I can't say that this chapter is the best as far as the quality of the writing, in fact, I feel like the writing needs a bit of work. However, this is yet again one of my favorite chapters because it gives me, um I mean it gives Helga some hope for her future.
But alas, there is a bit of bad news........for the time being, this is the last of Helga's story. There is one other chapter that I know of that needs to be written, but I'll just say that it will probably take me a while to write, because I don't know quite how to address this certain story just yet. But just to give you a bit of a teaser........Helga finally got a second date, and a third, and........hahaha, well if I go on it will all sound misleading. So for now, enjoy the temporary end of Helga's journey.
The Break, The Change: A Twist in Helga’s Tale?
Unless you are reading Helga’s tale from beginning to end (or the end as it is written so far), all in one sitting, you may have noticed that it has been a long time since there have been any additional chapters in the life of Helga. There may be many reasons for this, but we will explore only two of them. The first being that Helga took a long dating hiatus. Now this wasn’t necessarily her decision, but it appears to be beneficial, at least in this chapter. This leads us to the second reason, this “dating hiatus” gave Helga time to think, to grow and mature as far as dating is concerned. Now if she could just convince the “right” guy of this she might not be contributing additional chapters, but unfortunately her interactions with the opposite sex thus far have not been beneficial in the long-run. But if you will call your attention to the title of the chapter you may see that there is a possibility of change in the seemingly fruitless tale of Helga,, and thus our story begins.
Twas the evening of a Sunday in the middle of July. Helga, along with her flat mates, a British term meaning “One that is a friend or an individual that unavoidably lives in the same residence” were attending a weekly social function put on by their church. There came a point in the function where female volunteers were asked to assist the male associates in charge. Due to the peer pressure of the flat mates, and other surrounding associates, Helga halfheartedly volunteered. Much to her surprise, her volunteering haphazardly resulted in Helga “winning a date” with a boy named Marty. This was something that she had not done for quite some time, that is going on a date, not actually winning a date with a boy named Marty, which is something that she had never done in her life. The time and details leading up to the date are of no importance. It is the actual date….well the end of the date where you may see that Helga’s fate, to an extent is changing. Or at least she is no longer the party bringing the awkwardness to the dates anymore.
Helga and Marty were walking home with others from their church group that had also “won a date.” Up to this point the date had actually faired pretty well, aside from one wacky little conversation (brought about by Marty) concerning the flying speed of a certain irritating insect that likes to fly around poo, and other stinky substances, including malodorous humans. The other couples had split off, the boys were being chivalrous as they walked the girls home. Marty on the other hand, hadn’t quite figured out chivalry yet. He looked at Helga and said something lame such as “um so do you, um like want me to walk you home?” Helga could barely believe that lack of chivalry. Um yes, of course he should walk her home but he asked “do you want?" She thought she’d sound too eager and expectant if she said “yes” and she thought that she would sound plain ol’ rude if she said “no” so she stuck with the foolproof “sure.”
So, he walked her home and began a basic, “Thanks, that was fun…..” which would have been sufficient but, again he seemed to shows signs of having less dating experience than Helga, which I might add would be pretty difficult since Helga has a very miniscule amount of dating experience. He paused, and then asked, “Um do you, want me to give you a hug?”
“What?!?,” Helga thought, “Is he really asking me? He couldn’t simply give the hug.” So again, Helga was left with multiple choices of how to answer, and again she stuck with the foolproof “sure.” So they shared an odd hug, (which was likely more odd for Helga than for Marty) and off he went. This was thankfully the end of Helga’s interactions with Marty, and the end to her first male-led-awkward date.
Although Helga had been on yet another date that would not result in a second date, she was okay with that. In fact, she was overjoyed. Not necessarily because she didn’t care to see Marty ever again, but because she realized something had occurred on this date that had never occurred on any other date. She was no longer the giver of awkwardness, but for the first time ever, she was the receiver of the awkwardness. Could this be a twist that will change Helga’s luck with dating? Only time will tell.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The result of boredom Part 6
As I have looked back through the chapters I decided that this is probably one of my favorites. The reason being that aside from a few name changes to protect the true identity of certain people in Helga's life, this story is pretty much the truest of all Helga's tales. It really did happen. The other reason that I have found that I like this story so much is that I believe it gives some explanation to the troubles in Helga's so called love or lack-0f-love life.
The only other thing that I wish to inform you about this chapter was that it was the only chapter that I didn't have a title for. I literally gave it a name .2 seconds ago, and I'm not entirely certain I like it. So please leave comments and/or suggestions regarding the title of this chapter. Well I'm off, I've got to go give Helga a pep talk on the proper ways to obtain a date.....haha who am I kidding?
Chapter Six: Helga’s Dumb Brother……I Mean Luck
If you have read the first five chapters of this book, you may be asking yourself how Helga ever got to be as ill-fated as she is. The truth of it all is that it can possibly be blamed on her brother, Nephi. Nephi can be described as a typical older brother being much elated to see any of his five sisters, Myrna, Bertha, Asia, Liola, or Helga be annoyed because of something he had done to them. His devious deeds towards his sisters were often for his pure entertainment, and in Helga’s case caused her to say stupid things to a beautiful boy all because of a nasty lie that Nephi had told her.
It all happened in one fifteen minute recess when Helga was in the third grade at the wee age of eight or so and Nephi was in fifth grade. The two siblings didn’t interact very often during school recesses, in fact they didn’t interact very much outside of school either, but for some uncanny reason Nephi approached Helga at recess that day. Helga wasn’t quite sure why her brother had any desire to acknowledge her as his sister that day, especially since he was with his friends. But she thought, “ah, what the heck? Maybe he’s going to be nice to me.” Poor Helga.
Nephi came to bring Helga the good tidings that Joel Silverton, only the best looking third grader in the whole school, maybe even the best looking third grader in the whole city, had an intense love for her. Although Helga had the grand desire to believe Nephi, she knew from past experiences that she needed to be wary about believing the words that had come from his lips. She was completely torn, because in all honesty who wouldn’t want to believe that the most ravishing third grader in the valley was in love with them? Nephi, sensed Helga’s uncertainty, thus he repeatedly insisted that what he had said was true. He even told Helga that Joel Silverton had been the one to tell him this. Although she fibbed, Helga finally told Nephi that she believed him. Nephi seemed satisfied so he finally left.
After hearing of the possibility of such a handsome young man showing interest in her, Helga couldn’t get back to her game of hopscotch. The possibility of such a crush in her behalf was far too distracting. She had to know if Nephi was in fact telling the truth and Joel was the only individual who could answer this question.
Helga’s mission for the remainder of recess was to find Joel and confront him on the issue. Though things have since changed, Helga was a brave individual back in her time. She scanned the playground a few times, until she spotted him playing a game of tag with his friends. He looked as alluring as ever. It didn’t matter to Helga that he was on the other side of the playground, she had important business to conduct and there was no limit to the amount of land between them that she wasn’t willing to yell across. YES, I did say yell. She yelled across the playground so loud that she could have gotten any individual’s attention within a one mile radius of the school.
She started the imperative conversation with Joel by shouting, “HEY JOEL, MY BROTHER SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME!!!!”
With a perplexed look on his face Joel yelled back, “WHAT?”
“MY BROTHER NEPHI SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME,” Helga repeated insistently.
Poor, poor Helga. Joel gave no response to her. To her sad dismay, he smirked at his friends and continued his game of tag. It was then that Helga began to feel sick as she realized the nasty trick that her brother had played on her. Little did Nephi know or suspect that Helga would confront Joel on the matter. He merely thought he was playing a harmless, yet clever prank on his kid sister. It’s heartbreaking for me to have to inform you as the reader that the humiliating result of Nephi’s prank was only the beginning of a long hard love life for Helga.
Because it is a complicated situation, it is hard to say if Nephi can be blamed for Helga’s ongoing misfortunes. Many boys that happen to be older brothers side with Nephi, reasoning that the aforementioned story provides evidence that suggests that this is the case, but I leave it up to you to decide.
The only other thing that I wish to inform you about this chapter was that it was the only chapter that I didn't have a title for. I literally gave it a name .2 seconds ago, and I'm not entirely certain I like it. So please leave comments and/or suggestions regarding the title of this chapter. Well I'm off, I've got to go give Helga a pep talk on the proper ways to obtain a date.....haha who am I kidding?
Chapter Six: Helga’s Dumb Brother……I Mean Luck
If you have read the first five chapters of this book, you may be asking yourself how Helga ever got to be as ill-fated as she is. The truth of it all is that it can possibly be blamed on her brother, Nephi. Nephi can be described as a typical older brother being much elated to see any of his five sisters, Myrna, Bertha, Asia, Liola, or Helga be annoyed because of something he had done to them. His devious deeds towards his sisters were often for his pure entertainment, and in Helga’s case caused her to say stupid things to a beautiful boy all because of a nasty lie that Nephi had told her.
It all happened in one fifteen minute recess when Helga was in the third grade at the wee age of eight or so and Nephi was in fifth grade. The two siblings didn’t interact very often during school recesses, in fact they didn’t interact very much outside of school either, but for some uncanny reason Nephi approached Helga at recess that day. Helga wasn’t quite sure why her brother had any desire to acknowledge her as his sister that day, especially since he was with his friends. But she thought, “ah, what the heck? Maybe he’s going to be nice to me.” Poor Helga.
Nephi came to bring Helga the good tidings that Joel Silverton, only the best looking third grader in the whole school, maybe even the best looking third grader in the whole city, had an intense love for her. Although Helga had the grand desire to believe Nephi, she knew from past experiences that she needed to be wary about believing the words that had come from his lips. She was completely torn, because in all honesty who wouldn’t want to believe that the most ravishing third grader in the valley was in love with them? Nephi, sensed Helga’s uncertainty, thus he repeatedly insisted that what he had said was true. He even told Helga that Joel Silverton had been the one to tell him this. Although she fibbed, Helga finally told Nephi that she believed him. Nephi seemed satisfied so he finally left.
After hearing of the possibility of such a handsome young man showing interest in her, Helga couldn’t get back to her game of hopscotch. The possibility of such a crush in her behalf was far too distracting. She had to know if Nephi was in fact telling the truth and Joel was the only individual who could answer this question.
Helga’s mission for the remainder of recess was to find Joel and confront him on the issue. Though things have since changed, Helga was a brave individual back in her time. She scanned the playground a few times, until she spotted him playing a game of tag with his friends. He looked as alluring as ever. It didn’t matter to Helga that he was on the other side of the playground, she had important business to conduct and there was no limit to the amount of land between them that she wasn’t willing to yell across. YES, I did say yell. She yelled across the playground so loud that she could have gotten any individual’s attention within a one mile radius of the school.
She started the imperative conversation with Joel by shouting, “HEY JOEL, MY BROTHER SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME!!!!”
With a perplexed look on his face Joel yelled back, “WHAT?”
“MY BROTHER NEPHI SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME,” Helga repeated insistently.
Poor, poor Helga. Joel gave no response to her. To her sad dismay, he smirked at his friends and continued his game of tag. It was then that Helga began to feel sick as she realized the nasty trick that her brother had played on her. Little did Nephi know or suspect that Helga would confront Joel on the matter. He merely thought he was playing a harmless, yet clever prank on his kid sister. It’s heartbreaking for me to have to inform you as the reader that the humiliating result of Nephi’s prank was only the beginning of a long hard love life for Helga.
Because it is a complicated situation, it is hard to say if Nephi can be blamed for Helga’s ongoing misfortunes. Many boys that happen to be older brothers side with Nephi, reasoning that the aforementioned story provides evidence that suggests that this is the case, but I leave it up to you to decide.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
The result of boredom Part 5
I must admit that I hesitated a bit to even put this up, but it was one of the original chapter so I didn't feel like I could leave it out. Have at it.
Chapter Five: Your Own Lack of Love Does Not Permit You to Meddle in the Lives of Those Who Have Already Found Love, Or Are At Least Closer to Having Found Love Than You
You may have noticed that the title for this particular chapter is rather lengthy. I assure you that this is no mistake. In fact, I would encourage you to read it over again many times so that you can learn of its truth. I sincerely hope that you can trust that it is true by just reading it. Oh how I wish that our dear friend Helga could have read of such a truth some time ago. Perhaps if she read something such as this she may not have made another idiotic error. However, it saddens the inner fibers of my being to say that because of the lack of such a document for Helga to have read, she did in fact meddle in the life of somebody that had already found love, or was at least closer to having found love than she was.
This story begins in a far off land where Helga and a few of her pals were on a semi-educational tour. I suppose that it would be important to mention that Helga began the semi-educational tour with only a few female pals, but as the tour progressed, because of the girls’ stunning beauty; they also became acquaintances with a few hotties that were also on the tour. One of these hotties stood out from the others, his name was Enrique. Enrique had a dazzling smile and a dashing personality. I suppose it isn’t too surprising that Helga began to crush on Enrique. Helga was thinking of confessing her feelings to her female pals, but discovered that she was a little too late. One day her female pal, Ariel, confided in the rest of them that she had begun to have feelings toward Enrique. Although it took Helga longer than expected, she let her feelings toward Enrique diminish into nothing, figuring that Ariel had more of chance with him anyway.
As the semi-educational tour moved onward Ariel’s feelings for Enrique grew. But it seemed that Ariel’s feelings were not the only ones growing. Helga and her two other female pals, Amy and Natasha, began to notice that Enrique seemed to show particular interest in Ariel. He was kind to all of them, but he looked at Ariel in a way that showed his obvious interest in her. Ariel at first didn’t believe this, but Helga, Amy, and Natasha constantly assured her that he had an obvious interest in her, so they were certain that at some point during the tour the two love birds would pair off.
I’m sad to say that as the semi-educational tour came to a close Ariel and Enrique were only friends, so I’m also sorry to report that Helga decided that this could not be the end result. She decided to take matters into her own hands.
Because they had such a wonderful time on the trip Helga couldn’t bear to not keep in touch with her new friends. Before the trip ended she decided to exchange e-mail addresses with Enrique. Of course Helga wrote him right away. In the e-mail she covered the basics such as “What’s up?” “I wish we were still in a far off land on our semi-educational tour”, and other usual e-mail topics. Sadly, the usual was just not enough for Helga. As was written before concerning Ariel and Enrique’s lack to pair off on the tour, Helga decided she must say something more to Enrique. After writing her brief e-mail and signing it, Sincerely Helga, she added a “p.s.” and I quote, “P.S. Ariel digs you,” end of quote. She then pressed ‘send’ and away the e-mail went. Helga just couldn’t help herself from meddling in others’ potential love lives.
In Helga’s defense, let me assure you her act of meddling was not an act of jealousy but of shear stupidity, she really meant no harm. Let me further assure you that no harm was caused, but that still didn’t excuse Helga’s behavior. As the title clearly states, her lack of love did not permit her to meddle in the lives of those who had already found love, or at least were closer to having found love than her, and such was the case with Ariel. Even if your love life is non-existent, let me promise you this one thing; you will avoid any sort of messy embarrassment if you just mind your own business as Helga should have.
P.S. I’m not really certain if Ariel was angry at Helga for meddling in her business, but to this day they are still friends. Also, if I were Helga (and I’m not) I would tell Ariel that I was deeply sorry for writing such a stupid thing in an e-mail to Enrique.
Chapter Five: Your Own Lack of Love Does Not Permit You to Meddle in the Lives of Those Who Have Already Found Love, Or Are At Least Closer to Having Found Love Than You
You may have noticed that the title for this particular chapter is rather lengthy. I assure you that this is no mistake. In fact, I would encourage you to read it over again many times so that you can learn of its truth. I sincerely hope that you can trust that it is true by just reading it. Oh how I wish that our dear friend Helga could have read of such a truth some time ago. Perhaps if she read something such as this she may not have made another idiotic error. However, it saddens the inner fibers of my being to say that because of the lack of such a document for Helga to have read, she did in fact meddle in the life of somebody that had already found love, or was at least closer to having found love than she was.
This story begins in a far off land where Helga and a few of her pals were on a semi-educational tour. I suppose that it would be important to mention that Helga began the semi-educational tour with only a few female pals, but as the tour progressed, because of the girls’ stunning beauty; they also became acquaintances with a few hotties that were also on the tour. One of these hotties stood out from the others, his name was Enrique. Enrique had a dazzling smile and a dashing personality. I suppose it isn’t too surprising that Helga began to crush on Enrique. Helga was thinking of confessing her feelings to her female pals, but discovered that she was a little too late. One day her female pal, Ariel, confided in the rest of them that she had begun to have feelings toward Enrique. Although it took Helga longer than expected, she let her feelings toward Enrique diminish into nothing, figuring that Ariel had more of chance with him anyway.
As the semi-educational tour moved onward Ariel’s feelings for Enrique grew. But it seemed that Ariel’s feelings were not the only ones growing. Helga and her two other female pals, Amy and Natasha, began to notice that Enrique seemed to show particular interest in Ariel. He was kind to all of them, but he looked at Ariel in a way that showed his obvious interest in her. Ariel at first didn’t believe this, but Helga, Amy, and Natasha constantly assured her that he had an obvious interest in her, so they were certain that at some point during the tour the two love birds would pair off.
I’m sad to say that as the semi-educational tour came to a close Ariel and Enrique were only friends, so I’m also sorry to report that Helga decided that this could not be the end result. She decided to take matters into her own hands.
Because they had such a wonderful time on the trip Helga couldn’t bear to not keep in touch with her new friends. Before the trip ended she decided to exchange e-mail addresses with Enrique. Of course Helga wrote him right away. In the e-mail she covered the basics such as “What’s up?” “I wish we were still in a far off land on our semi-educational tour”, and other usual e-mail topics. Sadly, the usual was just not enough for Helga. As was written before concerning Ariel and Enrique’s lack to pair off on the tour, Helga decided she must say something more to Enrique. After writing her brief e-mail and signing it, Sincerely Helga, she added a “p.s.” and I quote, “P.S. Ariel digs you,” end of quote. She then pressed ‘send’ and away the e-mail went. Helga just couldn’t help herself from meddling in others’ potential love lives.
In Helga’s defense, let me assure you her act of meddling was not an act of jealousy but of shear stupidity, she really meant no harm. Let me further assure you that no harm was caused, but that still didn’t excuse Helga’s behavior. As the title clearly states, her lack of love did not permit her to meddle in the lives of those who had already found love, or at least were closer to having found love than her, and such was the case with Ariel. Even if your love life is non-existent, let me promise you this one thing; you will avoid any sort of messy embarrassment if you just mind your own business as Helga should have.
P.S. I’m not really certain if Ariel was angry at Helga for meddling in her business, but to this day they are still friends. Also, if I were Helga (and I’m not) I would tell Ariel that I was deeply sorry for writing such a stupid thing in an e-mail to Enrique.
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