guilt by northy

guilt

i flicked a bug off my arm
it flew into this guy's eye
as he was batting it away, he jostled the guy standing beside him
the second guy spilled his coffee
so, instead of continuing on to work, he went home to change his shirt
arriving unexpectedly, he walked in on his partner in bed with someone else
upset, he turned around and left his apartment (without changing his shirt)
and went to the coffee shop on the corner
there, he ran into a woman who had just had her purse snatched and desperately needed bus fare to get to a job interview
realizing he wasn't the only one having a bad day, he gave the woman $5 for transit
she made it to the interview, got the job, worked hard and made lots of money
this allowed her to send her kids to private school
at the school, her son was identified as a prodigy
he eventually won a scholarship, went to MIT and invented a way to instigate and harness the power of solar flares
his research was stolen by Dr. Evil
who blew up the sun
mea culpa
-- the end--

for the 5+2 theme of "butterfly effect" ;p
photoshop abomination was an attempt to follow this youtube video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4z_ZPCZPlU

Woah! That was some butterfly effect. Love the bold color on the right!
October 12th, 2015  
I love the dramatic ending, it was such a great read!
October 12th, 2015  
Awesome, one hell of a story, so perfect for the theme. And, it's not a craptastic image!
October 12th, 2015  
Well that escalated quickly... Wonderful butterfly effect interpretation!
October 12th, 2015  
OOPS.... LOL...
October 12th, 2015  
very creative...
October 12th, 2015  
haha, brilliant story!
October 12th, 2015  
Ha, ha...great narrative...neat shots
October 12th, 2015  
Great narrative. That's just how the world turns.
October 12th, 2015  
Butterly effect -what a cool and awesome narrative for the theme!
October 12th, 2015  
Cool and unusual! Very artistic!
October 12th, 2015  
Ha, save the bugs 'cause they might save you one day. :)
October 12th, 2015  
Sue
I love the story and the photos.
October 12th, 2015  
haha great story! :D
October 12th, 2015  
rofl
October 12th, 2015  
Ha! I didn't know about the 5+2 theme when I started reading that. :)
October 12th, 2015  
WOW! What a story!
October 12th, 2015  
Kim
Great story!
October 12th, 2015  
Ah, I do so love whimsy... and you do do it so well!
October 12th, 2015  
As much as I liked the stor, I am should caked by that much color coming from you.
October 12th, 2015  
@janiskay bahaaaa! Indeed... Me too... But the whole explosion effect got lost in black and white ;p
October 13th, 2015  
@northy when I saw that red, then saw your name I was so surprised. I said am I looking at the right picture? I had to scroll up &down to be sure. ;-) But I can see where it would get blown out in B&W. Of course after I read the story I understood.
October 13th, 2015  
Now I have to get out of here the red is growing on me especially if I enlarge it!
October 13th, 2015  
Wow, great story with pictures to match!
October 13th, 2015  
Awesome story and photographs! Cool idea to juxtapose the b&w and screaming orange/red!
October 14th, 2015  
Great story I was intrigued.
October 16th, 2015  
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