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Jason Rimbaud

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  1. On 7/19/2022 at 4:42 AM, Camy said:

    Now I really, really want a hot tub... and a time machine.

     

    Hmm, I understand the hot tub Emu, but why the time machine? My mind goes into weird places, like a time machine to go back and see me and my friend in the hot tub...or a time machine to go back and entice me into a hot tub...so many possibilities.   😜  I'm feeling silly today.  

  2. My cats, both of them, love to watch me play Red Dead Redemption 2. And each time they see an animal, they attack the screen. 

     

    Good flash though. Why do we always jump to conclusion instead of just communicating with the other person. It would save a lot of stress and anxiety. 

  3. My friends once tried to scare me like that. I was in the bathroom taking a shower and when I opened the door, two of them threw a blanket over my head and tried to tie me up. One busted lip and a black eye and it was over. I never liked surprises. I start swinging. 

    Needless to say, both of those friends I still consider close to this day. Though I haven't hit either one of them in a long time. 

  4. My first experience with a hut tub in the winter time was in Pennsylvania, mid January, about four feet of snow on the ground. My "friend" and I would get hammered at the bar with our friends before rushing home and taking a soak. Always ended up with him sitting on the edge of the hot tub, a cigarette in one hand and my head in the other. I was always toasty warm in the water and he was always toasty warm in other ways!  Good times.  

  5. Hahaha, I've run into that problem once. A person found some of my writings and was really upset that I described our time together. He brought it up to our mutual friends and was complaining about it. The problem was, none of my friends had read what I wrote about us, nor would they have known it was about him because I changed the name and the description. Boy was he embarrassed. If he had only kept his mouth shut no one would have known. 

  6. I've been reaching back in the past gathering all my writings and saving them on google docs. This piece brought back so many bitter sweet memories. Brandon was a great guy I met back in my drug induce craziness, we had just started seeing each other when like a whirlwind Mark came back into my life. I'm not saying that I was the reason he joined the army, I wasn't. But I wonder how life would have been different if I would have ignored Mark's call.  This made me tear up, not much does that. Especially something I wrote. But I had completely forgotten I wrote this piece so it was like a hammer that hit me. 

     

    J

  7. Somewhere/Somewhen a contributor to this website advise me to start using google docs instead of saving things on the hard drive or memory stick. Anyway, I have since started doing this with all my online work.

    So at first I started by copying and pasting, but then I noticed how many spelling errors, grammatical mistakes that I actually started rewriting everything. I have since rewritten every blog entry I wrote, now I'm working on my fiction. It's been a blast putting everything in google docs. So whoever told me this thank you!

  8. Long ago in a time that happened before today, I was forced to watch the movies with my then boyfriend, who was a huge Potter nerd. After we watched the Half-Blood prince, and before the final movies came out, he made me read the books, assuring me they were so much better than the movies. 

    I can tell you I preferred the movies over the books, especially the first four books, where I felt that J.K. was writing for a much younger audience. And I must admit that her writing did improve as the books went on.  

    That being said, I don't really enjoy Harry Potter as much as I enjoy the idea of the world that J.K. created, which is filled with lore and amazing ideas, plots.

    I love fantasy/Sci-Fi/Magic stories but have a hard time watching/reading stories about younger protagonists. I just don't relate to them nor do I think anyone 13 years old would be that smart/brave/fearless. That being said, my now husband, has made me watch those movies more times than I can count. And the very last movie is my favorite, maybe it's because it marks the end of the torture I must endure every few months or so.

    As for the world J.K. created, I found the fan fiction to be way more enjoyable and sometimes better written. 

    Anyone want to be a special edition Harry Potter movie collection for cheap? Anyone? Bueller?

  9. That sounds like a remake of a seventies movie, Same Time Next Year, starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn. Of course it was about a straight couple. Both married to other people but for a weekend once a year, they go to the same cabin and carry on an affair. I found it highly entertaining. I'll have to check out the Last Straight Man, to see how it holds up to the original.

    I have been trying to write that story for years, with several dozen drafts with different plots, but I could never get it to where I thought it was as good as the original. I'm glad to see someone else stole another one of my ideas.  🙂

    Jason

  10. The older I get the less I want to read stories depicting graphic sex. Maybe its because I'm married now, so I get denied sex so often its been drilled out of me. 🙂

    When I was younger, in all my slut glory, I didn't have that much sex as some writers depict. I know you want to have sex in every chapter but if it has only been two hours in story, just because its a new chapter, the characters aren't going to be ready again, or find the time. I've had a few...orgies in my youth, and after four or five guys, I wasn't looking for sex for a while. It takes time for the soreness to go away. 

    Plus, when I was in school, I was busy, I had things to do, I didn't have the time to be banging away. 

    I wrote a story once upon a time, that depicted two characters trying to find a time and place to have sex. They never managed to. That was my experience in my teenage years.

    For Camy's sake, I won't mention my twenties, its not good to make an Emu blush.

     

    J

  11. I have taken your advice and have been using Google docs exclusively.  The down side is, with my current job, I am busier than a one arm paper hanger.  Most of my google docs are new systems for the restaurants I am opening, online training guides and worrisome employee applications. I"ve never worked so hard in my life while sitting in front of a computer before.  

     

    J

  12. I have just discovered this story because of this thread. I made myself a promise that I would read every new post made here at AD, and try at least one story recommendation a week. And I have just finished all twelve chapters of this featured story. 

    The comments made by other members intrigued me, especially regarding this unique ending to this tale.  So I decided to jump in and see what the fuss was about. 

    I must admit, that after three chapters, I was struggling to continue. The narrative is filled with angst for angst sakes and made up drama that I don't believe anyone would truly behave in that manner. The upside to this little tale, the chapters are very short so knocking it out in an hour is easy. But I can't seem to think of a reason to continue the story after the first chapter.

    The main character is neurotic to a point that makes the narrative flip between lust and then some esoteric notion sometimes in the same sentence. The secondary characters aren't realized as complete characters either, simply a vessel for the thin plot to develop.

    This seems like a writing exercise more than a completely thought out premise. I believe I understand what the author was trying to convey, but maintaining a spoiler free comment, I will just say the author failed to make it intriguing. Plus the ending was less than a wrap up of ideas or themes and more like the author said, "I'm done with this exercise and its time to move on now."

    This tale was not for me, and it wasn't written for me so kudos to the author for completing the story. He's done more than I have in the last ten or so years so what do I know.

    J

  13. On 8/2/2021 at 6:37 PM, Cole Parker said:

    Jason's always been among the most talented we have here.  It's a pleasure whenever he gets off his duff and writes!

     

    C

    Two years ago I was about finished with a post apocalyptic story centered around a dam in oregan. And my USB drive fell out of my bag and was run over. It was heartbreaking. It had all my stories, ides, unfinished product. Nothing was backed up.  
     

    I have tried recreating what I lost but I couldn’t so I shelved that story and moved on.  
     

    since I have been writing something new in between a very busy life. I have 86 pages written, about 33k words.  This one is set in Florida keys.  So Cole, I’m writing again. Consider me off my duff.  
     

    J

  14. 4 hours ago, James K said:

    There are quite a few stories recycled in the recommended list, but I would like to ask if anyone has a story they would recommend which is not about children, teenagers, or high school. I find it difficult to seek out gay themed stories that are adult. I am open to any genre, thriller, mystery, drama, whatever, but not the trials and tribulations of teens: abused teens, coming out teens, bullied teens, adopted teens, etc. etc. 😊

    Truth…I very rarely read anything about teenagers…or watch shows about teenagers…to quote MCR…teenagers scare the living shit out of me…

     

    J (the unhelpful one)

  15. Hiya JK,

    it’s an interesting piece of prose, much like a stream of consciousness. I enjoyed Matthews POV better, Jeff’s seemed redundant as we already got the sentiment earlier on in the piece. 
     

    The safe sex thing doesn’t bother me either because it’s your choice as the author to tell a story anyway you wish. 
     

    and though I would never disagree with the emu publicly, let’s say I’ve been in matthew’s shoes and didn’t need lube to enjoy myself.

    as for difficulty in relaying Jeff’s feeling/emotions/thoughts, dialogue between the two could fix that rather easily. With a few edits in tone and structure, you could really bring in more emotion, having the characters emote through conversation can be helpful to convey  feelings without the flowery imagery. But it’s all about what the desired affect you were intending. 

    As it is now, documenting a moment in time so to speak, I think it works as a stand alone piece. I don’t see a need to continue the narrative nor a desire to continue reading unless it shifted in structure and style. 
     

    im interested in seeing more of your work, as the two of you have a voice and the understanding of imagery.  
     

    my thoughts, before I got distracted by fuzzy bunny slippers, 

     

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