Weekly Short Stories Contest and Company! discussion

I made a mushroom omelet with them, but that's about it. Still, it was delicious.

TPBM enjoys pizza with pesto sauce instead of tomato sauce.

I don't have much of a preference.

TPBM likes putting hot sauce on their pizza.

Oh, hell yeah! I want my pizza to be so spicy that it hurts like hell coming out of the other end. Hehe!

TPBM refuses to consume energy drinks because they make his or her heart race.

I don't drink coffee, energy drinks, or soda mostly because I don't want to become dependent on caffeine.

TPBM played Pokemon.

I can't say that I have. I was a Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons guy all the way. I'm still a fan of the latter, but not so much of the former.

TPBM had an ingrown toenail operated on before.

No.

TPBM is having a bad hair day

Seeing as how I recently had a buzz cut, I don't have to worry about bad hair days. Ever.

TPBM would like to try Sonic’s foot-long hotdogs with cheese sauce and bacon bits.

Yes, totally!

TPBM plays Magic: The Gathering.

I used to play it back in the day, but not so much anymore. I'm not too thrilled about Type II rules. Plus, there's nobody to play with in my area.

TPBM is more charismatic online than they are in real life.

Most definitely

TPBM has a greater passion for writing as apposed to reading.

Never! I love to write and want to be a writer someday but I feel like all writers are readers first, readers of others work and readers of their own.

TPBM has never stuck to a New Years resolution.

Never! I love to write and want to be a writer someday but I feel like all writers are readers first, readers of others work and readers of their own.

TPBM has never stuck to a New Years resolution.

I made a New Years resolution in 2009 to meet an alternative rock band called Your Favorite Enemies. Six years later, nothing happened.

TPBM has at least one character in their stories named Cain (either as a given name or surname).

No.

TPBM his/her's time is on A.M.

Yes. Serious yes, as it has crept past 2am.

TPBM has recently discovered that their energy increases dramatically when they are not doing their 8-4 job.

((its past 5 A.M. here))

Well, my 8-4 job is school so...and frankly it just makes me tired...so, No

TPBM is drinking soda

No. Vanilla Roibos.

TPBM is about to start doing yoga at home.

I tried to do that, didn't work so well.

TPBM is planning on taking down their Christmas lights this weekend.

Nope, Robots don't celebrate Christmas. Happy belated Robanukah!

TPBM rinses and repeats.

One repeat only, otherwise it becomes an infinite loop.

TPBM has discovered the joy of the neti pot.

What is the neti pot?

TPBM's New Year's resolution is just to write 2015 instead of 2014.

Yes. All of the yes.

TPBM loves to swim in the rain?

No, rain here is usually accompanied by dust storms which makes swimming significantly less fun.

TPBM spent New Year's Eve alone.

No. The opposite. I joined my yoga group for a New Years meditation. And food and music. :-)

TPBM no longer makes special resolutions for the first calendar day of the year.

I've given up the illusion that I'll keep them just because it's a New Year. July or August, or any other month is just as good as any to try to make a change.

TPBM has seen snow falling before.

I live in the Pacific Northwest, so snow happens pretty much whenever it wants to. Right now it's raining, though.

TPBM was disturbed by the scene in The Matrix where Agent Smith took away Neo’s mouth.

I haven't seen the movie, let me google that....

Dear God.

TPBM has already flopped on their new years resolution.

Nope. No resolution no flop.

TPBM managed to get through Christmas without gaining too much weight.

I haven't weighed myself in forever, but judging from the good cardio I still have, I appear to be doing fine despite all the chocolate I got this year.

TPBM thinks one-word pseudonyms are cool.

If chosen well, they certainly can be.

TPBM has recently reconnected with someone they haven't seen in a while.

If internet conversations count, then I'd like to introduce everybody here to a Deviant Art member named Marshmallow-Gardener, aka Sophie. She's a Canadian cutie pie who shares my interest in classic rock and is an all around sweet person. ^_^

TPBM once compared an animal with all-white fur to a marshmallow (I had a white kitty named Simon who fit this comparison).

That would have been a good idea! I wish I'd thought of that! But when our rabbits had bunnies and one of them was all white, we named it Creme cuz it looked like whipped cream. (I was like 10--Don't judge.)

TPBM has had or currently has a dog.

I have three dogs: an all-black Schipperke named Willem, a black and white Springer Spaniel named Maggie, and a brown and white Springer named Molly. All three of them are very hyper, but very lovable. ^_^

TPBM thinks horror movies were scarier in the 20th century than they are in the 21st.

If you're talking about anything involving Alfred Hitchcock, YES. Especially "Rear Window."


TPBM would cuddle pizza if they could (that's how much they love it).

Maybe it's just school food that's ruined it for me, but my memories of cafeteria pizza involves globs of condensed grease dripping onto my plate when whenever you lifted a slice off your place. There are some really good pizzas, but that memory keeps me from loving it.

TPBM plans on watching a movie tonight.

I do not. I plan to write, but after a nap. Too many late nights.

TPBM read fewer books in 2014 than they have in a long time.

I haven't actually measured how many books I've read in a given year. That, and I don't plan on setting a Good Reads goal either since I don't see it as a race of any kind.

If TPBM is using a penname, it’s because the penname is easier to pronounce than their real name.

I do have a penname but not for that reason. And also by chance my "pseudonym" is nothing more than my full name in initials.

TPBM has read at least one genre from the past year they never before thought they'd read.

Yes! Fantasy isn't usually my thing.

TPBM likes MythBusters?

Yep! Love MythBusters!

TPBM has a nickname they hate.

I used to hate being called Garpison Joseph, but over the years, I got over it. And yes, that P is there for a reason.

TPBM doesn’t understand why people like to take smart phone pictures of their food.

Yes!! Finally! Someone gets me!

TPBM loves ice cream!!!

I do! Especially when Pistachio is paired with chocolate! OMG, so good!

TPBM uses coffee in their cooking and baking.

No, not a big fan of coffee....

TPBM took a quiz recently and scored terribly.

No. I generally only take the on-line quizzes when I know I will do well.

TPBM's stomach is grumbling now for tea and homemade chocolate chop cookies. [BRB - goes down to kitchen.]

Not only that, but I'd also like to throw three steak Quesaritos from Taco Bell to that menu. Mmm-mmm-mmm!

When it comes to writing, TPBM believes the subject and the execution are equally important instead of one reigning over the other.

I do mostly. But sometimes the quality of the writing, when truly exceptional, will save the day. Rarely will the subject win out if the writing is bad.

TPBM thinks Umberto Eco has some of the most beautiful writing that s/he has ever read.

I don't know who that is and never read any of his writing.

TPBM loves peanuts.

Yes, and cashews and almonds and pistachios.

TPBM finds powerful storms extremely fascinating.

I do. (Angie! Please read Island Of The Day Before and/or The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana before you get too old! Truly some of the most magical writing you will ever read. Well, IMO, anyway.)

TPBM has actually tried to locate the end of a rainbow.