And now, we shall revisit your gardening post as if I had written it:
Plants: mostly dead, some zombies. Except for parsley.
That's right. Me and my fellow living things, we're not always meant to be. I don't have kids not just because I don't like kids or want them, but also because I couldn't take care of another living organism for more than, say, 24 hours before killing it outright. Except maybe cacti; that might take 72 hours.
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And now, we shall revisit your writing post as if I had written it:
...OH WOW THERE'S PORN ON THE INTERNET THIS IS GREAT! Who writes this stuff? They're genii! I wish I had half their writing talent. The dialogue! The pathos! The depth! The penetrating insight! The... I'll be in my bunk. Not writing.
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And in unrelated news, I watched "Street Fighter" again last night. This would be a rare instance of a movie getting better the second time. Go figure!
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And now, social graces, one of my least developed skills: How are you? I'm great, Street Fighter notwithstanding.
The irony of your comment about the writing post is that the first third of the book is about 30% sex scenes. (There are some in the rest of the book, but a lower overall percentage.)
Well. Color me surprised... And questionable as my writing skills may be, I don't think I could even start to write a convincing sex scene. I've got no feel for it. "Well, uh, they got all smoochy and hot and bothered and naked and bouncy bouncy squirtle the end let's have another fight scene please."
Let us note that none of these sex scenes are "romantic," and it has been observed by others that sometimes my sex scenes and my fight scenes are hard to tell apart, even when everyone involved is happy to be there.
Sex scenes are no different from fight scenes in terms of writing them. You still need to talk about what the scene means to the respective characters, what they're feeling (fear/anger/elation/determination in a fight scene, [similar long list of options] in a sex scene).
You still need to keep track of where people's bodies are so they don't do impossible things.
Typically you don't get into the nitty gritty details of either one, unless writing porn (violence porn/grimdark on the one hand; erotica on the other).
Wow, I just realized that grimdark is the fight-scene equivalent of erotica.
My father's theory of garlic was (1) plant on the shortest day of the year (2) harvest on the longest day of the year. This worked for him for 20 years in North Carolina.
That's a good approach! I made the mistake of not planting them until, um, early April? So they didn't spend the winter in the dirt. I have no idea what this will mean. But they did put up sprouts, so I guess they're growing? I'll give them the rest of the summer, maybe, or I can dig one up and see how it is. I have six planted and I'm not likely to use six whole garlic bulbs in a year.
I see you had a high of 14°C today. Is that normal winter temps for you, or do you more often drop below 0°C?
We might occasionally have that temperature on Christmas (our equivalent of your June 25), but I would never imagine I could be growing pea plants in December, since nighttime temperatures drop below freezing pretty regularly by then (and daytime gets bitter in January most years). Our growing season is over by the end of October, even for cold-hardy things like Brussels sprouts or kale.
And of course, we can't grow avocado trees in my region at all.
Um, actually I think yesterday was 18c, today's supposed to be 16C, and yeah, those are normal to high winter temps. If it hits zero we are like AAARGGH THE APOCALYPSE I AM DYING, and everyone tweets pics of the weather.
Technically, I think I am too far south for a good avo, but the last house I was in (which is up the road from where I am now) did have a banana grove and we occasionally harvested teeny tiny bananas.
I think my climate is similar to California coast?
Depends on what part of the California coast, but yes, what you're describing sounds a lot like where my friend lives in San Jose (which is a bit inland, but definitely near the coast). They have a rainy (winter)/dry (summer) season, and the annual temperature variation isn't as large as the US east coast.
(The middle of the US has the largest seasonal temperature variations.)
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Plants: mostly dead, some zombies. Except for parsley.
That's right. Me and my fellow living things, we're not always meant to be. I don't have kids not just because I don't like kids or want them, but also because I couldn't take care of another living organism for more than, say, 24 hours before killing it outright. Except maybe cacti; that might take 72 hours.
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And now, we shall revisit your writing post as if I had written it:
...OH WOW THERE'S PORN ON THE INTERNET THIS IS GREAT! Who writes this stuff? They're genii! I wish I had half their writing talent. The dialogue! The pathos! The depth! The penetrating insight! The... I'll be in my bunk. Not writing.
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And in unrelated news, I watched "Street Fighter" again last night. This would be a rare instance of a movie getting better the second time. Go figure!
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And now, social graces, one of my least developed skills:
How are you? I'm great, Street Fighter notwithstanding.
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Sex scenes are no different from fight scenes in terms of writing them. You still need to talk about what the scene means to the respective characters, what they're feeling (fear/anger/elation/determination in a fight scene, [similar long list of options] in a sex scene).
You still need to keep track of where people's bodies are so they don't do impossible things.
Typically you don't get into the nitty gritty details of either one, unless writing porn (violence porn/grimdark on the one hand; erotica on the other).
Wow, I just realized that grimdark is the fight-scene equivalent of erotica.
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Um...I have some struggling pea plants? My swiss chard just sprouted, and .... yep. That's it.
On the plus side my avo tree appears to still be alive and the succulents are all in bloom.
Oh hey, I think you've inspired me to do a gardening post. :D
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We might occasionally have that temperature on Christmas (our equivalent of your June 25), but I would never imagine I could be growing pea plants in December, since nighttime temperatures drop below freezing pretty regularly by then (and daytime gets bitter in January most years). Our growing season is over by the end of October, even for cold-hardy things like Brussels sprouts or kale.
And of course, we can't grow avocado trees in my region at all.
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Technically, I think I am too far south for a good avo, but the last house I was in (which is up the road from where I am now) did have a banana grove and we occasionally harvested teeny tiny bananas.
I think my climate is similar to California coast?
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(The middle of the US has the largest seasonal temperature variations.)
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