October topics and an important mod note PLEASE READ.
We're posting October's topics early for anyone who wants to get a jump on their muse topics since Nanowrimo is just around the corner. Your mods will be participating in Nano this month, and after discussion have decided that there will be no activity check for the month of November. This is so that no writer feels the need to have to take a hiatus for the purpose of nano. Our hiatus policy has always stated that if you're on hiatus you can not rp during that time. Nano can be very stressful and sometimes you want to just blow off steam with a random topic or rp, and this way everyone can feel free to do that without the pressure of activity checks looming over them. If you're not participating in Nano you can consider this a freebie month anyway.
There will be an activity check on October 1st. If you have not completed a topic for your muse in August or September you need to do so before October 1st. There will be an activity check on November 1st. If you have not completed a topic or rp for your muse for September or October then you need to do so before November 1st. There will be NO activity check on December 1st.
Our suggestion is if you haven't posted for August that you put your activity links in the September post. As always any topic can be used for any month's activity. Anyone who has topics or rp links in September/October posts will be covered until the January 1st activity check.
Comment to this post with the link to the prompt after you write it, or rp link after you finish it. As always remember to comment here with your October prompt or rp link and add it to your memories. Also, a reminder all challenges are due on the first of the month at 12am (midnight) EASTERN time and must be 150 words minimum to count for monthly activity. Thank you to those who contributed suggestions for this month's topics.
Quotes:
"People have odd reasons for ending up saints. A man who was not afflicted with ambitions of decency in his mind might simply have run away with his hero's wife, and then perhaps the tragedy of Arthur would never have happened. An ordinary fellow, who did not spend half his life torturing himself by trying to discover what was right so as to conquer his inclination towards what was wrong, might have cut the knot which brought their ruin." -From The Once and Future King, T.H. White
"It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible." -From The Once and Future King, T.H. White:
"One explanation of Guenever, for what it is worth, is that she was what they used to call a "real" person. She was not the kind of person who can be fitted away safely under some label or other, as "loyal" or "disloyal" or "self-sacrificing" or "jealous". Sometimes she was loyal and sometimes she was disloyal. She behaved like herself. And there must have been something in this self, some sincerity of heart, or she would not have held two people like Arthur and Lancelot. Like likes like, they say - and at the least they are certain that her men were generous. She must have been generous too. It is difficult to write about a real person." -From The Once and Future King, T.H. White
Pictures:
http://i38.tinypic.com/qnuxyt.jpg Autumn day
http://i34.tinypic.com/5frx4p.jpg pumpkins
http://i35.tinypic.com/34glf81.jpg passing notes
One Word:
Halloween
Crush
Solitude
Misc:
Write about an adventure you had with your best friend(s).
What would you have for your last meal?
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Songs:
She Talks to Angels by Black Crowes
http://www.sendspace.com/file/aczkso
She never mentions the word addiction
in certain company
yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
after you meet her family
she paints her eyes as black as night now
pulls those shades down tight
yeah she gives a smile when the pain comes
the pain gonna make everything alright
chorus:
says she talks to angels
they call her out by her name
oh yeah, she talks to angels
says they call her out by her name
she keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
she wears a cross around her neck
yes the hair is from a little boy
and the cross is someone she has not met
not yet
(chorus)
(line 2 variation) says they all know her name
she don't know no lover
none that I ever see
yet to her that ain't nothing
but to me it means, means everything
she paints her eyes as black as night now
she pulls those shades down tight
oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes
the pain gonna make everything alright, all right
(repeat chorus)
I'll Say I'm Sorry Now by Shawn Colvin
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j64e5d
I'm gonna let you down
I know that now
Make you cry, I know I will
Why should you believe
I would never leave
Or that I love you still
For all the by and by
Hard as we try
The boughs breaks and the craddle falls
For everything I do
That will tear at you
Let me say I'm sorry now
So you can sing your song
You can get it wrong
You can kiss the rock of ges
The liars and the sages
You can walk awhile
down the mystery mile
You can beat the drums of freedom
And in love and war
Through the rush and roar
You just call 'em like you see 'em
The Difference by The Wallflowers
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gyae5r
One, two boys by the river
Down by the water
Tellin' riddles in the dark
With fireflies under the moonlight
Carvin' the insides of a tree with a knife
Ever hear the one about the boy's big sister
His best friend come along
He tried to kiss her
[Chorus:]
The only difference
That I see
Is you are exactly the same
As you used to be
One boy lives in a tower
With bow and arrow
And the artificial heart
With his girl
maid of dishoner
He loaded the cannon
With a jealous appetite
They say that children now
They come in all ages
And maybe sometimes old men die
With little boy faces
[chorus]
[repeat]
You always said that you needed some
But you always had more, more than anyone
Say Anything by Good Charlotte
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8ovuvm
Here I am on
The phone again and
Awkward silence is
On the other end
I used to know
The sound of a smile
In your voice
But right now
All I feel
Is the pain of the fighting
Starting up again
All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind (on my mind)
All the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time (after time, after time)
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Some say that
Time changes
Best friends can
Become strangers
But I don't want that
No not for you
If you just stay with me
We can make it through
So here we are again
Same old arguement
And now I'm wondering
If things'll ever change, yeah
When will you laugh again?
Laugh like you did back when
We made noise till 3 am
And the neighbors would complain
All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind (on my mind)
All the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time (after time, after time)
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin' down
I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin' down
Down, down, down
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
(Please) Don't say a word
I know you feel the same (don't leave)
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
(Please) Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay (don't leave)
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Live Young, Die Fast by Alkaline Trio
http://www.sendspace.com/file/077ujr
It's no big surprise we turned out this way
It's in our eyes like shallow graves
But we are one with the larvae and dirt
We don't discriminate at all for what it's worth
So live young, die fast
No one will last
So sit back and relax, enjoy the crash
You fade into black and you're gone
(It fades into black then it's gone)
Live young, die fast
The uneasy life, an untimely death
This doesn't work at all for me so save your breath
You took your time, stashed it away
Deep down inside of a cardboard box marked "rainy day"
So live young, die fast
No one will last
So sit back and relax, enjoy the crash
You fade into black and you're gone
(It fades into black then it's gone)
Live young, die fast
I feel a miracle in every breath that I breathe
Won't let this miracle end in tragedy
I sense a miracle in all that I see
Won't let this miracle slip away from me
So live young, die fast
No one will last
So sit back and relax, enjoy the crash
You fade into black and you're gone
(It fades into black then it's gone)
Live young, die fast
Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5507yv
Hangin' round downtown by myself
And I had so much time
To sit and think about myself
And then there she was
Like double cherry pie
Yeah there she was
Like disco superfly
I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely is a dream
Hangin' round downtown by myself
And I had too much caffeine
And I was thinkin' 'bout myself
And then there she was
In double platform suede
Yeah there she was
Like disco lemonade
I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely is a dream
Mama this surely is a dream
Yeah mama this must be my dream
There will be an activity check on October 1st. If you have not completed a topic for your muse in August or September you need to do so before October 1st. There will be an activity check on November 1st. If you have not completed a topic or rp for your muse for September or October then you need to do so before November 1st. There will be NO activity check on December 1st.
Our suggestion is if you haven't posted for August that you put your activity links in the September post. As always any topic can be used for any month's activity. Anyone who has topics or rp links in September/October posts will be covered until the January 1st activity check.
Comment to this post with the link to the prompt after you write it, or rp link after you finish it. As always remember to comment here with your October prompt or rp link and add it to your memories. Also, a reminder all challenges are due on the first of the month at 12am (midnight) EASTERN time and must be 150 words minimum to count for monthly activity. Thank you to those who contributed suggestions for this month's topics.
Quotes:
"People have odd reasons for ending up saints. A man who was not afflicted with ambitions of decency in his mind might simply have run away with his hero's wife, and then perhaps the tragedy of Arthur would never have happened. An ordinary fellow, who did not spend half his life torturing himself by trying to discover what was right so as to conquer his inclination towards what was wrong, might have cut the knot which brought their ruin." -From The Once and Future King, T.H. White
"It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible." -From The Once and Future King, T.H. White:
"One explanation of Guenever, for what it is worth, is that she was what they used to call a "real" person. She was not the kind of person who can be fitted away safely under some label or other, as "loyal" or "disloyal" or "self-sacrificing" or "jealous". Sometimes she was loyal and sometimes she was disloyal. She behaved like herself. And there must have been something in this self, some sincerity of heart, or she would not have held two people like Arthur and Lancelot. Like likes like, they say - and at the least they are certain that her men were generous. She must have been generous too. It is difficult to write about a real person." -From The Once and Future King, T.H. White
Pictures:
http://i38.tinypic.com/qnuxyt.jpg Autumn day
http://i34.tinypic.com/5frx4p.jpg pumpkins
http://i35.tinypic.com/34glf81.jpg passing notes
One Word:
Halloween
Crush
Solitude
Misc:
Write about an adventure you had with your best friend(s).
What would you have for your last meal?
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Songs:
She Talks to Angels by Black Crowes
http://www.sendspace.com/file/aczkso
She never mentions the word addiction
in certain company
yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
after you meet her family
she paints her eyes as black as night now
pulls those shades down tight
yeah she gives a smile when the pain comes
the pain gonna make everything alright
chorus:
says she talks to angels
they call her out by her name
oh yeah, she talks to angels
says they call her out by her name
she keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
she wears a cross around her neck
yes the hair is from a little boy
and the cross is someone she has not met
not yet
(chorus)
(line 2 variation) says they all know her name
she don't know no lover
none that I ever see
yet to her that ain't nothing
but to me it means, means everything
she paints her eyes as black as night now
she pulls those shades down tight
oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes
the pain gonna make everything alright, all right
(repeat chorus)
I'll Say I'm Sorry Now by Shawn Colvin
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j64e5d
I'm gonna let you down
I know that now
Make you cry, I know I will
Why should you believe
I would never leave
Or that I love you still
For all the by and by
Hard as we try
The boughs breaks and the craddle falls
For everything I do
That will tear at you
Let me say I'm sorry now
So you can sing your song
You can get it wrong
You can kiss the rock of ges
The liars and the sages
You can walk awhile
down the mystery mile
You can beat the drums of freedom
And in love and war
Through the rush and roar
You just call 'em like you see 'em
The Difference by The Wallflowers
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gyae5r
One, two boys by the river
Down by the water
Tellin' riddles in the dark
With fireflies under the moonlight
Carvin' the insides of a tree with a knife
Ever hear the one about the boy's big sister
His best friend come along
He tried to kiss her
[Chorus:]
The only difference
That I see
Is you are exactly the same
As you used to be
One boy lives in a tower
With bow and arrow
And the artificial heart
With his girl
maid of dishoner
He loaded the cannon
With a jealous appetite
They say that children now
They come in all ages
And maybe sometimes old men die
With little boy faces
[chorus]
[repeat]
You always said that you needed some
But you always had more, more than anyone
Say Anything by Good Charlotte
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8ovuvm
Here I am on
The phone again and
Awkward silence is
On the other end
I used to know
The sound of a smile
In your voice
But right now
All I feel
Is the pain of the fighting
Starting up again
All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind (on my mind)
All the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time (after time, after time)
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Some say that
Time changes
Best friends can
Become strangers
But I don't want that
No not for you
If you just stay with me
We can make it through
So here we are again
Same old arguement
And now I'm wondering
If things'll ever change, yeah
When will you laugh again?
Laugh like you did back when
We made noise till 3 am
And the neighbors would complain
All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind (on my mind)
All the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time (after time, after time)
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin' down
I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin' down
Down, down, down
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
(Please) Don't say a word
I know you feel the same (don't leave)
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
(Please) Please don't walk away
I know you want to stay (don't leave)
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Live Young, Die Fast by Alkaline Trio
http://www.sendspace.com/file/077ujr
It's no big surprise we turned out this way
It's in our eyes like shallow graves
But we are one with the larvae and dirt
We don't discriminate at all for what it's worth
So live young, die fast
No one will last
So sit back and relax, enjoy the crash
You fade into black and you're gone
(It fades into black then it's gone)
Live young, die fast
The uneasy life, an untimely death
This doesn't work at all for me so save your breath
You took your time, stashed it away
Deep down inside of a cardboard box marked "rainy day"
So live young, die fast
No one will last
So sit back and relax, enjoy the crash
You fade into black and you're gone
(It fades into black then it's gone)
Live young, die fast
I feel a miracle in every breath that I breathe
Won't let this miracle end in tragedy
I sense a miracle in all that I see
Won't let this miracle slip away from me
So live young, die fast
No one will last
So sit back and relax, enjoy the crash
You fade into black and you're gone
(It fades into black then it's gone)
Live young, die fast
Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5507yv
Hangin' round downtown by myself
And I had so much time
To sit and think about myself
And then there she was
Like double cherry pie
Yeah there she was
Like disco superfly
I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely is a dream
Hangin' round downtown by myself
And I had too much caffeine
And I was thinkin' 'bout myself
And then there she was
In double platform suede
Yeah there she was
Like disco lemonade
I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely is a dream
Mama this surely is a dream
Yeah mama this must be my dream