Weekly Short Stories Contest and Company! discussion

I self-published seven different books in my career as Garrison Kelly: four of them are active and on the market, three of them are defunct.

TPBM lives his or her life with no regrets about the past.

I'd like to think so.
Wow, i'm friends with an author!!

TPBM likes trying writing challenges?

Yes but I have only done them on this site.

TPBM has had a fairly stressed day.

Yes.

TPBM has accounts on other reading sites?

No this was my first and so far only book-reading related social media.

TPBM loves to read their works to friends or relatives around them?

When my mother and Dale went to North Carolina to sell a house they bought, I would send my mom short stories to keep her company. She loved them. :)

TPBM recently listened to the song “Bounce” by System of a Down due to its appearance in the movie “The Secret Life of Pets”.

Nope, but now i might.

TPBM criticizes his/her work heavily before sharing it with others.

Most certainly. I don't share my writing casually.

TPBM woke up with a bad headache today.

My head felt fine this morning.

TPBM enjoys listening to the song “Can You Hear What I’m Saying?” by Toto.

I don't think I know that song, so no.

TPBM had played the card game "Exploding Kittens."

I've never heard of it, and I'm weirded out by the name.

TPBM judges their own mistakes far more harshly than the mistakes of others.

That is 100% true for me, Adrian. I'm my own worst critic.

TPBM believes that as far as horror movie effects go, rubber puppets are scarier than computer animation.

It depends on it's use.

TPBM went to the market during the week.

I've been to Fred Meyer and Albertson's several times this week for medicine and groceries.

TPBM was creeped out by the movie Beetlejuice when he or she was a kid.

I've never see that movie, but the name alone....

TPBM is a fan of live music?

Absolutely. I saw Nightwish in concert back in March of this year and I have four more live concerts to attend to for 2016. :)

TPBM thinks Marcus Owen would be a good first and middle name for a newborn baby boy.

That sounds like a lovely name :)

TPBM didn't know that Jolly Ranchers come in Lemon flavor.

They do? Where can I get some? :)

TPBM feels sorry for people who coincidentally have the same name as criminals in the news (Seinfeld did an episode about this when Elaine’s boyfriend was named Joel Rifkin).

I've never met upon a situation like that, but I think I would.

TPBM likes sticking to a schedule?

I try to put myself on schedules all the time, but I can never stick to them.

TPBM is watching WWE Smackdown tonight.

Nope. Stopped watching Smackdown sometime after I was done middle school. I do still kind of see the appeal though. My favorite wrestlers are either gone or are probably no longer the focus of the show now.

TPBM has listened to and enjoyed rap music.

Rap used to be my favorite kind of music back in the mid-2000's. I liked listening to Immortal Technique, A Tribe Called Quest, and De La Soul. These days it's about heavy metal for me. I never forget my rap roots, though, because listening to that kind of music was a huge influence on my poetry.

TPBM’s favorite love song is “I Burn For You” by The Police.

No, it isn't. I prefer Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack.

TPBM enjoys the poetry of Wislawa Szymborska.

Eh, it's not really my cup of tea.

TPBM actually knows a female with the first name Randi.

No, I don't think I've ever heard of that being a girl's name.

TPBM doesn't care if it's 200 degrees, they can't sleep without a blanket.

I often sleep without a blanket in the summer. Especially when summer days can reach more than 110 degrees.

TPBM is planning to eat out to celebrate father's day.

Actually, we're staying home and eating quiche. Mmm-mmm-mmm!

TPBM wants to write a short story about a voodoo priest.

Can't say that's ever come to mind.

TPBM plans to expand one of their short pieces into a longer story.

My mom suggested that I do that with "The Undertaker". I don't know if I actually will, though. Maybe someday it'll happen, just not today.

TPBM was once asked to be somebody’s mentor.

Nope, but then again, I'm a but young.

TPBM has gone to see Finding Dory..

Nope, but I want to someday. I love Disney movies. :)

TPBM enjoys listening to the song “Come Closer” by Delain.

I haven't listened to Come Closer by Delain.

TPBM is waiting at a restaurant bar for a take out order.

I already had my takeout order for the evening: Singapore noodles with chicken and peanut sauce. Mmm-mmm-mmm!

TPBM thinks Dr. Love sounds less like the name of a self-help guru and more like the name of a perverted dentist.

Garrison wrote: "I already had my takeout order for the evening: Singapore noodles with chicken and peanut sauce. Mmm-mmm-mmm!

TPBM thinks Dr. Love sounds less like the name of a self-help guru and more like the n..."

Why a dentist?!?

Lee-lette wrote: "Why a dentist?!?"

As if people needed more reasons to fear going to the dentist. Hehe!

:D Ha, you just made my night.

TPBM is a people person?

That seems to depend on the person.

TPBM prefers having a shower to taking a bath.

Absolutely. I lived in a shoddy house in Chehalis, Washington in the 90's and it had a bath instead of a shower. I dreaded getting in the tub every time I needed to, which was a lot since I was in middle school and going through...changes.

TPBM thinks Sonya Colleen would be a good first and middle name for a newborn baby girl.

Yes, they are nice names.

TPBM is a totally random individual.

A lot of my creative decisions are chosen at random, so I guess that counts.

TPBM types on a keyboard so often that his or her index finger twitches.

Hmm, I don't think it does but now I'll be conscious of that, hehe.

TPBM listens to radio on a tablet or plays videos of songs on YouTube.

I do both of those things, except instead of a tablet, I listen to rock and metal music stations on my TV. If it wasn't for those stations, I would have never known about bands like Nothing More, Halestorm, and In This Moment.

TPBM can tell if he or she is mentally tired by raising his or her eyebrows and checking for a heavy or numb feeling in the brain.

Somewhat, not reliably.

TPBM either doesn't touch their current book that day or reads at least 50 pages, nothing in between.

On the days when I felt numb in the brain, I'd avoid reading in general for fear that I'd fall asleep or not absorb any information. Now that I'm getting used to using my CPAP machine, those days are pretty much over.

TPBM has seen the rebooted Ghostbusters movie and loved it.

In the words of Pink Floyd, "Is there anybody out there?"

Lol! Nope, I'm busy with work and that has removed me from Life.

I have not and am unlikely to. I have entered a phase of not watching movies. Not exactly sure why not,and at one time I would not have imagined such a thing. Life has odd turns, at times.

TPBM is got or will get an unexpected gift today.

If it's unexpected, how am I supposed to know I'm getting a gift later?

TPBM went out for lunch with a friend today.

Nope! I wish, haha.

TPBM is slacking off at work.

Technically, I should be reading my chemistry textbook, but same thing.

TPBM loves being barefoot.

As long as there aren't Lego pieces scattered all over the floor, then yes, that would be acceptable. :)

TPBM agrees with the idea that happiness is an inside job.