Teh top 25 have been posted.  Alas, I didn't make it.  Ah well.  Somewhat disappointed.  Many of the ones that made it are better than mine, but others aren't, so I'm also frustrated.  Again, ah well.

After 6PM today, go to www.nycmidnight.com/2009/Tweet/Tweet.htm to vote for your favorites.  Whoever gets the highest number of votes gets cash.

So it ( Read more... )

Not that anyone is necessarily interested.  I had to come up with 3 "stories" of no more than 140 characters and had to use the word "tear" in them somewhere.  They just gave me the spelling, so we were allowed  to use whichever definition appealed to us.  I figure I'll post my entries here so you can see just how weird and hard this is.  And so I ( Read more... )

So the finals of the Tweet Me a Story contest are tonight.  I've submitted my three, one of which is painfully weak, but I really had nothing for the third.  I probably should have just settled for two that I like and left it at that ( Read more... )

Well, I made the finals in the Tweet Me a Story contest.  This means they'll give me another word tomorrow night and I get to try one more time.  My goal is to make the top 10, not to win the whole thing, though absolute victory seems like it could be nice, too.  Unfortunately, it'll be slightly harder this time.  Last time I was in a group of 24 ( Read more... )

There is a flawed belief that tends to overcome the truly unlucky.  It is that the world will only give you so much, and, after beating up on you for a while, will stop and let you catch your breath.  That the universe will not, in fact, kick you while you're down.

This is a lie, a fabrication, an evil brought on by the villainous Wishful Thinking, ( Read more... )

As I mentioned earlier, I competed last week in the "Tweet Me a Story" contest, which involved submitting 140 character "stories."  We were allowed to submit up to 3, and then they would pick the top 15 in each group.  There were 24 people in my group, and we had to include the word "Sharp" in the story ( Read more... )

There's a yearly Creative Writing Championship thing.  Well, this is the second year.  I want in, but it costs $35.  I'll spend it, but not soon.  Luckily I have a little time ( Read more... )

There is, in fact, no proper context to put this in, but it's something I have strangely felt a need to put out there today, now.

Thank you for my life.

I'm torn as to whether V, that grand mini-series of the 80s (I'm pretending the TV series didn't exist, as should you), is considered sacred in any way.  They've done a remake, which will be on ABC sometime in the foreseeable future.  Little bits of it look neat, and I like the cast thus far.  Morena Baccarin needs to be seen more, and I'm ( Read more... )

I loved Star Trek.  That is all.