"I am not the type to succumb to any sort of addiction," she said before taking a long drag on her cigarette and extinguishing it in her over-full ash tray.
I love juxtapositions and contradictions. They make things fascinating. There was a line in a story I can't remember but I recall the narrator obsessing about healthy things. Like vitamins. And she mentioned how if she overdoses with vitamins, the medical examiner will discover her perfectly healthy corpse.
And it's that juxtaposition that made me laugh out loud.
Relevant headline:
https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/nationworld/utah-woman-who-wrote-book-about-grief-following-husbands-death-charged-with-murder/amp/
I saw that on the news while I was getting a doughnut for my daughter. Wasn't there some lady who wrote a book on how to get away with murder that murdered her husband? Oh yeah here it is: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101433465/how-to-murder-your-husband-writer-found-guilty-of-murder-romance-novelist-brophy
Hahaha she is from Portland. I guess she should have asked Chelsea for advice maybe....
“If I had done it (which I didn’t)”
Your honor, the husband in my novel is a himbo while my husband in real life was just a sad man.
She should have used the Chewbacca defense.
Always let the Wookiee win
https://youtu.be/aV6NoNkDGsU
For those that don't know what I am talking about.
“I really don’t see how this affects the other swimmers,” he said, still fully erect.
LOL! And I remember Erin reading a story with the unforgettable line, "salty swimmers."
Oh, fun!
"I am not the type to succumb to any sort of addiction," she said before taking a long drag on her cigarette and extinguishing it in her over-full ash tray.
“Addiction is a state of mind,” said a schoolteacher chewing Nicorette to make it through his next class without a smoke.
Oh, brilliant!
"I really can't stand that guy Chuck Palahniuk," she said while sliding Invisible Monsters and Choke toward the cashier.
That was awesome.
I love juxtapositions and contradictions. They make things fascinating. There was a line in a story I can't remember but I recall the narrator obsessing about healthy things. Like vitamins. And she mentioned how if she overdoses with vitamins, the medical examiner will discover her perfectly healthy corpse.
And it's that juxtaposition that made me laugh out loud.
"She's not in my life anymore," he said, while searching her name on Facebook.
While pretending to be his neighbour
God damnit, it's like you want me to revise my story again after printing it all out.
hey guys wow substack attribution juxtapoe