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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Vermonter

miss_literal's picture

So I'm standing there, in a crowd of dancing Vermonters, contemplating how out-of-place I feel. There's a guy next to me in a faded red Ben and Jerry's tank top, he's pretty drunk, and he smells like his mom never taught him to bathe, but he's swaying to the music with the rest of us. Then there are two girls holding hands, the one with the shaven head kissing the back of the other girl's neck. A biker eating an ice-cream is staring at a girl in a yellow dress who's making up her own dance moves to Matt Costa's Sunshine. And me, with my pink polo and jeans, the only one here wearing shoes...I think I'm a little too clean-cut for this crowd. But I like it. In some way, with my wierd, patchwork-quilt life, I fit in. It's all good.

imagine's picture

I wanted to go to that so

I wanted to go to that so badly... glad you had an interesting time. And great description; I really felt like I was there.

miss_literal's picture

It was great...although I

It was great...although I hadn't even heard of Matt Costa till my friend asked me if I wanted to go. Thanks, I thought I should try some prose...it was hard. : (

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~miss lit~

ParisianTwist's picture

I went to a concert last

I went to a concert last night...
although... opposite experience...
My friend and I were both wearing dresses (no one else was) and were barefoot, (once again the only ones)
we danced holding hands and, amusingly enough, everyone stared.
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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
-Voltaire

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miss_literal's picture

AHAHAHA! nice...gotta love

AHAHAHA! nice...gotta love rude people.

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~miss lit~

NonSequitur's picture

This

This is beautiful, and it flows really well. Nice character descriptions.
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"It's either broken or it's French."

miss_literal's picture

Thanks, I wasn't really

Thanks, I wasn't really trying for beautiful, and I was afraid it wouldn't flow, but I'm glad to know you like it! :)

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~miss lit~

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