Yes.
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
SailAweigh - Jun 20, 2008 8:01:47 pm PDT #289 of 6681
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Typo Boy - Jun 20, 2008 8:16:13 pm PDT #290 of 6681
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Thanks, normally I can judge my work, even when it is based on a dream. But this is not based on a dream, it is a near perfect narration of what I woke up screaming to - so really cant self-evaluate anything on this one. And yeah I know that dream narrations are the stories you make up as you wake up, but still a difference between grabbing of bits of one, and writing down what feels like a close and fairly complete narration. Zero distance. Zero ability to judge.
SailAweigh - Jun 21, 2008 5:44:15 am PDT #291 of 6681
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Zero distance. Zero ability to judge.
Dreams are weird that way. You wake up in a total cold sweat, but when you look at it later your brain is kind of WTF? Part of your brain is going "dude, it was a dream" and the lizard part is just going "aaaeeeyyyeeee."
hippocampus - Jun 21, 2008 6:06:42 am PDT #292 of 6681
not your mom's socks.
Typo - really nice vision. Except for the waking up screaming. You got it on paper though; that's something.
Lee - Jun 22, 2008 8:47:38 am PDT #293 of 6681
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Both backseat and green prompts are now closed.
This week's prompt is barter.
Lee - Jun 29, 2008 6:46:39 am PDT #294 of 6681
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The barter prompt is now closed.
This week's prompt is slick.
Dana - Jul 01, 2008 4:20:44 am PDT #295 of 6681
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Possibly of interest to our writers:
"Live Long and Marry" is a fannish auction going on right now to benefit equal marriage rights.
In addition to all the fanfic and fanart that's on offer, there are many other things, including critiques by published authors, signed copies of books by Jo Graham and Pamela Dean, and other entries I'm still paging through.
"The auction will raise money for the fight against the California initiative which will legally destroy existing same-sex marriages and ban any further ones. If the initiative passes, it will write discrimination into the state constitution, annull existing marriages, and make Mr. Sulu cry."
Typo Boy - Jul 01, 2008 7:09:59 am PDT #296 of 6681
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm arguing that single payer health would not only provide care for the currently uninsured, it would save money and improve care quality for everyone, even people who currently have good health insurance.
The concluding phrase I use to summarize this is: "We can do well by doing good".
Is this phrase clever or lame?
Ginger - Jul 01, 2008 7:18:46 am PDT #297 of 6681
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Variations have been used a lot [link]
Typo Boy - Jul 01, 2008 7:43:14 am PDT #298 of 6681
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well yeah. I stole it from a Hawiian friend of mine. But someone complained not that it was unoriginal, but that it was clumsy. Hmm, but following the link it is really a cliche, so maybe lame from overuse rather than clumsiness.