I have got to start bringing a notebook on the Metro, if for no other reason than to write about the people I see on it. People I have noted on the train include ( Read more... )

IT'S LIKE HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVELS AND HIGH FANTASY STORIES WITH DRAGONS AND UNICORNS AND MAGIC AND SHIT HAVE MATED IN MY BRAIN TO PRODUCE SOME SORT OF HORRIFYING VICTORIAN BASED FANTASY WORLD HYBRID. SOMEBODY STOP ME FROM WRITING STORIES SET IN THIS WORLD.

C1: You have a magical tramp stamp?
C2: It's for focusing power.
C1: Okay with any other tattoo, I'd buy that. But with a tramp stamp?
C2: You make it sound much worse than it is.
C1: How do you get a magical tramp stamp
C2: I was in Tokyo one night and had too much to drink...
C1: when you start your explanation like that, it really does not help ( Read more... )

skylark97 sent me the most awesome thing ever. It's an entire stack of laminated and decorated index cards that have three different story prompts on each of them. There's sci-fi ones and fantasy ones. I am reading through and OMG, I want to write them all.

This was totally worth taking a detour to the apartment complex office to pick up. THANK YOU.

EDIT: ( Read more... )

It is cold and windy and why is there not more porn on my friend's list?In other news, today has been spent cleaning, putting away Christmas stuff, and breaking down boxes. I swear I'll get everything unpacked just in time to move again ( Read more... )

You know, just once, I'd like the scene where the two main love interests meet because one of them shows up mysteriously naked to be a little more realistic. Kind of like this.

( Because really, seeing someone naked does not make you instantly trust them and/or fall in love especially when they wind up in your house/apartment/encampment with no explanation. )

( Last night, I dreamed about sci-fi mpreg. )

From the Wikipedia article on stiletto heels:

High heel shoes were worn by men and women courtiers.

Really? Men in heels? Hmmm... I sense a plot bunny.

When I am done with my thesis (Why? Why must I do another read through of this abomination? I don't even care about it any more!!!!), I am going to write a story about a poor grad student who is desperately trying to finish is Doctorate. He gets so frustrated that one night picks up the first guy that says yes, and sleeps with him ( Read more... )

Note to self: in the STFU universe, you can graduate from STFU with egregia cum laude as that can be translated as "with outstanding praise" or as "with hysterical praise."

I still kind of wish I could graduate with hysterical praise.

EDIT: According to Wikipedia, in France you can graduate with the notation assez bien ("good enough"). I know ( Read more... )