Read the Zapfic serial #GHAWG on LeoThreads to follow the transformation of a courier into a Harley-riding tool of God.
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TL;DR
What is GHAWG?
Zapfic Entries 8-14
1️⃣0️⃣ 2023-March-14 05:07:00
1️⃣1️⃣ 2024-May-22 12:04:09 (originally 2023-March-15 @ 06:48:00 ET -- /@magnacarta/re-leothreads-4lkt6h)
1️⃣2️⃣ 2023-March-16 04:17:00
1️⃣3️⃣ 2023-March-17 04:47:00
1️⃣4️⃣ 2023-March-18 00:48:00
Story Arc So Far
Next Week
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What Is GHAWG?
#GHAWG is short for "God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian." This fictional story tells how David Guardia, a courier and business owner from Bayonne, New Jersey, US moved into the next phase of his life after spending the final ten years of his ailing father 's life helping him.
More details can be found in the first post of this weekly recap.
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Zapfic Entries 8-14
8️⃣ 2023-March-12 07:32:00
| My attention is drawn to the cash register where some delinquent is trying to rob the store, so I abandon the ginger ale. I approach the thief from behind and place him in a submission hold. When police arrive, he's unconscious. |
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| 🏍️ This scene establishes David Guardia's character as a tough guy doing the right thing even at risk to his own life. He knows enough about martial arts and combat to administer a submission hold, something which can take a long time to execute to completion. |
9️⃣ 2023-March-13 11:05:28
| Traffic was heavy, but I still managed to complete the pickups and deliveries on my manifest. Uptown, midtown, downtown; west side, east side, river side. It was left to me to close dispatch after I returned with my Honda. |
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| 🏍️ David has both strong work ethic and an owner's mentality. He could have given his deliveries to another courier, but he kept making them himself. 🏍️ He makes his deliveries and pickups using a Honda motorcycle. |
1️⃣0️⃣ 2023-March-14 05:07:00
| I heard Slim, a pudgy courier who started last month, complain about how he still hasn't landed any plum accounts. I reminded him that I started this courier service with nothing but a foot-powered scooter and a bag from Target. |
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| 🏍️ Slim is the first non-family character who isn't an NPC (non-playing character). Given his physical characteristics, he was given the nickname "Slim" ironically. Although Slim is a minor character, he has a role to play in this zapfic serial. 🏍️ This scene adds more meat to David's history and character. Essentially, he started his courrier service from nothing. |
1️⃣1️⃣ 2024-May-22 12:04:09 (originally 2023-March-15 @ 06:48:00 ET -- /@magnacarta/re-leothreads-4lkt6h)
| "I can't believe Mom let you get her autograph," I said to my father
| as he was looking at a magazine with cover girl Iris Chacon. "She understood my interest," he replied. I nodded, wondering if I would meet someone like her. |
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| 🏍️ This is the first multi-line/paragraph zapfic entry. 🏍️ Before there was Jennifer Lopez ("JLo") and Sofia Vergara, there was Iris Chacon. 🏍️ Given the path of David's life since he began taking care of his father as he also maintained his courier service business, he effectively gave up whatever social life he had before. He knows he's doing the right thing, but he still wonders if a mate or partner is in his future. At this point, he doesn't see that. |
1️⃣2️⃣ 2023-March-16 04:17:00
| For the 42nd time my father & I watched Terminator 2 on DVD. Sometimes T2 leads to deep conversations. Tonight talk turned to Sarah Connor & all the ways she could help me. "She can drive you around," I said. He laughed hard. |
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| 🏍️ Both David and his father are big-time fans of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, perhaps the movie when Arnold Schwarzenegger had reached Peak Arnold status. 🏍️ Once again talk at home turns to his relationship situation (specifically, lack of one). It's a hard topic for David to handle, especially when his ailing father brings it up. The good natured inquiry could have gone south, but David managed to diffuse the topic with biting wit. |
1️⃣3️⃣ 2023-March-17 04:47:00
| During the time Slim has worked for me as a courier, he's come a long way. Some accounts ask for Slim by name. His appearance now matches his name. He even covers me at dispatch. Can he take over for me? Some day, but not today. |
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| 🏍️ The zapfic serial fast-forwards long enough for us to notice both physical and professional changes in Slim. Going from chubby to slim doesn't happen overnight. He had proven himself to the point where David had given him responsibilities associated with a business partner, XO (executive officer), or vice president. |
1️⃣4️⃣ 2023-March-18 00:48:00
| After I catch up on activities at my decentralized blog and engage with both followers & other bloggers, I visit check my wallet. Earnings are good this year, but I'm still about 2K dollars shy of what I need to buy that Harley. |
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| 🏍️ Here we see David with his side hustle as a blogger. He's been blogging long enough to be able to make decent earnings. 🏍️ Although David owns and works with a Honda motorcycle, his goal is to upgrade his ride to a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Those things aren't cheap even if used. |
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Story Arc So Far
More expository zapfic adds meat to the frame established in zapfic entries 1-7 for David Guardia:
🏍️ He's the type of person to fight crime if he's in a position to do so.
🏍️ He not only has the owner's mentality for his business but he also sets the example for his people (one of whom is Slim).
🏍️ David and his ailing father still have their bonding moments, even if the topic of discussions turns to a very sensitive theme for David.
🏍️ A time element is included to show how the characters had evolved.
🏍️ He maintains his decentralized blogging activities in order to have enough earnings to upgrade his motorcycle from Honda to Harley-Davidson. Neither brand is better than the other, but that's the progression David wants to make in his ride.
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Next Week
The next post will feature GHAWG entries 14-21 and explanations for each entry. The first turning point in the zapfic serial happens with these entries.
GHAWG itself continues at LeoThreads, where Act 2 is done but Act 3 can't start yet. Consider these zapfic entries an interlude between Act 2 and Act 3.
Catch the lastest zapfic entries for GHAWG at LeoThreads. Get caught up with GHAWG with these weekly summaries at LeoFinance and at the Scholar and Scribe community.
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GHAWG Navigation
To find other weekly summary posts such as this one-- or to read the serial without annotated commentary-- use the GHAWG Navigation threadstorm at LeoThreads. Within LeoThreads, hashtag #GHAWGnav brings up the navigation.