Fragments of Stories Never Told

[mangosteen]

This particular meme has been traveling through the LJ-Verse, and I like it quite a lot. Here we go:

Meme: Tell me about a story I haven't written, and I'll give you a sentence from it.

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[zzbottom]

Tell me about your past as an underground tagger.

[mangosteen]

It was just like anything else... you do it because you can't not do it. A blank wall wasn't the natural order of things. It was unused. It was unCLAIMED.

[mangosteen]

As it turns out, the reason for all the thumpy-thumpy techno is because it helps to have a beat while spinning fire, and the only thing you're going to hear while standing inside something that sounds like a jet turbine is a sound loud and predictable enough to call every sandworm in a 5-mile radius.

[ladymondegreen]

The one about the insomniac and her friend the ghost.

[mangosteen]

tap.

tap tap.

tappeta tappeta tappa tappa tap tap ratatata knock knock THUD THUD.

"Hey! Remember? 3 in the morning? It was bad enough before Dave left. Now it's just... you know... WEIRD."

"Furthermore, paradiddle flamflam etc."

"I should have never left that drum technique book out where you could see it."

Better than that depressing fugue you're trying to compose right now.

[ladymondegreen]

That's awesome. It feels like it ought to be from a musical.

[muffyjo]

Catholic schoolgirl grows up to be NASA Engineer.

[muffyjo]

Aren't all NASA engineers sexy? Oh, maybe that's just my kink.

[mangosteen]

The Seven Minutes of Terror were over. Breathing was allowed. The Mars Rover safely landed, and the Sky Crane worked.

Her Sky Crane.

This was going to be hard to explain at the 15th reunion.

[woodwardiocom]

Buckaroo Banzai Vs The World Crime League

[mangosteen]

[Ed. Note: You magnificent bastard

[woodwardiocom]

[Ed. Note: You magnificent bastard.]

We should have jackets made.