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I've never actually tried Greek food, unless you can count goat cheese :) And yes Gilgamesh is awesome! I need to read it again :D
TPBM is able to appreciate both funny and darkly speculative stories, but prefers a combination of the two.
*sudden existential crisis ensues* what is life? What are we? Ok but in all seriousness, this is a thread where one commenter will make a claim about the next commenter, as: "the person below me is eating spaghetti" or something and then the next person has to answer the claim and make one of their own :) it's pretty fun.
Yeah I guess so.TPBM loves epic fantasy!
Yes! Any kind of fantasy really :) TPBM enjoys the look of goth/emo/punk rock, but doesn't necessarily want to try it out.
I wore a leather jacket, jeans, and sunglasses to school during my senior year if that counts as being part of the style. The ladies loved it, but I was too timid to do anything about it. Oh well.TPBM believes that showing vulnerability takes more strength than being tough all the time.
Yes.TPBM completed two small things today that have been hanging over his/her head and bothering him/her like a small pimple.
Well, I just woke up, but I did learn how to power off my phone, which fixed some of the apps I needed for my business... So that's a huge relief :) TPBM loves the Robin Hood legend.
Definitely!TPBM loves fairy tale/folk tale retellings, especially ones that switch the roles of the heroes and villains.
I love a well-done retelling, although I'm still not on board with the whole villain-as-hero thing--not against it really, I just haven't seen it done in a way I liked yet. (Although I do love good-guy dragons, so maybe that's a lie) :) TPBM has gone for a motorcycle ride recently.
When it does rain in Arizona, I love to go outside and take in that smell.TPBM loves to watch dust storms.
I enjoyed the epic dust thunderstorm in Mad Max, but I've never seen a real one. They sound awesome! TPBM loves micro photography.
If by microphotography, you mean taking close up pictures of small things, then that sounds cool.Whenever TPBM sees a vampire movie that makes a big deal about the smallest drops of blood, they wonder if that bloodlust extends to aggravated teenage acne.
LOL! I have not thought that, and am unable to imagine how I could have possibly thought that.TPBM found something today that s/he thought s/he'd lost permanently.
I have not.TPBM enjoys watching the squirrel scene from the movie “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation”.
I've never seen that movie, but if it involves squirrels, it must be cute!TPBM has that one friend who is constantly injuring themselves doing reckless things.
Not really... TPBM loves the show 'Psych'.
Haven't seen more than a few scenes of one episode so I can't judge whether I like it or not.And Garrison I love that Christmas movie!! "You got a free certificate to Jelly of the Month Club" when he was expecting a big Christmas bonus, haha!!!
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TPBM loves the show Monk.
Monk is really fun, but the second-hand embarrassment kills me, so I can't watch it often :)TPBM loves the show Person of Interest.
No, but my parents swear by that show. They kept trying to get me to watch it with them, but I wouldn't budge. TPBM loves the show NCIS and its Los Angeles and New Orleans spin-offs.
Love the Los Angeles version! Neither of the other two has really caught my interest, though. TPBM does most of their writing late at night.
Sometimes, it depends on the book I'm reading :)
TPBM likes to drink coffee in the middle of the afternoon.
TPBM likes to drink coffee in the middle of the afternoon.
Yes, but then I stay up all night, so I usually opt for decaf. TBBM deeply dislikes wearing stretched-out socks.
As long as the socks don't have any weird designs or colors, then it wouldn't bother me if they were stretched out.TPBM can’t stand people who say, “You need to get laid.”
Never actually met any, but if anyone ever told me that I'd probably punch them in the nose. Or at least feel like doing it. TPBM cannot look at a blank wall without wanting to paint on it.
Well, when I see a blank wall, I want to write. Dad taught me calligraphy and I think I'd like to write instead of paint. TPBM has watched The Revenant.
I am. But that is every week right now because I've run out of hours in a day to write and do.TPBM will enter a haiku poem in a national competition celebrating the spring cherry blossoms.
The only Haiku I have ever written was about my cat, and it was hardly worthy of being entered into a competition... TPBM has listened to the band Van Canto at some point in their life.
I can't say that I have. What kind of music do they do?TPBM enjoys listening to the Seal song “Kiss From a Rose”.
I have enjoyed that song.TPBM thinks that the talent on the show 'The Voice' is very high this season.
I've never actually seen The Voice... TPBM is afraid of mice.
@Garrison Van Canto is a bit of an odd band. I think they're German, but they sing in English, and do mostly acapella covers of hard rock songs (though they use drums as well as voices) it can be pretty fun to listen to though :)
I don't have anything for the Paper Hearts topic yet, but I'm working on another short story that I'm actually pretty happy with :)TPBM loves black tea.
It's alright. But I love camomile much more!TPBM is about to go on spring break.
No spring break for homeschoolers, but we might have to play hooky for a day or two to watch the new season of Daredevil when it comes out :D TPBM is interested in ancient India.
Yes. I've begun to study Ayurveda.TPBM would like to spend an extended time in Japan.
Absolutely. I know a few people going to Japan for 6 weeks this summer and I'm so jealous!TPBM has been waiting for college accepted center letters.
Nope :) TPBM has just reorganized their bookshelves (online or otherwise)
Nope. My bookshelf is untouched. TPBM is craving strawberries.
Well I wasn't until they were mentioned. Darn now I need strawberries... TPBM loves stories about King Alfred the great.
I live in Arizona, so we have air conditioner here. I've never heard of King Alfred the Great, let alone read his stories, so I don't know if I love them or not.
TPBM hates it when songs leave a chord unresolved and end the song right before the last word in the chorus.
It depends on how it's done, I suppose. If the song is meant to be unsettling or unresolved, it could be poetic, but I can definitely see how it would be annoying too. TPBM has an inexplicable attraction to dark and gritty-looking things.
My mother had a sand castle that she used as a knickknack decoration when I was a kid living in California. I don't know what happened to it, because it's really cool.TPBM feels hungry for fast food whenever hearing about a person with the last name McDonald.
...and now I want a burger and fries. This is a hunger-inducing thread today! TPBM loves the poetry of Theodore Roethke.
Unfortunately, I haven't read anything of his before. Most of my poetry intake comes from song lyrics from my favorite rock and metal bands, occasionally hip-hop.TPBM enjoys listening to the Theory of a Deadman song “Blow”.
YES. I do like 'Angel' better though, but mostly because it relates to a novel I'm writing :) TPBM likes listening to 'Lift Me Up' by Five Finger Death Punch.
I LOVE that song! I could head bang to it all day long! :)TPBM’s favorite part of the day is checking the mail after placing an online shopping order.
Ahh that is the very definition of bliss!TPBM is almost finished with their latest story :D
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[And I loved Gilgamesh!]
TPBM likes Greek food.