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Post by Battlechantress on Sept 27, 2010 1:51:45 GMT 1
Regular women's shoes are murder on my feet and back. More so since I got mangled in a car wreck two years ago. Twenty minutes in high heels will literally cripple me for a day easily. So, combat boots are handy for farm chores, errands, riding, snow, etc.. I can get them for dirt cheap at a local army/navy surplus store (can't say that about fancy shoes). If I'm not in those, I'm probably barefoot (I don't even run in sneakers anymore; I use them for work). Besides, they're handy for intimidation.
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Post by lieden on Sept 27, 2010 5:13:44 GMT 1
Regular women's shoes a murder? Even a pair of soft ballerinas (ballet flats in the US)? I find them to be by far the most comfortable and versatile shoe. I can walk miles, I can run, I can sneak (don't ask!). Although they certainly lack in the intimidation department. ;D
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Post by Battlechantress on Sept 27, 2010 11:53:55 GMT 1
Flats no, but I just have one pair that sees daylight maybe once a year. The rest of my "dress shoes" got donated ages ago.
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Post by Battlechantress on Oct 5, 2010 18:40:52 GMT 1
"Army" by Ben Folds Five (see the first post on this thread for more info)
Well I thought about the army Dad said, son you're fuckin' high and I thought, yeah there's a first for everything so I took my old man's advice three sad semesters it was only fifteen grand, spent in bed I thought about the army I dropped out and joined a band instead
Grew a moustache and a mullet got a job at Chick-Fil-A citing artistic differences the band broke up in May and in June reformed without me and they got a different name I nuked another Grandma's apple pie and hung my head in shame, no
Been thinking a lot today been thinking a lot today
Oh, I think I'll write a screenplay oh, I think I'll take it to LA oh, I think I'll get it done yesterday aw shit
In this time of introspection on the eve of my election I say to my reflection God please spare me more rejection! 'cause my peers, they criticize me and my ex-wives all despise me try to put it all behind me but my redneck past is nipping at my heels
Thinking a lot today been thinking a lot today been thinking a lot today
I thought about the army
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Post by Battlechantress on Nov 20, 2010 4:41:00 GMT 1
I did this last night because just coming up with couple thousand words a day for NaNo got old and a change in routine was needed. First, you'll need a few unread books in your living area. If you don't have any, go look up page counts for books you've been meaning to read on Amazon and go from there. Or pay a visit to your local library. Okay, so you found that dusty copy of "War and Peace" on your shelf. Or maybe you're a real masochist like me and you picked up "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" (that's 1006 pages, in paperback). Now, you have to do some math. You'll need a specific calculator, because you have 5 seconds to write each word: www.unitconversion.org/angle/seconds-to-minutes-conversion.htmlFor the above book that I used, that worked out to be 83.5 minutes. As in 1006 words in that amount of time. If you do it right, your Inner Editor/ Bitch won't even have a chance to hyperventilate. (And for the record, I totally kicked ass. 2555 words in 83.5 minutes. Damn I'm good. Sometimes.) Let's see what you do.
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