Eeeeee. Aaaaugh.
I just submitted "Shopping" to Glimmer Train. I've never submitted anything to a national magazine before. Time to start collecting rejection letters!
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
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Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2004 4:26:27 pm PDT #5662 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
erikaj - Jul 12, 2004 4:28:47 pm PDT #5663 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
They are at least nice when they reject you.
sj - Jul 12, 2004 4:29:47 pm PDT #5664 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Go, you P-C! Good for you for having the courage to send it out.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jul 12, 2004 11:48:26 pm PDT #5665 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Because I have the sort of mind that wants to try.
110 words total, every word in the list if you count "spinner" as a form of spin. Not very good writing.
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Round and softening, the avocado sits sadly in the waste-land of the dinner table. Once laid to classic, elegant perfection, the diners have been and taken their revenge on the innocent foods, and all is lying in chaos; the withered scraps of winter lettuce—she remembers them in the salad spinner, crunchy and fresh—look like deadbeat seaweed, stranded by a cruel ocean.
The thought of clearing up invites procrastination. The gloaming of the evening is awash with anhedonia. She rolls the uneaten avocado, now overripe, and sends it caroming into a bowl decorated with geckos. The dinner is finished, and the guests have wandered off to absorb their revenges.
Amy - Jul 13, 2004 4:59:51 am PDT #5666 of 10001
Because books.
Way to go, P-C! All fingers crossed.
Great challenge, Steph. I love stuff like this--if I can manage it, I want to get all the words in.
Am-Chau, yours is wonderful--I love how you worked in words in unexpected places, like the bowl "decorated with geckos". Very cool.
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2004 5:10:23 am PDT #5667 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Great challenge, Steph. I love stuff like this--if I can manage it, I want to get all the words in.
It is utterly hysterical in my class when we have 20+ random and bizarre words and 10 minutes to use them all in a piece. When we read them out loud, it's better than Last Comic Standing.
Lilty Cash - Jul 13, 2004 5:15:12 am PDT #5668 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Rock on, P-C!!!
Amy - Jul 13, 2004 5:19:45 am PDT #5669 of 10001
Because books.
It's a little bit like Mad Libs, but backwards.
I was giggling over the "fur pie" story all night.
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2004 5:21:45 am PDT #5670 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I was giggling over the "fur pie" story all night.
Oh, you should have seen my class! We were howling with laughter at "furp-ee?"
deborah grabien - Jul 13, 2004 6:42:46 am PDT #5671 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
OK, my favourite part of Am's thing didn't even use the words: "Deadbeat seaweed" makes me deeply happy.