This is my life...

I'm uninspired by my own prompt--again! :) I hope they aren't as boring to everyone else as they are to me. . So I visit my own Links page and click on through to The Seventh Sanctum and decide to try the "Story Starer" link on the right hand side (hey, no one is perfect, right?) and guess what I get? A blank screen with "Done" at the bottom. I had to laugh. It's worse than staring at the blogger pane. At least there's some writing there to distract me.

On to better things--I move all the way to the left side of the screen to click on Characters, and then scroll down to the Quick Character Generator, ask it to create five characters in a General category. They hand me:

The hypocritical sailor who lost meaning in life.

The wise, cheerful leader who is an outsider.

The moralistic philosopher with an odd birthmark.

The stingy, scatterbrained prostitute from a big family.

The athletic, depressed, predictable boatman.

Which really isn't bad. It reminds me that I'm lazy. I want more. Like a blog written for me. LOL! But hey--there's this little arrow for a drop down box beside the "General" category. I wonder what happens when I click that? (IE [Internal Editor] pipes up, "Are you here to play or write?" I'm ignoring him.) Wonder what "Fantasy: General" will get me. (A fantasy general? Hmmmm.....)

The strong, alienated, altruistic knight.
The militant alchemist who is seeking meaning in life.
The lonely, burnt-out singer.
The miserly thief.
The energetic, studious, peaceful inventor who suffers from a chronic disease.

Interesting people! Now maybe if I mix the two lists together.... (feeling like a militant alchemist!)

The strong, alienated, altruistic knight.
They hypocritical sailor who lost meaning in life.
The militant alchemist who is seeking meaning in life.
The wise, cheerful leader who is an outsider.
The lonely, burnt-out singer.
The moralistic philosopher with an odd birthmark.
The miserly thief.
The stingy, scatterbrained prostitute from a big family.
The energetic, studious, peaceful inventor who suffers from a chronic disease.
The athletic, depressed, predictable boatman.

Looks like the sailor and alchemist need to get together. They can have deep heated discussions with the philosopher that could be rather interesting. The strong alienated, altruistic knight can come to the rescue of the burnt-out singer. The stingy, scatterbrained prostitute knows more about the moralistic philospher's birthmark than she should, but she has the most in common with the miserly thief. They all find themselves on a an overcrowded life boat with the athletic, depressed and predictable boatman and the energetic, studious, peaceful inventor, who doesn't want anyone to know about his chronic disease for fear he'll be the first they toss off. He predicts that the depressed boatman will predictably commit suicide and throw himself overboard. Especially since he couldn't save the sinking ship. (Of course the captain--heretofore unmentioned--went down with the ship as all good captains do.)

I'm confused. But the possibilities are enchanting..... :)

So this is how it works. Turn the "Don't Wanna" into a ramble through possibilities, and all of the sudden that blank screen doesn't look so bad.

Combining Modern: General with Fantasy: General--hey, isn't there a musical about that somewhere? Isn't it about Pirates! Oh, boy!!!!!

P.S. DON'T FORGET workshop tomorrow!!! LOL! I'll send notes later. It's such a hassle, because I type them up on my laptop that won't connect to the internet (I know, I know, I need to get it fixed, but I HATE being without it for a month!!) and which has no A drive--only a USB port that lets me transfer the file to a Flash disk. But this computer--the only one that does connect to the internet--is too old, has no USB port. So I have to transfer the file to the laptop the kids use for school (which is always in use by--you guessed it, the kids!) which has both the USB port and the A-drive. Copy the file from the Flash Drive to the floppy, then run back here and mail it out to everyone! (Okay, I hear you--type them on the computer that connects, you big dummy! Well that's in the room where dh sleeps and the notes seem to flow in the middle of the night. He doesn't take well to clacking keys waking him up.) It doesn't sound like that big a deal when I type it, but somehow it always seems to turn into something I put off and put off. So, when you get your notes, have pity and READ them!! LOL! See ya in workshop.