Love and hair

Back to home / View comments

I’m in the mood to parody, and in thinking of things ripe for parody I have come to the conclusion that I, myself, would probably be a very easy target.

I understand that people go through phases, but god, if I write one more story about melancholy love, missed opportunity, heartwrenching loneliness or a woman’s hair, I think I’m going to stop reading this site. I know that you’re supposed to write about what you know, and I’ve been more true to that principle in the past few months than I ever have been, but sometimes you just have to let loose and have fun with the writing, don’t you?

Or maybe I just don’t want to be emo.

So here it is. I’m throwing down the gauntlet, so to speak: I want you to tell me what to write. Yes, you. Search through the upper quadrants of your brains and just give me whatever random crap falls out. Nothing is off limits. I’ll do everything from “Robocop visits the Orange Juice Factory” to “Matt marries a talking zebra” to something involving the United States Congress, a very shiny-headed fat man, Jason Freaking Patric and a winner-takes-all beach volleyball game.

I can’t promise quality, or length, or, well, anything interesting. Hell, I can’t even promise I’ll end up doing this! But it seems like a good idea now, and I can’t really see anything else as mattering at the moment.

So the request line is open. Leave me a suggestion, and I’ll write about it. The more thoroughly confusing and altogether messed up the suggestion, the greater the odds that I’ll end up doing it.

So hit me. If nobody responds, I am just going to assume that everyone wants more stories about people walking, having slow conversations, touching each other softly, the stroking of hair and the infinite sadness that inevitably follows all these things.

So, please, for the love of god, respond.

2004

Jan

« As We’re Walking On By — Quick test »

13 Comments

Coco13 — January 26, 2004 #
Remember that Simpsons episode where Homer lands in the celebrities hideout, and he tries pitching his movie idea for a talking pie-robot driving instructor movie that goes back in time for some weird reason?
Pearle — January 26, 2004 #
Hey, remember those times on your old message board, when someone posted the beginning of a story, and the next poster was to carry on with it? We should do that. I never got to join in the last time you did that, so, yeah, I want in now! Who’s with me!
Matt — January 27, 2004 #
Coco: I just wrote it! I will post it tomorrow! It ended up being 2,100 words for some ungodly reason and it’s also really twisted and weird. Wow!

Pearle: That was a lot of fun; I’d love to do that again! But I worry that it would end up just being me, and I’m ALREADY sick of my writing. If any other would be writers show interest, though, I can totally set that up.

I need more requests, guys.
jwb — January 27, 2004 #
im interested.

and im thinking of a request as well. ill get it to you when i have it.
Care — January 27, 2004 #
You could give slash a go? Something really smutty like Harry x Draco. Or maybe I’m in the gutter because I don’t want to do any of my papers due this week.

I AM QUEEN OF THE PROCRASTI NATION.
Matt — January 27, 2004 #
Whoa is the comments window not opening in a pop-up window anymore for you guys too? It just started doing this this morning, and I didn’t change anything!

Who the hell coded this site?
Luke — January 27, 2004 #
Humorous short story about cow-tipping, please.

(FOR SPORTS-DEN!)
Joe — January 27, 2004 #
*shows interest*
Matt — January 27, 2004 #
Oh, it’s a pop-up again. Weird.

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
Jack — January 27, 2004 #
OMZ! Just the other day I was thinking about initiating STATIONS: Part Deux! (or if it was called Bases, then BASES: Part Deux!) But as far as it goes, I’m definitely in, and I think I can hold my own against Matt in terms of long-winded metaphoric life essays.

But as for stories, I’d like ‘Robocop Visits the Orange Juice Factory’ — I also demand what a ‘winner-takes-all beach volleyball game’ entails.
Jack — January 27, 2004 #
Oh, and by the way:
Jack — January 27, 2004 #
Whoops. Anyhow: link

I am a golden god!… And I’m on drugs!
Joe — January 27, 2004 #
If you’re still taking requests, I think something similar to Memento, only much more surreal and existentialist, might be neat. Maybe it can criticize the human condition without offering solution; maybe it can star an ice cream truck driver on a divine mission; maybe it can juxtapose the most striking imagery with the most elementary context, or vice versa.

Or maybe you could just write something about the wacky adventures (and misadventures!) of some guy on a fantastic voyage!

Love and hair

13 Comments

Leave a comment

Latest posts

Categories

Random Pictures

Blogroll

Archives