so...
I was thinking about writing a book featuring a collection of stories.
I'd like your input and/or contributions if you'd like.
It would be called "I am the perfect drone" and it would be about people who have amazing dreams of change and/or success, but find themselves unable to pursue them because of either personal morals or fiscal limitations.
For instance:
I'm the perfect drone. I get up in the morning, shower and shave. I wonder what to have for breakfast. I dress. I go to work. I glazingly stare at a computer screen until my captors release me for the one-hour hiatus. I do the same thing for another four hours afterwards. I leave work. I wonder about dinner. I tune out the world by watching innane television programs designed to keep me in just enough suspense to continue watching. I wonder about exercise. I wonder about continuing my studies. I wonder about being a famous actor, but assume the struggle to be too great and go about my dismal existence. I think about changing the world; about taking a stand against the tyranny I read about in the news; the decline in the economy that is more the fault of the corporations than the people. I clutch my blankets in the night, tossing and turning and wondering if I'll ever be stable enough to pursue those goals, or if I will be locked in the neverending battle to pay my bills without hearing a dozen calls from collections during dinner. I dare not break the rules because I fear the consequences, yet I urge my fellows to do just that. "One person, one voice can make a difference." That's what I think; what I believe. But I'm too timid to do anything about it. And so I live my life like the rest of my peers: Scraping by, finding solace in the meager joys I can afford, giving to those who need more than I, and somehow ending up looking forward to tomorrow, so that I may try to convince myself to give everything up and fight for what I want instead of take what I'm given. But that would go against the rules now, wouldn't it?
Just something I thought up, and thought it would make in interesting project.
If we marketed it and sold it, we could all reap the rewards. I'd do all the publishing work, i just need contributors.
I'd like your input and/or contributions if you'd like.
It would be called "I am the perfect drone" and it would be about people who have amazing dreams of change and/or success, but find themselves unable to pursue them because of either personal morals or fiscal limitations.
For instance:
I'm the perfect drone. I get up in the morning, shower and shave. I wonder what to have for breakfast. I dress. I go to work. I glazingly stare at a computer screen until my captors release me for the one-hour hiatus. I do the same thing for another four hours afterwards. I leave work. I wonder about dinner. I tune out the world by watching innane television programs designed to keep me in just enough suspense to continue watching. I wonder about exercise. I wonder about continuing my studies. I wonder about being a famous actor, but assume the struggle to be too great and go about my dismal existence. I think about changing the world; about taking a stand against the tyranny I read about in the news; the decline in the economy that is more the fault of the corporations than the people. I clutch my blankets in the night, tossing and turning and wondering if I'll ever be stable enough to pursue those goals, or if I will be locked in the neverending battle to pay my bills without hearing a dozen calls from collections during dinner. I dare not break the rules because I fear the consequences, yet I urge my fellows to do just that. "One person, one voice can make a difference." That's what I think; what I believe. But I'm too timid to do anything about it. And so I live my life like the rest of my peers: Scraping by, finding solace in the meager joys I can afford, giving to those who need more than I, and somehow ending up looking forward to tomorrow, so that I may try to convince myself to give everything up and fight for what I want instead of take what I'm given. But that would go against the rules now, wouldn't it?
Just something I thought up, and thought it would make in interesting project.
If we marketed it and sold it, we could all reap the rewards. I'd do all the publishing work, i just need contributors.