finally did mine….
    http://tinyurl.com/5doaau

    adenas last blog post..Teacher, I finished my assignment!

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