just another story

just another day

[just-shower-thoughts]

There are two kinds of people. Those who think, “I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did.” And those who think, “I suffered; why shouldn’t they?”

[caivalun]

twenty-five january twenty-seventeen It has been impossible to write. I have trouble sleeping. Days ago the world took part in a global women's march. Several people I know have said not only that the display of solidarity was pointless, but also that it was disgusting, attention-whoring, pathetic. I wasn't able to attend, but my body and mind ached all day with sickness that I couldn't be there. Our president, in the five days he has been in office, has already begun working his fascism. Stripping rights, issuing several gag orders. This is comical, because I never thought I'd be saying this, but his regime has invented something called "alternate facts". Otherwise known as, you know, untruths, lies, falsities. The opposite of a fact is a non-fact. But here we are. We must resist.

[caivalun]

day one

twenty january twenty-seventeen

I don’t need to write a dystopia today. It’s day one of a very different sort.

[caivalun]

nineteen january twenty-seventeen An undisclosed number of years in the future. Caiva, our protagonist, is a Genner, a term used to describe a generational human who has been genetically modified to have certain qualities. Genners are bred with specific jobs in mind, much like today's animal industry. The kingdom Palor is ruled by a royal family at the heart of its largest city, Layden.

[caivalun]

day one

seventeen january twenty-seventeen

I have a habit of starting stories and never finishing them. This makes me not want to begin to record my thoughts at all, because I know in the end it will be a waste of time.

But my mind refuses to stop creating. It refuses to stop telling itself stories. I sit around with ideas bumping into each other inside my head and then I have no choice but to write them down and get them out of there.

This is how I’ve ended up with Caiva Lún, so here we go again.