chapter 12

[miriam_e]

The latest part of my Selena City story about Adele, a lesbian in a near future where sexuality is not an issue.

part 12 Checking (3282 words)

Wow! Looks like I've found out how to keep my word count up: just have my internet computer's hard drive self-destruct. My own fault really. I should have moved all that machine's data to a newer drive long ago. They only last several years. It's a good thing I have different computers for different purposes, but I've lost all my email for the last few months. [groan] Thank heavens for Puppy Linux, because it lets me boot my machine without my boot hard drive.

So, anyway... today's chapter... I'm not sure it works very well. Once again I'm too close to it to be able to see it. I'm sure it could be written much better, but that'll have to wait till December for the editing.

Let me know what you think of it.

Comments

[blacks-empire.livejournal.com]

I just have to tease you... ---> "We both loved that series from way back at the turn of the century. Dark Angel. Jessica Alba was sooo hot!" For whatever reason it made Coke shoot out my nose because I was trying to picture Adele saying it off the cuff.

I also liked the addition of Marcie. I liked the ease at which Adele and her were able to get into conversation. The past that they had was also a nice touch, reminds me of someone I knew in my life.

Oh, where can I get one of those gecko suits? *grin* That seemed absolutely incredible!

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

heheheh :)
Marcie is built on ummm... me. :) (Tall, skinny, pale, unattractive... reserved in public, but ummm not in private :)
I wasn't really expecting her to mention Jessica Alba, but I let it stand because I positively go weak at the knees when I see her in Dark Angel. The only way I could do it was to have Adele and her enjoy the old show, like the way I still enjoy old silents from time to time. It is a bit of a stretch to think that a recent pop-culture show would be a favorite of theirs though. :)

You should be able to get a gecko suit very soon. They are in development. The technology already exists. It mimics the system that geckos actually use, with zillions of microscopic hairs that cling electrostatically to surfaces. Before you can buy a gecko suit though the primary application will almost certainly be home appliances that stick together without screws or glue, that can be simply pulled apart and put together again.

All it depends on now is how greedy the licensors of the technology are. If they let it be cheap then it will become ubiquitous, but if they're too greedy (like Barnsley and Sloan were with their fractal compression system) then it won't matter how good it is, it won't become available. (Thank you stupid patent and copyright systems.)