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Well, I'm glad one person liked it.
And the whole symbolic description (or lack there of) thing was an accident. I just don't like to describe things unless I have to. And I was far more concerned about dialogue in this story than anything else.
Wait, I mean, yeah, this is the first of a new series of stories I am writing that use allegorical metaphors to parallel the dichotomy of straight and gay within the hearts of us all. Yeah, that's it.
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Yeah, that's pretty gay, and pretty funny. Good find, Colin.
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That took me a second to catch on. I kept looking back at the post and thinking, "Where did it talk about easter?" and trying to visualize girls in easter dresses.
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I know what you mean, but I honestly prefer the more accurate, albeit simple, first method of description. All the second one does is make me think of Picassoesque cows melting into something else; and since Sunday is 'family day' with us, it is the least lonely day of the week. Sometimes getting too 'flowery' can lead to further 'issues'.
I just ripped if off of Mark Twain?s description of the field in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. (He didn?t have a very happy outlook on Sundays.) I am not all poetic myself in my descriptions, being of the minimalist persuasion.
If Colin wanted to try an alternative style of narration to see what it looks like, the poetic-y one would be good.
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Socks to your paradox, socks to your closet and socks to your ass-mar!
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Very popular in most of America (I can't stand them) are 'ribs', which are just that, big heaping plates of ribbed sides of whatever (pig, I assume, and not roof rabbit) and dripping with 'barbeque sauce'. There are whole chains of restaurants devoted to nothing else! Yuck, not my thing, though I understand it was popular with the Flintstone family.
Ribs are one of my favorites. I was raised in Atlanta on such delicacies. And they are usually pork, for my dad would always stack the used ribs on a plate and say he was building a monument to a dead hog.
And there are different varieties, too. Carolina ribs are boiled then grilled and seasoned with a rub of herbs and spices with a sweet sauce on the side, where as Texas ribs are just grilled and smothered in a smokey flavored tomato based sauce with liberal molasses content. *wipes drool off keyboard* Dang, I shouldn?t be writing about ribs when I?m this hungry.
And barbeque sauce is very easy to screw up. If you accidentally but Craft or Heinz you will end up with spiced vinegar or ketchup, respectively. My personal favorite is KC Masterpiece. I can?t think of an animal I wouldn?t eat it with.
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"Freedom Fries?" ~ give me honest French fries, even if you call them chips, and pass the ketchup or vinegar!
There are a many international members on this site and, with internationality, we get many different condiments to go with them. I can?t recall the last time I willingly ate something with vinegar poured all over it, but not everyone shares my passion for BBQ sauce.
That being said, what do you guys eat fries with? I use ketchup, BBQ sauce and the occasional Wendy?s Chocolate Frosty.
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Uh, for those who frequent the story, should a different thread be posted for Opportunity Cost, since it is a different story? I just figure, in light of the author's page they gave me, should the thread be divided as well?
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You?re just going to make us wait a whole month before the next part? And after such an entertaining and seemingly-pivotal chapter?
I hope you know this means more cameos.
xXOneWingAngelXx
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I thought the end of the story was really sweet (the adorable kind, not ?Dude, sweet!?), and you did a good job of hiding the twist at the end. I caught on right before I read it and was all, ?No way! That?s brilliant!? Then, of course, you said you already wrote a story like that and ruined my excitement.
Hackneyed or not, it was still a cool story.
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For a first-timer, not bad. The dialogue was natural and flowed well.
I like the first paragraph. It doesn?t say much, but makes you want to know what is behind it all.
Your narrative dialogue gets a little lyrical, but your descriptions are bland and abstract, like describing your life as sad or hopeless or miserable. Those things can mean different things to different people. Remember that Eskimos have many different names for snow because they are around it all the time and can tell the slightest differences. There are many different kinds of sadness and hopelessness and misery, and a dramatic writer would be wise to learn the distinctions.
And the discussion about similarities seemed to drag on a bit. I got the point that they were exactly the same early on, so that no longer needed to be established. But it would be more interesting if you did something like have them race from one end of the cafeteria and back to see which one was faster or something to keep the story active instead of having 2 characters discourse over a pre-established fact.
And your descriptions of setting and character history were detail-rich but bordered on being too verbose. Props for including only the relevant stuff, but it is presented in a very straightforward manner where something more poetic could be use. It is the difference between, ?The empty field was green and full of bright flowers,? and ?The field he looked out upon was a vibrant dreamscape and lonely as a Sunday.?
It has potential and has me intrigued. The doppelganger ploy is a fun one and hard to go wrong with. And I also like you non-linear plot line. Very un-western-conventional.
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I need motivation to do a lot of writing and a pseudo-hokey monthly celebration just might do it. Count me in.
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Umm where was I? Oh yeah Herg?, who wrote Tintin came from Belgium, not France.
So did French fries. Or, ?Freedom Fries? for the patriotically-inclined. Goodness knows I?m not.
Freakin? Americans.
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So I dropped this little bomb into the thread:
isn't anime Japanese for small penis?
It was not my most popular posting.
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*carefully chooses words*
One who has not seen Akira or any other of the more refined anime would certainly not understand the POV of an anime geek. There is bad anime out there just like there's bad live-action movies (case in point, X-Men: III, a movie I'd rather gouge my eyes with a spork than ever see again) and Akira is considered by most to be the best anime ever. It is, in fact, a movie that helped inspire The Matrix, and has close ties with Blade Runner.
It is supreme sci-fi noir and is definitely worth a recommendation.
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I originally found it on Awesomedude, I think, or maybe somewhere else. Anyway, because it looks like me and doesn't seem to be copyrighted, I've appropriated it!!
You don't even know who that is? It's Spike Spiegel, the badass bounty hunter from Coybow Beebop. Your avatar is one of the coolest anime characters ever and you don't even know it.
I was going to give you props for taste, but you don't get props for random chance.
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From old, beaten trucks to horny cats, we all have unique avatars that have been carefully chosen (hopefully) to identify us in personality and M.O.
But what is up with them? What does Cartman?s cat have to do with out intrepid leader? Why do the Ausies always have the cool ones? Well, here is a place for everyone to let their fellow dude know what their avatar is all about.
Mine is simple: I?m a ninja aficionado. Not to be confused with a ninja geek who sits in his mom?s basement and watches Naruto all day, I actually read Naruto.
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It makes me sick every time I see that picture. I know people who are really that hateful and I can?t stand being around them. I know a guy who, in high school, would take his buddies and gang up on a boy with an earring and rip it out of his ear because that was too close to being gay. They never bothered taking the back off the earring, either.
Some people need fire and brimstone more than others, but who are we to call it down upon them?
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Metro areas Like Atlanta and all of Florida are losing the accent.
Too true. I lived in a suburb of Atlanta when I was a kid and had a very thick accent. I had a truck that was supposed to follow verbal commands that you told it, but my accent was so think it wouln't do what I said.
But on recent trips to the heart of the city, I wouldn't be able to tell I was in the south if there wasn't a Waffle House on every corner.
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Oops.
I didn?t know I was starting a communal diatribe on English accents.
While we?re at it, Charlie Hunnam, bless his hot soul, can?t speak cockneyed to save his life. That performance in Hooligans was awful. I?m not British, and I could tell he was faking it. You drop the ?H?s, not throw them on the ground with extreem prejudice.
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A couple named Eric and Kelly
Would walk around back-stuck-to-belly
Because in their haste
They used library paste
Instead of petroleum jelly
And one for my favorite AD author.
A boy from Ohio named Bruno
Said, "Sex is one thing I DO know.
"Boys are just fine,
"And sheep are divine,
"But mules are numero uno!"
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I have to insist, though, that I don't have an accent.....
Yanks have more of an accent than anybody. I mean, the British invented the darn language. Well...William the Conqueror did after he invaded in 1066. English was Germanic, but Will's French influence changed it to the language we know today. Modern English is the bastard child of Old English and Norman.
So?that was?pointless. Um, I guess I was saying something about accents. Americans have them more than Britains. But I?ve been told that Oregonians have the subtlest accents in the English-speaking community and it is hard to distinguish their nuances.
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I think the second one was better, or at least it got me laughing harder. Have you played the urinal game on newgrounds? It tests your knowlege of etiquette.
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So, what do all the disgruntled readers think of this follow-up chapter? I hope you all feel better after the cliffhanger and know I wrote it with a purpose and didn't do it just to piss you off. You're my readers and I love you all and hope you can be more patient with my unconventional storytelling. (At least it defies western conventions. Freakin' Americans.)
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Yeah, I know how that goes. No worries - take whatever time you need. I know I did.
Nix that. I just wrote Chapter 10 from what I remembered and sent it to The Dude. He hasn't posted it yet, but I sent you a copy.
I hope I don't get vehement e-mails this time.
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2006 Reader's Choice Awards
in Readers Rule!
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I?ve noticed that the writers on this site are in serious need of some shameless self-promotion, so I have taken the initiative to start the 2006 Awesome Dude Reader?s Choice Awards.
Being a blatant rip-off of the academy awards, we will need some nominations to start off this gala event. Send your nominations to me via e-mail or PM and I will post them at the end of the year. They must be from a submission hosted on AD that has been posted during 2006 and fits one of these categories:
-Most original story:
This goes to the author who has written something like you?ve never read before, and far more than, ?A cute twink and a hung jock meet for the first time and get it on 5 minutes later.?
-Most acrid use of clich?:
This award goes to the writer who is most likely to write, ?A cute twink and a hung jock meet for the first time and get it on 5 minutes later.?
-Best use of verisimilitude (storytelling that acts, sounds, looks real):
This is for the author who can take you on a stroll through their story and point out the most colorful parts of their imagination without leaving the computer.
-Best use of dialogue:
This is for the author who gives great lines to great characters. Be it fluid, witty, quick or deep, if it was fun to read, it?s worth a nomination.
-Best use of narration:
For the author who can tell a great story without letting his characters get a word in edge-wise.
-Best minor character:
There are no small roles, just small characters. And half of you should be ashamed for what you just thought of.
-Best main character:
For the author who created a character who was able to help you laugh, cry, and feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
-Best short story:
For the author of the short story who made a big impact in a minimal amount of text.
-Best Poem:
For the poet who used their lyrics to touch lives and left no stanza un-paired.
-Best chapter:
Novels on AD have their highs and lows, so pick a part from your favorite story that impacted you the most and made you ask, ?When the hell will they finish this thing??
-Best Author:
For the writer who can tell an enthralling story at the drop of a hat and exemplifies all the qualities we hold dear at AD.
Nominations can be anonymous, but should include:
-The name of the person nominated.
-The story or part of a story that made you want to nominate them.
-Why you think they should win.
Once I have the nominations, I will post the top 5 in each category and we will then vote on them. The deadline for nominations is Jan 5 2007. After that, I will compile and post the results of the nominations and we can all vote, the final results being posted Jan 15 2007.
And this is all on the honor system. I trust you guys to send one vote per person the same way you trust me to give you factual results. This should be a lot of fun for everyone and should inspire us all to up the ante when it comes to our works.
May ADRCA ?06 begin!