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[Niceandbrutal]

I used to write with NB (niceandbrutal) and in my opinion he is one of the best male writers on the boards.

Flattery wil get you everywhere.

*produces a platter of one of my signature dishes, chicken marinated in a mixture of soy sauce, ginger, garlic, five spice mix, and alcohol. It goes well with a tabouleh salad.*



I'm glad I ate BEFORE reading this thread.

 

[Britwitch]

pokes her head in and grins

Nice place you got here PS!

Have been meaning to say 'Hi' properly in here and figured I might as well now!

As seems to be protocol in these parts, I bring oodles of mocha cake that I baked today. I always bake en masse and so I have tons to spare. It keeps really well too, in case you're all too stuffed to manage any more.

puts the tray of cake pieces onto the nearest available space and waves to everyone else

Some of you I know, some of you I don't...yet. But that we can soon change!

winks

 

[thestruggle]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h3jdo4Es1qjemo2o1_250.gif

The bunny suit... The bunny suit...

tweaks Brit's tail before scurrying off to study.

 

[prettyserpentine]

pokes her head in and grins

Nice place you got here PS!

Have been meaning to say 'Hi' properly in here and figured I might as well now!

As seems to be protocol in these parts, I bring oodles of mocha cake that I baked today. I always bake en masse and so I have tons to spare. It keeps really well too, in case you're all too stuffed to manage any more.

puts the tray of cake pieces onto the nearest available space and waves to everyone else

Some of you I know, some of you I don't...yet. But that we can soon change!

winks

Yay! Brit! Thanks so much for saying hi... You're pretty much the reason I stuck around the forums at all you know. And for that I am grateful... You were right! There are nice people around the Lounge if you know where to look, and everybody I've met in the past little while has been lovely. Thank you for being so sweet to me and restoring my faith in humanity a little.

smiles and pours an extra special cup of tea

This'll go nicely with your cake!!

 

[Scuttle Buttin']

One of us...




One of us...

 

[Britwitch]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0h3jdo4Es1qjemo2o1_250.gif

The bunny suit... The bunny suit...

tweaks Brit's tail before scurrying off to study.

laughs

I forgot that tends to happen now!

Yay! Brit! Thanks so much for saying hi... You're pretty much the reason I stuck around the forums at all you know. And for that I am grateful... You were right! There are nice people around the Lounge if you know where to look, and everybody I've met in the past little while has been lovely. Thank you for being so sweet to me and restoring my faith in humanity a little.

smiles and pours an extra special cup of tea

This'll go nicely with your cake!!

Aww thanks lovely! You're very sweet to say so.

smiles and takes the tea

Just did what I could to help!

One of us...




One of us...

puts a hand over his mouth

Hush! That's how those nasty rumours start!

giggles

 

[DesEsseintes]

I haven't! I do want to go to the library there, though. My next trip over will be in about a year and a half, so I'll make sure that's on the list. I'm glad you liked my thread. I have always found that it suits me perfectly. Do you have a favorite library?

So many favourite libraries! Of the ones I've worked in...

The Duke Humfreys;
The Radcliffe Camera;
The Bodleian Upper Reading Room , largely because of the frieze;
The British Museum Reading Room;
The London Library;
And a somewhat leftfield one, this, but the Library Suite at Blakes Hotel, which I have posted here before.

And yet I could scour each word of every page of every volume on every shelf in every one of those remarkable places, madam, and find not a phrase or image that could summon up even the faintest scintilla of your perfection.

 

[Bert_Fegg]

So many favourite libraries! Of the ones I've worked in...

The Duke Humfreys;
The Radcliffe Camera;
The Bodleian Upper Reading Room , largely because of the frieze;
The British Museum Reading Room;
The London Library;
And a somewhat leftfield one, this, but the Library Suite at Blakes Hotel, which I have posted here before.

And yet I could scour each word of every page of every volume on every shelf in every one of those remarkable places, madam, and find not a phrase or image that could summon up even the faintest scintilla of your perfection.

For some reason this makes me think of a scene in Blazing Saddles

 

[Niceandbrutal]

*sneaks a peek inside*

I suspect all the good food has made you all drowsy.

*tiptoes around the room and spreads blankets over sleeping forms*

Sleep well, you beauties.

 

[thestruggle]

So many favourite libraries! Of the ones I've worked in...

The Duke Humfreys;
The Radcliffe Camera;
The Bodleian Upper Reading Room , largely because of the frieze;
The British Museum Reading Room;
The London Library;
And a somewhat leftfield one, this, but the Library Suite at Blakes Hotel, which I have posted here before.

And yet I could scour each word of every page of every volume on every shelf in every one of those remarkable places, madam, and find not a phrase or image that could summon up even the faintest scintilla of your perfection.

Ah, yeah! The British Museum Reading Room is one I really want to visit. I mean, I'd like to visit them all, but that one is one that I've mooned over before. I wonder if I should use the Library Suite as a template for something in my Athenaeum? Hm, probably not. Really, only the front room there is very orderly. I suppose anything's possible, though!

smiles ruefully.

Well, I hope you don't put me as the shining example of literary description! I fear you'd be losing out on some fantastic verse. I'm far from perfect - always better to have flaws. Makes everything more interesting. You seem to have a gift for words! Any writing going on for you?

 

[prettyserpentine]

Oh my god... BioShock.

 

[Scuttle Buttin']

Oh my god... BioShock.

Pretty much.

 

[thestruggle]

Oh my god... BioShock.

Which one are you playing again? Infinite? I know we were talking about it awhile ago but I've been studying all day, so... brain is empty.

 

[DesEsseintes]

For some reason this makes me think of a scene in Blazing Saddles

I'm certainly cheaper than a twenty dollar whore, that's true enough.

I fact, I come free.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Ah, yeah! The British Museum Reading Room is one I really want to visit. I mean, I'd like to visit them all, but that one is one that I've mooned over before. I wonder if I should use the Library Suite as a template for something in my Athenaeum? Hm, probably not. Really, only the front room there is very orderly. I suppose anything's possible, though!

smiles ruefully.

Well, I hope you don't put me as the shining example of literary description! I fear you'd be losing out on some fantastic verse. I'm far from perfect - always better to have flaws. Makes everything more interesting. You seem to have a gift for words! Any writing going on for you?

I think my very favourite is the Duke Humfreys, because one can only use a pencil in there for fear of damaging all the manuscripts. That's the first place I studied the Cotton Beowulf manuscript - what an honour. One gets the very real sense, in libraries like that, of a baton being passed from countless generations of scholars to the next.

And you are more than my shining example, I would hope - you are a Muse and an inspiration. As are, of course, Ms. Serpentine and Ms. Starry-Eyed and, in their horny-handed, honest-browed, dirty-fingernails good old boys way, Bert and Mr Brutal. Lor' bless you all.

Thank you for your kind words, which from someone like you truly mean a great deal! I am slowly finishing my first novel, though it won't be appearing on Literotica. And I have written an erotic story to request, so it isn't quite the kind of thing I would write for myself. An interesting technical challenge, though - can one keep the narrative reasonably believable with daily emails saying things like, 'Can you put more in about the breasts?'...?

 

[Bert_Fegg]

I'm certainly cheaper than a twenty dollar whore, that's true enough.

I fact, I come free.

I meant it as a compliment. I wish I could write like that

Been reading some of thestruggle's writing too - same detail - I'm in awe of people who can just conjure up beauty with nothing more than their imaginations and simple tools. Maybe if I pay attention some of it will rub off

 

[DesEsseintes]

I meant it as a compliment. I wish I could write like that

Been reading some of thestruggle's writing too - same detail - I'm in awe of people who can just conjure up beauty with nothing more than their imaginations and simple tools. Maybe if I pay attention some of it will rub off

Oh, I know you did, and I appreciate it. I liked your link. I was lucky enough to study English at university, and teach it for ten years - somewhere along the line I suppose something must have rubbed off! We always used to say to the students that the best way to become a better writer is to do lots of reading and lots of writing and - who knows - perhaps it was even true.

Tea's just brewed: English Breakfast on the left, Earl Grey on the right. I've made some hot buttered toast. Marmite, marmalade and Gentlemen's relish on the side table, or Merridew the thread butler made kedgeree earlier, I'm convinced of it. He even ironed a selection of daily papers for us, bless his feudal soul. Do help yourself, and tell me what writing you are doing - or are you building up to it?

 

[Bert_Fegg]

Oh, I know you did, and I appreciate it. I liked your link. I was lucky enough to study English at university, and teach it for ten years - somewhere along the line I suppose something must have rubbed off! We always used to say to the students that the best way to become a better writer is to do lots of reading and lots of writing and - who knows - perhaps it was even true.

Tea's just brewed: English Breakfast on the left, Earl Grey on the right. I've made some hot buttered toast. Marmite, marmalade and Gentlemen's relish on the side table, or Merridew the thread butler made kedgeree earlier, I'm convinced of it. He even ironed a selection of daily papers for us, bless his feudal soul. Do help yourself, and tell me what writing you are doing - or are you building up to it?

Gentleman's relish? - That's pureed anchovy isn't it? I tried it once and even though I love anchovies, I couldn't hack that - Marmite on the other hand....

I currently have a story about three quarters done - three parts of it are on the story site and the final part is mostly churning around in my head and has been for a couple of months now I should probably just bin what I've done and start again.

I may have given the good folks on the UK kink thread a laugh a moment ago. I just posted a request for some help. But I have an idea for a story that will probably work, but I doubt I would make a convincing job of writing the female protagonist. Anyway, if I get the help I need I'll have a go at writing it and if I don't I'll add it to the story suggestions thread.

Let's see what happens...

 

[prettyserpentine]

I hate not being able to sleep after a fight with the Boyfriend. I'm tired, and I can't get my frigging eyelid to stop twitching.

Also, Tess, I'm playing the first BioShock. Should be completing it today, if I don't get sucked in by Left 4 Dead too early on.

 

[Raven_Timothy]

Deposits a Capuchin, who enters the room with a huge tray stuffed mushrooms. The mushrooms are stuffed with a veritable cornucopia of different ingredients.

 

[Bert_Fegg]

I hate not being able to sleep after a fight with the Boyfriend. I'm tired, and I can't get my frigging eyelid to stop twitching.

Also, Tess, I'm playing the first BioShock. Should be completing it today, if I don't get sucked in by Left 4 Dead too early on.

No idea about bioshock, but sorry to hear about the fight. Sending you a psychic hug. Hope nice things start happening again soon.

 

[prettyserpentine]

sits down heavily in an armchair

Yeah. We shouldn't have meaningful discussions at three o'clock in the morning. My brain doesn't function well enough to employ tact at that hour. Regardless, he's hurting and I feel pretty horrible about the whole thing. But thank you for the hug.

rubs eyes

Twitch, twitch, twitch, won't you ever stop?!?!

 

[Bert_Fegg]

In the final years of our relationship my ex and I used to have some really terrible fights. Trouble is, it was never about the things that were really bothering her, so we never fixed anything. I thought perhaps we'd used up all the animosity in the world, but obviously not

Anyway I hate to hear about lovers fighting - There's too much random misery floating about as it is. I hope you two work it out - there's a shortage of happy couples in the world....

 

[DesEsseintes]

Wise advice, Mr Fegg. 3 a.m is the witching hour, at which time decent folks are abed or at least unconscious. To attempt to force the brain into meaningful work at that time is to invite peril. I, too, hope that you work things out, Ms Serpentine, and I am sure that you will in the limpid clarity of a sunlit day.

 

[prettyserpentine]

Oh yes, we're talking which is always the best thing. It wasn't over anything too serious, I just hate the feeling of him hurting, and myself too. Love is a funny thing.