Weekly Short Stories Contest and Company! discussion

I did in fact know this from my psychology class.

TPBM has plans to go somewhere snowy this Christmas

Nope. I live in Canada, in a cosy corner where snow generally falls on the nearby mountains but leaves the urban areas untouched.

TPBM likes the album Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens.

Not really.

TPBM knows that adding the word “style” to another word means it’s not the real thing (Texas-style barbecue means the restaurant isn’t actually located in Texas).

Nope. Still hits my tongue very often.

TPBM has blown a cookie recipe and threw them away.

Yep. Never again. I can make anything but those.

TPBM will probably need the a/c on while making Christmas dinner this year.

Yes, it has been for quite some time.

TPBM is planning to go ice skating even though they don't know how

Nope. And I do know how, being a Canadian that is almost de rigueur.

TPBM has had a job interview done entirely by phone.

I'm in high school, so I haven't had any job interviews before. But I did do an interview for a summer internship over Skype once

TPBM is usually the first one awake in their household

I love sleeping in so much that I don't get up until mid-afternoon. Then again, it's hard to get out of bed when there's a cuddly kitty like Smokey snuggled up to me. ^_^

TPBM has seen pictures before of dogs and goats snuggling together.

Nope.

TPBM has fun whenever he/she cooks.

Not nearly as much fun as eating whatever I make. Hehe!

TPBM knows that wasps don’t have any function in nature other than to be jerks by stinging and biting people.

Yup. If you wanna get fat just get a hive of wasps.

TPBM was sickly as a child.

Not true at all. I was a skinny kid from childhood all the way to my senior year of high school. It wasn't until I started college that my schizophrenia medication made me gain a bunch of weight.

TPBM has no idea why the movie rating system has R and NC-17 coexisting together when they target the same age group.

I guess not, but I find rating systems to be misguided good intentions that likely cause more moral harm than deflect.

TPBM is only reading non-fiction these days.

Not true. I'm currently reading three fiction books: "Sick Puppy" by Carl Hiaasen (environmental thriller), "Threads of a Web" by our own Marie Krepps (vampire sci-fi), and a manuscript from my friend Zero called "Rake" (serial killer horror).

TPBM knows that there’s an English species of cat that mimics rabbit behavior such as leap-running and having a ball tail.

No, I can't say I have.

TPBM knows there's a breed of dog called the Forever puppy that looks like a mini golden retriever

No

TPBM feels like crap

Nope. The total opposite.

TPBM is sipping on an herbal infusion.

Actually, I am.

TPBM feels happy with the number of books they got to read in 2015.

No

TPBM got what they wanted 4 christmas

In a way.

TPBM has finished with his/her 2015 goodreads reading challenge.

I have in that I didn't challenge myself.

TPBM lkkes using essential oils for their health.

I haven'e ever used health oils.

TPBM is about to eat dinner?

Nope. Just finished a late lunch after running around shopping.

TPBM doesn't know what s/he will have for supper tonight.

I just had a large traditional sub and a large bowl of broccoli cheese soup from Quizno's, so I'm good.

TPBM gets easily bored when the power goes out in his or her home.

It depends on the time of day.

TPBM has loads of laundry to do.

My clothes are spinning in the dryer even as we speak.

TPBM is a music hunter.

Nope.

TPBM ate bread today.

My Quizno's sandwich had two pieces of rosemary parmesian bread. Mmm-mmm-mmm!

TPBM is an avid milk drinker.

Not anymore.

TPBM is going out tomorrow night.

Nope. As a hardcore introvert, I choose to stay indoors and be left alone to my creative work.

TPBM spent most of his or her teenage years coming up with ideas for pencil and paper role-playing games.

Nope. I was too busy reading.

TPBM likes to clean his/her computer monitor more than once a week.

Sort of. As a kid I've made "video games" of different genres made out of paper and once made an index card controller. My brother "played" it while I moved the pieces around!

Whoops, you beat me to it, Guy!

To answer yours, I am terrible at keeping maintenance with the PC let alone my room. I will do it soon so thanks for giving me the idea.

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TPBM loves to watch cooking shows.

I enjoy watching cooking shows very much.

TPBM has watched a cooking show and within a day or two made at least one of the things s/he saw on that show.

I'm not a big fan of cooking shows, so no. What's the point of watching one if I can't reach through the TV and eat what the chefs are making?

TPBM would describe comedian John Oliver as being "delightfully British".

I'm not sure who John Oliver is, so I would say no.

TPBM watched the Sherlock Christmas special today.

Nope. I didn't do much of anything today, as a matter of fact.

TPBM hopes the jogging girl from the DeVry University commercial is carrying pepper spray since she’s all alone in a dark city.

Nope. I live in Canada and so am not afraid of people being attacked.

TPBM enjoyed watching Michael Moore's film Bowling for Columbine in part because of the amazing comparison between gun ownership and gun deaths between Canadians and Americans.

I enjoyed it very much, especially the part where Marilyn Manson gets interviewed. Then again, I haven't seen a bad Michael Moore film yet.

TPBM enjoys the song "In Perfect Harmony" by Within Temptation or will at least look it up on You Tube.

If I wasn't getting ready to go to bed right now, I would look it up on YouTube.

TPBM has procrastinated their responsibilities over the holidays and is now facing the consequences.

Considering I have agreed to edit my Deviant Art friend Zero Urrea's novel and haven't gotten started yet, I'd say that's accurate. Getting nothing done in the creativity department always leaves me feeling empty inside.

TPBM enjoys playing videogames with creatable lead characters as opposed to ones chosen by the game makers.

Oops! This was off of Garrisons' 7116. I took the time to listen, and so went out of sequence. Here it is anyway.

It was okay, but a bit too sentimental soft for me. What I thought of when listening to it was Evocation by Anna von Hausswolf. I also recommend her stunning organ and vocal performance in Funeral for my Future Children.

I don't play video games, although I like the idea of personalized character creation.

TPBM finds Guy's music selections annoying more often than interesting.

I accept the fact that the two of us have different tastes in music. Lord save us from a world where everybody thinks in unison.

TPBM thinks it’s cute whenever a mother animal of one species becomes a parent to a baby animal of another species (an example would be a zoo tiger breastfeeding piglets).

Absolutely!

TPBM has been very excited the past few hours and is just now feeling exhausted

Make that 'annoyed' rather than 'excited'.

TPBM is in awe of the sudden popularity(and sheer number) of coloring books for adults.

My ignorance of that fact may be for some somewhat awesome.

TPBM remembers doing giant elaborate colouring sheets in the 1970s.

Nope. born in the 80s. Although I did start buying adult coloring books a few years ago (before the recent boom). Helps with stress. Don't ask me why.

TPBM works out to relieve stress

Yes. Its also important for my emotional stability.

TPBM has started at least one new show on Netflix since New Years

I don't watch a whole lot of television beyond NCIS and WWE, so no, I haven't.

TPBM has Peter Pan Syndrome.

Since I haven't crashed into any chandeliers or sconces in recent history, I'd like to think not. Or maybe my eyeglasses and flying lessons have paid off.

TPBM enjoys eating banana sandwiches with a glass of milk.