Larry's Prompt for June 27th

The prompt is: "delicate"

Go forth and conquer!

Talk to the Hand

I'm kind of being a fruit loop today, which is too bad...because it's my turn to pick out the prompt!

This week, I think it'd be really cool if we all studied our hands (this was kind of inspired by the wordgrrls, and debbie's conceptual map from 521). Here's a link to an article about palm reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Palms

So, your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to check out the article, and see how your own hands stack up. If you went in to see Mystic Meg, and put your hands on the table, what would she tell you? Are you and your hands living different lives? Feel free to embellish!


OR
(since that's kind of a hippie prompt, I feel compelled to balance it out with something really preppy and materialistic)

You recently learned that a long-lost relative died and named you the sole benefactor. The estate is 50 million dollars, but there's a catch: you have to spend the money on yourself. (We'll just assume you were all planning to channel your inner Mother Theresa and donate it all immediately.) What do you buy?

New Peeps!

I don't know if everyone saw Donna's comment on the last post, but I just wanted to extend another welcome to our new bloggers! We've recently been joined by Lori (Donna's daughter), Peter Chilson (the man, the myth, the legend), and Sarah Weakley (a former student of Debbie's). The links to their blogs are now on the blogroll (their blogs are Travels in Africa and the American West, You Can Spell Lori Using Broccoli, and Sarah with an Air-Uh, respectively . Welcome to Bloomsbury!

Lauren's Prompt for June 13th

Prompt taken from http://wordgrrls.blogspot.com/

"You win some money and decide to open a restaurant. Looking at the local phone book, there are already over a hundred restaurants in the area. How will yours be different? What will make people flock to your restaurant?"

Consider the food, decor inside and out (lighting, walkways, carpet and walls, tables and chairs or booths, etc.), the wait staff and cooks, the presentation of the food, the dessert list ... whatever you want!

Ben's Prompt for June 6th

From Toria: Okay, so I totally forgot all my prompt ideas. So, since Benjamin submitted early, we switched! So I'll take his date, and he's filling the June 6th post. And in my defense, (you'll understand when you read his prompts) I didn't suggest that everyone would object to dirtying themselves, I just mentioned I might be too wussy to crawl around abandoned trains/break the law. But maybe I'll watch a little James Bond and go for the gold anyway.

And now, Ben's prompts:

Okay, because I can’t make up my mind ever, about anything, it seemed appropriate to give you all a choice of prompts. Partially because I couldn’t decide which one I like better, and partially because Toria pointed out that quite possibly some people might not feel like putting legwork into the writing of this post, and while I think it would be great if everyone did, I also don’t want to force you to do so.

So here are your options:

1. A lot of you know that I’m really into urban exploration. So I thought it’d be fun if everybody did a little and wrote about it. The label might make it sound a little intimidating, but you can check out the wikipedia entry on it (which gives a pretty good overview) to see that it’s a pretty flexible label and of course doesn’t necessitate any sneaky behavior or even getting your hands (or pants) dirty. What I’m interested in is the root of urban exploration, which is the desire to see everyday urban buildings, sights, etc. in a new light, specifically as a wilderness. So I guess what I’d suggest for this prompt is to just go out walking and try to find something that appears interesting to you, much like you’d do on a hike or a backpack, just in the city instead (or in the case of Pullman or wherever you are, in town) and then write a bit about it – whether that’s fiction or nonfiction it’s up to you.

2. This one’s a little less physically intensive. Just come up with a mix CD of songs, that for you, relate to a particular place. If you want, you can just list the songs and be done with it. If you’re truly motivated, you can offer some explanation/rationale, or even talk about each track individually.