I HAVE TO PACK!
however, while I'm doing that, I'd like to keep my poor lonesome livejournal busy with a game of Drabble Scrabble, as inspired by
elizile
how it works is this:
I: am going to list 10 words, all quite at random.
you (anyone who wishes to; more than one person can respond to any given set): are going to reply with a comment that is a drabble that incorporates at least 2 of the random words. any fandom, any pairing. or no pairing. or no fandom. heck, it doesn't even have to be a drabble; if you can use all 5-10 words in a single sentence, or if you can come up with a 2,000+-word story about these words, more power to you, and I will be rightly impressed. other options: a plot set-up, a haiku, a song, a limerick, a monologue, a random smattering of brainstorming phrases, pretty much anything else that strikes your fancy.
at the end of the comment, re-post the 10-word list, replacing the words that you used with words of your own choosing. players may then reply to your comment, following the same directions as delineated above.
most importantly, have fun! :D
words:
folklore, pharmacy, cheesecake, matador, strenuous, ill-advised, balance, llama, ladybug, pygmy
aaand... GO!
however, while I'm doing that, I'd like to keep my poor lonesome livejournal busy with a game of Drabble Scrabble, as inspired by
how it works is this:
I: am going to list 10 words, all quite at random.
you (anyone who wishes to; more than one person can respond to any given set): are going to reply with a comment that is a drabble that incorporates at least 2 of the random words. any fandom, any pairing. or no pairing. or no fandom. heck, it doesn't even have to be a drabble; if you can use all 5-10 words in a single sentence, or if you can come up with a 2,000+-word story about these words, more power to you, and I will be rightly impressed. other options: a plot set-up, a haiku, a song, a limerick, a monologue, a random smattering of brainstorming phrases, pretty much anything else that strikes your fancy.
at the end of the comment, re-post the 10-word list, replacing the words that you used with words of your own choosing. players may then reply to your comment, following the same directions as delineated above.
most importantly, have fun! :D
words:
folklore, pharmacy, cheesecake, matador, strenuous, ill-advised, balance, llama, ladybug, pygmy
aaand... GO!
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Date: 2006-08-28 03:48 am (UTC)pairing: don/charlie
INCEST AHEAD
"You know, Don, ladybugs are perfectly symmetrical." Charlie's eyes flickered from the leaf he was balancing the animal on. Don shook his head simultaneously amused and exasperated.
"Yeah, I can tell just by looking at it. I did pay attention in science class." Don rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses, readjusting his backwards Dodgers cap. His brother, on the other hand, was still fascinated by the bug.
"Symmetry isn't science, it's math. This ladybug is the perfect example of a reflectional plane of symmetry, or more specifically the sagittal plane since we're dealin--" Lips on his interrupted his impassioned explanation. Startled, Charlie stilled before transferring that passion to a whole new plane. When Don pulled back, he was pleased to see the mathematician breathless.
"Charlie, shut up."
word list:folklore, pharmacy, cheesecake, matador, strenuous, ill-advised, probability, llama, alligator, pygmy
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Date: 2006-08-28 03:51 am (UTC)8 of 10
Date: 2006-08-28 05:25 am (UTC)John Sheppard took three steps from his bed and promptly fell down. Again. No one tried to help him up this time. He crawled back to the bed and heaved himself back in.
"Colonel Sheppard, if you insist on getting up again, I will have to restrain you."
"Oh, I am definitely sticking around for that." Rodney looked up from his cheesecake and grinned smugly at him.
"But this is ridiculous. I'm a pilot. I don't just lose my balance. I've never been seasick in my life."
"Technically, you're not seasick. You have a condition known as labyrinthitis, an inflammation of the inner ear brought on by head trauma. And as it affects your balance, it is ill-advised for you to lead any missions until this clears up. And you certainly cannot be flying any jumpers in this condition." Beckett looked horrifyingly serious when he said this. McKay still looked entirely too gleeful.
"So you're grounding me?"
"You should be doing nothing more strenuous than lying in bed for a few days. And avoid stairs."
"Can't you just give me something for it?"
"I could give you Dramamine, but you'd still be grounded and we wouldn't know when it was gone, then."
"There's nothing else in the pharmacy for this?"
"How about some ginger ale, Sheppard, I could get you some, I'm just going to get myself another piece of cheesecake?" McKay's smugness was about as appealing as llama spit at this point.
"No I don't need any ginger ale, McKay. That's just folklore, anyway."
"I'll have you know that I've survived on ginger ale and saltines on more than one seagoing expedition."
"Seagoing expedition?"
"Ok, fine. Carnival cruise. So I get seasick. I've got a delicate constitution."
Sheppard snorted. Baiting Rodney was far too easy. He responded to goading like a bull to a matador's cape.
"Well, can I at least convalesce in my own bed?" he asked Beckett.
"Only if you promise to remain there and get plenty of rest."
"Fine."
"Don't worry, Beckett. I'll help him to his quarters. I haven’t had this much fun in weeks."
Sheppard glared at him, stood up and took four steps this time before the floor and ceiling tried to switch places. Rodney's reassuring bulk shored him up and they made their way from the infirmary arm in arm.
"Besides," Rodney continued as they walked down the hall, "this is the best excuse I've ever had to fondle you in public. Did you really think I'd miss this?"
New Words: addict, phonograph, textbook, condom, stutter, harmony, sushi, regrettable, ladybug, pygmy
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Date: 2006-08-29 03:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-29 02:46 pm (UTC)Who would have thought llamas
liked cheesecake so much?
words:
folklore, pharmacy, skylark, matador, strenuous, ill-advised, balance, extradite, ladybug, pygmy