The Adventures of Holo-Zoo (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/1104895-The-Adventures-of-Holo-Zoo Holo-Zoo called me down to the pond last night about midnight. He has this bad habit of calling me on my cell phone, no matter what time of day or night it is. He just doesn't understand "the sleeping thing", as he calls it. I found him standing on the shore, leaning proudly against what appeared to be an ancient, and very rusty, firetruck. H...[Read Full Post] Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:31:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/448956 On my way home from work, he materialized in the front seat next to me and just sat there, staring forward out the window. A little crackling of light particles forecast his coming, so he didn't scare me this time. "What's up?" I asked. He rolled down his window and stuck his head out, craning his neck skyward. Then, recognizing the c...[Read Full Post] Tue, 23 May 2006 12:40:18 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/427794 It was three in the morning when Holo-Zoo came back. I heard him barrelling up the gravel path and screeching to a stop in the driveway. I was trying to sleep but decided to get up when I heard him arrive. I was dying to see what he'd been up to. He met me on the front porch, beaming and radiant. "Where you been?" I asked. "Yo...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:51:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425261 Holo-Zoo irritates the crap out of me sometimes. Then, the very next minute, he makes me want to hug him till the tenor strobe of his eyes hits a soprano pitch. We were sitting outside last night, just he and I, watching the lightning show. Marv was in the bathtub, and Zach and Stephie had already gone to bed. I was taking a few minutes to relax ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:50:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425260 I was looking around this morning for Holo-Zoo since I hadn't seen him in a few days. I'd been wondering if he'd gone out on a bender, or taken a hike up into the mountains, or maybe he was sitting in the desert trying to find himself, I don't know. He's weird like that, sometimes. Anyway, I found him down at the pond installing a ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:49:24 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425259 Hi. Holo-Zoo here. For anyone that doesn't know, I am Zoo's virtual replica of himself. From time to time, just to show him how smart I am, I circumvent his security precautions and steal an entry or two in his journal. Below is one of them. 3/24/06 He's not here today. I really pulled a fast one on him this morning. I turned off...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:48:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425258 We camped out in the sand dunes, just above the beach on Friday night, waiting for him. He was supposed to show up at about midnight. Holo-Zoo had researched his movements for about a week, watching his comings and goings, and taking notes. We felt sure he would be there, sometime between 10pm and 2am. So we got there early and I drank beers from a c...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:43:38 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425257 When I got home last night, Holo-Zoo was making himself at home on the front porch. We've been having some unseasonably warm weather here in Texas, and it was about 80 yesterday. Perfect for sitting on the front porch, sipping a nice cold beverage, and relaxing before the big game. Holo-Zoo had to rub it in. He sat there smoking a Marlboro ligh...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:42:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425256 Maybe it was that little heart-to-heart we had the day he popped up in the backseat of my car. That could have been the turning point, I suppose, although I didn't see it then. I was suspicious of him all the time, and with the onset of his ridiculously flawless behavior, even more so. Showering Marv with enormous quantities of 'yes ma'ams...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:39:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425255 I noticed a change, recently, in that marvelous creation of mine, the Holo-Zoo. I hadn't been paying him much attention, due to the fact that I'd already given up hope that he'd ever become anything more than a self-deserving, chocolate dip-cone from Dairy Queen, so I almost didn't notice it. But then it struck me one day, that he'...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:37:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425254 So I thought it would be a good idea to leave everything behind me in a "gee-I've-always-wanted-to run-away-and-join-the-circus, and-now-looks-like-a-really-good-time" moment. But as it turns out, circus life ain't all that relaxing. I should have asked Holo-Zoo to check it out for me first, because that's what he's here for. T...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:36:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425253 Holo-Zoo paid me a visit today while I was driving to work. He just popped up all of sudden in the back seat and deomnstrated some of the vocabulary he's picked up. "Yo, Mr. Zoo. I'm tired of this shit." I hate it when he does that. His sudden appearance almost made me run up the back of the car in front of me. I slammed on the bra...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:33:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425252 Mr. ZooDuck must think that I have forgotten how to enter his journal. Why would he assume that I am capable of retaining only information that HE has given me? His passwords are all ridiculously easy to decipher, too. But I do like the things that he has taught me. Such as the fine of art of checking into a hotel room with a credit card and ordering...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:32:16 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425251 My holographic image cracked my password this afternoon and made a journal entry; part of his ongoing attempt to assimilate himself into society and appear more human like. I don't really mind, except he can be so damn arrogant once he has something figured out. Anyway, here's his entry in full. The little shit. I knew I would be abl...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:30:30 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425249 I've never been to Hawaii. I think maybe I'd like to go for a visit someday. I could plant a lawn chair on some black volcanic rock and watch the surf mingle with the lava; eat a coconut, and watch some hula dancers; roast a pig with an apple in its mouth; learn to play the ukelele; get leied; string a hammock between two palm trees and go to...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:28:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425248 There we all were. Me, Marv, Pierre and Julie sitting in the garage on New Year's Eve. The girls had bought some party favors, like top hats and tiaras, gaudy necklaces and little horns to blow. We were drinking a little bit. A few beers and some champagne. Nothing to get overly drunk about. Just casual drinking. We had just gotten started on a game ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:27:17 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425247 I finally caught up with my Holographic image. Remember he took off with my car a few weeks ago? The police department says there's still no sign of my car, but I got a phone call from my credit card company this morning. If they hadn't called I would have never found him. Apparently my little spitting image likeness has been charging a room ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:24:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425245 In the early stages of his development, there was more than one prototype. I was still tinkering around with different sets of parameters for intelligence, mood, autonomy and several other things. So for awhile there, I had a few different Holo-Zoos running around. I sent one of my holographic images to the store to pick up some beer and toilet paper ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 May 2006 16:20:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425243