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.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Steph L. - Aug 28, 2006 2:56:42 pm PDT #8153 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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."
sj - Aug 28, 2006 3:48:27 pm PDT #8159 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Good one, Jilli!
SailAweigh - Aug 28, 2006 4:00:37 pm PDT #8160 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ooh, Erin, I like that, jewelry you can never take off. Nifty way of looking at it.
Lee - Aug 28, 2006 5:08:27 pm PDT #8161 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Also 100 words exactly:
By the time you had been here a week, the other nurses and I all knew the story behind each piece.
The silver chain holding your husband's wedding ring that lets it fall at just the right place on your chest.
The sapphire earrings your daughter gave you for Mother's day the year she got her first big promotion.
The simple silver wedding band you hadn't taken off for over 40 years, and the flashy engagement ring you got for your 18th anniversary.
The first time I see your son cry is when I lean down to take them off.
Strix - Aug 28, 2006 5:16:17 pm PDT #8162 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, damn, Lee.
Last line is the killer.
Set 'em up, girl, and knock 'em down!