I periodically google myself. Just to keep tabs on what pops up and as a sort of mildly narcissistic habit. Usually I google my full name but tonight I tried googling just my first name and I found out that Stephen King wrote a short story about me. It's called, of all things, Willa. Bet you didn't know that. And according to the Wikipedia article about the story I'm a ghost, an engaged ghost. So he didn't really do his research but hey, that's pretty sweet, thank you Mr. King.
While dad's unused characters are waiting patiently in their boxes (they're obviously well trained) mine tend to natter at me during key moments in class lectures. With any luck I'll be able to put them to use in my final project for my "Cinema of Dream" class. We can do pretty much anything we want for it. I could probably carve faces into vegetables and take photos of them doing strange and eery things and get an A. Actually that's not a bad idea... For today though, the most I achieved* was managing to get the song Scarborough Fair** stuck in my boss's head at my internship after engaging in a pleasant conversation with him about whether or not parsley should go in with the greens or the herbs (I was sorting seeds). Fear not, we decided on the herbs.
*Of course I achieved more than that, not the least of which was getting my laundry done.
**Incidentally, Thyme is the name of my D&D character.
Thank you Willa. I was trying to write a story about cross dressing Elvis impersonators, but you succeeded in distracting me. I'll never make my word count before midnight now!
ReplyDeleteOh, and when I was in college, I wrote a song inspired by Scarborough Fair, but it was about an AI who had a brief brush with love.
Gee, I'm feeling kind of lonely, without a stash of fascinating characters hanging around my mental life. Maybe I'll try to populate my librarians meeting with some Extra Librarians.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping that your "Cinema of Dream" professor isn't lurking in this part of the blogosphere. I know that you are enjoying and respecting this class, but the vegetable thing could be interpreted as a diss.
No no no, not a diss. I think that would actually be pretty fun, and could be fairly scary as dreams often are. I'll probably stick to story format though.
ReplyDelete@Amy, cross dressing Elvis impersonators? Wow!That sure sounds like an excellent premise.
I'll post my cross-dressing Elvi story when it's done. Not like a real publisher is ever going to want THAT one!
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