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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 71: Feeling Lazy

I’ve been sitting here, being bored for a while, with plenty to do but avoiding doing it because I’m hoping that it will all go away or my ass will set itself to meltdown and I’ll tear off into the … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 70: Sandwich Story

Once upon a time there was a person who saw a snowflake that rode the surf off into the sunset because it needed to get back home as its sandwich needed to be eaten. The person, not quite knowing what … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 69: The Great Thing About Rain

There is a man outside in his underpants, standing and looking at the sky, yelling “where’s the rain?! Where is the rain?!”. He is shaking his fist and stomping one of his feet against the ground as he is doing … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 66: To Bondi Beach for the Sunrise

I woke up before my alarm went off this morning. About ninety minutes before. I still somehow managed to get enough sleep to be functioning. I started getting ready at about 3:55 (giving myself to boil water to fill a … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 63: An Exam Tomorrow

Today, the piece that I am writing will not be total gibberish. It will only be partial gibberish, as some of the others are, as that is the way I feel like writing today! I did not get a job … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 60: Does Ewe Know That What he Knows is What he Knows?

So, I should have gone to bed about thirty-five minutes ago, but I haven’t. Despite not having my camera, I am going to be getting up to get photos of the sunrise at Bondi Beach. It’s mostly preparation for the … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 58: Suddenly, a Desire to Write Shortly After Waking up

I’ve been awake for around fifty minutes. Eight minutes ago, I decided I should try and write whilst still in a “waking up” state, but I then woke up a bit more (part of the last fifty minutes had been … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 53: Attempting to Complete This in Under Eight Minutes

Not being entirely happy with how long it took me to write the last piece, I decided to try and write this one in under eight minutes (as though I can predict that it will be under that time as … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 50: Trying to Talk to People in Elevators

The weird thing about elevators is that they allow for meeting people with far greater ease than we realise, but because they’re so transitory in this manner, it’s rare that you’ll say anything to them, missing a great opportunity to … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 49: Light Pollution

I remember, as a child (and up until almost reaching adulthood), looking up into the sky many times and seeing a lot of bright stars. I can remember enjoying it as it was a beautiful sight that I think I … Continue reading

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