My entry into the Power House Creatives Contest - 3 Wishes For Steem
Happy Sunday! Here is my entry into the latest Power House Creatives Contest, put forth by the ever awesomesauce @zord189, called 3 Wishes For Steem. Before I get started, here are the basic details about the contest...
Aladdin just got aired in the cinema recently and people were saying that Will Smith (The Genie) did a wonderful job. Now I would like to think of myself as a genie. Well, at least a #powerhousecreatives genie for once, to give you guys 3 wishes. But it's not that simple, these 3 wishes have to be related or applied only for Steem.
Maybe you would like 1,000,000 Steempower? Or you would like Steem to grant you free food everytime you post an article? Anything crazy or something that you would like to happen if you had '3 wishes for Steem'.
Contest :
3 Wishes For Steem
Criteria :
- You may use images/drawings to illustrate your story better.
- Entry must not be less than 350 words cause who knows, you might get curie or ocd :)
- Add a nice title to your entry. (Extra points for nice titles)
- Explain What is the wish for and Why. Of course more details would be better.
Also, before I get started, I wanted to mention that I created my blog graphic, as usual, over on Canva using a background created by simisi1 on Pixabay, tweaked a bit with some free clipart. 😊
Now, here's my entry, which I'm calling, "A-zord-din and the Magic Lamp"
3 Wishes For Steem
A-zord-din and the Magic Lamp
The strangest thing happened to me the other day! I was hanging out in the Power House Creatives Discord general chat room, and realized @jaynie had outdone herself with her latest decor change (something she does on a regular basis, because she likes keeping things fresh to help inspire our creativity). The whole room was decorated like a scene out of Aladdin - shimmery, multicolored curtains, gorgeous mixed print rugs scattered about, and lots and lots of super plush pillows strewn around the room.
I'd just gotten myself settled in on the couch with a cool blue magical looking drink from the always well stocked Wine & Stuff bar area (leave it to @jaynie to also have themed drinks!), when @zord189 marched into the room.
Only...
...he looked a little different than usual. I couldn't quite put my finger on it though...
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I noticed he was also carrying what looked to be a lamp, and I figured he was adding some extra touches to Jaynie's design. He placed it on the coffee table in front of me and asked, "Do you know what that is?"
"Yeppers, that's a wicked cool prop find! It goes perfect with the whole Aladdin thing going on."
He glared at me in a very un-Zord-like fashion and said haughtily, "It is not a mere prop. It is an authentic, genuine, magic lamp. It has the ability to grant 3 Wishes For Steem... as long as the wisher is worthy..."
"HA! That's a good one. Given that I've been on Santa's naughty list since before I was born, and I have a special seat reserved for me in that very warm afterlife locale, I doubt very much I'm worthy. But how would you know?"
"You ask for your three wishes, rub the lamp, and the Crypto-genie will decide if they should be granted."
"Okay, I'm down for that! And I know exactly what my first wish is, since it's something I've been talking about forever. I wish for a Star Trek style transport, so I can go visit all my Steem friends, and they can come visit me!
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He rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything, so I continued.
"Then for my second wish, I wish there was some kind of Steem fairy god whale, so that once a day or something, you could wave a cyber wand at a friend's post for big, anonymous upvote. You couldn't tell them it was you who requested it, and you couldn't do it for any of your alt accounts or anything, but you could get those amazeballs posts the attention they deserve.
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This time, Zord looked downright annoyed, but still didn't say anything, so I figured I should just keep going on.
"Last, for my third wish, I wish for a developer to figure out how to blend the good things about other social media into the blockchain, so that everyone can leave F#c#book and the like forever, and we can all hang out here in Cryptoland together.
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With that, Zord became enraged! "No, you FOOL! You're supposed to wish for something selfish, like a bazillion Steem Power, or huge upvotes for life from some whale, not for something that helps the blockchain succeed! Because it never will! Steem is doomed to fail because the only people on it are scammers and spammers, and no one will ever trust it because it's crypto and everyone knows that's not a real thing, and your greedy wishes were going to prove my point so I could blast Steem into oblivion with my magic lamp! But instead, I will destroy this bringer of wishes so that none of your ridiculous entreaties will come to pass!"
He grabbed the lamp from the table, held it high over his head, and just as he was about to smash it into the ground, the real @zord189 wandered in, and said, "Hey guys! How's things... wait, what the..."
In the blink of an eye (and in a remarkable superhero type of way), Zord lept over to fake Zord, knocked the lamp out of his hands and sent it tumbling over towards me. He shouted, "QUICK! Make your wishes before it's too late!"
I reached for the lamp, when suddenly....
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Real Zord VS fake Zord 😂😂
I love how you bring in what the naysayers say "Steem is doomed to fail because the only people on it are scammers and spammers, " and how this story shows that Steem has way more potential than that ((:
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Yeppers, @joeylim - I was hoping to have an epic battle between the two, but I was running out of time with the contest deadline. Hmmm, maybe they'll have a rematch in an upcoming contest... 😂
And thank you so much - it's been on my mind a lot lately, after seeing some of the doom & gloom from some people, and I wanted to remind everyone that our community is too amazing to fail! 💜
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Yesss! A Steem transporter--brilliant! Awesome and entertaining, which is just how I like to spend my Sundays. I did get a good laugh at even thinking about @zord189 glaring. I don't think his face makes that shape, hee hee. Maybe next time you'll get to rub that lamp before the alarm goes off...
I think his head would explode before he was able to even try glaring, @plantstoplanks...LOL! So glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for spending some of your Sunday with me. And good point - maybe I should start napping all day, every day, just in case the lamp shows up again... 😉 😂
Ha ha I like your wishes. Especially the second one. I'll take one big whale upvote please!
But #3 is good too. :-)
Right there with you, @blockurator! I'm always happy to accept a big whale upvote (not that I've had many opportunities, but still...LOL). And the only thing that worries me about #3 is the thought of having to explain all of this to my 83 year old mother... 😮 😂
Oh I hate it when that damned alarm clock goes off and ruins everything! Ha ha.
This post is a fun wild rumpus romp! This line made me laugh out loud:
You're so funny, @traciyork!
I know, right @jayna? LOL!
And thanks so much - I love hearing that I made other people laugh, especially when it's "with" me, and not "at" me (although, I gotta say, I'm usually laughing at me too, so... 😂).
This one really makes me laugh out loud!! Great post!
Aww, thanks so much, @roselifecoach! Much appreciated! 😊
Oh this is just wonderful, @traciyork. It made me laugh and yes,
Beam me up, Scotty!
Thanks, as always, @fionasfavourites, for being wicked awesomesauce! ❤️
.... Man I hate it when Saitama one shots my one shot at a whale vote.
Smh
Shouldn't that be, "one punches" your one shot... ? 😂
Which reminds me - I still haven't seen Season 2... need to fix that soon. 😊
😂 Technicalities :p
But yeah, I also haven't watched the 2nd season and should get to it soonest. Really hoping it's as hilarious as the first season, a task which should be tough.
Yeppers...LOL!
My boy, who introduced me to the series, already watched it and said it was good (I didn't want him to get more detailed than that, since I'm highly allergic to spoilers). Here's to hoping he's right! 😊
EDITED TO ADD: Okay, I mentioned something to him last night, and he said, "I didn't say good, I said okay." Apparently the animation style is different, as well as a few other things, but he said it comes from the same source material so at least there was continuity... ugh, I hate when they mess with perfection...
Hahaha I actually just finished binge watching it some 2 hours ago. Yeah, they did kind of mess with perfection imo but you'll still cry out laughing with some scenes, it's still one punch man after all. Maybe it's just that I was expecting too much, and I'd like to know your opinion when you're done with it.
I now am too intrigued to know what comes next though, and might to continue the story through the manga. Waiting 2-3 years for the 3rd season might be a bit too long. lol