tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post4562152838849522183..comments2023-03-24T03:31:39.269-05:00Comments on The Friday Challenge: The Friday Challenge - 5/8/09~brbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845253722980029012noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-63061594835719090292009-05-15T00:34:00.001-05:002009-05-15T00:34:00.001-05:00My entry is here.
http://jamsco.wordpress.com/20...My entry is here.<br /> <br /><A HREF="http://jamsco.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/high-school-reunion-story/" REL="nofollow">http://jamsco.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/high-school-reunion-story/</A>Jamsconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-48779746719738545512009-05-15T00:24:00.001-05:002009-05-15T00:24:00.001-05:00I don't know what's going on up there. I didn't ty...I don't know what's going on up there. I didn't type that stuff.Jamsconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-18201507064192106972009-05-15T00:22:00.001-05:002009-05-15T00:22:00.001-05:00<div class="js-singleCommentBody js-single...<div class="js-singleCommentBody js-singleCommentDepth1 js-comment-stripe-1"><br /><table class="js-singleCommentBodyT" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><br /><tbody><br /><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><br /><td style="padding-bottom: 8px;" colspan="2"><br /><div class="js-singleCommentText">BRB, I think you should count Henry's. It's poignancy and brevity are only a small part of it's brilliance.</div><br /></td><br /></tr><br /></tbody><br /></table><br /></div>Jamsconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-6952165146738183022009-05-14T23:32:00.001-05:002009-05-14T23:32:00.001-05:00I wasn't going to enter this week and then on Tues...I wasn't going to enter this week and then on Tuesday morning this came to me and it was too good to resist. I didn't get to write it down until tonight but the conversations have been running through my head constantly over the past 48 hours.<br /> <br />http://thebanditspost.blogspot.com/2009/05/familiar-strangers-at-jmhs.html<br /> <br />I blame Henry.the banditnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-89800635165026766962009-05-14T20:34:00.001-05:002009-05-14T20:34:00.001-05:00Here's my entry:
"Look, dear, it's an invitation...Here's my entry:<br /> <br />"Look, dear, it's an invitation to your high school reunion," said Henry's wife, Audrey. "Do you want to go?"<br /> <br />"No," replied Henry.<br /> <br />The End (not a serious entry, in case there was any doubt)Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-38755413086736307642009-05-14T19:40:00.001-05:002009-05-14T19:40:00.001-05:00My entry is here;
http://renegadebotanist.blogsp...My entry is here;<br /> <br /><A HREF="http://renegadebotanist.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://renegadebotanist.blogspot.com</A> passinthroughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-69433020499957162872009-05-14T18:35:00.001-05:002009-05-14T18:35:00.001-05:00Okay, so, I took some liberties with the spirit of...Okay, so, I took some liberties with the spirit of the challenge and came up with this harmless bit of fluff...<br /> <br /><A HREF="http://shardsandphractures.blogspot.com/2009/05/wizards-reunion.html" REL="nofollow">http://shardsandphractures.blogspot.com/2009/05/wizards-reunion.html</A> <br />Like Henry and I established, I couldn't wrap my head around my own reunion without turning it into a remake of Emissary...or maybe My Bloody Valentine. Or Carrie. So, I threw out *my* high school reunion, and invented one...<br /> <br />-=ad=-Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-12757711422999154452009-05-14T18:01:00.001-05:002009-05-14T18:01:00.001-05:00What's sad is that someone as non-famous as me is ...What's sad is that someone as <I>non</I>-famous as me is in the top five and possibly even second! Our class was, shall we say, short on future famous people.Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-11141180206529837722009-05-14T17:08:00.001-05:002009-05-14T17:08:00.001-05:00LOL at Vidad.
I guess that makes the trip to visit...LOL at Vidad.<br />I guess that makes the trip to visit Mom and Dad next week (Yikes!) a school reuinion? I was an only child.<br />Did you know there's a homeschool alumni organization on the web? It wasn't quite my sort of group, though.<br />Why is that sad, Henry? Don't you like being famous?BoysMomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-30894599528046593352009-05-11T21:39:00.001-05:002009-05-11T21:39:00.001-05:00GPB and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. My...GPB and <I>Romy and Michele's High School Reunion</I>. My entire story was based on the movies and Tom's reunion.<br /> <br /><I>War Inc.</I> is not a sequel to GPB, but it could be.torainfornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-12487322238322125352009-05-11T17:36:00.001-05:002009-05-11T17:36:00.001-05:00Sadly, I may be the second most famous person in m...Sadly, I may be the second most famous person in my graduating class. If I'm not second, I'm pretty positive I'm in the top five (out of about 240).Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-33423655873269721792009-05-11T17:23:00.000-05:002009-05-11T17:23:00.000-05:00I've never been to a high school reunion, either. ...I've never been to a high school reunion, either. They're planning another one in 2011, and the person in charge has found me on Facebook and broadcast some kind of quiz questions about me, like "Can she really cook?" which I am ignoring.<br /> <br />My excuse is that one member of my class is famous. You would know his name. And I had a terrible crush on him in 8th grade. I just don't see how I could leave him out, but I can't have him in there, either. And if I invented an entirely fictional reunion, it would be just like that movie where the two blondes decided they would say they invented post-its. I would be the nerd that ended up rich, because that would be very ficticious.<br /> Arisianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-75843338810197271282009-05-11T14:13:00.001-05:002009-05-11T14:13:00.001-05:00I'm right there with you, Al. Since I never atten...I'm right there with you, Al. Since I never attended a single reunion and fear anything I made up would get me put on the "watch" list by the FBI or Department of Homeland Security, I'm probably going to sit this one out.Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-85549598088168115892009-05-11T14:02:00.001-05:002009-05-11T14:02:00.001-05:00I can't think of high school reunions without Gros...I can't think of high school reunions without <EM>Gross Pointe Blank</EM> coming to mind and overwhelming any thought of reality on the matter. Now there's a good time!<br /> <br />Would love to see a sequel. <EM>GPB: Another Decade, Another Dead Man</EM>WaterBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-79892677635028641682009-05-11T10:55:00.001-05:002009-05-11T10:55:00.001-05:00...I have started writing on this Challenge three ......I have started writing on this Challenge three times now, and all three times I've given up in disgust--because the stories keep devolving into...well...<br /> <br />"Hi! I remember you--I used to stuff you in trash cans and lockers! What are you doing these days?"<br /> <br />"Hi. I'm a writer." And you were the starring character in my short story "Boiled Alive in Coconut Oil and Fed to Starving Kittens While Still Barely Alive," but that part didn't come out of my mouth.<br /> <br />Can you tell I hated high school almost as much as I hated junior high school...? The only time I actually enjoyed myself was during chess team tournaments, or up on stage during Tartuffe and Fiddler on the Roof.<br /> <br />-=ad=-Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-5238576555513507932009-05-10T23:14:00.001-05:002009-05-10T23:14:00.001-05:00Geez, Brb, you act like the Barbarella film gettin...Geez, Brb, you act like the Barbarella film getting canned is a good thing. Vidad and I were working on a killer cover of the theme song. I was hoping to submit it to the filmakers for consideration in the film or soundtrack. That sucks. I heard Drew Barrymore was being considered for the lead.KTownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-67616096225476825152009-05-10T23:09:00.001-05:002009-05-10T23:09:00.001-05:00That was funny.That was funny.KTownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-64805450440429308182009-05-10T17:56:00.001-05:002009-05-10T17:56:00.001-05:00I did one for the "write what you know challenge" ...I did one for the "write what you know challenge" a few weeks back. I did it in the comments and then it disappeared. I didn't remember what I had written so couldn't recreate it to resubmit.passinthroughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-47177842620171467292009-05-10T16:02:00.001-05:002009-05-10T16:02:00.001-05:00I've noticed that, too. Let the screen completely...I've noticed that, too. Let the screen completely finish refreshing after you submit your comment and you'll be fine. What Friday Challenge entry was lost?Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-15939042975376969602009-05-10T15:50:00.001-05:002009-05-10T15:50:00.001-05:00I am finding that my posts will stick if I wait fo...I am finding that my posts will stick if I wait for the little "reply" "delete" buttons to pop up. If they don't pop up, I copy, reload the page, and try again.torainfornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-30651753591169218372009-05-10T07:32:00.001-05:002009-05-10T07:32:00.001-05:00I just copy/paste the address from my blog entry i...I just copy/paste the address from my blog entry into my comment. JS-Kit doesn't handle embedded HTML the way Haloscan did (but that's the only thing Haloscan did better, IMO),Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-85524854575041221062009-05-09T23:06:00.001-05:002009-05-09T23:06:00.001-05:00Will some one enlighten me on how to link to a blo...Will some one enlighten me on how to link to a blog? My last Friday Challenge entry was eaten by JS-kit.passinthroughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-17926983564111159132009-05-09T20:25:00.001-05:002009-05-09T20:25:00.001-05:00Here's my entry:
http://rainwrites.livejournal.c...Here's my entry:<br /> <br />http://rainwrites.livejournal.com/9383.htmltorainfornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-23931776667243243482009-05-09T12:15:00.001-05:002009-05-09T12:15:00.001-05:00I gave up on The Princess of Mars for now. I trie...I gave up on The Princess of Mars for now. I tried to read some more yesterday during lunch, but I kept getting interrupted (my week for help desk).<br /> <br />Henry, your story seemed very much the same as the little I read of Princess. It fit in perfectly. Old style phrasing, a sprinkling of "thus", sword play, jumping over people, gallantry. There was only one sentence that I had to read over a couple of times, because there was something that bothered me. <span style=""> "Tars Tarkas flagged not in his pursuit, either." It was the word "either." It just didn't belong there.</span><br /> <br />However, I noticed you didn't have as many long words as ERB, and the words got shorter as the story progressed. ERB's long words were very noticeable as I was trying to pay attention to his style. I knew what they meant, but I just never use them in conversation, and I don't think I use them in writing either. I would have found it very difficult to write in that style, so I applaud you for accomplishing that so well. <br /> <br />I'm voting for Henry.Arisianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172555520574028929.post-87763232168564352542009-05-09T11:12:00.001-05:002009-05-09T11:12:00.001-05:00Henry, <span style="color: #999999;"&...Henry, <A HREF="http://talesandtelling.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-carter-and-bronze-men-in-mars.html" REL="nofollow"><I><span style="color: #999999;">John Carter and the Bronze Men in Mars</span></I></A> is just brilliant. You are a writer's writer. Claymorenoreply@blogger.com