Random thoughts

[cleolinda]

3500 4600 5200 words yesterday. I'm telling you, I go through such long dry spells and crippling bouts of deadline-induced block, only to turn around and binge now and then. I won't be keeping this pace up very long, so don't envy me too much--I have to make hay while the sun shines. I can feel myself running out of steam, too--coming to the end of

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[alexthedevil]

I am actually crying from laughter from that Snakes on a Plane site.

You are amazing for bringing this to us.

[bubosquared]

Did you try to make your own? He says "I think you got snakes on your internet."

*dies and is ded from snakes*

[swirlnghellfire]

just wanted to 2nd that.

i'm sending it to everybody i can think of, cause i literally have nothing else to do today. lol

:D

[serizawa3000]

Henry Rollins made an interesting observation on his talk show the other night... He mentioned that Snakes on a Plane is a movie that's striving desperately for cult status before it even hits theaters...

Of course, the whole thing about a cult movie is that it doesn't become a cult movie until after its theatrical run... and most cult movies weren't exactly box office hits...

Suffice to say (says Henry... not in those words), the best way to help Snakes on a Plane achieve the cult status it so desires is to NOT see it in the theater. Wait a bit, then dig it out of the bargain bin...

[aberranteyes]

Props to Henry Rollins for expressing the desire to tear Ann Coulter's clothes off and do something dirty to her, but in this case, he doesn't quite get it.

Snakes on a Plane has already achieved cult status, simply by being so far over-the-top that (as stolisomancer once put it) its makers seem to regard "the top" as a purely mythical construct having nothing to do with them. It has already proved that it's possible to make a straight-faced homage to 70s disaster movies, to laugh with the audience while they're laughing at you, and to maintain that straight face while milking the audience for more laughs. How it does at the box office is beside the point; it is made of Awesome and Win.

[cleolinda]

I Agree With This Comment.

[demonqueen666]

Icon twins!!

*crawls back under rock*

[distant_cord]

I was 10 when that came out, and totally obsessed with getting my hands on every Spiderman and X-Men comic I could. And I still have most of them. *clutches his cane*

[particle_person]

Just got wisdom tooth out. Any tips for pain management in coming days?

[alexthedevil]

Take the painkillers they give you as often as you're allowed to. Seriously, you'll want to. Because then you spend a few days in pain-free bliss (and completely out of it).

I was too small to be allowed the full adult dosage (damn my genes!) and I was in huge pain, so yeah. Painkillers are love.

[guinevere33]

ice pack ice pack ice pack ice pack

Keep the initial swelling down and the aftermath will be MUCH better. Thanks to spending 8 hours on the couch alternating cheeks with them, I had almost zero pain. (Also, pain killers on an empty stomach made me throw up, so have a smoothie or something first.)

[cleolinda]

I second the ice pack motion. Ice paaaaaack.

[word_herder]

I don't know. I've never set out to create a character knowing that I'd kill him off. I always know that A Character Will Die but am usually not advanced enough in plot outlining to determine who it will be until I actually get to the scene. This, I imagine, is very Irresponsible Writing, but eh. I never wanted to be a professional. I just want to write.

Probably the best scene I ever wrote involving a character death was one that happened spontaneously. The Muse took over my pencil, and when I finished writing the scene, I was surprised by the result. I remember thinking, Damn that's good. Where'd it come from? And it shocked the hell out of my best friend/critic, too, which was totally awesome.

[cleolinda]

Writing surprises really are awesome. And the reason I asked about how other people write is because I fully expected that everyone would be like, "You do whaaaaat?" : )