Nehemia
06-24-2008, 01:42 PM
Excerpt from "Everyone is young once"
- From Nehemia's upcoming novel.
Notice* The excerpt is translated from Finnish to English. The finnish version varies a lot compared to this one.
All of us were young once. Me and my mates, we were supposed to change this world. But that summer, 2009 changed everything. I gotta say, the older we get, the more stupid we are.
It wasn't long past midsummer, normal wednesday morning, we knew tonight some of us would conquer the dance floor, some would grab some gals with em' and some would pass out in the Kharma's wc. That kind of shit always happens. Mikkeli, a ghost town for youngsters, really. All the entertaiment comes from the legal or lil' more illegial stuff people do. Fortnight ago we checked the gallery of tags in the city harbour, the abadoned warehouse and met some of the local famous graffiti painters, we were supposed to drink with them tonight in the bar & lounge Kharma, located in the city centre.
So, people took some time off from their jobs, it wasn't even noon when people gathered behind the R-Kiosk. I, as usual, arrived late, most of the guys were already there. Jurde stares at his watch, swearing. Niklas inhales his cigarette the last time and throwes it away, Anssi's face guivers when he sees me. Lauri seems to feel comfortable sitting on top of the beer-pack mountain and Tony doesn't notice anything while he is listening to his mp3-player again.
"Late as always, Juhani." Niklas slammed the first sentence into the desk, I can already predict the upcomin' discussion.
- "Perhaps you guys should blame me for introducing Susi (Wolf) that gal" Lauri blurted out afterwards.
- "Well, its not really your fault Susi decided to start warmin' up that gal, he really should do something with us too."
- "GUys, damn it, I & Heli are friends, nothing more, besides she's smart and at least she has somekind of school degree." I decided to reply.
- "Suprise, here it comes again! Our little graduate starts blabbering about studying again."
I decided to turn away from them for a while, sighing I light my cigarette and ask: "So, are we leaving anytime soo-" Before I managed to finish my sentence Niklas slammed the horn of the car.
- "Get in the car, Houston."
The six of us jumped into the car, we were supposed to meet the guys from other parts of the town later in the evening, so we decided to enjoy our holidays. We drove few kilometers away from town to place called "Rantakylä". Once we crossed the crossroad Niklas placed his foot on the throttle, and the car flew towards the bridge that crossed the railroads. We chatted about the usual, stuff that no outsider would really understand and stuff that would really confuse the most gifted of politicians. Turning left from the third our roadtrip continued to more peaceful parts of the Rantakylä.
Suddenly Niklas stopped the car, turned towards backseat and asked:
"Do you have the Saint with you, in the backseat?"
- "Yeah its here, ready to roll." Jurde grinned and tossed the baseball bat to Anssi in the frontseat. Niklas lowered the roof, Anssi took comfortable place to sit and the fun began. After gaining some speed Niklas steered the car on the sidewalk. Anssi tightened the grib of his baseball bat and aimed an vicious strike to the mailbox. The crushing sound echoed around the street as the mailbox flew in the air. Jurde managed to grab it mid-air while he stood up on the backseat. Dropping down back to his seat he opens the mailbox, overwhelmed by curiosity he grabbed magazine and shuffled to the mainpage. His face turned red and the ridiculous laugh filled the air.
"Lemme'see." I grabbed the magazine and saw the mainpage, in a second or two my reaction was the same, laughter. What a coincidence really, to find aunt of Lauri naked in the mainpage of porn magazine. Though, the best part is, that Lauri is my cousin.
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Feedback, critic & other comments etcetra are appreciated!
Edit; Should this be moved to off-topic/Art section?
- From Nehemia's upcoming novel.
Notice* The excerpt is translated from Finnish to English. The finnish version varies a lot compared to this one.
All of us were young once. Me and my mates, we were supposed to change this world. But that summer, 2009 changed everything. I gotta say, the older we get, the more stupid we are.
It wasn't long past midsummer, normal wednesday morning, we knew tonight some of us would conquer the dance floor, some would grab some gals with em' and some would pass out in the Kharma's wc. That kind of shit always happens. Mikkeli, a ghost town for youngsters, really. All the entertaiment comes from the legal or lil' more illegial stuff people do. Fortnight ago we checked the gallery of tags in the city harbour, the abadoned warehouse and met some of the local famous graffiti painters, we were supposed to drink with them tonight in the bar & lounge Kharma, located in the city centre.
So, people took some time off from their jobs, it wasn't even noon when people gathered behind the R-Kiosk. I, as usual, arrived late, most of the guys were already there. Jurde stares at his watch, swearing. Niklas inhales his cigarette the last time and throwes it away, Anssi's face guivers when he sees me. Lauri seems to feel comfortable sitting on top of the beer-pack mountain and Tony doesn't notice anything while he is listening to his mp3-player again.
"Late as always, Juhani." Niklas slammed the first sentence into the desk, I can already predict the upcomin' discussion.
- "Perhaps you guys should blame me for introducing Susi (Wolf) that gal" Lauri blurted out afterwards.
- "Well, its not really your fault Susi decided to start warmin' up that gal, he really should do something with us too."
- "GUys, damn it, I & Heli are friends, nothing more, besides she's smart and at least she has somekind of school degree." I decided to reply.
- "Suprise, here it comes again! Our little graduate starts blabbering about studying again."
I decided to turn away from them for a while, sighing I light my cigarette and ask: "So, are we leaving anytime soo-" Before I managed to finish my sentence Niklas slammed the horn of the car.
- "Get in the car, Houston."
The six of us jumped into the car, we were supposed to meet the guys from other parts of the town later in the evening, so we decided to enjoy our holidays. We drove few kilometers away from town to place called "Rantakylä". Once we crossed the crossroad Niklas placed his foot on the throttle, and the car flew towards the bridge that crossed the railroads. We chatted about the usual, stuff that no outsider would really understand and stuff that would really confuse the most gifted of politicians. Turning left from the third our roadtrip continued to more peaceful parts of the Rantakylä.
Suddenly Niklas stopped the car, turned towards backseat and asked:
"Do you have the Saint with you, in the backseat?"
- "Yeah its here, ready to roll." Jurde grinned and tossed the baseball bat to Anssi in the frontseat. Niklas lowered the roof, Anssi took comfortable place to sit and the fun began. After gaining some speed Niklas steered the car on the sidewalk. Anssi tightened the grib of his baseball bat and aimed an vicious strike to the mailbox. The crushing sound echoed around the street as the mailbox flew in the air. Jurde managed to grab it mid-air while he stood up on the backseat. Dropping down back to his seat he opens the mailbox, overwhelmed by curiosity he grabbed magazine and shuffled to the mainpage. His face turned red and the ridiculous laugh filled the air.
"Lemme'see." I grabbed the magazine and saw the mainpage, in a second or two my reaction was the same, laughter. What a coincidence really, to find aunt of Lauri naked in the mainpage of porn magazine. Though, the best part is, that Lauri is my cousin.
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Feedback, critic & other comments etcetra are appreciated!
Edit; Should this be moved to off-topic/Art section?