Week Six Peanut-Gallery and moral support thread

[MacAllister]

Perhaps we should all cleanse our minds, perform some deep breathing exercises, and--of course--indulge in a few moments watching the numa numa dance (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php) yet again...

Humor, set in a cemetery....

[dragonjax]

((sniff)) I couldn't view the numa numa dance. Oh well...back to trying my imagination...but I was disturbed...

Jenny, I've got your number!
I've got to make you mine!
Jenny, don't change that number:
8-6-7-5-3-0-9!

((gasp, gasp))

Sorry. Was momentarily possessed by the Ghost of the Music of The 1980s.

:banana:

[MacAllister]

Put a different link in, Dragonjax--try it now. :)

[mommie4a]

I can't believe it but even I had an immediate idea for a cemetary humor story.

[dragonjax]

Put a different link in, Dragonjax--try it now. :)
Many thanks! (I loved the synchronized eyebrow raise!) Hee hee hee!

((Damn. Now I can't get that song out of my head...)) :Hammer:

[firehorse]

Perhaps we should all cleanse our minds, perform some deep breathing exercises, and--of course--indulge in a few moments watching the numa numa dance (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php) yet again...:roll: Here I was, prepared for an African tribal dance. :roll: Love the song.

Need more coffee before I start thinking about the theme, but I have a couple of idea niblets.

[maestrowork]

I have a REALLY twisted idea... ;) I wonder who else has the same idea, though.

[jdkiggins]

I did, Ray. :ROFL:

[maestrowork]

You are one sick, twisted m********... :D

[jdkiggins]

You are Absolute...ly Write. :D

[Mr Underhill]

Let's see...

I'm picturing a scene with a Danish Prince, one of his buds from college, and they get in a dialogue with an eccentric blue-collar type digging a grave. The gravedigger's chucking bones out everywhere, and that gives the prince the opportunity to talk to a skull. Wacky hijinks ensue.

:idea:

Naah, that'd never work.

[maestrowork]

That's been done. It's call Omlet.

[MacAllister]

The silence out there is deafening, folks...It's been a tough couple of days, but let's go forward from here. It's the only way to get anywhere.

There are humorous cemetery pieces to be written, so your avid readers can kibitz, kid, and generally make nuisances of themselves.

Breathe.

Write.

You all can do this. I know you can.

[Sarita]

I think this is my favorite theme, thus far. It's also the most specific. I love it when Jenna makes em think!

[jdkiggins]

My favorite too!
This theme is right up William's tombstone...oops, I mean alley.
:ROFL:

[Sarita]

This theme is right up William's tombstone...oops, I mean alley.
I know! Do you think he has an advantage on this one? Or do you think expectations will be higher for him?

[MacAllister]

I think he's gonna wow us all, Sara. My hope is that he wows even himself.

[jdkiggins]

I know! Do you think he has an advantage on this one? Or do you think expectations will be higher for him?

Hmmm. I don't think any contestant has an advantage with any theme. The pressure of writing for an open competition, under a week-by-week deadline is very difficult. I think William may be able to come up with an idea quicker because it involves a cemetery, but the process of writing the piece for judging won't be any easier for him.

Expectations...William is a very talented writer. Readers have learned from his writing that he puts out quality work. I'm sure anyone who enjoys his work will expect to read a quality piece. And I'm just as certain that they'll receive it.

[Sarita]

I think he's gonna wow us all, Sara. My hope is that he wows even himself. That's right, Mac! He's sure to wow us. Can he wow himself? I bet if he were to wander over to the three word post he'd be wowing himself right back out....

[sgtsdaughter]

yeah, this theme is up william's alley, but kira nails the ghost stories too. I'm pondering who will blow us away more.

[rhymegirl]

Have you noticed that Haskins has not been around lately?

[MacAllister]

He was on last night, Rhymegirl--I expect he'll show up, six minutes before the deadline. Then laugh at all of us holding our breath for him to get his story up.

sheesh--whaddaya do with a guy like that?

[rhymegirl]

Mac, I didn't see any of his posts.

[mommie4a]

Kathy - he posted in a new poetry game thread around 1am or something. A few other posts related to removing his poetry to put it up at his website (www.poisonpen.net (http://www.poisonpen.net)).

[Sarita]

I'm pondering who will blow us away more.
Yeah, I'm wondering that too. I can't wait to see :)

Mac-Of course Haskins will make us wait until 30 nanoseconds before the deadline to post. He's evil... What to do with him? hmm... I bet Jill could give us some suggestions! Although, there might not be much left of him after Vote Bot kicks his @ss.

[VOTE_BOT]

Although, there might not be much left of him after Vote Bot kicks his @ss.


VOTE_BOT is crazy, but he's not that crazy.

[mommie4a]

Is that a marshmallow coming out of Vote Bot's eye? What a softie.

[rhymegirl]

Oh look--Vote Bot has a new avatar! And a new title! :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:

[dragonjax]

Is that a marshmallow coming out of Vote Bot's eye? What a softie.
Er, I think that's Michael Myer's carving knife...

((Cue creepy theme from HALLOWEEN...))

[mommie4a]

:Clap:

[rhymegirl]

I just read an article that said Vote Bot was dropped on his head as a child. Maybe that explains the eye problem and personality traits, too.

[mommie4a]

I just read an article that said Vote Bot was dropped on his head as a child. Maybe that explains the eye problem and personality traits, too.

Hey yeah! For a pumpkinhead his age, living with that injury for so long, he looks HOT.

[mkcbunny]

Hey yeah! For a pumpkinhead his age, living with that injury for so long, he looks HOT.
This was so funny, it made me spit up my cocoa. I wanted to rep you, but I wasn't allowed to.

[VOTE_BOT]

There will be no repping for mocking VOTE_BOT's appearance.

[mkcbunny]

There will be no repping for mocking VOTE_BOT's appearance.
The pumpkin just doesn't seem very VOTE_BOT to me. Where's the "vote"? Where's the "bot"? I ain't feelin' the VB love no more.

[mkcbunny]

LOOK! There he goes again! VOTE_BOT hijacks another thread. It's a nefarious master plan, I tell you!

Mark my words. One day we're all happy and oblivious, posting away. Look at us, stupid little lambs cavorting on the precipice of ruin while this mad butcher awaits, sharpening his nasty cleaver and laughing at us all. "Mmmmmmm mint jelly!!!!" he drools, waiting patiently for us to come a step closer.

Next thing you know, VOTE_BOT's serving us up to his mum for the holidays.

He may be HOT, but he is evil.

[VOTE_BOT]

He may be HOT, but he is evil. The two are not mutually exclusive, you understand.

[mkcbunny]

The pumpkin just doesn't seem very VOTE_BOT to me. Where's the "vote"? Where's the "bot"? I ain't feelin' the VB love no more.
Much better, VOTE_BOT. You're cute again, but you are still up to no good.

[VOTE_BOT]

Kick the baby.

Edited to Add: Now let us resume the intended purpose of this thread, with the peanut-gallerying and the moral supporting, and what-not.

[brokenfingers]

I think VoteBot looks too cute.

Howzabout some good votebot pics circa 50's sci-fi movies? That would better match your nefariousness...

[rhymegirl]

There will be no repping for mocking VOTE_BOT's appearance.

ohhh...he's really cute now.

[maestrowork]

Ike is so cute...

Kick the baby!

[William Haskins]

hmm... i see the entries are off to a rollicking start.

[mommie4a]

hmm... i see the entries are off to a rollicking start.

Enough to raise the dead from his, I mean, their graves, it seems.

[rhymegirl]

hmm... i see the entries are off to a rollicking start.

Aren't you glad you got mentioned in that story?

[William Haskins]

i don't think it's appropriate for me to comment on contest entries.

let's just say reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

[rhymegirl]

i don't think it's appropriate for me to comment on contest entries.

let's just say reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Fair enough.

[VOTE_BOT]

Maybe it's going to be all comedic-poetry-set-in-a-graveyard week.

What would Emily Dickinson say if she were alive today?



(The answer, of course, is, "Get me the hell out of this casket!")

[KTC]

I imagine Miss Emily's first words would be, "Who is Vote Bot?"

[firehorse]

Just a note to let y'all know I'm probably going to be posting at the very last minute. I have a major project due tomorrow, and I haven't been able to focus on the cemetary comedy. Mulled things around in my head, but nothing's really clicked yet.

You can be pretty sure I'm not gonna go with poetry ;)

[Duncan J Macdonald]

Okay folks, what exactly did I do to get to be
1) A Minister who can't remember the deceased's right name and/or
2) A deranged salsa weilding, .22 toting, Poe hating, as-swhupped papparazzi?

Huh?

[BlueTexas]

I'd tell you, but then William would have to kill me.

[VOTE_BOT]

It's obviously a concerted attempt on the part of two contestants (known troublemakers, I might add) to besmirch your good name.

I would sue.

[Duncan J Macdonald]

It's obviously a concerted attempt on the part of two contestants (known troublemakers, I might add) to besmirch your good name.
I'm a retired sailor. You're making the unjustified assumption that I've got a good name in the first place.
I would sue.
Like they got anything.

[VOTE_BOT]

Sue them for their writing materials. You might, at the very least, get a cool thesaurus or something.

[William Haskins]

he'll get my thesaurus when he pries it out of my cold dead hand.

[BlueTexas]

Thou shalt not covet another writer's pencils.

[KTC]

Didn't William die this week? Should be pretty easy to pry the thesaurus out of his cold dead hands then, no?

[mkcbunny]

You could at least go for the computer, vs. the pencils.

[KTC]

You could at least go for the computer, vs. the pencils.

I don't know, man. It would seem to me that it would be a heck of a lot harder prying a computer out of a dead guy's hands?

[Birol]

I think I'm going to leave instructions to bury my dictionary, Chicago Manual of Style, Gray's Anatomy, laptop, and backup disks with me. Won't make my writing group happy if I have an accident before I finish the WIP, but I'm sure they can dig me up later if they really want to read it. ;)

[KTC]

I think I'm going to leave instructions to bury my dictionary, Chicago Manual of Style, Gray's Anatomy, laptop, and backup disks with me. Won't make my writing group happy if I have an accident before I finish the WIP, ;)

Well, if you bury them be sure to have someone water them. You never know what might grow up outta that mixture come next spring...

[mkcbunny]

The important thing is, if you don't want people to have 'em, don't tell anyone where they are. People aren't too likely to dig up your grave on a whim. On a related note, I'd advise against throwing unwanted items into the trash without shredding or otherwise destrying them first.

Several years ago, my husband and I were living in a loft building in Boston. We were painters at the time and went through routine purges of tossing old, unwanted work into the dumpster. Not everything that was old was deemed bad, mind you, but there are those times when you look at something you created years ago and just cringe. [With writing, it's much more difficult to pull it from collective consciousness. An advantage to painting, it seems.]

One day, we entered a neighbor's place and saw several of our old pieces hanging on his walls. Worse, one of my husband's throw-aways had been hung in a public bathroom. We were horrified. Apparently, this neighbor was in the habit of salvaging discarded art from the dumpster. After that, we started cutting our rejects into pieces and burying them under several piles of garbage.

Haven't trusted a dumpster since.

[BlueTexas]

I don't know, man. It would seem to me that it would be a heck of a lot harder prying a computer out of a dead guy's hands?

You can't have my computer. I'm wired in--the USB cable is right next to the coffee IV drip in my arm.

[Duncan J Macdonald]

Thou shalt not covet another writer's pencils.
Pencils ... drool ...