#random read

[medstudentblues]

prelim exams are over and now that I spent saturday and sunday sleeping in, my mind is finally clear and I feel more human!! what I realized the past few days when med school started is that I do not have the time or the energy to indulge myself in recreational activities. as much as I want to read books, I just cannot. and that’s just bad for me because ever since, reading books have given me perspective, and now I feel like I’m losing it. 

now that I’m gradually adjusting to the daily stresses of med school, I plan on incorporating 10-15 mins read every other day of just random things, a habit I saw from @noodledesk! for now, here is my quote of the day:

“I guess it’s because I’m afraid. Afraid I’m wrong. And I guess I’m afraid I’m wrong, because I constantly relate myself to other people, other experiences, other ideas. I should be looking at both in perspective, not comparing. I relate my life to an idea or an example that is some entirely different life. I should be relating it to my life only in the sense that each has good and bad facets. Each is separate. The only way the other attained enough merit, making it worthy of my admiration, or long to copy it is by taking chances, taking it in its own way. It has grown with different situations and has discovered different heights of happiness and equal sorrows. If I always seek to pattern my life after another, mine is being wasted re-doing things for my own empty acceptance. But, if I live my life my way and only let the other [artists] influence me as a reference, a starting point, I can build an even higher awareness instead of staying dormant… I only wish that I could have more confidence and try to forget all my silly preconceptions, misconceptions, and just live. Just live. Just. Live. Just live till I die.”  — Keith Haring, from The Love of Life in the Face of Death: Keith Haring on Self-Doubt, the Fragility of Being, and Creativity as the Antidote to Our Mortal Anxiety

[jordanmillner]

Would you say cC-6 has duplicated a 'he' or a 'she'? A 'he,' really? You agree, cC-5? That's interesting, that's really interesting. No, cC-6, I'm willing to trust the group consensus on this one. Honestly, you don't have to - Yes, cC-6, that's definitely male. Put that away, please. Thank you.

"The Invasion Commander's Motion for New Business" by Shaenon K. Garrity

Day One

[jordanmillner]

'What does the teacher say?' 'I thought I'd wait until the conference. I'm not crazy about her.' 'Why?' 'She's a little cold. Like with Malfin—the first day he brought him in to share, she just gave me this look. Like, "Flour?" ' Drew was incredulous. 'He brings the flour to school?' 'Just for the past week or so.' 'Jesus,' he said, and used my name, which he never does. 'Why the fuck do you let him do that?' 'Because he wants to. And I didn't want him to feel embarrassed about it.' 'You're supposed to feel embarrassed about things that are embarrassing! How else do you learn?' 'Learn what?' 'What's embarrassing!' Drew sighed, as if someone had just sent him a big assignment that hadn't previously been part of his workload. 'Of course he's getting bullied by a Chinese kid. Christ.'

Nell Freudenberger, "Hover"

The Paris Review, 207

[thfrustration]

So I did the random read thing and I got Pay to Play by tartanroyaltea and let me tell you her Dom!Tom is the most magnificent thing i have ever read and now all i want is a sugar daddy in the shape of Tom Hiddleston. Though in the mean time i'll settle for more chapters of this fic, it is amazing. xxxx

Broken record time, my lovelies. Send your love and support to the writer as well, mmmkay? ;)

Pay to Play by tartanroyaltea

Erotica/Drama, Charlotte Green is a shy and studious medical student living in London, struggling to pay the bills. In desperation, she joins a ‘sugar daddy’ website and gets chosen by none other than Tom Hiddleston, a notorious bachelor and extremely wealthy City solicitor with a few little kinks.

Part 1 - Part 2 – Part 3 - Part 4

//h

[thfrustration]

I LOVE this random read thing!

I cannot tell you how excited I am about Random Read. The brain child of one bluebirdtweets and we love her for it.

How many have you read so far?

Here's what we're talking about:

See the ‘Random’ in the last line under the header? 

Click on that button until you see a story come up (if asks come up first, which they may… just hit random again).  Once you hit a story, read it, or a chapter of it; and if you like it, either let us know, add a note to the story, or EVEN BETTER….send the author a surprise ask on his/her blog telling how much you loved it. 

Let’s dig into the library a little bit and see what gems we can come up with!  Never know, one or two may inspire YOU to write something, something that can be the next big hit around here.

Or maybe something that will remind us of a story we once read here and loved, and want to share with others.

Now, here’s the COOL PART.   Ready for this?  Are you sure?  Okay.

Those who send in asks based on the RANDOM READ or who like this entry will be put into a RANDOM drawing for three RANDOM participants to win a very very RANDOM three paragraph drabble from one of the admins of any pairing of their liking and any first line they can come up with.

Let’s do this thing!  Get random!

We’ll run this thru the end of March! 

If you want to be eligible for the drawing, GO HERE and click the little heart or send us an ask about a story you read through Random. 

- Kris

Go READ!!!

[thfrustration]

In happier news, I've changed the theme again.

I hope the new theme works for everyone. I will need some help in adding a search box, and that's the only thing missing. 

BUT!! We have a random back. If anyone knows how to play with the html to get an actual search box included, I'd be ever so grateful. I've been googling, and I have the coding, I just don't know where to add it. I can't find codes they tell me.

Seriously, I'm HTML stupid. 

Soooooo....  with RANDOM back: Let's revisit the random game. Do you remember? 

See the 'Random' in the last line under the header? 

Click on that button until you see a story come up (if asks come up first, which they may… just hit random again).  Once you hit a story, read it, or a chapter of it; and if you like it, either let us know, add a note to the story, or EVEN BETTER….send the author a surprise ask on his/her blog telling how much you loved it. 

Let’s dig into the library a little bit and see what gems we can come up with!  Never know, one or two may inspire YOU to write something, something that can be the next big hit around here.

Or maybe something that will remind us of a story we once read here and loved, and want to share with others.

This will not only inspire others but will help Kris and her league of volunteers to get the archives completed!  In fact, Kris tells me that she’s going to be adding on a BUNCH of archived stuff tomorrow so look forward to that.

Now, here’s the COOL PART.   Ready for this?  Are you sure?  Okay.

Those who send in asks based on the RANDOM READ or who like this entry will be put into a RANDOM drawing for three RANDOM participants to win a very very RANDOM three paragraph drabble from one of the admins of any pairing of their liking and any first line they can come up with.

Let’s do this thing!  Get random!

We'll run this thru the end of March! 

[jordanmillner]

Reading Comprehension by Christine Smallwood (Excerpt)

"This is just until you get on your feet" [my mother] liked to remind me. I hung my towel on the stationary bike. I stacked books on top of Tae Bo DVDs. Each night I refilled the air that had leaked out of the mattress during the day. The noise of the motor usually brought her around, and we'd talk - her pedaling, me sitting on the engorged raft. My mother will be dead one day. People don't think enough about this.

The Paris Review 206