Midnight Snack Monologues

Midnight Snack Monologues

I hope the first sentient aliens earth meets are highly intelligent quadrupeds that can communicate with us easily. Simply because every science fiction first meeting I’ve seen is typically either humanoid and friendly or beastly and trying to kill us.

Question

Does anyone else ever see a sign, on a restaurant or storefront, that seems so bizarre you know there has got to be a story behind it?

Humans Are Weird

So there has been a bit of “what if humans were the weird ones?” going around tumblr at the moment and Earth Day got me thinking. Earth is a wonky place, the axis tilts, the orbit wobbles, and the ground spews molten rock for goodness sakes. What if what makes humans weird is just our capacity to survive? What if all the other life bearing planets are these mild, Mediterranean climates with no seasons, no tectonic plates, and no intense weather? 

What if several species (including humans) land on a world and the humans are all “SCORE! Earth like world! Let’s get exploring before we get out competed!” And the planet starts offing the other aliens right and left, electric storms, hypothermia, tornadoes and the humans are just … there… counting seconds between flashes, having snowball fights, and just surviving. 

things english speakers know, but don’t know we know.