=====Stories: Right Here, Right Now=====
//Watching the world wake up from history, or at least the L.A. riots.//

===Summary===

Alone in his suburban Los Angeles apartment on that first Friday night, John watches the city's events unfold on his television set; fights clogged phone lines to talk with friends; and argues with his mother over the nature of TheChanges.

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==Author==
BaxilDragon

==Release date==
11-12-2003

==Word Count==
1,850

==Author Comments==
Although this is ostensibly about John and his quiet, cozy apartment, the real focus of the story is the Los Angeles Riots, as seen through live media reports.
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==Major Characters==
~- John
~- John's mother, Rick, and Alice, all via a phone line

==Dates of Story Events==
~- Friday night, Dec. 20, 1996
~~- **Era:** EraDragonInTheStreets

==Locations==
~- Los Angeles

==TTU Events==
~- EventLosAngelesRiots

==Significant Cameos and References==
~- A TV reporter interviews CharacterDennisRedwing while he and his mages are trying to keep the peace in Los Angeles, although the story leaves unsaid Redwing's actual words.

==Trivia==
~- The title of the story is an ironic reference to the Jesus Jones song of the same name.  The song is a celebration of living in the present, being a conscious observer and participant; the story centers on a man who reacts to The Changes by trying to ride them out from his apartment.
~- For no good reason, I have a link in my brain between the songs "Right Here, Right Now" and Information Society's "Fire Tonight."  This story was crafted on the themes of both. - BaxilDragon

===Read it at===

http://www.tomorrowlands.org/nov2003.html#11122003

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