The day started with the usual. I guess you could say this wasn't the worst day. Certainly not the best, but not the worst. At this point, I think I've lost track of what should be a "good" day. The only person I feel might understand the slightest of this confusion is that old man, Spencer? I think that's his name. Maybe it's Harold. He just seems like he gets it. He's one of the only people in this hole of a town that doesn't feel the need to ask me how I am every day. I wonder how long it will take people to figure out that living behind an abandoned building with the constant aroma of the Castle Apartment's dumpster doesn't exactly allow for a good day.
Mmm, bananas. That was the aroma that woke me up this morning. It reminded me of that banana pudding my mom made me once. Eight years passed and I can still taste it. She never was a great chef, but that pudding was the best. That dumpster tends to bother me, not because of its smell or the fact that I have yet to see a truck empty it out this past month, but because of its increasing habit of nagging me with the nostalgia. That's what I hate most about this town, I think. It's just crawling with people, smells, smiles, laughter, happiness, and an endless need to communicate. The school I could have, should have gone to. The apartments I could have lived in. The families I could have been a part of. Well, I guess I'll just stick to my low maintenance lifestyle of nature. Besides, I've always got Spencer. Or Harold.
You met all of the guidelines necessary for the first blog including aroma, where you live and the opening phrase. I really like your character. She exerted a selfishness in her. The fact that you want all of the other citizens in the town to feel Emma pain is very interesting. I can't wait to see where you take this character.
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job of fulfilling all the requirements: your introduction was correct, you discussed the smell, you talked about where you live. I think you could develop your character a little more. You did do a good job of using flash backs to show somethings about your character. I think that telling us more about your character will help us to feel a deeper connection to her.
ReplyDeleteYour post did a good job in meeting the requirements, you talked about smell, living conditions, and set up the character for future interactions with other people. There could have been some more discussion on the depth of the character and how they might develop in the next post. It would be interesting to see how your character might interact with this old man.
ReplyDeletePestilent Mann: "Someone else seems to have taken up residence with me. I should tell them about the bugs, but if they’re here already there is no hope for them, and the pestilence will pursue them from the eyes of the Aegean to the mounts of the Himalayas."
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