Friday, July 13th, 7:00pm
Drommen and Phillipa
Phillipa: I’m late.
Drommen: What do you mean? (looks at watch) We’ll get there on time.
Phillipa: No, I mean I’m late. My period.
Drommen: Oh. What are we going to do?
Phillipa: I don’t know what I’m going to do if I’m pregnant.
Drommen: Don’t I have any say in the matter?
Phillipa: What makes you think it’s yours?
Next stop: Saturday, July 14th, 8:00pm
Happy Friday! It’s time for your Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. Awesome week so far. How’s yours? Here’s your prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “3-letter word.” Start your post with any 3-letter word. Bonus points if you end with one too. Enjoy!
After you’ve written your Saturday post tomorrow, please link it here to this week’s prompt page and check to make sure it’s here in the comments so others can find it and see your awesome Stream of Consciousness post. Anyone can join in!
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1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing (typos can be fixed), and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
3. I will post the prompt here on my blog every Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The,’” or will simply be a single word to get you started.
4. Ping back! It’s important, so that I and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of this post into yours. Your link will show up in my comments for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top. NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, such as Blogger, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.
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7. As a suggestion, tag your post “SoCS” and/or “#SoCS” for more exposure and more views.
8. Have fun!
Thursday, July 12th, 5:00pm
Miriam, and Ursula
Miriam: I’ve GOT to tell you about this place I stayed on the weekend.
Ursula: Not good?
Miriam: Oh the place wasn’t bad. It was the shower. The water pressure! Way too much. You want the good news first or the bad news?
Ursula: Give me the bad news.
Miriam: (takes off her hat) It uprooted half the hair on my head.
Ursula: No! What’s the good news?
Miriam: It ironed out my wrinkles for about two hours.
Next stop: Friday, July 13th, 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 11th, 5:00pm
Devin and Dale
Devin: So I was late for work this morning.
Dale: Oh yeah? How come?
Devin: I forgot to turn the dishwasher off before I left the apartment, so I had to turn around and go back.
Dale: Doesn’t your dishwasher turn itself off?
Devin: No. If he runs out of dishes at our place he goes to the neighbour’s.
Dale: Errr …
Devin: My husband’s a little compulsive that way.
Dale: So how do you turn him off?
Devin: Hand him the vacuum. He’ll still be doing it when I get home tonight.
Dale: You must have a very clean apartment.
Devin: (sighs) Yeah. Especially if I don’t watch him on garbage day.
Next stop: Thursday, July 12th, 5:00pm
Out walking with Alex the other evening, he spied a rabbit and asked me to take a picture. It’s cute, but I’m more interested in the strange light shining on the house next door. Yes, the sun was going down and that’s a west-facing wall, but the two houses are the same size in depth. Weird.
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As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.
Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”
The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
4. Add our lovely new badge to your post for extra exposure!
5. Have fun!
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Tuesday, July 10th, 5:00pm
Jocelyn and Jody
Jody: Mommy?
Jocelyn: (tiredly) Yes?
Jody: Can I be a rocket when I grow up?
Jocelyn: No, you can not be a rocket when you grow up.
Jody: Why not?
Jocelyn: Because a rocket is a thing, and you are not a thing. You’re a person.
Jody: But that new kid Jackie said his dad says he’s gonna send Jackie’s mom to the moon. How can Jackie’s mom go to the moon if she’s not a rocket?
Jocelyn: (thinks for a moment) Jackie needs to keep his mouth shut.
Jody: Jackie said his dad says that too.
Jocelyn: Does your daycare worker know?
Jody: (shrugs) Prolly. Jackie’s mom is my new daycare worker. She doesn’t look like a rocket. But Sammy says her tits look like torpedoes.
Jocelyn: Jody!
Jody: Well that’s what Sammy says.
Jocelyn: I think we need to look for another daycare.
Next stop: Wednesday, July 11th, 5:00pm
Monday, July 9th, 5:00pm
Waylon and Zoey
Waylon sits at the window. Zoey takes the seat beside him.
Waylon: Hey, do you know your way around this town?
Zoey: Pretty much. I’ve lived here most of my life.
Waylon: I need directions. I’ve been every way but upwards, and I can’t seem to find any good restaurants.
Zoey: Oh, you’re going to wrong way. You need to get on the southbound bus.
Waylon: Great. I’ll do that on the morrow. I’ve already got breakfast lined up.
Zoey: So you’ll be looking for lunch then?
Waylon: Yep, and thanks to you, in all the right places.
Next stop: Tuesday, July 10th, 5:00pm
Sunday, July 8th, 11:00am
Drommen and Phillipa
Phillipa: Why are we on the bus again?
Drommen: We’re going for a coffee.
Phillipa: I told you, I have coffee at home.
Drommen: Oh right.
Phillipa: You’re obsessing over that girl again, aren’t you?
Drommen: I’m not obsessing. I’m worried about her. I want to keep an eye on her.
Phillipa: (takes his hand) You can’t save the world, Jake.
Drommen: Maybe I can save my little part of it.
Phillipa: And then what? You go back to corrupting them with your little fetish?
Drommen shrugs.
Phillipa: Bring your little fetish home to me. She’s not on the bus today.
Drommen: I’ll come back to your place later.
Phillipa: I won’t be there later.
Drommen: Tomorrow then? Next weekend?
Phillipa: Now. Or you take your chances.
Drommen: I’ll take my chances.
Phillipa gets off the bus.
Next stop: Monday, July 9th, 5:00pm
Holy cow, is it really ten to twelve? Where did my Saturday go? I know I spent a lot of it proofreading my book, but there must have been bits in between, because I only got about a hundred pages done.
Most of that time I spent in the car with the windows down, enjoying the breeze off the lake. I did take a little walk when my eyes needed a break. I found this guy, standing on a rock.
If you can’t tell, it’s a heron. Compared to the ducks in the first picture, he’s a biggie.
Let’s see, what else did I do? Oh yeah. About an hour after I finished my McDonald’s coffee, I started to feel icky so I went to Tim Horton’s to pick up a bagel for supper. Then I took it back to the lake and ate it, sitting in the parking lot in my car, beside a Winnebago. Unfortunately I didn’t think of the joke until after I’d finished eating, otherwise I’d have taken a picture of myself beside the other vehicle whilst holding my food. I could have captioned it: Winnebago? No, I bought it.
Get it?
Yeah, it’s been a long day.
‘Sup with you?
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Saturday, July 7th, 9:00pm
Bella and Alice (and Edward)
Bella: I know he’s gonna be there tonight. I just know it.
Edward: (pops up in the seat behind them, making them jump) You mean me? I’m here.
Bella: No, I don’t mean you. And if you do that again, I swear…
Edward: Don’t swear, Bella. It doesn’t become you.
Alice: If you have to know, she means a guy that…
Bella: (interrupts) I’m in love with. And he’s in love with me. So go blow it out your ear.
Edward: Blow what out my ear? (shakes head) I’m here to give you one last chance, Bella. Be with me. You know you want to.
Bella: As much as I’m tempted I think I’ll pass. What, you got other options?
Edward: I’m considering leaving town.
Bella: No!
Edward: You’re sad. I’m sorry. All you have to do is agree to marry me, and I’ll take you with me.
Bella: I’ll survive.
Alice: Why the change of plans? As if I really want to know.
Edward: There’s a woman stalking me. I believe she means to try to kill me.
Alice: (under her breath) Well there’s an idea.
Edward: She approached me last night and pretended to be you, my Bella. You but changed to be like me. A vampire. I could smell her a mile off.
Bella: You know, you’re kind of ripe yourself.
Edward: So what do you say, Bella? Will you come with me? It’s really not safe here.
Bella: I’ll be fine. Go without me.
Edward: Parting is such sweet sorrow. Good-bye then my love.
Edward stands and waits for the next bus stop.
Alice: Good riddance.
Edward stares at Bella.
Bella: You’re not going to hypnotize me into going with you.
Alice: (to Edward) Seriously?
Edward: Fine then! (gets off the bus)
Bella: (reaches out toward the door) Oh no! He’s really gone!
Bella and Alice look at each other and crack up laughing.
Next stop: Sunday, July 8th, 11:00am
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