Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Jourmal Entry Expansion: Dinner and Lunch or Was it Lunch and Dinner

A really long time ago, well eight years ago my family had two birds. They happened to be parakeets. They're names were Dinner and Lunch. Don't ask why because I don't have any clue as to the origin of the names. My parents had them named before I could speak logically. Both of the birds looked practically identical so you could never figure out which was which. We would let them out of their cage and they would fly aroud our house making it seem like a tropical rain forest. One day when I was about three and a half Dinner decided to eat Lunch or was it Lunch decided to eat Dinner. Talk about cannibalism! All that I know for sure is that my mom then disposed of the parakeet that we had left. To this day I still don't remember what exactly happened to the other bird who was not eaten.
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26 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 6, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    YIKES! I love this entry. I am strangely attracted to the whole thing because it is so real. I suppose it's not strange at all that I like it so much; there is something compelling about what may seem mundane to the author. What we take for granted, is fresh and new to others. You pulled me in, and made me quite curious about other stories you may have about the two birds. Keep it up!

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  2. AlainaNovember 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    Wow, that's.. erm.. interesting. I've never heard of cannibal birds before! Dinner and Lunch sound like interesting birds, and strangely enough, I like their names!

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  3. MaggieNovember 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM

    The story is actually entirely the truth. I am not sure that I have any more stories about the two birds, seeing as I was only about four years old.

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  4. Skye LunusNovember 10, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    Ya know, their names were actually pretty ironic. (Not like the mode of literature ironic)One of them ended up eating the other for dinner or lunch. Why did you name them Dinner and Lunch?

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  5. Matt LupoNovember 11, 2009 at 9:39 AM

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  6. Matt LupoNovember 11, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    That sounds like something out of a Judy Bloom book, the way something really strange happens so calmly.

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  7. Derek JacobsNovember 11, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    Finally another cannibal! You didn't hear that. Anyway, good story. I like how the simplest things that happen to you can make a good story.

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  8. MaggieNovember 11, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    We named them Lunch and Dinner because my mom wanted something simple to call them seeing as my sister and I were only two and three years old. The birds also looked identical.

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  9. MaggieNovember 11, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    Okay, maybe it sounds like a Judy Bloom book, but I wouldn't know because I have never read any.

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  10. Claire WagnerNovember 11, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    That was a really kind of funny journal entry. I had 2 hamsters once and one of them ate the other just like your birds.

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  11. MaggieNovember 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    Interesting!!!

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  12. Derek JacobsNovember 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    Go cannibals!

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  13. MaggieNovember 11, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    Really, Derek, Really?????!!!!! :-P

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  14. MaggieNovember 12, 2009 at 10:02 AM

    No we are not!!!!

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  15. Claire WagnerNovember 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    I'm at a loss for words.

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  16. KelseyNovember 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    WOW Derek. WOW!

    Anyway, that story is really interesting. I can't believe the Lunch(or dinner) ate dinner(or lunch)! Were you feeding them enough?

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  17. MaggieNovember 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    Yes we were.....at least for what I know!!!

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  18. Mrs. Fulfer's classNovember 12, 2009 at 12:29 PM

    Oh, how I miss you all:) Love the story, Maggie! You pulled me in immediately with the intriguing title!

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  19. Skye LunusNovember 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM

    SERIOUSLY DEREK! That's gross and weird!

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  20. MaggieNovember 13, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    Thanks for the comments I never thought that this would be any good at all.

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  21. Claire WagnerNovember 29, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    That story reminds me of mylifeisaverage.com. You should submit your story to them, and if you've never been there then you should go there it has some pretty funny stories.

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  22. The Slay PoetDecember 2, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    Seriously. Let's get a hold of ourselves! (Derek) (I'm not naming names)(Derek)

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  23. MaggieDecember 15, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    Agreed!!!

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  24. AnonymousDecember 21, 2009 at 8:56 AM

    Maggie, ewwwwwwwwwwww.
    I have to admit I was totally drawn in (probably because I am your aunt, met the lovebirds know there have never been parakeets and was fascinated when in the past I read about Hannibel the Cannibal in, Silence of the Lambs). Anyway, I found the piece enticing and it poses the question, is fantasy truly fantasy if it is reality to the one who fantisizes...or to get a bit more philosophical, what is the nature of reality...if a tree crashes into the ground in an uninhabited forest, no human there to hear it...is there noise?
    Aunt Nancy

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  25. MaggieDecember 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    Did you read the other one that states what is actually true and not just my mind playing tricks on me???

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  26. AnonymousDecember 22, 2009 at 8:46 AM

    Of course I read it. And, I liked them both . My personal preference is always fiction though. I think it may be an attention span thing.

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