Thinking up the idea:
- Think of an idea.
- Lie in bed and think about the idea some more.
- Dismiss idea.
- Walk around house. Do menial tasks. Allow the mind to wander.
- When the mind has wandered around to an idea, stop doing menial tasks and pay attention.
- Write it down.
- Read it over.
- Change it.
- Lie down on sofa. Let idea form a story.
- Dismiss idea. Hates idea. Idea is stupid.
- Decide to write from the headlines. Switch on news. Read newspapers. Look for inspiration.
- Ebola, eh?
- Brand new idea. A plague that wipes out most of humanity! The few survivors come together under some vague supernatural (religious?) pretence.
- But evil people have also come together! Drama! Conflict!
- Realise your idea is The Stand, by Stephen King.
- Read The Stand, by Stephen King.
- Go back to original idea, decide it's good enough.
- Congratulations! You now have your idea!
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*vanishes*
Oh my god.
I was with my cousins today so we go to the mall.
They freakin had the Santa picture area up. Ok its not ideal BEFORE Thanksgiving, but maybe they just wanted it up. Then we see Santa. Okay really? It's the beginning of November, really? Thanksgiving is my limit but when Santa is there prior to Thanksgiving.....really? I can handle day before, but more then that? It's ridiculous! I swear malls hype about Christmas. Stores have all the decorations out...its just so annoying.
Still. Santa actually in the mall for pictures weeks before Thanksgiving, that's a bit far fetched. To top it off- A little girl had her Christmas dress on for her photo with Santa. I want to scream. I love Christmas, but it's November. What happened to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicking off the holiday? Oh and in the town my cousins live in they decorated for Chrismas.
-Zaf
(Hello.
In response to earlier: Tia - of course you can ask questions. I just cannot promise answers.)
Zaf, we had Santa's walking around in October here in Aus. i swear it gets earlier every year.
pnot really here, sorry]
(Hello Snow who is not really here.)
(*jumps up and down on her tiptoes fist pumping to invisible music* *isn't all music invisible..* *to inonexistent music*)
(*grins at El and keeps going, bouncing, fist pumping, bumping into El once or twice* *god I bet mosh pits are amazing*)
(Hello Silente.
Hello Elleni.)
(Hey Soph! *stops jumping long enough to hug Soph*)
(*hugs Silente back* Apologies for not hugging you right away. I was not sure whether to disturb your jumping or not.)
(Morning everyone *falls asleep in the corner*)
(Hello Chloe. How are you?)
(I am tried, but god thanks ^.^)
(It seems you have had an upgrade from a normal, mortal human.)
*tired
(yes, how art thou?)
(Its fine Soph. I'm done moshing. *grins*)
(I am depressed. As always.
I presume that is good, Silente?)
(It means I can hug. And that I'm not gonna collapse or explode. *hugs soph again*)
(*hugs Silente back again* I sincerely doubt you would explode.)
(Awww people are in a huggle mood ^^ that's nice ^^)
(Spontaneously combust then if not explode.)
(Spontaneous combustion is not likely to happen either.)
(how art thou SIl?)
(More likely than explosion.
Hey Flickz! (No phone I do not mean flirty. -_-) I'm good!)
(that's Great
I am happy this morning ^^)
(How was comic con? And Rhos! Oooh were there sparks? Was love in the air?)
(It was amazing thanks ^^
And check my name ^^)
(YUS! I LOVE IT WHEN MA SHIPS HAPPEN!)
(*grins* he was awesome)
(*nods* coolio. I'm glad you like each other.)
(aww thanks Silly *huggles*)
(*grumbles but hugs back*)
(do you really no tlike hugs? *looks confused* you don't have to)
(I don't mind them..I just don't particularily favour them most times.)
(okay *releases* ^^)
(*stretches* Sil is freaking out. This is amusing.)
(Why is she freaking out?)
(really? why is that?)
(Wedding. She keeps having mini panic attacks. It probably doesnt help that I'm more inclined ti laugh at her than to help..)
(Aww don't be mean
she will be fine)
(I can't help it! It's funny.)
(meanie *readies necklace*)
(Panic attacks are not very nice, putting it mildly.)
(Okay so I'm officially crazy. I mean I was crazy before but I've totally lost the plot now. I don't know how it happened, actually I do, I know exactly how it happened. I've known since day one how it would happen, why it would happen. I've memorised every last detail on how it happened, I watched as I went through the motion and then jumped off the cliff on sanit. I once told ev dog that she and I live on the edge on sanit and she said, 'Kennel-Schizzle, that's spud's knickers.' Which coming to think of it ahould have been a sign that I was slowing becoming more crazy by the day, because I understood that.
Anyway so Mao Chen and I were talking to Goat-boy or Latchy or The Company Man or Goat-boy Latchy, the Company Man and he asked us why Mao Chen was eating a blow dried cow. And s/he responded 'CUZ IF THE COW NO FLUFF FLUFF THE CHEEZE NO MELY AND I NO EAT' and then that conversation went how every conversation goes with Mao Chen. Crazy.
And then Hammer and I got married because me and Hammer are tight, but TanTan was really confused because she was Hammer's white mum2 and I was Hammer's white mum1 and the Dint was her wifey but then I was her wifey even though I dress like a guy.
Okay, that went really off topic really fast. I'll get back to my topic...*thinks for 10 minutes about whether or not she should delete the off topic part...doesn't because it would take a lot of effort to backspace all that*
So what I'm trying to say is that I am crazy and I love it. Not because people looked at me funny when I was trying to explain why food makes you fat to mum in the shopping centre, not because mum asked me which asylum I escaped from when I tried to explain how god and jesus keep trying to name foods after themselves and not because my friend wouldn't leave the zoo until she and I had patted every one of the twenty-one wallabies. But because I could be sane, crazy, on the edge of sanit or somewhere inbetween and I'd kmow I could always come back here.
*thinks about how bad she is at expressing feeling into words*
This place is good.
*thinks how she could of just wrote that instead*)
(Hello, Raven.)
(Hey Rave *huggles * how art thou?
and isn't it great to be a little crazy?)
(I know. I'm horrible. But she needn't worry.)
(I know about panic attacks. although she may not need to worry, it doesn't stop her from worrying)
(Hello guys.
I am feeling very mixed right now. It's actually quite alarming. How are you guys.
I have to leave now because I have two really big important things tomorrow and one is for English and the other is for Geo and so I need to get some sleep so my brain doesn't die on me. Thank you all for acknowledging my existence.
Goodbye.)
(byii Rave! and good luck!)
(I occasionally suffer from panic attacks. I have no idea how to deal with them, however. I am probably not the best person to help her.)
(I noticed. *rolls eyes* the wedding is more than a month away. She's going ott. She's been practicing running in a wedding dress for Christs sake.)
(really? *tries not to smiles* tell her to just take deep breaths)
(She's shouting at me for telling her to take deep breaths -_-)
(slap her...see if that calms her down XD)
(If your purpose is to help her, slapping her would not be the best thing to do.)
(Yeah no. I'm not THAT insane. She needs a drink. Or a sedative.)
(it will stun her momentarily, itll get her to listen to you)
(I vote a drink)
(I vote for neither.)
(Sure, if listen means 'rip into shred')
(You wanna take her to the bar?)
(Oh.
What does Soph advise?)
(Okay)
*sneaks up on SIl* boo!
(If you use alcohol to calm her she can become dependent on it and become an addict. The same with sedatives.)
(Hmm..Soph has a valid point...just this once then. Any other time we attempt to fix it properly.)
*was pacing a mile a minute when flick jumped out at her*
*whirls, screaming into the phone, swinging a punch and stopping it just before it would've hit flick, breathing hard*
*hangs up the phone, crushing it in her hand and going back to pacing*
(okay ^^)
*tilts head* you seem stress
*tail wags out of curiosity* whats wrong?
(It can only take once...)
(*tilts head* Inky drinks and she is fine...)
The wedding...*laughs bitterly* oh the wedding...
*pauses and pulls a note book from her pocket, scribbling something down*
*goes back to pacing*
Sil...take a chill pill, everything is going to be great
(*bites her lip, thinking* hmm...)
You say that now..
*pauses again, going from a blur to a statue, thinking*
(I am rather glad that I do not come here in the event of a panic attack.)
*tilts head* what are you thinking about?
Just.....stuff.....
*scribbles more notes down*
*looks at what she's written and rips the page to shreds*
calm down Sil! Do you want to get a drink to calm your nerves?
*pauses, eyes shining*
Drink of what?
*is standing very close to flick in the blink of an eye, gently stroking up and down her neck*
This kind of drink?
*shakes head*
*inches away* I was thinking more of an alcoholic drink *gulps*
*tries to breathe steady*
Oh.
*is still staring at her neck*
Right. Of course.
*turns and paces a moment*
Control...control...control...
*breathes carefully*
*grabs Sil by the hand* let's go Silly *starts dragging her*
*stumbles after her, speeding up to keep pace with her*
Sil, you're not horrible. You're great!
(Hello!)
*smiles* this is nice
Two friends having a drink
*drags her into the bar* what do you want to drink?
(HeWwo Kas *huggles* how art thou?)
(BRB REMEMBERANCE DAY MUSIC!)
*Sighs*
I made a dress today. My sister, who is much bustier than me and is just absolutely stunning, tried it on...
And now I can't look at my dress the same...
It was made to fit her.
And it looks hideous on me...
(@Kas i disagree.)
Uh.....any shot?
*sits down, occasionally shooting glances at the other bar mongers throats*
(*huggles Death* I bet it looks gorgeous on you!)
(*hugs Deathy*)
*hugs Danni*
I'm sure it looks great on you.
(Hello!)
(Hello Tia.
Rose - one's figure does not matter.)
It just looks like a tablecloth on me.
And it hugs her curves. I'm a stick... I don't have curves...
*huggles back*
*orders a pint of cider and a shot a patron*
*gives Sil the shit* here you go!
*sips cider*
And Danni - you are beautiful. You really are.
*huggles*
*shot
I'm not Tia... How many times must I say it??
(Tia - I responded to what you said last night about asking me questions somewhere above.)
*looks at Inky, then at the shot, then at the barmans throat*
*looks at her hands, the bandages on her wrists*
*pulls her sleeves down and drinks the shot in one*
*notices the bandages on her wrosts* Sil... What are they?
*Isn't sure about what else to say at this point about Danni's beauty that he hasn't said before*
*slowly hugs*
Nothing.
*orders a shot of vodka and drinks that too*
@Danni But I saw you... so pretty...
@Sil Bandages? Sil? *looks sad and confused and worried*
@Sophia Hello. Yes, I saw. I will ask said questions soon.
It doesn't look like nothing *tilts head*
*hugs back softly*
Tia... Email... I need you to know what happened earlier...
(I must warn you that, if this is some sort of quiz, my general knowledge is somewhat lacking.)
Well it is. End of.
*stands up*
I should get back to planning..
Quiz?
Okay!
Who played Michael Knight in the 1980s TV series "Knight Rider?"
*tacklehugs Sil*
Don't make me lose you! :c
*cries*
Tia
*pushes her off*
I'm not going away. I'm planning the bloomin wedding.
(David Hasslehoff, I think? I have no idea how to spell his last name.
Are you sure this was the question you wanted to ask?)
Sil... Sit
*to Tia * we need to get her pissed
(I will be back soon.)
You are not getting me pissed. For one in order to do tthat you'd need to be rich because I am not a light weight...well not when it comes to alcohol on its own.
You know what I mean, Sil. You're so amazing and losing you would hurt.
*lets go of her, begins to emanate with sadness*
(David Hasselhoff. One point for N7s!
Nope.)
Hear hear!
I have this *holds up golden card*
This is unlimited *orders lots of shots*
Do you need blood, Sil?
I got blood! I got lots!
*brings out a knife*
And for two! I have no desire to get drunk!
Tia put that knife down!
You will get drunk Sil *glarez*
*focuses on Tia, on the chance of blood*
*just stares, wanting blood but not wanting her friend to do anything stupid like cut a vein for her*
Yeah, I'm not going to be in the middle of a fight...
Sorry, I know it's a joking fight, but still...
*Leaves*
(I dedicate this page to comic con
It was brilliant
And I got to meet the one and only Rhos, who is really sweet and funny ^,^)
(*hugs rose* sorry...)
(Sorry Death sweetie *hugglrs*)
There's a fight?
...
Good bye, Danni.
*looks away from Tia, to Flick*
..but I don't want to get drunk.
*grins* sure you do
*motions to all the shots infront of her*
*looks at the shots*
*looks back to Flick*
No, I really don't. Just because i won't get liver damage doesn't mean I want to drink my guts out.
(Hello, I'm here now *smiles*
*frowns* but look at all I bought you...
Just this once?
(Rhos! *glomps*)
(hear hear Chloe)
*has a few shots, cuts her skin and pours the blood into the shot glasses*
*stumbles away*
Flick...
(I am back.
What did you want to ask me, Tia?)
Tia! That wasn't necessary
Come on Sil! Don't be a stick in the mud
(Chloe! *accepts glomping and holds you in a huggle*)
*focuses at the smell of blood, looking at the shots*
...
*reaches for the first one and downs it, smiling at the blood and the heat*
(@Soph I still need a few more questions... thinking.)
(I may be intoxicated, and so Sil's getting drunk anyway.)
(*huggles*)
Sil... *warning voice* don't get carried away
Mmm..
*downs three more shots, shivering slightly at the taste, grinning, pupils dilating slightly*
Sil... Control *grasps her shoulders*
*shakes flick off, growling*
*downs more shots , licking her lips*
Sil stop! *takes the shots away from her*
(What type of questions are they, Tia?)
(When that blood runs out, Tia is bleeding out on the floor...)
*growls, baring her teeth, trying to get the shots back*
(Did i mention sil hasn't fed in..
Soph when was it you gave her that one bag of blood?
Hasn't fed in a good while.)
Nope
No more
You need to learn more control
*bares her own teeth*
(@Soph personality questions.)
(You didn't mention it)
*growls, locking stares with Flick, tensing up slightly*
*stares at her*
*ears stand tall*
*growls slightly*
(I see... I cannot promise that I will be willing to give answers.)
*refuses to drop the stare, growling louder, lip pulling back further over her pointed teeth*
*growls also *
*sits up straighter*
*eyes harden*
*gets up*
Guys, you don't have to fight. I can... spare some blood*
*looks fatigued, nearly collapses again*
*the growl becomes deeper, darker, a growl that had made vampires turn and run before*
(Silente, I have emailed you.)
*eyes turn into those of a wild wolf*
*turns into semi wolf form and growls*
*smiles slowly and stops growling*
*rises and starts walking calmly out*
Sil? *follows her*
*keeps walking and leaves the bar, blinking until her pupils shrink again*
*shakes her head to clear off most of the effects of the alcohol*
How are you Sil?
My head hurts..but I'm fine. Sober.
*raises an eyebrow*
Despite your best efforts. Why did you want to get me drunk?
*sighs* you were stressing
You needed to take a chill pill
Mmm..
Oh, and Flick?
*slams into her, pinning her against the wall, faces close together, teeth bared, smiling*
Don't challenge me again. Ever.
*holds her there for a few more seconds and lets her go*
*calmly says* I will if you challenge my authourity
You have no authority over me.
*rolls eyes* wolves have an authoritarian personality
They will challenge anyone if they see them as a challenge
*looks Flick up and down*
Yeah well...don't get in my way and you needn't see me as a challenge.
*smiles*
I will intervene if I am concerned
Sure. You'll try.
*smiles*
Why do I always ruin everything?
You don't tia.
I have now.
No you haven't.
Tia sweetie. You only wanted to help
(Sorry for mini poof
Reading up about diabetes )
Happy thoughts...
Only one happy thought...
(I read up ten things if you have it
I display most, if not all of them
My nan has the one you inherit ...)
(Have you finished thinking about the questions, Tia?)
... You.
(I...I'm gonna fade now. Might be back later)
(Okay Sil *goes to huggle but stops* byii)
(Goodbye, Silente.)
(How is everyone?)
(I am okay^.^
I'm pondering over the possibility that I may be diabetic
But I'm good
You?)
(Perhaps you should get tested.
I am depressed.)
(I think I should too
I'm constantly thisty hungry and tired
Before I gained quite a lot of weight but recently I lost half a stone
My leg ached but i do t think tht is relevant )
(It could be anything. Even puberty. But it is better to be safe than sorry.)
(Yes, I'll ask my mum about it laters
But I do have an overactive imagination
I once convinced myself that I was dying )
(I will be back soon.)
(Okay ^.^)
(*hugs Chloe*)
(*huggles Sil* hey ^.^)
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