oy! got some thing to say

April 16, 2002 6:09 AM

oy! got some thing to say well say it at 100 words the website where anyone can spout off as long as they remain within the magical 100 words.
posted by johnnyboy (11 comments total)

"I am a lover, a dancer, an artist, a writer, a singer, a wanderer, a boss, and a peon. I am a bitch, a goddess, a lunch mother, a helper, I am a cook, a laundress, a chauffer, and a maid. I am a confidante, a confessor, a teacher and a student. I am a nurse, a mediator, a referee, and an arbitrator. I am a storyteller, a painter, a philosopher, a poet, and a dreamer. I am all this, and more. What are you?"

Well, I'm a couch-sitter, a nose-picker, a slow-walker, and a slow-talker. I am a bum, a hobo, a vagrant, a wino, and a junkie. I am a farter, a shitter, a pee-er, and a wanker. I am distant, aloof, and apathetic. I am a hallucinator, a schizophrenic, and a graffiti-er. I am all this, and less. What are you?

Amateur pretension is the worst kind of pretension.
posted by pardonyou? at 7:04 AM on April 16, 2002

Pardonyou: Tee hee. At least the pretention is limited to 100 words :)

Snark aside, there's a lot to be said for imposing creative limits on oneself in order to learn more about how your (personal) creative process works. Heck, I might participate.
posted by andnbsp at 7:29 AM on April 16, 2002

yes, you can participate in Portuguese, but watch out for the accented characters

How did they know? Wily bastards. If had been a 1000 words they could have had me.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:32 AM on April 16, 2002

Why not just use Metafilter? Everyone else does, and there's no word limit.
posted by Mo Nickels at 10:29 AM on April 16, 2002

Mo said: "Why not just use Metafilter? Everyone else does, and there's no word limit"

Because you cannot say anything you want on Metafilter--you might get banned! No word limit maybe, but a "idea limit" exists on Metafilter.
posted by username at 10:37 AM on April 16, 2002

i think mo was snarking/trolling, username. oh, wait, so are you.
posted by mlang at 11:39 AM on April 16, 2002

Mlang said, "i think mo was snarking/trolling, username. oh, wait, so are you."

By trolling, you mean being impolite? Or comments that might lead to impolite discussion? Heavens!
Or what do you mean?
posted by username at 11:49 AM on April 16, 2002

Did some people really need to FIND a place to say anything they want on the net? Those places seem to abound.
posted by HTuttle at 12:37 PM on April 16, 2002

why not abuse metafilter most people do...sorry did I say abuse I meant use.
posted by johnnyboy at 1:04 PM on April 16, 2002

OK, back to the topic at hand... I think this is kind of a neat site. I think I'll try my hand at constrained writing. I also found at least one compelling story. Click on October 2001's batch and find an author named Updown. Updown's continuing story started in October and goes to the present. I really liked it, and am looking forward to further installments.
posted by starvingartist at 1:19 PM on April 16, 2002

The coolest writing exercise I've seen in awhile, from MeFi'er Lileks:

For a few weeks I used Lance Lawson strips as writing exercises - I’d look at the strip, set the timer and give myself 30 minutes, tops, to write a tale. No rewrites, no second drafts, no thinking about the story when I was taking a shower.
posted by MJoachim at 2:58 PM on April 16, 2002