In a message dated 11/16/98 4:31:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
rgorman@telusplanet.net writes:

<< > 3.  Be careful what you wish for
 > 
 >         I should have listened to my mother's advice: to be careful what I
wished
 > for, because I might just get it.
 >         As you can see, I totally ignored her.
 >         I guess that it started when I found that weird-looking back
scratcher.
 >         It was a nice day, and I was walking a friend's dog.  Well, it's
more like
 > the dog was walking me, but I digress.
 >         He dragged me into a local park and insisted I play catch.  So,
stupid lil'
 > ol' me, I pick up this stick and throw it.  He comes back, makes me throw
the
 > d*mn stick again, and we go on like this for a while.
 >         Well, I got bored and so I faked a toss.  The dumb dog ran off and
I looked
 > at the stick.  It looked like a monkey's paw.  I guess that should have
clued
 > me in, but it didn't.  I tucked the thing in my backpack, rounded up the
dog,
 > and dragged him home.
 >         About a few hours later, I was peacefully watching anime and
playing destroy
 > the stick with my cat.  I was using, as you can guess, the same stick I
picked
 > up in the park.
 >         Well, I voiced an idle wish - I don't remember anymore what I
wished. The
 > thing scratched at the air and next thing I knew I was 20 feet above
Jusenkyo,
 > with my cat, and descending rapidly.
 
 You know...the cat justifies this idea in my eyes.  This could be fascinating
 if the otaku doesn't turn out to be a gifted martial artist, but the cat
does.
 Placing the self-insert in the role of sidekick to the heroine would be an 
 original twist. >>
	Um, first, most of these ideas are toss-outs, just written to show a certain
form of SI as quickly as possible with as little work as possible.
	Second, I am now planning on continuing that idea as a fic titled "Be Careful
What You Wish For," and at present the plans are that there will be no hero
for the cat is just too stupid and the girl completely objects to being a
heroine on general principals...


		--Ryo Hoshi