] Reenie's head chip woke her by steadily increasing ] the perceived volume of a song by a British comedy ] troupe. Lots of trippy dreams last night. She ] couldn't remember them all this morning, but she was ] sure they were cool. She rolled out of bed and prepared ] for her "Commute" to the adjoining room. Reenie ] loved her job, well, as much as she could love any job. ] She got to work from home as much as she liked. ] ] ] Avoiding the mirror, she slipped on her jeans from ] yesterday and a sweatshirt. She had bought some new comfy ] clothes over the past week. For some goofy reason, all ] she seemed to have in her closet were suits and foreign ] yuppie wear, which were just not her. Maybe she could ] donate them to the homeless. ] ] ] Reenie's home workspace was a chaos of unwashed ] laundry, cola cans and papers. As she savored her morning ] A-1 Cola, she decided to interface with the office, make ] sure nothing was going on. "Good morning, Beth. ] How's things?" If you liked "Ownz0red" by Cory Doctorow, which many of you did, you will definitely like this quick little 10 minute read. Futurismic is collecting short sci-fi stories and putting them on the web. -Dolemite Futurismic: Fiction |