And there's always fiction.
Not with a statement like "the jewelry you're wearing". I mean, I am or I'm not. And I'm not and don't.
I could write about NOT wearing jewelry. That would be accurate.
Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?
'Why We Fight'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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deborah grabien - Aug 28, 2006 2:38:44 pm PDT #8149 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 28, 2006 2:43:06 pm PDT #8150 of 10001
What is even happening?
Sure it could be fiction. The you doesn't have to refer to the writer. The you could be fictional. The jewelry could be fictional. It doesn't have to be real or accurate. I mean, I understand anyone choosing not take it as fictional, but there's no reason it couldn't be fiction, regardless of why you wouldn't write it.
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2006 2:45:56 pm PDT #8151 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Right -- you could (for instance, and I'm actually desperately hoping you *will*) write from the POV of Mr. T.
deborah grabien - Aug 28, 2006 2:55:49 pm PDT #8152 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nah. I'm-a kick back and enjoy everyone else's right now.
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2006 2:56:42 pm PDT #8153 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I pity the fool who doesn't write a Mr. T drabble!
....okay, that doesn't sound convincing. Not even when I hear Mr. T (in my head) saying it.
Dang.
Atropa - Aug 28, 2006 2:58:23 pm PDT #8154 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Well, this is fiction. But not a Mr. T drabble. Sorry, Tep.
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I'm sure you put a lot of thought into your outfit. The lacy top, the skirt short enough to show your stockings, the clearance-rack corset with frayed seams. (Don't worry; the flaws didn't show in the dim club light.) But you could have been wearing baggy jeans and a t-shirt, and I would have picked you. Not because you were especially beautiful, sorry. Because you were wearing one of those ridiculous "blood vial" necklaces. A tiny glass bottle on a chain that signaled what your fantasy was. And later, when you're cold and still and paler than even your carefully-applied makeup, the sting of the red-dyed alcohol is as familiar to me as an after-dinner mint would have been to you.
SailAweigh - Aug 28, 2006 3:05:26 pm PDT #8155 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oooh, Jilli, nice and creeeepy.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 28, 2006 3:27:15 pm PDT #8156 of 10001
What is even happening?
Jilli, you gave me goose bumps.
Atropa - Aug 28, 2006 3:28:31 pm PDT #8157 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
beams
Strix - Aug 28, 2006 3:48:01 pm PDT #8158 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And....exactly 100! For the first time in forever. ____________________________________________
"Can I see it?"
I allow the student to pull back the edge of tee to expose the limned markings decorating each shoulder blade. I feel a delicate touch, and it pulls away as if afraid to press too hard.
"What are they?"
"One’s an old Irish design that stands for life, death and rebirth, and the other is an owl off an ancient Greek coin, a drachma. It's the symbol for Athena, the goddess of wisdom."
A pause. "Why did you get tattoos?"
A good question; my turn to pause. Think. Smile.
"It's jewelry you can never take off."