Drabble Dare hosted by The Burrow

In January, The Burrow posted a Drabble* Dare contest which I entered and then promptly forgot about *smiles* Fortunately, they didn't forget about me and some weeks later, I received an email from Rayna at Coffee Rings Everywhere saying I should check out their site on the 2nd of February! When I did so I found that, to my surprise, they had posted my drabble! It was too late to post mine to that it coincided with their post so I decided to wait a bit. So without futher ado and in the spirit of the upcoming most romantic of amour filled holidays...

Who gave you your first kiss?” backstage banter has gotten personal. 

“Ummm... I haven’t.” 

“Never?” Eyes wide in disbelief, he gapes at her for a long moment. 

She shakes her head, regretting honesty. 

“Never been kissed, hmm?” His tone changes to that of a hungry tiger. “And we’ve been doing a stage kiss....Tonight, the real thing. Just wait.” 

“Ummm...” 

“So you Maid Marian. Come here.” 

(The audience gasps as he kisses her- as does she) 

“A beautiful name for a beautiful woman. Hopefully we’ll bump into each other again.” 

The young woman is left alone, wordless before her audience. 

Check out The Burrow to read more of the Romantic Drabbles by other Dare takers! There is a romantic drabble (or 2!) for each day of the month!!!

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*A Drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.  

Death and Politics at the end of the world

Sunday is the day I am going to be posting from my WIP so bear with me. If you are lost you can go back and read the first few pages here. The character is driving and this section is stream of consciousness so you are jumping right in to her drive down to Key West...(Thanks for any input you care to give!!) Little note: I think the paragraph immediately following this will be formatted differently... not in a paragraph. On the blog I'll leave it for now but visualize it as a chain down the left side of the paper with each shade and size of font on a different line. I think it works better...   

Maybe I should call, has to be there has to be she can’t be gone—mistake has to be—missing? That can’t be right She can’t be. Missing Went for a drive and ran out of… or maybe just needs time. Time? Maybe met someone. Left Dave? No. Can’t be right! Loves Dave. Means the world to her. She’d never. Don’t believe it for an instant. But she’s… Missing. Time for herself working too hard stress restaurant not doing well… maybe.    Said “gone” right? GONE as in they don’t know where she is. Didn’t mean dea—not dead. Gone dead?  She’s MISSING… Murdered? Oh my go- NO It can’t be that! Too terrible Think logically, doesn’t make sense. Make Sense All right… She doesn’t just take off. Not a runner, a fighter. If things weren’t going well? she wouldn’t just… not a bird. NOT her But if she were taken by force she would fight and they might… OH MY GOD

                                    The median!

Pay attention, drive, can’t think about it right now.

                        Fifty-nine miles→already

Radio… distraction…can’t think… FOCUS   

Sailing away to Key Largo…

We had it all …

Just like Humfy and Bogall..  

Starring in our own la—

John may call…

doesn’t,

shouldn’t matte…

It’s over

Too many differences…

couldn’t work it out…

if I -- younger… prettier…

didn’t see it coming…

Finally, the Train Bridge: famous…  

calendar, paintings- palm trees, train track, ocean… postcard perfect…

                                                            oops, Original Overseas highway-

still a beautiful… umm, twenty feet.  

Just like Bogey and Bacall…

Watchin those old movies- fallin in love so ten-- tend --er…

                      er-rrhmmmm.  

Idiot.                                        Stupid love song IDIOT

                                 Too stupid to be believed- hormones.

Aunt missing, MISSING, MISSING

breaking up….

had to do it now, stupid man

 No more crying.

Seven Mile Bridge

  not a good place for car trouble

So high… swerve… Dive! Dive!

Eyes on the road—

A tiny key, Mini Key… Mini Mouse Key

…a piano with too many keys.

Breathe--- Breathe-- water’s beautiful… on and on. Read the signs.  

Hungry…

thirsty

Key Lime Daiquiri, Floridita--- Marguerita! 

Wastin’ away again. . .   looking for my mmm, mmm.

Banjo’s…

lots to drink...

dance,

sing…

stars…. 

End of the world… wizards and angels… 

Key West chooses you.

                     

Sunset Key.   

                                                                        hmmm hmmmm . . .

Searching for my lost shigger of salt-

Some people claim that there’s a ma-an-n to blame- Yeah there is---

It’s his damn fault.

His damn fau---

Nearly there.

God I hate Buffet…

What was that music…?     

                                     Something like…

So magical: Should have fairies,             

Palm trees … forget this

                                                            spray … forget that

Or, forgetting specialists, hmm---

In the real world…  bartenders

Six miles.

Drive right into the ocean…                                                   real dead end! 

Five miles to the BEST Key Lime pie

Number One Key Lime Pie…

Favorite Key Lime Pie…

Award Winning Key Lime Pie…                               Who decides these things? 

Key Lime cookies-

Key Lime cake-

Key Lime ice cream

Key Lime soup

Chocolate-covered Key-lime-on-a-stick

Key Lime off-a-stick

Key Lime Lemonade

Key Lime Margueritas

Key Lime edible underwear…    hmmmm

Some people claim that  

there’s a ma-an to blame

                                                        Song’s a virus

Hog’s Breath—God’s Breath—hamburger yummers!… with everything… fries, Bartender’s special drink---

P-Thingy.

Do these people know how to drive? For God’sake

Bone Island: Boner…

Boner Island?

Key-

Boner Key—Bonkey… 

Don key Otee.

move! I need to go!

“Land of the Free because of the brave”- MOVE, moron.

Left turn, right?

Right… Right?

No! left… right.

Southernmost Point

Southernmost Real Estate

Southernmost Hotel

Southernmost Café

Southernmost Bank

Southernmost Key Lime Pie

Southernmost oxygen.

Most Southernmost

turn…

Busy!

People everywhere.

It’s a zoo…

TOP TEN HORROR/SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE QUOTES BLOGFEST

Jeremy and Ellie are hosting the "Top Ten Horror/Science Fiction Movie Quotes Blog-fest." The rules are to count down your top ten most memorable lines from your favorite horror and science fiction movies. (ten of each or make your top ten a mix of both) And as I couldn't possibly come up with 10 lines from 10 horror flicks, I will have a line from 1 horror flick. The rest will be Science Fiction as that is what I have watched the most of! 
So... in the spirit of suspense and perhaps horror, let's start with number ten. 
10. "I never knew I had it in me."~C-3PO 'Return of the Jedi'

9. "I imagine, that right now you're feeling... a bit like Alice. Tumbling down the rabbit hole? Hmm?" ~Morpheus 'The Matrix'

8."Son, you may be the first person in human history ever to see writing from another world." ~Jesse Marcel 'Roswell: The UFO cover-up'

7. "Posada San Marsol. One of our much very best hotels!" ~Cabbie 'The Arrival'

6. "The energizer's bypassed like a Christmas tree, so don't give me too many bumps." ~Scotty 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

5. "Nice to smell you again, Mr. Kitz." ~Dr. Kent Clark 'Contact'

4."Maybe we should call in a bomb threat to Houston. I think it's free beer night at the Astrodome." ~Mulder 'The X-Files: Fight the Future'  

3. "Dammit, man! I'm a doctor, not a physicist!" ~Leonard 'Bones' McCoy 'Star Trek (2009) (How could you not love that he said that after all the times the original doc said it in the show???)

2."This is bone. This is so fucking bone." ~Joe 'Dog Soldiers'

1."Well, I suppose if I had wanted a safe life, I wouldn't have married a man who studies rocks." ~Betty Armstrong 'The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. 

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY!

Elana at Wordsmithing has been blogging on library closings in the U.K. and brought to my attention that February 5th is "Visit a Library Day".  And though the particular day she is promoting is for patrons of libraries in the U.K., I believe it is important for Americans to realize that their libraries are also in jeopardy as city budgets all over the county continue to be slashed and city representatives look around for easy places to cut. Last year, Aurora, Colorado closed three libraries and this last fall Denver closed several of their branches extra days (although how this saved money is still beyond me...that is a blog for another day). The unfortunate fact of the closing is that many of our customers didn't pay attention to the closings until it inconvenienced them and then were unhappy about the closing. Unfortunately at that point, it was too late and all we could say was that they should call their local city representative. But again it was too late and they are not going to change it back. Particularly now as we approach yet another round of cuts for 2012! The city budget is projected at 100 million shortfall in collected tax revenue so again we have to slash a budget that has been stripped to the bare bone for the past 4 or 5 years!The library will inevitably have to cut far more this year and no one knows what is left frankly. Employees already take 2% pay-cut each year (furlough days), no pay increase at all, and the cost of healthcare continues to increase. Positions are not refilled when a person quits, in most cases, and libraries are often understaffed. Where do you make additional cuts?  

But Denver isn't the only city looking at the library as one of the places to trim. In fact Denver is in FAR better shape than most cities. Denver is at least solvent! Earlier this year I blogged about a New York Times article  I'd read about libraries being privatized in order to save money! The drastic change this will have for those cities is potentially devastating because with privatization comes increased charges, fewer resources, and less professional help (no librarians in buildings).

So it's not just a concern for the libraries in the U.K. and it is definitely NOT something that any of us should wait to protest until the deed is done and the doors are closed. After all it's much easier to keep the doors open and the books on the shelves than it is to hire employees, get the doors open, and buy new books to put back on the cobweb strewn shelves that collected while the building sat empty!!! And maybe all it takes is to...

VISIT YOU LOCAL LIBRARY AND CHECK OUT A BOOK! 

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