Thursday, September 30, 2010

Same Old Days

I rolled over groaning while hitting the alarm clock. I raised up to see what time it was, you can never remember how many times you’ve hit the snooze. “....shiiiiit” I rolled the pillow over my head hoping that the clock wasn’t right. Ten minutes is never enough time to get up, get dressed, brush your teeth, try to look somewhat presentable, and drive to work. It doesn’t matter what traffic is like, or if my hair survived my tossing and turning (it never does).

I rolled out of bed, grabbing a towel, and headed to the bathroom. It always seems further away right when you wake up. I brushed my teeth and washed my hair as quickly as possible. I’d have to keep the beard until I found time to shave in between my gaming, doing nothing, and procrastinating. Returning to my room, I had to ignore my usual habit of slamming myself into my computer chair and roaming the internet before I scrambled off to work. I through on my pants from the previous day and picked a shirt at random, I really did not care what I looked like today.

Driving to work is never eventful. Not that it’s a long drive. There is the occasional speeder that’s been pulled over with everyone in all six lanes slowing down to look at the pretty flashing blue lights. Finding a parking space is usually just as easy.

I didn’t feel like rushing to open the store. I was only running ten minutes late. Hell, half the stores still had their gates down. Of course, the day I’m late there would be a regular waiting for me. “It’ll be a few minutes, sorry.” He nodded and I lifted the gait and let it slam back down. I hurried to turn on the lights and the computer only because he was one of the nicer regulars.

The day was being pretty uneventful. I was sitting there with my chin propped on my palm staring at the stein display when Lacy came running in armed to the teeth. I slightly leaned my head to the side as I looked at her.

“Seriously? Even the Zombie Apocalypse can’t get any traffic in this mall, dead or alive.”

She looked at me shocked “Wait, you knew and you’re still sitting here at work?”

I shook my head and sighed “Nope, internet has been down and I didn’t get a chance to check it before work.”

She looked genuinely puzzled “Then how did you know?”

I slumped my shoulder and probably had a ‘how stupid do you think I am’ look on my face “You really think you’d be able to run in here with that many weapons and I’d think you were just out for a stroll?”

Apparently she had forgotten about all the guns she was wearing, not too good in case you get surprised by zombies if you ask me.

What? You expected some exciting story about me being in the midst of battle and such when the apocalypse started? Sorry to disappoint, but that is generally how every thing goes for me, boring. Hell, three weeks held up in this mall and I haven’t seen a single one of them....not sure if I’m lucky or not. God I hate this mall....

3 comments:

  1. Not bad for having thrown it together in ten minutes! I like the overall idea. It reminded me a little of the narration from fight club. Having worked at a mall, I know exactly what it feels like and I think you pretty much captured it.

    I have some suggestions for you.

    You should break up speech like this to make it easier to read:

    ... I looked at her.

    “Seriously? Even the Zombie Apocalypse can’t get any traffic in this mall, dead or alive.”

    She looked at me shocked “Wait, you knew and you’re still sitting here at work?”

    I shook my head and sighed “Nope, internet has been down and I didn’t get a chance to check it before work.”

    She looked genuinely puzzled “Then how did you know?”

    I slumped my shoulder and probably had a ‘how stupid do you think I am’ look on my face “You really think you’d be able to run in here with that many weapons and I’d think you were just out for a stroll?”

    Apparently she had forgotten...

    - it makes reading dialogue much easier. Just a tip!

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  2. Nice start to an apocalypse. I can just imagine half of New York getting turned before anyone at my office realized it (at least if the internet was down).

    God I hate this mall.... Great laugh!

    She did have a valid question though... if he knew, why was he still sitting there?

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  3. "through on" the pants, should be "threw on"
    "lifted the gait" should be "lifted the gate"

    This is pretty good. I wasn't expecting the actual Zombie Apocalypse. That guy's life is SO uneventful!

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