{"id":6248,"date":"2010-07-09T20:02:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6248"},"modified":"2010-07-09T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T01:02:11","slug":"55friday_the_wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/09\/55friday_the_wa\/","title":{"rendered":"55Friday: The “Waka Waka” Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ZakumiI have to take this opportunity to praise a small, dedicated sub-set of you mutineers who patiently continue to ask for a 55Friday<\/a>, even though it’s no longer a regular feature here at SM. Your devotion to crafting stories with exactly 55 words, no more, no less is to be commended. This edition of the Mutiny’s Flash Fiction Festival is for you.<\/p>\n\n

What’s Flash Fiction, some of you newer kids ask?<\/p>\n\n

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Nanofictions are complete stories, with at least one character and a discernible plot, exactly 55 words long. [wiki<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

If you look through our “Haiku” archives<\/a>, you can see plenty, many of them are quite good!<\/p>\n\n

I admit it; I was more inspired than usual to try to answer your requests for 55ing because my last post<\/a> (about family and identity) was such an affirming, delightfully troll-free experience. Thank you for reminding me of how lovely the comment threads here could be. \ud83d\ude42 Why NOT celebrate such stellar civility with a few fine, fake stories.<\/p>\n\n

At first, I couldn’t think of a suitable theme for you beyond the heat. Oh, the HEAT.<\/p>\n\n

No, not THAT Heat. F that Heat. I’m a Pistons fan<\/a>. I’m talking about the wilt-worthy weather. Right now, in DC, “Heatmageddon” is trending on Foursquare<\/a>. NPR runs local stories cautioning pet owners to not leave their dogs in their cars, under any circumstances. And of course, I am sitting here in my office, wearing a sweater while typing this, because our air conditioning seems to think that the way to keep us comfortable is to turn us in to human popsicles. It’s going to be lovely to walk out in to a swamp from this freezer. Maybe I’ll write a short-short story about THAT.<\/p>\n\n

Nevertheless, the heat may be on and it might be Summer in the City, but the song I’m thinking of has nothing to do with weather. It is, however, surely a favorite of Fozzie Bear: “Waka Waka<\/a>“, the official theme for the only sporting event which currently matters! The 2010 World Cup<\/a> ends this weekend, taking with it a massive time suck with which to avoid work AND loads of hawt guys with impressive hair who are prone to ripping off their jerseys after simulating war via footie<\/a>. Damn, damn, damn, James. That’s somewhat depressing.<\/p>\n\n

Oh, well. Write fifty-five words about FIFA, the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo’s baby boy<\/a> or anything else that strikes your fancy. The only reason I provide a theme is so that you don’t mope about writer’s block; “Waka Waka” is the official anthem for this international event AND a Muppet catch-phrase, but it’s no straightjacket. Write a piece of micro-fiction about anything (as long as it has exactly 55 words!) and then treat the rest of us to it by leaving it in the comments below. Waka waka waka<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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