Halloween and my novel (no actual connection between the two)

[elsajeni]

Halloween. Hmm. I wanted to go trick-or-treating or something, but I had too much homework, giant pile of reading for history. And I did it. And then I got to school and the people who went trick-or-treating instead of doing any work whined and whined and whined because I refused to recite the reading for them. (First, hello, do you think I memorized it? Second, if I have the self-discipline to do my work, I assure you they do too.) So instead I stayed home wearing my devil costume and giving candy to small children.

First problem with the devil costume: without the tail, the mask, and the pitchfork, all of which I kept forgetting to grab, I do not look like the devil. I look like a hooker.

Second problem with the devil costume: lots of the trick-or-treaters are, you know, 3 feet tall. And I'm wearing a miniskirt. Caution required when bending over to drop candy in their bags.

Other news: I started the novel this morning. So far I've only got about 200 words, but hey, that's only about 20 minutes of work while ignoring a video in Spanish (which will probably come back to bite me in the ass next time we have a test, but oh well). If you object to having a deeply flawed character based on you, please let me know now in a comment. (Please? I want comments. Wait, what was the magic word again? Challah?)

Comments

[xenowolf4.livejournal.com]

ooh challah!!!! heheheehheheeeh. actually i was gonna comment before i saw the magic word (no really!). anywho, yeah, the costume sounds interesting ;) u hsoulda come trick or treating with the megan group. who needs work eh? ah well. *hugs*

[(Anonymous)]

heh tramuatizing little kids.

well, that question is a little sticky::
>>If you object to having a deeply flawed character >>based on you, please let me know now in a comment

well i would hope that your characters where as true to life as possible, granted you have a subjective stance on the whole matter, as you're the author and intrepret reality through your way of thinking. though saying from the get go that it's going to be deeply flawed leads one to wonder how much a charactiture these characters are going to be (granted being completely off the wall, they may lack believability.

another thing, a person commenting on the manner in which the characters are handled is going to have an emotional/personal stake in things. but it also takes a certain amount of egotism to give advice on your project and also assume themselves to be in the plot. heh, note the anonymity in which this is posted.

heh, the magic comment word worked. must remember that. hope missing the video won't hurt too badly.

ciao

[elsajeni.livejournal.com]

Pay closer attention: it's a novel. They're all fictional. They're just based on you people. And deeply, deeply flawed. At least one character will die during the course of this novel; the rest of us (yes, there's one based on me as well) will just display our total dysfunctionality and flawedness in our actions before and after (especially after) the death.

Your anonymity does not fool me. I mean, assuming I'm right about who you are, your anonymity does not fool me. Now, do you object or not?

[doplegager.livejournal.com]

::ponders:: I meant to comment earlier, but that damnable thing they call life got in the way and delayed me. heh... wish I could've been there for halloween. Sure, the homework would be boring, but the costume sure sounds like fun. ::grins lecherously::

Speaking of lechery, feel free to use my flaws in any way you see fit. My only stipulation would be that I would want to read it when you finish, but then again, I'd want to do that anyway. In any case, I seem to be cast into relatively good roles typically (i.e. the elementary school teacher Mr. Divers of Paige's Playground), so it would be refreshing to see someone base a deeply flawed character off of me. I'd be curious to see which flaws you think I would embody...

::laughs:: I've been reading so many letters of recomendation that I'm almost beginning to believe what they're saying...