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Imponderable #114: Sari, Will You Marry Me?

25 Oct

October 25, 2013

It was a rare night out for Mr. Blog. The Editors and Staff of Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride (me and Allan Keyes) went into the city to see the RiffTrax guys (formerly the MST3K guys) do their thing on Night of the Living Dead. It was hysterical and if you want to catch it, too bad. It was one night only. but more on that in another blog.

When we left the theater we saw, parked partially in the middle of traffic, a food cart hooked up to a pickup truck. No big deal, right? Then take a look for yourself.

sari

Romantic, right? I guess so. There didn’t seem to be anybody around. There was a guy checking out the coupling connecting the truck to the cart but he may have been a thief. He was dressed in dirty overalls. We hung around awhile, hoping Sari would come strolling out of the theater on the arms of another guy but no, nothing. Was Sari in the theater? And if so, what movie was she seeing? My guess- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2.

Sari didn’t come out, and there was no one around the cart anyway. And why the cart in the first place? Is there some special significance to it?

Did Sari ever see the sign? Did she agree to marry the apparently invisible dude? Did the cart get a citation for blocking traffic? Or was this all just a weird NYC thing?

TQII

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Writer’s Block #6: Write a Short Story

23 Oct

October 23, 2013

It has been awhile since I had to revert to the list of oddball writer’s prompts used by “colleges and universities” around the country. Today’s prompt comes from The University of Chicago, from 2002: Write a short story using one of the following titles: a.) House of Cards, b.)The Poor Sport, c.) Drama at the Prom, d.) Election Night, 2044, e.) The Getaway.

DRAMA AT THE PROM

Book Six of The Sweetapple High Babysitter’s Association

Clete Flintlock was the star of the basketball team, but when it came to love, the stud was a dud. Could Clete find love at the prom with the head cheerleader? Anything can happen on Prom Night!

Chapter One

Seven – nothing! Clete Flintlock scored the winning touchdown AGAIN!

The Sweetapple Tarts were the best football team in all of Mid-County County, and Clete Flintlock was the best player on the team. He was the entire package- a sports hero, smart with a near-perfect SAT score, and so handsome that all the girls from the Junior and Senior classes were dying to date him. But why didn’t he have a girlfriend?

!#!@@#$!

I can’t do this! I can’t! What the F- is wrong with the University of Chicago? Those prompts are for teenagers who still dream of babysitting for Brad Pitt. “Drama at the Prom”? “The Poor Sport”? What are those, episodes of something on Nicktoons?

You want drama at the prom? Add an unwanted pregnancy, lots of alcohol, and teenage hormones and you’ve got Drama at the Prom.

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