Weekly Short Stories Contest and Company! discussion

Not quite.It's a plan in the making.

TPBM loves sandwiches.

Of course I do, especially if it's a footlong ham and turkey sandwich from Subway. Mmm-mmm-mmm!

TPBM enjoys dining at all-you-can-eat sushi bars.

I've never eaten sushi,so no I don't.

TPBM feels lazy today.

If there was ever a good day to be lazy and watch wrestling, it's Saturday. The biggest project I'll get done today will be putting together my 30th birthday list. That, and finding a concert to go to during the summer.

TPBM doesn’t understand what is so cool about the name “Jesse James”.

Who's Jesse James?...Any hoo if I was reading a story and the main character's name is Jesse James i'd think he's cool,a player or a bad-boy because in most books a character's name and character is linked. The name just screams 'cool' and it just rolls off the tongue *shrugs*

TPBM loves to write.

Not only do I love to write, but it's my life's legacy. It's a passion I'll always follow no matter how hard things get.

TPBM considers going to a musical concert or standup comedian’s act a “life event”.

Life event?

TPBM is about to cook.

I don't think this qualifies as cooking, but a few minutes ago, I poured myself a bowl of Multi-Grain Cheerios. Delicious as usual. And to answer your question about "life events", they're times in your life that you consider to be major and memorable, such as graduating from school, getting married, or traveling to a foreign country for vacation.

TPBM enjoys the process of character creation whether it’s for a novel or a role-playing game.

Yes,it's a very interesting thing to watch as the characters evolve.
Maybe i'd consider the musical concert an a life event but not the stand up comedian.

TPBM likes grapefruits

Not really. They're a little too sour for my tastes.

TPBM knows the difference between eagerness and anxiety.

Yes. Once is pleasant, the other is not.


TPBM can spend a great deal of time alone before the actually get lonely.

As a die-hard introvert, my alone time is paramount to my success. But even so, there are those rare moments where I do feel lonely. After all, a D&D campaign I'm writing won't do any good if I have nobody to play with.

TPBM likes the movie Clue, which is based off of the Parker Brothers board game.

I don't think that I have ever seen that movie before.

TPBM hates how a disappointment can poison all the good memories associated with it.

I've been working on my positive thinking lately to where that doesn't happen much anymore. The more you think about the good memories, the more you'll attract other things that are good. If I sound like Rhonda Byrne right now, it's because I'm one of her biggest fans.

TPBM knows the difference between confidence and arrogance.

Yes. I have one and have also been guilty of the other.



TPBM know the difference between appreciation and validation.

Appreciation means you're grateful for the things you have. Validation means you expect them. When you start expecting things, people gravitate away from you.

TPBM has at least one female character in his or her stories named Pepper.

Nope. Not at all.

TPBM finds it irritating when writers fish for compliments but get offended at suggestions.

Nope. Not at all.

TPBM finds it irritating when writers fish for compliments but get offended at suggestions.

That would be a sign of arrogance and arrogance gets annoying after a while. Yes, I agree with you, Angie.

TPBM enjoys the music of Starset.

I can't say I've ever heard of them.

TPBM finds it funny when an actor looks really tall on screen, but when they look up his/her height, the actor is actually pretty average.

I can't say that's ever happened to me while watching a movie. If someone looks seven feet tall, they usually are. Then again, I watch a lot of wrestling and the athletes are frickin' huge.

TPBM is another person besides Ric Flair who uses the term “space mountain” to describe sex.

Nope.But i might start now.

TPBM just ate some mangoes

It's about 6:30 in the morning where I live. I haven't had the chance to eat anything yet, let alone mangoes.

TPBM uses Face Book as one of his or her sources of world news.

Yeah :)
Only connecting netwrk wid frnds...

TPBM is feelng high ?

Not high, just out of it. It must be the low barometric pressure and gray skies. They do that to me all the time.

When playing RPG’s, TPBM prefers to use in-your-face warrior characters instead of stealthy or magical characters.

Neither, as I prefer druid magician - like characters that can easily morph between the various personae.

TPBM enjoys tutoring young students.

I've never tutored a young student before, but it's something I'd like to try someday, especially as it relates to their English and math homework. I might even be able to provide life advice, you never know.

TPBM references Spiderman whenever somebody climbs or jumps over a physical obstacle.

I'm too much of a gamer. I reference Assassins.

TPBM knows they need a haircut and is putting it off.

No, not yet. I'm trying to grow my hair out.

TPBM regularly gives their hair to charity organizations.

Sigh, mine goes down the bathroom sink drain, as I am shorn of head.

TPBM has taken the charity challenge of getting their head shaved at least once.

I get my head shaved all the time. Not because I'm being charitable, but because I don't like having shaggy hair. One haircut every two or three months: that's how fast my hair grows.

TPBM knows what it means to "cross the Rubicon" and has done it before.

Having been unable to achieve either Caesar - hood or to be anywhere near that river, I have managed to not do that crossing even once.

TPBM finds it annoying when metaphors are taken literally, even when the metaphor had a literal etymology.

I don't find it annoying at all. There are times when it can be amusing, especially if the one taking it literally is a witty comedian.

TPBM has stage fright.

No. A little nervousness, initially, but that's about it. I was in several high school productions, and have taught several hundred people on a wide range of course, which is a kind of theatre, too.

TPBM has written and taught their own course or courses.

Sort of. I once did a training for daycare providers on the importance or touch and stimulation of infants.

TPBM feels overwhelmed by the number of choices they have versus the amount of time they have left.

That happened when I was thirty-five years old, when I realized I would die before I'd read all the books I wanted to read. It sharpened my choices.

TPBM used to finish every book they started, even if it bored them to death.

Never, even if I was supposed to read it for school.I simply can not do things that bore me. I have to find a way to spice them up.


TPBM had anxiety of unknown origin that they just now realized is finally gone.

Yes and no. I became aware of the origin many years ago, and was surprised when I became aware relatively recently that it had all but disappeared.

TPBM used to get anxious at their failing to let go of their anxiety.

For me personally, anxiety wasn't something I could just "let go of". It was something that needed to be suppressed by generally living a stress-free life. That, and swallowing pills every night.

TPBM thinks Michael Heaven is a deceiving name for a troll (the mythical creature, not the internet jerk).

I do not. As it is in heaven so shall it be on earth, and trolls are earth creatures. Well, they are at the very least earthy creatures. At least the few I have met have been.

Today TPBM bought a gift for a friend who needed a lift.

Maybe not today, but yesterday I bought my best friend Susan a pack of cigarettes, five gallons of gasoline, and food from Taco Bell. She was very happy with my helpful ways.

TPBM hates it when news anchors suggest that serial killers and mass murders behave the way they do because of their hobbies and interests (the Columbine shooters, for example, were fans of Rammstein as well as other heavy metal bands).

Yes, I hate that. They need a scapegoat, something to point the finger of blame at. So they pick music they don't like, video games, TV shows, anything but the people who influenced the criminals the most in their lives: their sorry parents.

TPBM has stuffed animals for looking not touching!

I have lots of stuffed animals such as a giant white bunny, an alligator Cuddle-Uppet, a Keebler Elf, and a fuzzy duck. I don't cuddle with them much anymore, but my niece Reina does whenever she's sick or when I'm on vacation.

TPBM has at least one female character in his or her stories named Stephanie.

Nope, I dislike the name Stephanie and would only use it in the future for a character that I loathe.

TPBM has become a little too obsessed with the online game Wartune.

I haven't played an online RPG since Diablo II, so no, I'm not.

TPBM is eager for the release of Five Finger Death Punch’s latest album "Got Your Six".

I'd like to hear it but I'm not dying for it or anything.


TPBM does desperately need to get their hands on the new AWOLNATION CD. Like, now.

Never heard of them.

TPBM learned more about Norse Mythology from Amon Amarth than school.

No. I never learned it from either source.


TPBM finds it sad that "Christians" have twisted and distorted the thoughts and ideas of a man named Jesus to suit their own needs.

Amen, Sister Connie! You hit the nail right on the head with that one.

TPBM thinks the bass player for Nightwish, Marco Hietala, has a cool beard.

I am ambivalent to his bifurcated beardings.

TPBM likes to create neologisms.