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Post by Aaron2344 on May 4, 2008 13:17:24 GMT -5
when i am done with finals, i'll talk more about it. honestly, unless you need law school for your job, you shouldn't do it. there are so many people unhappy.
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Post by Rocky on May 4, 2008 17:40:08 GMT -5
I'm already unhappy, I want some money!
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Post by Rocky on May 4, 2008 18:13:16 GMT -5
Quick Hit: Conor Jackson my boy.
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Post by Ducky on May 4, 2008 19:06:52 GMT -5
Become a neurosurgeon. That's what my brother is doing. He's got 7 years left till he gets paid half a million dollars a year.
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Post by James on May 4, 2008 19:08:45 GMT -5
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Post by Funky George! on May 5, 2008 19:46:52 GMT -5
8:47 PM and I'm the only member on.
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Post by AllStar0608 on May 5, 2008 19:47:35 GMT -5
8:47 PM and I'm the only member on. wrong. |
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Post by Funky George! on May 5, 2008 19:56:33 GMT -5
the library is so fucking boring, ipod and sim baby
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Post by Funky George! on May 5, 2008 19:58:36 GMT -5
Somebody give me a good back story for a homeless man. He has to be likable but has to have done something that ruined his future.
I wrote this trite story as a throwaway because I knew two of my stories this semester didn't count for my portfolio, but my professor wants me to do this one, so yeah. As much detail as you want.
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:23:24 GMT -5
-I've been wearing a sweatshirt all day. Pit stains like halla.
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Post by Sheryl Yoast on May 6, 2008 18:27:57 GMT -5
Somebody give me a good back story for a homeless man. He has to be likable but has to have done something that ruined his future. I wrote this trite story as a throwaway because I knew two of my stories this semester didn't count for my portfolio, but my professor wants me to do this one, so yeah. As much detail as you want. Was a Bear Sterns stockholder. |
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Post by James on May 6, 2008 18:29:05 GMT -5
This homeless guy that draws pictures for money outside the station in the city use to be a lawyer. He has family but he doesn't want to go back to what he was. He prefers living on the streets - honestly.
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Post by Scott on May 6, 2008 18:30:33 GMT -5
Quick hit....Cavs-Celtics in 30 minutes! Lebron and co. taking down Game 1!
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:33:11 GMT -5
I made him like this kid whose dad died, had to take over working for this German immigrant in the diamond district, brother goes to jail for drugs, needs to bail him out, steals diamonds, etc etc etc homeless and kinda smelly but he wears a Rangers Cup sweatshirt so it's all good
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:33:24 GMT -5
This homeless guy that draws pictures for money outside the station in the city use to be a lawyer. He has family but he doesn't want to go back to what he was. He prefers living on the streets - honestly. Yeah, and my dog's name is Jagger |
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:33:56 GMT -5
Quick hit....Cavs-Celtics in 30 minutes! Lebron and co. taking down Game 1! The problem with the NBA playoffs is, even when they're good, they're not good. |
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:39:10 GMT -5
Like, here's a quick rundown:
Cavs-Wizards...tons of talking, terrible, terrible series
Pistons-Sixers...potential to be sick after game 3...terrible series
Hawks-Celts-Hawks taking 3 of 4 was amazing...game 7 was the worst performance ever by far
Spurs-Suns..game 1 was unreal...rest of the series blew so much
Rockets-Jazz...terrible, huge bust
Mavs-Hornets...hey, let's watch the Mavs have no heart for games 83-87 just like the previous 82
Lakers-Nuggets...why not let the NCAA champion get a crack at the 8th seed then?
And Magic-Raps blew so much too
As for the 2nd round...
Jazz-Lakers..HEY, WHO WANTS TO WATCH FOUL SHOTS?
Pistons-Magic-It's kinda like falling asleep to the rain, except occasionally Hedo does something cool
Hornets-Spurs...this series has the potential to be good, but even if it doesn't, Chris Paul and Kobe are the only two things the NBA has going for it right now, so I'm down
Cavs-Celts...unwatchable, legit
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Post by Rocky on May 6, 2008 18:40:11 GMT -5
Cool, go do your work.
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:40:29 GMT -5
Please don't make me
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Post by Johnny "B. Good" Stamos on May 6, 2008 18:40:51 GMT -5
Lets go lakers!
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:40:57 GMT -5
This is how I operate. 3-4 hours maybe I revise a few sentences here and there and get a paragraph done. Then around 11 maybe I calm down and run shit.
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Post by Rocky on May 6, 2008 18:41:55 GMT -5
Mets are on at ten, so I've got shits to do. Plus my boys GW are into me and need good grades, no lie.
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Post by Funky George! on May 6, 2008 18:42:13 GMT -5
Mets are on at ten, so I've got shits to do. Plus my boys GW are into me and need good grades, no lie. Do tell |
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Post by Gossip Girl on May 6, 2008 18:46:27 GMT -5
sup?
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Post by A2J on May 6, 2008 18:58:00 GMT -5
Haberman, I wrote this short story back in the day called "In a New York Minute" which basically followed the lives of 5 different characters through interior monologues. One of them was a homeless guy, he was the main character.
The concept was that as the social ladder moves upward with each character, we realize that their problems are strikingly similar despite status. The perspective shifts as each character encounters the next - a young bank teller gives the homeless guy some change, the bank teller serves a young executive, the executive calls his wife, his wife leaves the apartment of her lover, her lover passes the same homeless man on the street but refuses to give him change, kicking him out of the way instead.
The key is fleshing out each character within their monologues to give them life and make their thoughts the point of the story. How you chose to end it is really up to you - I had the homeless guy retaliate to the kicking by knocking out and robbing the lover, and finding a shitload of money on him (the woman he was cheating with was rich as fuck and essentially bankrolling him) which allowed the homeless guy to attempt a new start at life. My message was about how little separation there is between being at the bottom and being on the top, because of how quickly fate can intervene and life can change ... in a New York Minute.
If nothing else it's a decent concept, and the perspective switches between the different characters gives you a real easy story to write - you don't really need a plot, you just need to think of a few cool characters and how to write them.
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