story ideas i have considered and instantly rejected, a list

the one about the violinist, the constantly pregnant coworker, and the gas stations

the one about the guy who takes all the money from the Baby Pool at work and blows it on poker

the one about the girl who loses her two sisters in a small town in wisconsin

the one about the woman whose daughter has dreams that come true

the one about the girl who dances in the rain with the boy she’s in love with

the one about the bowling alley and the person who never sprays the shoes

the one about going on a road trip to see paul westerberg and being crushed by your idol being human

the one about the girl who hung herself because should couldn’t think of a story idea for class

the one about the girl who actually died of humiliation right there on the karaoke stage

the one about curt bowling a 289 or something

the one about the girl who tries to con the internet to go with her to the mike doughty show in Madison on May 4th (okay, that’s a true story)

the one about the girl who sends secret admirer notes to the boy she likes in an attempt to get him to like her

the one about the snakyhipped cowboy and the girl who broke his heart because she was the fuck and run girl

the one about the girl who gets released from jail the day kurt cobain killed himself

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12 Comments

  1. UH 27.Mar.06 at 2:55 pm

    There’s the one about the priest, the rabbi, and the witch doctor who walk into a bar.

    Maybe that one will work.

  2. jodi 27.Mar.06 at 2:55 pm

    your smart ass is not appreciated when i am in freakout mode. thankyouverymuch. no sexual favors for you!

  3. kelly 27.Mar.06 at 4:07 pm

    Dude.

    Any of those would work. Well…maybe not the dream one.

    I dig the Kurt Cobain one–like really dig it.

  4. jodi 27.Mar.06 at 4:08 pm

    i am gonna write a story about a woman who has a dream about her grandma dying.

  5. kelly 27.Mar.06 at 4:15 pm

    See, there you go. And make sure she’s pregnant (the woman, not the grandmother) and when she wakes up from her dream she finds out that she’s a murderer. And that she’s late to meet her sisters who are all cookie-cutter Desperate Housewives chicks.

    Hey….what if you did a parody of all the stories we’ve read in class so far? That could be fun 🙂

  6. jodi 27.Mar.06 at 4:18 pm

    that would get me beat up on the way to grumpy’s. fun, but is it worth the pain?

  7. Charles 27.Mar.06 at 4:39 pm

    The pen is mightier than the pint glass.

  8. kelly 27.Mar.06 at 5:58 pm

    Not true. In fact, the pint glass is often necessary to lube up the pen.

    And yeah, Jodi, it probably wouldn’t be good to bring that in….BUT, I highly suggest that we do it over a beer sometime. What fun.

  9. Heather 27.Mar.06 at 6:30 pm

    The Kurt Cobain idea sounds the most promising, but the gramma dying dream idea works too. Take luck.

  10. UH 27.Mar.06 at 9:26 pm

    “He may have been the ugliest cat I’d ever seen, but when I saw him gingerly dragging the tattered remains of a bright yellow kite across the empty field next to the car wash, I was smitten.”

  11. PeeWee 27.Mar.06 at 11:54 pm

    Smitten with a kitten?

  12. Thomas 28.Mar.06 at 11:14 am

    “Fuck Cinderella: If Dreams are a wish the heart makes, then I’m a serial killer.”