Welcome back to yet another installment of the Saturday Centus, that fun and challenging writing meme that takes a supplied prompt and no more than 100 words of your own and transforms them into a mini literary adventure! Our host and spirited advisor for this exercise is none other than that bloggess extraordinaire herself, Jenny Matlock at her blog, off on my tangent.
As this is the 28th week of the Saturday Centus, by now you know the rules about the 100 word limit, no vulgarity, no splitting the prompt and no pictures, but you may not know that, as a result of the recent elections and the shift in power in the House, starting next year there will be some new rules that will take effect here in Centusland.
To begin with, those Centusians in the top 15% income bracket will be able to use a total of 175 words in their Centus instead of the usual 100. Those in the lower income brackets will find their word limits decreased to 64 including the prompt. There will also be a small surcharge required to post your Centus for those not in the top bracket. These funds will go to support legislation to defend American freedom and liberty blah, blah, blah…
In addition, any written pieces that seek to disparage members of the Republican Party, Tea Party, it’s conservative pundits or corporate cronies by accusing them of being either greedy, power-hungry, plutocrats or mindless half-wit talking-point puppets will not be allowed to be posted (For those of you who are Republicans, disparage means “to put down.”)
In contrast, bashing the President and the rest of the government whom are dedicated to improving the lives of ALL Americans (even those Republicans who wish to deny the rest of us healthcare, unemployment benefits, civil rights and who have worked tirelessly to ship our jobs overseas to fatten their own bloated paychecks) will, however, be tolerated and in fact encouraged.
Also in 2011 the restriction with regard to having photos or illustrations will be partially lifted. White, God-fearing conservative bloggers will have the option of using any of a number of images officially sanctioned by the Republican Party. These include the popular “Obama with Hitler-style mustache,” “Obama with Bone In Nose” and any image reputing to show Obama as a socialist, a communist or a fascist (for those people who are unfamiliar with the meanings of each term and use them interchangeably.)
Yes, the times they are a-changing! This new direction purchased by the Koch brothers voted on by the electorate will include some sweeping changes for all of us. In light of this, Jenny, I want to apologize in advance because I’m not certain that I will be able to keep your rule on vulgarity come next year.
This week’s Saturday Centus prompt had a very poetic, lyrical feel about it, so I tried to utilize it as best I could given my non-poetic, raucous writing style. The prompt this week is: "The early November sunshine cast golden rays..."
Here is my take on this week’s prompt. I have entitled it:
A Paparazzo’s Dream
The early November sunshine cast golden rays upon this exclusive Malibu beach community. Sitting in my boat the cries of seagulls broke the trance-like state that the gentle surf and salty sea air had placed me in.
Suddenly she stepped out onto her deck wearing just her bikini bottoms and holding a drink. At long last the moment I had been waiting for. I raised my Nikon camera and clicked away.
Sure, anyone could photograph other topless celebs, but it was I that finally caught on film the person who had eluded photographers all these years.
Betty White.
The bidding would start at a quarter million dollars.
Practice random acts of kindness.
It really weirds people out!
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