Each Tuesday,
rather than a POSSIBLY IRRITATING ESSAY, I'd like to both challenge you and
lend a helping hand. I generate more speculative and teen story ideas than I
can ever use. My family rolls its collective eyes when I say, "Hang on a
second! I just have to write down this idea..." Here, I'll include
the initial inspiration (quote, website, podcast, etc) and then a thought or
two that came to mind. These will simply be seeds -- plant, nurture, fertilize,
chemically treat, irradiate, test or stress them as you see fit. I only ask if
you let me know if anything comes of them.
F Trope:
prophecies
Current Event:
(DUH!) http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/2012-end-of-the-world-countdown-based-on-mayan-calendar-starts-today/
Tomorrow is, of
course the First Day of Winter (or the Winter Solstice); but TODAY marks us at
exactly ONE YEAR FROM THE MAYAN APOCALYPSE! The return of Quetzalcoatl! The
ascendance of the Feminine! The rise of Human Consciousness!
Or whatever.
So, Itzel Maria
Hernandez-Hernandez was born and raised in Minnesota. She’s a high school
senior at a first-ring suburban high school and has endure (for twelve months
now!) the attention of her class ever since someone found out her first name
was Mayan.
She is also
planning on going to the University of Minnesota and majoring in nuclear
physics. Her life is math, science and focus on her education. She’s been to
physics conferences at Brookhaven National Lab on Long Island in New York. She
has met some of the top physicists in the WORLD for heaven’s sake!
Her grandmother,
however, who was the one who insisted on her being christened with an ancient
Mayan name; thinks that she’s special. Special in that she has something to do
with the approaching Mayan change. Though elderly, she still maintains a large
boarding house near the University of Minnesota’s campus and she’s “invited”
(she let Itzel’s parents know in no uncertain terms) that she wants her
granddaughter with her on the night of the Winter Solstice!
With a heavy
sigh, Itzel has agreed to be there. She DOES like the U of M and a one of her
best friends is there for school, so they plan on an overnight while Itzel is
there. After juggling dates, it turns out the only night she can stay is the 20th
of December, right after finals.
They have a
grand time, but as midnight approaches, Itzel’s grandmother joins their party
with some foods, trinkets and songs from the ancient Mayans…
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