BWAH!
OK, that made me happy.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
deborah grabien - Sep 06, 2004 6:02:40 pm PDT #6413 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Beverly - Sep 06, 2004 6:06:50 pm PDT #6414 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yay!
Gris - Sep 06, 2004 6:17:29 pm PDT #6415 of 10001
Hey. New board.
The wedding bells ring, and I'm suddenly old.
That girl - she's my age. Well, a year older, but not a full year. She's a peer. She's a friend.
She's a wife now.
She's beaming, so beautiful, and he looks so cute. The wonderful couple, with their pink-Beetle-convertible love.
And I'm alone. Listening to the bells, as they ring their goodbyes to my youth, the death knell of my childhood.
deborah grabien - Sep 06, 2004 10:11:34 pm PDT #6416 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Damn, Nova. One of those moments, isn't it?
Liese S. - Sep 07, 2004 5:32:33 am PDT #6417 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
a chemistry fantasy
Their golden heads are close together. Their voices are low. Not so low I can't hear them, but I'm invisible, so.
"She was almost...but then she said she was scared!"
"Scared! Of what?"
Of pregnancy, of AIDS, of the loss or gain of your love.
I say, "I wouldn't be scared." They turn and look at me, mouths slightly agape, as my puritan image slowly tarnishes in their eyes.
"What?"
"Well, not for just anyone, but for either of you two, I would."
No, I don't. I don't say anything. I stay invisible. The bell rings. They leave the classroom.
sumi - Sep 07, 2004 7:09:08 am PDT #6418 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Wow. This "Bells" topic has been very inspiring.
deborah grabien - Sep 07, 2004 7:15:15 am PDT #6419 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
It's definitely a power topic, isn't it?
sumi - Sep 07, 2004 7:35:08 am PDT #6420 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yes -- I mean the "Looking Down" topic produced lots of great drabbles -- but I am impressed with the speed and quality of the submission for "bells".
Liese S. - Sep 07, 2004 7:58:37 am PDT #6421 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah. It's fun. And I thought that "bells" would be limited.
Liese S. - Sep 07, 2004 8:10:47 am PDT #6422 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
And you know where this one came from, too? From kat's "what would you write about if you were writing about these school subjects" call for titles for her class project.
I'd said, "My partner, the pyro" for Chemistry, and that got me all nostalgic about my old crush on my lab partner in high school. It was great! I did all the math and he did all the things that involved any sort of danger. We only cleared the classroom once.
Then came the bells topic, and ping! There was the trigger for this memory of an intensely whispered sexually charged conversation between my eighth grade crush and my sophomore crush. Oh, the sweet tingle of adrenaline, the glorious possibilities, the inevitable complete inaction and loss of the moment. Teen angst is the best angst evah!