Friday, February 26, 2010

Jobs I have had:
Apple orchard store reail
store cart attendent.
Ride operatior at amusment park

Jobs of which I have 2nd hand knowledge:
Robotics and controls
Art museum security guard
McDonald's
Being the Whoop Monster (that is a 20 pager in itself).
Stuggling extra in LA.
Paraprofesional in elementry school
working at gamestop


Character:
28 year old who is convinced that the government has a secret superp0wer projec operating and using it intergalactic prize fights. He loves collecting starmaps and evolutionary trees. He is 130 pounds and is 6' 4”. He can recite every roman emperor , known senator, and general. Can name every deitiy the the modern west is aware of. Has writen a two hundered page paper on the history of paper clips just for kicks

“How long has the ride been down?” Julie asked Phil as she aimed her spray bottle at the railing.
“Twenty-five minutes and twenty-eight, -nine, thrity seconds,” Phil peeled some gum off the 'walk. He stuck it on the back of his hand so he could through it in the trash when he next got near one, “I started reading a Pierre Boulle novel.”
“Really?”
“This couple is floating through space on vacation. They find a bottle with a manuscript in it.”
“Sounds interesting.” Julie scrubbed along.
“The manuscript tells about a man who joins a space program to Betelgeuse.
“Uh-hu”
“Betelgeuse has to be one of my favorite stars.”
“And, Why is that?”
“Well, according to Wikipedia it is 640 light years away. It is huge but they think it is only a few million years old.”
“That is facinating.”
“So, Who is your favourite Roman Emporer?” Phil moved the conversation along.
“I Don't know. Who is yours?”
“I really like Otho.I read on ach tee tee pee colon double slash triple-double-you dot roman heiphen empire dot net slash emperors slash otho dot html [http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/otho.html],that he may have even been Nero's lever..” Some childern started to climb under the entrance chain.
“The ride is closed,” Julie told the kids. And they walked away.
“What are you not runniing the ride?” a managar walked up to Julie and Phil.
“It broke,” Phil said, “we called matenince. They said to shut down. It will take at least a half hour.”
“Sounds good,” the manager walked away.
“So, who is your favorite mythological character? I like ...”

1 comment:

  1. Stories should begin with intriguing characters. I like what you're doing here. You have a place and a character and you're bringing in lots of esoteric trivia that will capture the reader's attention.

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