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RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 08:33:36 PM ---I figured it was something like that. Glad that 2003 is the cutoff because you couldn't not move Broken over.
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LOL Nah, I would never banish Broken to the archive. There's a big difference in quality between Broken (at least by the choppage portion) and everything that came before it. You can see my transformation from teenybopper to adult writer within those 150 chapters, so that's my cutoff.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 08:33:36 PM ---LMAO, Angstaholics Anonymous. I'm guessing you relapsed and never made it to step nine. I think "Crashing your car for a fifth time" and "giving you a sixth TBI for..." were my favorite parts so far. I do not have headphones, but I will watch the video soon. It looks promising.
But a jellyfish sting... So simple. I'll just keep suggesting simple and mundane things to you and find a bunch you haven't done yet, apparently.
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Oh, I probably fell off the wagon on April 2! A Heart That Isn't Mine, Heroic Measures, and The Road to Bethlehem alone would have added quite a bit to those lists LOL. I did not realize just how many accidents and TBIs I had written until I started skimming through old stories and making lists LOL. Maybe I do need to add to the database.
My problem is I don't like mundane. A jellyfish sting makes total sense, but a platypus sting is more interesting. Just like a cold is okay for some fluffy hurt-comfort, but bubonic plague is way more fun.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 08:33:36 PM ---Definitely then, if not earlier. Doesn't something like 80% of the population have it? Am I over-inflating this statistic?
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LOL I looked it up. About 67% of the population has herpes simplex virus type 1, which is the cold sore kind. Only 13.2% of the population (aged 15-49) has type 2, which is genital herpes. (Source: https://www.who.int/news/item/01-05-2020-massive-proportion-world-population-living-with-herpes-infection) I was thinking genital herpes is what he would have gotten from Paris, but he definitely could have already had the other kind.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 08:37:01 PM ---And I'm sure it's easier if you're all getting paid to only think about those character and plot arcs. I think this goes back to our "getting paid to write fanfic would be the dream" conversation.
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I always used to say I wanted to become an M.D. so I could serve as a medical consultant for a show like ER. That would be my dream job!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 08:37:01 PM ---Right? That's several marathons! Makes me want to rewatch Gilmore Girls or How I Met Your Mother. My DVDs need more love in the streaming world we live in.
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I must confess that I subscribed to Hulu again last spring as a pandemic gift to myself and started watching ER on there instead just because I was too lazy to switch the DVDs every four episodes LOL. Streaming is much more convenient.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 08:56:49 PM ---LOL Nah, I would never banish Broken to the archive. There's a big difference in quality between Broken (at least by the choppage portion) and everything that came before it. You can see my transformation from teenybopper to adult writer within those 150 chapters, so that's my cutoff.
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Good. I don't think you can; it's so quintessential ly you!
I don't think there's anything from me that really shows my growth as a progression because I made the life choice to adjust it out of PBox. And I don't even think PBox was that teenybopperish, even in its more teenybopper parts. That is why I left my earliest things up on AC, I guess. So you could see how much of a teenybopper I used to be. I miss teenybopper Dee's brevity; she really got to the point. Adult writer Dee likes to spend too much time on what a panic attack feels like for a POV character or thousands of words about Nick's smile. At least teenybopper Dee only had hundreds of words to say about his smile (and several high pitched squees that did not translate well into a written narrative).
I won't lie to you, I really did want to make that "The Sequel to Pandora's Box" tag on PNecklace say "The Squeequel to Pandora's Box" and triumphed over that urge.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 08:56:49 PM ---Oh, I probably fell off the wagon on April 2! A Heart That Isn't Mine, Heroic Measures, and The Road to Bethlehem alone would have added quite a bit to those lists LOL. I did not realize just how many accidents and TBIs I had written until I started skimming through old stories and making lists LOL. Maybe I do need to add to the database.
My problem is I don't like mundane. A jellyfish sting makes total sense, but a platypus sting is more interesting. Just like a cold is okay for some fluffy hurt-comfort, but bubonic plague is way more fun.
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Impressive that you made it up to step eight in one day! ;) Gotta get Howie and Kevin's counts up. They're a little low!
I mean, a TBI seems like a logical conclusion if you have enough minor head injuries coupled with a major one. I'm willing to bet they've all fallen off a stage at least once, if not at least ten times.
Oh I know, this is just my challenge to you. Mundane once. Just make a Murphy's Law story of only mundane things. When they all add up, they get interesting. Like Nick gets a cold and then falls in a man hole because he sneezes. LMAO
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 08:56:49 PM ---LOL I looked it up. About 67% of the population has herpes simplex virus type 1, which is the cold sore kind. Only 13.2% of the population (aged 15-49) has type 2, which is genital herpes. (Source: https://www.who.int/news/item/01-05-2020-massive-proportion-world-population-living-with-herpes-infection) I was thinking genital herpes is what he would have gotten from Paris, but he definitely could have already had the other kind.
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I've had many conversations about why so many people have HSV1, the current conclusion is adults kissing children on the lips. :shrug: I meant genital as well (so I was grossly over-inflating the statistic...). He for sure some kind of STD from Paris; poor Nick. If he has HSV1, he's very good at hiding it.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 09:00:31 PM ---I always used to say I wanted to become an M.D. so I could serve as a medical consultant for a show like ER. That would be my dream job!
I must confess that I subscribed to Hulu again last spring as a pandemic gift to myself and started watching ER on there instead just because I was too lazy to switch the DVDs every four episodes LOL. Streaming is much more convenient.
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That would be a fun job! Any kind of consultant for a tv show would be great. I wonder if Ken Jeong does any of that.
Streaming is more convenient. That's part of why I've been fighting the urge to fall into HBO Max. I'd never get anything done again. Whenever they offered Hulu with Spotify, I got it again. Plus Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, HBO Max, ESPN... All in addition to cable; we have a real streaming problem in this house, haha.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 09:24:11 PM ---Good. I don't think you can; it's so quintessential ly you!
I don't think there's anything from me that really shows my growth as a progression because I made the life choice to adjust it out of PBox. And I don't even think PBox was that teenybopperish, even in its more teenybopper parts. That is why I left my earliest things up on AC, I guess. So you could see how much of a teenybopper I used to be. I miss teenybopper Dee's brevity; she really got to the point. Adult writer Dee likes to spend too much time on what a panic attack feels like for a POV character or thousands of words about Nick's smile. At least teenybopper Dee only had hundreds of words to say about his smile (and several high pitched squees that did not translate well into a written narrative).
I won't lie to you, I really did want to make that "The Sequel to Pandora's Box" tag on PNecklace say "The Squeequel to Pandora's Box" and triumphed over that urge.
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I think it's good to leave old stuff up for that reason, but I can understand you wanting to edit your magnum opus to reflect yourself as a writer now. There are definitely parts of Broken that make me cringe.
LOL The Squeequel! That reminds me of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 09:24:11 PM ---Impressive that you made it up to step eight in one day! ;) Gotta get Howie and Kevin's counts up. They're a little low!
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I know! And like half of Howie's are from one story LOL. My Brother's Keeper will up my Kevin count. Sorry, Kevin.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 09:24:11 PM ---I mean, a TBI seems like a logical conclusion if you have enough minor head injuries coupled with a major one. I'm willing to bet they've all fallen off a stage at least once, if not at least ten times.
Oh I know, this is just my challenge to you. Mundane once. Just make a Murphy's Law story of only mundane things. When they all add up, they get interesting. Like Nick gets a cold and then falls in a man hole because he sneezes. LMAO
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Very true!
LMAO That sounds like another good idea for 1000 Ways to Kill Nick Carter.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 09:24:11 PM ---I've had many conversations about why so many people have HSV1, the current conclusion is adults kissing children on the lips. :shrug: I meant genital as well (so I was grossly over-inflating the statistic...). He for sure some kind of STD from Paris; poor Nick. If he has HSV1, he's very good at hiding it.
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Ewww. LOL Poor Nick nothing; he should have known what he was getting into! Let's hope it was a curable STD and not the herp.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 09:24:11 PM ---That would be a fun job! Any kind of consultant for a tv show would be great. I wonder if Ken Jeong does any of that.
Streaming is more convenient. That's part of why I've been fighting the urge to fall into HBO Max. I'd never get anything done again. Whenever they offered Hulu with Spotify, I got it again. Plus Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, HBO Max, ESPN... All in addition to cable; we have a real streaming problem in this house, haha.
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That would be a good thing for Ken Jeong to do!
Ugh, I still have cable too, in addition to most of the streaming services. I pay too much for it, but besides my internet addition, watching TV is something I do a lot. I just can't cut the cord; I like being able to flip channels, and I love my DVR. I have not caved to HBO Max yet though. They pissed me off for getting rid of their free trial right before Christmas. I was going to sign up, binge-watch what I wanted to watch over break, and then cancel before they charged me, but no such luck.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 09:42:25 PM ---I think it's good to leave old stuff up for that reason, but I can understand you wanting to edit your magnum opus to reflect yourself as a writer now. There are definitely parts of Broken that make me cringe.
LOL The Squeequel! That reminds me of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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Oh the cringe. Chapter 10, you were the last remnant of "how a high school teenybopper thinks a romance works." Or most of the last remnant. I've also gotten better at writing about amnesiacs with PTSD over the years than I was back then. However, at least I could look at PBox and cringe. The older things, I hated every second of looking at it when I went to find something for you all because we were all pulling out old things.
A crossover where the Boys are the Chipmunks! Except their movie was a "Squeakquel," this is a "Teeny SQUEEEEEEEEEEq uel," but you're right, I do love puns as much as the Chipmunks. ;)
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 09:42:25 PM ---I know! And like half of Howie's are from one story LOL. My Brother's Keeper will up my Kevin count. Sorry, Kevin.
LMAO That sounds like another good idea for 1000 Ways to Kill Nick Carter.
Ewww. LOL Poor Nick nothing; he should have known what he was getting into! Let's hope it was a curable STD and not the herp.
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At least you were making up for lost Howie time with that one story. And good, Kevin needs some angst in his life too. He's got it way too easy.
I said he fell in it. I didn't say he died from it. Obviously he cuts his hand on a rusty nail while he's in the sewer system, duh.
SEX! He knew. I'll still sympathize with him. But we can probably add this to our list of things not to talk to Nick about because I can't imagine that conversation would go over well... "So we've been having a discussion about STDs you got from Paris. Care to confirm or deny any?"
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 09:42:25 PM ---Ugh, I still have cable too, in addition to most of the streaming services. I pay too much for it, but besides my internet addition, watching TV is something I do a lot. I just can't cut the cord; I like being able to flip channels, and I love my DVR. I have not caved to HBO Max yet though. They pissed me off for getting rid of their free trial right before Christmas. I was going to sign up, binge-watch what I wanted to watch over break, and then cancel before they charged me, but no such luck.
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I think we just have it because we subscribe to HBO already? We have the bigger cable package for all the obscure sports channels. And I brought the streaming services into our lives. Aw, it's like how they take all the Halloween movies off of Netflix for October. Sorry you couldn't get it to work in your favor.
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