Weekly Short Stories Contest and Company! discussion

I completely understand. There is a need to balance the darker side of things.

TPBM likes Totino Pizzas.

No, that's actually about the one brand of pizza I've ever disliked.

TPBM likes bands from other countries even if they can't understand the language.

No. The lyrics are my favorite part of the song. I want to be able to understand the lyrics.

TPBM wishes that hey could swing dance.

Yes, if I ever move to a city again I would like to try to swing dance.

TPBM planted seeds this Spring. :)

At least one new idea, so not sure if that counts because it's not plural.

TPBM is supposed to be working right now.

Nope. I'm on spring break and for once, I have nothing to do.

TPBM has already finished their spring cleaning for the year.

Haven't started. I refuse to call it spring when my hometown is covered in sleet.

TPBM is slowly getting bitter at this weather.

I'm not bitter at all. It's about 80 degrees out, the weather is perfect, the sun is out, and there's a light breeze. I'm going to enjoy it for now. I know in a few weeks, we're going to get into the triple digits.

TPBM has eaten lunch already.

I had a steak salad at Subway, to be exact.

TPBM once injured their hand while trying to open a bottle of soda.

Well, I accidentally dropped the bottle and it shattered once. My hand got cut up in all the broken glass, if that counts.

TPBM doesn't like rootbeer.

I love root beer, especially of the diet variety.

TPBM has no fear of going to the dentist.

Not at all. I tend to fall asleep as they clean my teeth.

TPBM likes to knit.

Nope, but I used to crochet.

TPBM has at least one book that they desperately want to see made into a movie.

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are a few.

TPBM has secretly begun preparing for the zombie apocalypse.

Nope. I can't imagine a hypothetical where it gets very far or lasts very long.

TPBM is anxiously awaiting the new season of Orange is the New Black.

I like the color orange. I am a fire sign, so anything with a flame.

TPBM knows when the Titanic was found under the sea.

Yes I do: it was sometime during my lifetime.

TPBM has managed to avoid having watched Cameron's Titanic movie.

Yes and no. I don't think I have ever seen that film all the way through... sometimes I get bored with it too.

TPBM when he/she hears about a story based on a "true story" wants to read on the real story to see how it is versus the film's claim on it.

If I hear that something's based on a "true story", I always assume that at least SOME liberties were taken. That's why it's based on a true story and not actually a true story. There's a difference.

TPBM always giggles whenever they hear that a school's mascot is a cougar (because of the connotations is has with older women seeking younger men).

Not really.

TPBM pronounces Bobby Flay as Bobby Fillet.

Never!

It drives TPBM nuts when people pronounce Rattata as "rat-ta-tat-ta."

I've never heard it pronounced like that.

TPBM cringes at text-speak and avoids using it if at all possible.

I always text in complete sentences when possible.

TPBM is a bit of a pyromaniac.

If "Cigaro" is any indication of my pyromancy needs, then yes, I'd say so.

TPBM thinks a tarantula would make a good school mascot, especially during football games.

Definitely better than our school mascot, which happens to be a rabbit. Though our teams do win state championships, it is a bit strange when we're up against the Hawks, Mountain Lions, or even the Criminals. (No joke, there's actually a high school in our district whose mascot is the Criminal.)

TPBM felt a chill at the very end of "Will You Help Me Hide a Body".

Here's the link if you haven't heard it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78g0S...

Considering it's being done to happy-sounding music, I'd say that's a little creepy. Then again, the theme from "Tales From the Dark Side" wouldn't be any less creepy.

While writing a story, TPBM once compared a wound or infection to an already disgusting food such as cottage cheese or rotten tomatoes.

No, I don't get that graphic or describe it in other ways(And I love cottage cheese).

TPBM likes drinking buttermilk more than regular milk.

Buttermilk is a bit too heavy for me. I grew up on 2%.

TPBM wishes that they could go sky diving through clouds so that they could say that for a moment, they were lying on a cloud.

My boyfriend is taking me skydiving for my birthday next month. Can't wait! :)

TPBM is a Bates Motel fan.

Not really.

TPBM associates people with specific songs or artists.

I associate my former step-father Art with the song "Broken Home" by Papa Roach. Art and I didn't get along at all.

TPBM once described a cat as having “magical eyes”.

I haven't but I guess that a cat that is over a friend's house has eyes that could be described like that. Plus she has an unusual pattern on her coat and is awesome! So unique.

TPBM wishes that their unfinished book would get finished to get published already!

Seeing as how my next book is going to be a modern drama anthology that includes pieces I've written for this group and for Deviant Art, I've got a long ways to go before it's all edited and readable. I plan on calling this anthology American Darkness. Catchy, isn't it?

TPBM doesn’t see the point in standing in line for hours at a time just to get into a nightclub.

(That does sound like a great title!)

Yep. I just never understood that whole scene in general.

TPBM has had at least one moment where they stayed up late just writing (a spark of "I've GOT to get this all down!").

Every night, CJ. Every night. Most of the time, I remember a quote from somewhere so that I can use it in my blog entries and Deviant Art journal entries.

TPBM doesn’t see the point in ranking emotions on a scale of one to ten.

I have scored, studied, and taken enough psych evals to appreciate the usefulness of the practice.

TPBM has seen The ABCs of Death.

I've never heard of it before.

TPBM will wait a few minutes to respond when texting someone they'd rather not be talking to.

If I don't want to talk to them, I don't respond to the text message.

TPBM finds that reading a beloved author's work helps clear up their writer's block.

If it does, I wouldn't know. When I get reading a book by an author I really like, any thoughts of my own writing fly out of my head.

TPBM agrees with my 5 year old cousin that the smell of flatulence determines the "texture".

Since my farts normally smell like rotting cheese and uncooked meat, I'd say your cousin is right on the money.

TPBM feels sorry for people with rhyming first and last names (examples include Clark Park, Conner Donner, Ryan Bryan, Kevin Levin, Darren Aaron, Abel Gable, Jane Kane, and, to use a real world example, Zoey Bowie).

Yes.

TPBM prefers peanut butter over jam.

No i like jam better

TPBM has written a bad check at least once. (Not a chipper spring topic but still...)

No.

TPBM is allergic to strawberries.

No. I am allergic to bee stings, poison ivy, and strange males.

TPBM Thinks goodreads is a bitch.

Nope,I certainly do not :)

TPBM's favorite color is blue.

Nope. Pink :)

TPBM has blond hair.

Naturally, yes. Been maintaining the red for a few years now though.

TPBM hasn't read or watched any Game of Thrones.

Yes, but I'm going to read it in the near future. If the books are good I'll watch it.

TPBM has craved a food that they don't even like and had to eat it to make the craving go away.

If I don't like something, I don't eat it.

TPBM wonders why in the name of everything good and holy someone would use the penname Derf Backderf.

No, I think there's a reason why the author chose the penname :)

TPBM is ambidextrous.