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[thedeadparrot]

Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any story I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in

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[thedeadparrot]

I have seen Ghost World! And I even read the comic! Enid is kind of painful for me to watch, mostly because she is obviously using her snark as a means for hurting other people and herself. And that reminds me a bit too much of myself.

And, ha about the passage! Okay, I don't really remember how the idea for this particular section came about exactly, but I think I was looking for other people's lists of "things to do before you die" and "Write a novel" was one of the ones that stuck out for me.

I thought, "hmmm, what can I do with that?" and this came about.

The Cranky Bastard: A Novel
by James E. Wilson

I think I completely ripped this sort of thing from someone else, but I have no idea who. But yes, the formal, almost elaborate headers for this novel are important! Very important! Like the "THE END" at the end of this gripping masterpiece.

I feel like the title comes from Wilson himself or something similar that he says sometime during S1/S2, but I can't remember what he said exactly. I am full of remembering today, aren't I?

There once was a cranky bastard named House. He was mean and everyone hated him. One day, he overdosed on Vicodin and died. :( It was only a little sad.

THE END

Okay, in the text here, I sort of cheated, because it's a little more of what I would write, rather than what Wilson would write. But I don't care, because it's still funny.

I think the emoticon is what really makes the entire thing, and I remember having a debate about whether or not it worked better at the end or in the middle. At the end, it's a nice solid finishing blow, but in the middle, it's like SURPRISE EMOTICON, and that's how I ended up leaving it there.

I'm not entirely convinced that Wilson even knows what emoticons are.

Wilson wishes he was there to see House's expression when he read it, and at the very least, Chase said that it had been priceless.

I think originally, I just wanted to end on the novel, but it needed just a little icing on the top, so this line got thrown in.

[bironic]

I still find the whole thing hilarious and read your comments with a grin.