Posted by: Admin on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 02:05 AM
I'm not that dumb...
Part 9
by Sherilynne Amber MacDonald
From Her Diary...
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I haven't talked about Daddy here, much. Sheri's dad. He's like unbelievably good-looking, I mean, like a movie star or something. He's got a little bit of gray hair but most of it is like dark brown and he has this cute curl of hair that sometimes falls on his forehead.
He's so big, he makes me feel like a little kid again, he can pick me up and hold me over his head. I thought I was going to die from giggles the first time he did that. He picked me up by my middle and held me against the ceiling in the hallway. I laughed so hard, my panties got damp.
He calls me "Princess" or "Moppet" and he calls Gary "Tiger" or "Grunge". It's kind of embarrassing to be called "Princess" but somehow it's okay when Daddy does it. It makes me giggle like a stupid girl, but I guess, well, I have to pee sitting down and I know I'm not too bright for someone who's suppose to be fifteen, so I guess I am a stupid girl.
I found out Daddy used to be a football player, like in the pros, but he got hurt and went back to school and now he buys and sells stuff and makes lots of money doing it. His name was Trevor MacDonald but they called him "McTruck" and he played for the Los Angeles Rams. He never got to be on the first team cause he got hurt in his second season in the pros.
And on Saturday, he's taking Gary and me to Disneyland!
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Okay, so Mommy isn't going to Disneyland with us, it's Daddy's weekend. Daddy doesn't live with us, I guess I hadn't said that here before. I'm not sure if they are divorced or just separated. Daddy's friend, Uncle Robert will be going with us.
Uncle Robert is okay, he's a lot younger than Mommy and Daddy and he has blondish hair almost as long as mine. He and Daddy live near the beach and once a month Gary and I spend the weekend with them, except last time I had just got out of the hospital the week before so only Gary went since Mommy wouldn't let me go and Daddy didn't want to have a fight about it. Nobody told me nothing till later.
Uncle Robert says my name, Sheri, funny. It's like "Sha-REE," and he says that is the French word for "dear" and it's spelled "Cherie". Which looks like it might be the French word for "Cherry" but it isn't. He's pretty funny, really and he makes me laugh.
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Okay, I'm not that dumb.
Uncle Robert is almost as pretty as Mommy, even though he's got guy muscles and he doesn't swish or lisp. He looks skinny next to Daddy but anyone would, cause Daddy is like huge! They call each other Bobby and Trev, but Mommy says we have to call Uncle Robert, Uncle Robert, not Uncle Bobby. I wanted to ask her why but I figured she had some compulgated adult reason that wouldn't make sense to a kid.
If something like what happened to me had to happen to someone, why didn't it happen to someone like Uncle Robert who might actually like it? Okay, that's not fair, Uncle Robert probably wouldn't like it, cause then he would be like Mommy and if he and Daddy got married they would just get another divorce.
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Disneyland is so cool! and we got to do everything! We went up on Friday night and stayed in the hotel and I had my own room, it was mostly pink which was okay, I guess. I could hardly sleep anyway, I was so excited. I don't think Sam ever got to go to Disneyland.
There were crowds but as long as I was with Daddy they didn't scare me. Just like being at the mall with Mommy.
I worried about sleeping alone in a hotel but it was like a suite and Daddy and Uncle Robert were in the big middle room and Gary had a little room like mine but it was yellow instead of pink. So it was almost like being at home with Mommy next door on one side and Gary on the other and I guess I did sleep cause Uncle Robert had to call me, "Cherie!" like five times before I woke up.
But what really woke me up was Gary shouting right in my ear, "Sherilynne Amber MacDonald, get your bun out of bed!" He scared me so bad I ran over him on the way to the bathroom and it served him right.
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We had breakfast with Chip and Dale in the hotel, right there at our table making us laugh. Then we rode the Monorail to the park and we went to Toontown which was better for Gary than for me, cause, darnit, I'm too big of a kid for some of the cool stuff there. The part of me that is still Sam was kind of jealous.
But then we went to Space Mountain and some of the other rides and Gary was too short, so I guess it evened out. We got all wet on Splash Mountain and they took a picture of us and we got to keep it. I look really scared and Daddy and Uncle Robert are like laughing. Even Gary looks happy instead of scared. I guess it did scare me and just as we went over the falls, I kinda thought I heard traffic noises and Sam's mommy yelling at me.
So we were standing in line for the Haunted Mansion and Gary and I were playing some stupid game he invented, like he gives you a number and then you look around and figure out what it is that that many people are all wearing like blue shorts or Minnie Mouse ears. If you think you've got it figured out, and you think the number has changed, you can ask for a recount and see if you're right.
And that's when I thought of it, it's like I'm haunting myself.
Note: TG magic transmigration age progression child to teen rated-M
Part 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
Thanks, Ty. :) I think I know what you mean by Sam's perceptiveness on the subject of Uncle Robert, perhaps Sam/Sheri has a unique perspective on the idea. :)
- Erin
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Sheri this is a very good series...but what if this isn't a magical transformation tho...what if Sheri actually knew Sam and babysat for him? What if all these thoughts going through Sheri's head are actually dreams and Sheri is in a coma? It is a very nice series with all kinds of possibilities. Keep up the good work. It took me 2 hours to read all 9 chapters...waiting for chapter 10.
Very interesting speculations, Barbara. What is reality, after all? And who really needs it? :)
- Erin
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Re: Sam I Am -9- "I'm not that dumb..."
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by Guest Reader on Mar 27, 2004 - 04:47 PM
"I kinda thought I heard traffic noises and Mommy yelling at me." I don't recall any other distinct refrence to Sam's "Before" life. A new thread, or just an aside?
The other bit about Sam is on pages 99 and 98 in part 6. Part of it reads:
"This lady with dark hair and eyes called me Sam. She was lots bigger than me. Not like Sheri's mom who's about the same size as me, as Sheri. My mom...was bigger than me and she called me Sam."
I'd say more, but I've designed the story to pull away the veils slowly. :)
- Erin
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Re: Sam I Am -9- "I'm not that dumb..."
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by Guest Reader on Mar 27, 2004 - 10:16 PM
Can we say Twilite Zone ? Now your starting to scare me! I thought this was supposed to be a light hearted story? I think we just crossed through a portal into the Twilite Zone!
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Re: Sam I Am -9- "I'm not that dumb..." (Score: 1) by DebraKay on Mar 31, 2004 - 01:14 AM (User info | Send a message)
Me too! One of my very all time favorites. Does anyone remember William Shatner on that airplane with a real Grimlin 'playing' on the wing? I was lucky enough to work on two commercials with Rod Serling. Wow, was he a tiny guy, and so darn talented!
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A real giant in the industry, despite his physical size. :)
- Erin
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The "Outer Limits" and the "Twilight Zone" brought...
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by Angel(angelohare@earthlink.net)
on Mar 29, 2004 - 10:52 AM
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together for one final episode, Sam I Am!
Two lives in one, the first, lost and trying to be found once again through mini-flashbacks and male identity issues. The second, learning and living new experiences, discovering the female side of the lost soul Sam.
Here the theme song of the twilight Zone plays with the voice of the Outer Limits man saying "Do not adjust your TV sets...."
A big difference between the two old time shows was that "The Outer Limits" usually had a villain and "The Twilight Zone" usually had a moral. I'll let people decide which one "Sam I Am" most resembles when the story is finished. :)
- Erin
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Re: Sam I Am -9- "I'm not that dumb..."
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by pjladyfox on Mar 30, 2004 - 01:01 PM
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Well, just got finished reading up to this point. At first I was somewhat confused as to what's going on but, as time went on I could see that you're definatly going somewhere 'tho at this point I can not say where. :)
A few things come to mind as possibilities as to how this could have happened;
1. That Sheri was attempting magik and with her being a novice the spell backfired on her causing both her and Sam to switch.
2. That something or someone attacked Sheri which injured her, well I can't think of a better word, soul and someone using magik found this to be the best compromise so that she would have a chance to have justice.
3. That someone saw that both Sheri and Sam were seriously injured. Using magik at his/her disposal and not wishing to let either pass on used their magik in order to merge Sam's mostly intact soul into Sheri's greviously injured one thereby saving them both. This also has the added benefit that since Sheri was attacked, while Sam simply was a victim of an accident, that would allow Sheri to bring her attacker to justice.
Just the few things I could see being possible. :) In the meantime, I'll definatly keep reading since I'd really like to see how this plays out.
Very interesting speculations, PJ. :) More will be revealed in future episodes and at least one thing that will be said in the next episode or two is right in line with something you said. Interesting that you came up with it before I got around to suggesting it in the story. :)
- Erin
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Re: Sam I Am -9- "I'm not that dumb..." (Score: 1) by pjladyfox on Mar 30, 2004 - 11:18 PM (User info | Send a message)
Well, I've been studying on and off to be a wiccan which helped. Couple that with the fact that I've done a lot of reading about magik in general, well, it made me start thinking. :) I hope my idle speculation did'nt ruin anything. I just could'nt help it. :P
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