Final Run (Awareness of texting and driving)

[Sliced 819]

Final Run

Logan Franklin

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    Like every child who ever lived, I had dreams. Many of them.

 

    I dreamed of being an astronaut, to see space and the stars. Or a firefighter and rescue cats from trees and people from burning buildings. Possibly a police officer and stop the bad guys. Or I could have been a doctor and helped nurse sick people back to proper health. Maybe I could have grown up to learn how to pull a car apart, piece by piece and put it back together again as if it had never been touched. The sad truth is dreams don’t always come true.

 

    Life is life and will do as it pleases, good or bad. At times, everything at first appears to be falling into place, but then one of your building blocks at the bottom of your stack moves and all your work falls out of place. That’s when it all comes crashing down, unexpected, with no way of preventing it. You work so hard, so painstakingly hard, to fulfill your dreams, to achieve your goals. Then you’re hit with such a sucker punch, you wish you were dead.

 

    I wanted to be a runner. To run for miles without stopping. Maybe win a marathon, to cross the finish line first and take home the trophy.

 

    Heh....kind of like Forrest Gump.

 

    “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”

 

    And there’s no denying it I’ve had my box of chocolates and the pieces were good. All chewy and sweet. Then I got one with nuts. It was bittersweet, but mostly sour.

 

    He wore a white coat, a stethoscope around the back of his neck. His shaky, bony hand held a clipboard and with the other, he adjusted his glasses, followed by stroking his whitening beard. He swallowed deeply and sighed heavily inward, then out, leaning back against the counter.

 

    In the dim light, he spoke, soft yet firm. He was brief.

 

    “Your Tibia, from what we have found, was shattered on impact…"

 

    "We’re going to have to amputate it.”

 

    Just like that, one of my building blocks moved out of place.

 

    Appears that more than just my leg was crushed.

 

    But also my dreams of running.

 

    If there’s anything more that I’ve learned than taking a selfie while doing over 100 mph in a new Camaro is a foolish and reckless idea…

 

 ...it's that chocolates taste horrible.

 

The End

 

This is a thing I did for class as an assignment but I felt like sharing it.

 

Edited May 28, 2017 by Sliced

[tweezers 1,034]

Approved. 

 

-Corrected a few spelling and grammar errors.

 

Using a phone and driving is bad, period. If you really need to do it, pull over. Always remember that it's not just your life that you could end.

[Penguin40 1,714]

^eh, I say doing "daring" and "cool" selfies is bad, period. It really isn't your own life that you can end, plus you hurt emotions of others too. And become a lesson. Unless this article was a fake story meant to be a lesson, in which case it's a good thing you're no mult, and yes, my tips apply.

 

But great job m8! Awareness of this thing is needed, STOP MAKING SELFIES, people...

[Sliced 819]

^eh, I say doing "daring" and "cool" selfies is bad, period. It really isn't your own life that you can end, plus you hurt emotions of others too. And become a lesson. Unless this article was a fake story meant to be a lesson, in which case it's a good thing you're no mult, and yes, my tips apply.

 

But great job m8! Awareness of this thing is needed, STOP MAKING SELFIES, people...

Yeah it's a nameless protagonist

[Sliced 819]

Approved. 

 

-Corrected a few spelling and grammar errors.

 

Using a phone and driving is bad, period. If you really need to do it, pull over. Always remember that it's not just your life that you could end.

The story isn't of me, it's a thing I did for school, just to clear that up.

Edited May 28, 2017 by Sliced

[Penguin40 1,714]

You could just as well multiquote and do one post, plus even if it isn't yours, well yeah, selfieing is bad.

[Sliced 819]

You could just as well multiquote and do one post, plus even if it isn't yours, well yeah, selfieing is bad.

What isn't mine?

[Crip 4,735]

You could just as well multiquote and do one post, plus even if it isn't yours, well yeah, selfieing is bad.

They don't call him @The_Perfect_Penguin for nothing.

 

Taking a selfie is a bad thing? Well, seeing as 99% of my country's population take at least 20 selfies every day...

 

I think you are in the minority.

 

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Why are you people getting at him? As soon as I saw the word "Camaro" I knew this was fiction. It is clearly not based on a real-life event.

 

I personally like it.

[Penguin40 1,714]

They don't call him @The_Perfect_Penguin for nothing.

 

Taking a selfie is a bad thing? Well, seeing as 99% of my country's population take at least 20 selfies every day...

 

I think you are in the minority.

 

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Why are you people getting at him? As soon as I saw the word "Camaro" I knew this was fiction. It is clearly not based on a real-life event.

 

I personally like it.

I know it's fiction, I'm just saying that selfies in so-called "daring" ways are bad bad, and really, I applaud this article for creating awareness.

 

Also, they do NOT call me @The_Perfect_Penguin. I thought it was obvious cause he has Alligator paint, I don't :P

Edited May 28, 2017 by Penguin40

[ASTON-THE-BEST 97]

good work

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I know a way to fix this. All you have to do is give your phone to me, so I can take it to my dear old friend Mr. Sledgehammer. :ph34r:

Edited May 30, 2017 by DieselPlatinum