Oooh, Fay fic. Bring it!
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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SailAweigh - Jan 26, 2007 3:51:29 am PST #8874 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Topic!Cindy - Jan 26, 2007 3:56:53 am PST #8875 of 10001
What is even happening?
Oh Fay, yes. Do it. Do it. You have such voice -- your story isn't going to sound like anyone else's story.
erikaj - Jan 29, 2007 9:57:01 am PST #8876 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
In under the wire for the Recipe challenge
Pancakes
A young couple, both tall and blonde, still trying to find out what makes a happy family. One man, convinced by her love he’s not a freak, one woman convinced love minus alcohol might equal happiness, even without the necessary pinch of cash. She’s made pancakes, one of the five meals she knows she can duplicate, and she brings them to the table still feeling like a wife in a play. Maybe she waits for a peck; maybe sometimes in those early days she got it. Monday morning quarterback, he picks at his plate. “You used too much oil,” he explains, in the tone of a boy used to favoring himself.
“I did not...they’re just fine, you fucking baby,” When did that stop sounding fond and indulgent? Whenever that was, that was when it was really over, whatever the papers said.
“Well, you know, with my stomach..” Everybody knew about his stomach. She heads him off, because every meal is still a commitment. She can’t just throw out a plate of food. “I know they’re fine,” she bluffs, “And to prove it to you, I’ll eat them myself.”
Later that night, as she heaves, she hears him laughing. Did he also bring her crackers and lemon-lime soda? Making a story is like cooking...the things you leave out change what you make.
Steph L. - Jan 29, 2007 4:46:35 pm PST #8877 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Monday means new drabble topic!
Challenge #142 (recipes) is now closed.
Challenge #143, because I'm feeling feisty, is Get Over It. Use it as dialogue, use it as a general theme -- whatever you will.
As always, please feel free to suggest future topics.
And a reminder -- everyone is welcome to post their drabbles to the community LJ. You definitely aren't required to, by any means. But if you want to, then please do.
-t - Jan 29, 2007 4:51:37 pm PST #8878 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like the way that one shifts, erika. Nifty.
Pondering the new topic, with it's attendant ear worm.
Deena - Feb 03, 2007 5:40:39 pm PST #8879 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Anyone want to take a look at an article I wrote about background checks and how to live through them? I have to send it in by Monday morning.
Amy - Feb 03, 2007 5:46:53 pm PST #8880 of 10001
Because books.
I can, Deena. Happily!
Ginger - Feb 03, 2007 8:00:12 pm PST #8881 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I can look at it tomorrow, Deena.
Lee - Feb 03, 2007 8:04:05 pm PST #8882 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I could do, if you need another set of eyes.
Deena - Feb 03, 2007 10:10:46 pm PST #8883 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Yay! thanks. I'll send it to all three of you... then I'm going to bed! Tomorrow is plenty soon enough.