Arizona Dreamin'
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My cinquain, "The Norseman's Triad," is up over at Amaze. Click on "Table of Contents," then on my name. Enjoy!
I had the setting for a new novel handed to me in a dream last night. At least, I think it wants to be a novel. And I think I know who the main character is, and what she wants out of life, from another idea for a novel that turned out to really only be a character and an event. And I believe I have the first inklings of a plot, from yet another idea that I was going to make into a short story one of these days. Talk about a stew! Of course, it needs to simmer a bit, and I'm sure I'm missing a few ingredients, but it's good to be back in the kitchen. Heh.
Everything Else
USC-Nebraska game today. 'Nuff said.
Interesting thing #25: I've never smoked or done any sort of illegal drug, and I seldom drink. This proved to be a problem for me when I was being considered for management at a fast food place I worked at during college. I had to take an "Honesty Test." Apparently, the makers of this inappropriately-named test decided that everyone has tried drugs at some point or another, and so if you said that you hadn't, you were a liar. I took the test once, was completely honest in my answers, and failed. My manager explained how to beat the test -- that's right, to pass the honesty test, you had to lie -- and offered me the chance to retake it. I refused, though I could certainly have used the raise in pay that came with the management position. Sometimes having principles is a bitch.
My cinquain, "The Norseman's Triad," is up over at Amaze. Click on "Table of Contents," then on my name. Enjoy!
I had the setting for a new novel handed to me in a dream last night. At least, I think it wants to be a novel. And I think I know who the main character is, and what she wants out of life, from another idea for a novel that turned out to really only be a character and an event. And I believe I have the first inklings of a plot, from yet another idea that I was going to make into a short story one of these days. Talk about a stew! Of course, it needs to simmer a bit, and I'm sure I'm missing a few ingredients, but it's good to be back in the kitchen. Heh.
Everything Else
USC-Nebraska game today. 'Nuff said.
Interesting thing #25: I've never smoked or done any sort of illegal drug, and I seldom drink. This proved to be a problem for me when I was being considered for management at a fast food place I worked at during college. I had to take an "Honesty Test." Apparently, the makers of this inappropriately-named test decided that everyone has tried drugs at some point or another, and so if you said that you hadn't, you were a liar. I took the test once, was completely honest in my answers, and failed. My manager explained how to beat the test -- that's right, to pass the honesty test, you had to lie -- and offered me the chance to retake it. I refused, though I could certainly have used the raise in pay that came with the management position. Sometimes having principles is a bitch.
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Date: 2006-09-18 02:48 pm (UTC)I was what the cool kids, frat boys and/or my friends referred to as a "killjoy", and adults referred to as "smart" in high school and college -- never drank, never smoked, never did drugs (still don't do the second and third of those things, and rarely the first, though I do appreciate fine wines, rich brews, and good whiskies). Not because I objected to it (though you can bet I put that down on my housing selection card at Willamette), but because it just wasn't for me.
So that made it really, really fun when I went to a graduation party at my old high school, the summer after my first year in college, and friends and I convinced this awe-struck sophomore (oh look! The legendary Erik de Bie!) -- through a game of truth or dare, no less -- that I was a raving alcoholic.
She: "Truth or dare?"
Me: "Truth, of course."
"Are you an alcoholic?"
"Of course not. . . I can stop any time I want to."
She: "Do you drink?"
Me: "Sure -- hydration is wicked important."
She: "Have you ever been drunk?"
Me (in tribute to Doug Adams): "Of course not. . . . do I *look* like a glass of water?"
Cheers :)