How do you beat writer's block?
Submitted by marvel is my pen name.
Oh, how I wish I knew! I'm open to suggestions.
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How do you beat writer's block?
Submitted by marvel is my pen name.
Oh, how I wish I knew! I'm open to suggestions.
Have you ever secretly unwrapped a gift before the big day?
Submitted by Red Pen.
When I was just a little thing, I used to think that it was so cool to be able to sneak in and out of places and no one ever knew that I was or had been there. As the perfect cat burglar, I was the queen of finding out what we were getting for Christmas long before Christmas morning.
My parents either weren't the best at hiding presents or they just flat out didn't try to hide them which is more likely considering the other things that they never tried to hide. So every year, the presents were in the back corner of my dad's bedroom closet and every year, on a Sunday night, when my parents were at the bowling alley, the recon mission began.
League play started at 7 and the lanes were about 10 minutes away, therefore my mom and dad left at about 6:30. (I didn't find out until later that there were pre-bowling preparations such as getting coffee/beer/chicken wings/etc. Besides that, my dad was VERY against shoing up on CP time.) For an agonizing 30 minutes, my brother and I sat around the house, just waiting for the clock to strike 7, for the pins to start falling, for the tape to be slowly and carefully peeled back.
At the stroke of 7, we entered the sacred closet. We both took a mental picture of how the presents were placed in the closet so we could return them in the exact same manner. One by one, we would take them out of the closet. My brother, always more excited about Christmas than I was, he always got better gifts, but I digress, would pick out a couple things that he just HAD TO KNOW about what was in the box. With my super steady 11 year old hand, I would carefully peel back the tape without ripping any paper and unwrap the box enough so that we could see the treasure inside. After all was said and done, I would carefully rewrap everything and place it back into the closet. After a while, I had gotten so good at it, that even if I ripped the paper a little, I could put it back exactly where it was and place another piece of tape on top so that it looked like nothing ever happened.
All that practice growing up and nowhere to apply it in the real, grownup world since being a cat burglar might pay the bills, but there's no health insurance. Now that I have a daughter of my own, I don't even put the presents under the tree until Christmas eve and we keep our bedroom door locked. :-)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?
Submitted by sami711.
When I was growing up, Christmas Eve was a special night. Not only was it one more sleep until the shredding of the wrapping paper, not only was it (still is) my brother's birthday, but it was a time when we cleared off the kitchen table, laid newspaper down over it, and ate fondue and crab legs until we exploded.
My dad would get out the huge boiler and just cook and cook and cook. Sometimes the neighbors would come over, sometimes my godparents would come over. But no matter who was there, the tree was always up, the bubble lights were on, the bird ornament was chirping, and The Temptations were there on the record player (yes, old school) singing us Christmas carols.
The neighbors are still at home as are my godparents. My brother's in NC, my mom's in north FL, I'm in south FL, and my dad's gone on to a better place. We won't be together this year but I hope that everyone will still take a moment and think about the days gone by, the good times that we had. That's what it's really all about. Being with your family and making memories and traditions to pass along through the generations. Miss you dad.
What's your favorite heartbreak song?
Submitted by esta86.
Whether my heart is broken or not, To Make You Feel My Love has always been a tearjerker.
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love
The storms are raging on the rollin' sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
What's your dream career?
Submitted by Something.
If I had the funds readily available, I would be a professional student. There are so many things that I want to learn, that I could make a career out of it! Subjects to study include:
There are more, but I won't bore you. 🙂