Thursday, December 9, 2010

'Thomas' Episode 2, Kim Jang Yung

We now introduce Episode 2 of our miniseries 'Thomas'. As you read, you may want to consider these questions:
How is Kim Jang Yung connected to Thomas- if he is at all?
Does Kim strike you as sinister or friendly?
Do you sense something ominous in the future of Kim or Thomas?

Kim Jang Yung opened the door to his small flat, and entered nimbly, the door hardly making a sound as it eased shut across the vanilla carpeting. Sing Chow, his graceful Siamese, leaped silently onto his shoulder as he pulled dry rice noodles from his cupboards. It felt good to be home. Out there he lived under the heavy stares of his coworkers, was becoming worn by their intolerant murmers (“Do they think I can’t understand them?), and it only began to fade when he settled before the soothing glow of his 26” HP monitor. He knew he was untraceable, invincible in the endless expanse of the internet. No one murmered or stared online. He was sdued19, raceless, faceless, androgynous and odorless. There was no loud laughing in cyber space, an American trait that he found particularly irritating. He’d summed them up quite cleverly if you asked him: They laughed, and they forgot. But they would not forget him: not tonight, anyway.

Enjoy!


2 comments:

  1. kim is an employee of thomas' at an orthodontic lab that manufactures retainers. kim, at first read, seems like the most friendly asian to have walked God's green earth, but alas, we have been fooled. he plans to foil the plans for a grinding appliance to a certain j. french. the results could prove to be disastrous!

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