Hmm. I think I want to try my little inspiration trick again for when I go home to write tonight. So give me an everyday object and a line of dialogue, and I'll see if I can write 'em into the story. :)
He paused mid-slurp, as if a cunning plan had only just occurred to him. Holding the spoon aloft, he observed, "You know, in a pinch, this could be the last, best line of defense against the apocalypse."
"Well, what did you expect? All I had is gum, some rope, and a needle. Now, if I had some duct tape, I might have been able to get you some DSL hookup too."
"YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE! I JUST SAW HER AND SHE'S FURIOUS AND CRYING, DO YOU REALISE THAT?! YOU CAN JUST DIE YOU FUCKING BASTARD, HOW COULD YOU! I'll fucking get you for this, don't you even think for ONE SECOND you'll get away with it. How could you lie like that, how could you even think of... of... I am NOT EVER going to forgive you for this, you HATEFUL, DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING, I... S-sorry? Oh. Sorry, wrong number."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:45 pm (UTC)Line: "That sandwich could have been legally classified as an ecosystem."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:47 pm (UTC)"I feel bad for her. She's like the tilda key, left alone, unused except by weird programmers, odd math people and snotty writers."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:47 pm (UTC)Line: "You wore WHAT?"
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:49 pm (UTC)Line: "That's not my finger, either."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:50 pm (UTC)dialogue:"How exciting. Five other ways to say fuck off."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:52 pm (UTC)dialouge: "I have just one bit of advice for you... keep your paws off my underwear!"
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:53 pm (UTC)line: "we offer 12 different varieties and in an amazing array of colors and flavors."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:53 pm (UTC)Line: "There is a big fucking firestorm of shit going on right now, but I'm only responsible for 2- okay, at the most 4.8% of it."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:57 pm (UTC)"I know it's not very sanitary, but that's not the point."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:59 pm (UTC)Line: "I understand that you find refrigerator repair fulfilling, but at some point I just have to put my foot down."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:59 pm (UTC)"it must have been lonely in her head...you could wander around for hours without running into a single thought."
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Date: 2004-12-14 05:59 pm (UTC)"Ever heard of shit creek? You're up it, buddy, with a leak in your boat."
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:00 pm (UTC)Line: "What do you mean, we're out? I just bought a month's supply, we can't be out!"
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:03 pm (UTC)Line: "Mother Nature? Huh! She kills indiscriminantly. Why she gets all the good press, I'll never know."
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:07 pm (UTC)"Anybody got a change of underwear?"
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:07 pm (UTC)line: "In fiction that would be irony. In real life it just sucks."
Spoon!
Date: 2004-12-14 06:10 pm (UTC)She didn't bother looking up. "Shut up and eat."
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-14 06:18 pm (UTC)"Well, what did you expect? All I had is gum, some rope, and a needle. Now, if I had some duct tape, I might have been able to get you some DSL hookup too."
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:23 pm (UTC)Line - "What do you mean this isn't supposed to be used like that, uh oh."
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:25 pm (UTC)"He's not gay like I'm tall," spoken by someone short.
Um, hi. You don't know me, but I enjoy your writing. Um.
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:40 pm (UTC)"If you must know, my mother gave it to me."
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:41 pm (UTC)"Because some dreams go undreamt."
This is a really good idea. I may have to steal it sometime. =D
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-14 06:43 pm (UTC)"Are the good times over yet?"
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Date: 2004-12-14 06:56 pm (UTC)"You say that as if you've never seen a real one in action before."
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Date: 2004-12-14 07:04 pm (UTC)"Are you trying to speak some foreign language or just suffering from Tourette's Syndrome?"
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Date: 2004-12-14 07:08 pm (UTC)"I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."
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Date: 2004-12-14 07:37 pm (UTC)"She only does that when she's excited. What did you do to get her excited?"
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Date: 2004-12-14 08:46 pm (UTC)"Do you hate trash cans? Is that your problem? Do you just HATE TRASH CANS?!!"
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Date: 2004-12-14 09:44 pm (UTC)"I always wanted to be Max Weinberg when I grew up."
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Date: 2004-12-14 10:14 pm (UTC)"This is bad. I know I've said that before, but this is the worst bad we've seen so far."
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Date: 2004-12-14 10:39 pm (UTC)"Darling, that doesn't go there."
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Date: 2004-12-15 12:10 am (UTC)"I gots to tell you something! I'm not afraid of you!"
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Date: 2004-12-15 03:53 am (UTC)"This doesn't just look like hell, it looks like Hell puked here."
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Date: 2004-12-15 10:16 am (UTC)"YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE! I JUST SAW HER AND SHE'S FURIOUS AND CRYING, DO YOU REALISE THAT?! YOU CAN JUST DIE YOU FUCKING BASTARD, HOW COULD YOU! I'll fucking get you for this, don't you even think for ONE SECOND you'll get away with it. How could you lie like that, how could you even think of... of... I am NOT EVER going to forgive you for this, you HATEFUL, DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING, I... S-sorry? Oh. Sorry, wrong number."
...Because caps locks are fun. :)
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Date: 2004-12-15 06:35 pm (UTC)"No, sir, you don't understand. It was trying to rape me."
or, the ever classic: "UNF UNF UNF"