I'm No One

Fisherman’s cottage Harald Oskar Sohlberg circa 1900

Lovely event at the Santa Monica Public Library today for Santa Monica Reads. They had a Museum of Civilization! Troublingly, one of the phones in the Museum of Civilization was more advanced than my actual current phone. Middle picture: the Museum display at the library, with Blackberry. Bottom picture: my phone. I know.

“I’d snog Jar Jar Binks.”

Created by Marcus Stutz

I’m never the big film star, I’m just a girl in a film. - Daisy Ridley

This is the greatest thing I have ever drawn I am so proud

The Force, it’s calling to you. Just let it in.

“Hello, I’m the Doctor,” he grinned.

“What are you doing here?” Rey pointed her staff at the intruder. “This is my ground. Are you with the Teedos!?” Rey gave him no chance to answer before she rushed toward him with her staff aimed directly at his chest. She stomped and spoke: “If they sent you to claim this area, they know better! Go back to your master and tell him he cannot take whatever he wants! I have stake to this ship and he knows.” Rey’s swiped her staff under the man’s legs, knocking him on his back. Sand flew from beneath him. There was no response from him. Rey thrust her staff a final time in the direction of his chest. “Why aren’t you moving?”

 “And why have they sent you here? There’s nothing.” 

“You must have seen the whole galaxy! Tell me where you’ve been! What you’ve seen!” 

“You can travel anywhere?” she asked, curiosity bubbling like a tall glass of blue milk. The doors to the ship creaked open, and Rey could see the golden glow on the inside. She took a few instinctual steps toward the door, then glanced back at the Doctor for permission. “Anywhere in the whole galaxy?” Rey’s eyes were filled with wonder at the thought and the sight of the glowing blue ship with the strange, mad man in front of it. 

“How can I know more than I think?!” Rey spat. She took a breath, collected herself for a moment and calmly asked him: “Tell me why you saved me.”

“How do you know? How can you tell?” Rey said, pressing her luck. He couldn’t remain calm forever. At that moment, Rey sensed an unnerving presence. She retraced her steps, backing away from Ren, but not yet relenting. “Is it the Force? What did you sense?”

“It’s that one, there.” Rey pointed, rolling her eyes perhaps too visibly. Maybe she didn’t have to do anything to destroy Starkiller Base. If their tech crew was as clueless as the (frankly silly) man in front of her, they’d destroy themselves in no time. “It seems you need a teacher.”

“If you aren’t too busy maybe you could show me a few things?”

“Just snap it into the power compartment. If it hisses, you’ve done it right,” Rey smirked.

Thank