{"id":15670,"date":"2010-01-04T15:50:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T23:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15670"},"modified":"2010-01-04T15:50:39","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T23:50:39","slug":"lost-journal-entry-by-luke-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15670","title":{"rendered":"Lost Journal Entry by Luke Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 3<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been having nightmares about the wallaby again, mate.<\/p>\n<p>When one of those blasted buggers decides to have a go at you, there&#8217;s nothing you can do. They&#8217;re vicious creatures.<\/p>\n<p>I stare into the wallaby&#8217;s black eyes. I&#8217;m deadly scared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did it all to honk off my Dad!&#8221; I cry.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when the wallaby starts kicking me. Kicking me to bloody pieces. Their back legs are spring-loaded; they&#8217;re like bands of steel, mate.<\/p>\n<p>I squeal and begin to sob: &#8220;Nay&#8230;nay&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My Dad always warned me I&#8217;d grow up to be a ponce. Is this my comeuppance for stealing Cocoa Krispies from the homeless and gloating over the sugary treats?<\/p>\n<p>As the savage marsupial mounts me, I hear the voice of my Dad yelling &#8220;Sinkers or floaters today, boy? You&#8217;re nothing but a sinker in the bowl of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I squeal like a girl as I awaken, choking on my protective mouth guard. I&#8217;ve got the fear, mate. The wallaby is coming for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 3 I&#8217;ve been having nightmares about the wallaby again, mate. When one of those blasted buggers decides to have a go at you, there&#8217;s nothing you can do. They&#8217;re vicious creatures. I stare into the wallaby&#8217;s black eyes. I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15670\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1178,822,8446,6188,20834,20835],"class_list":["post-15670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-cocoa-krispies","tag-luke-ford","tag-mouth-guard","tag-sinkers","tag-vicious-creatures","tag-wallaby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}