I recently read a book that had one of the two main characters' named Harper. A secondary character was nicknamed Tiny and a cameo characters was named Jason. The Tiny was a big, sweet guy who loved food, the Harper character was a hunter of evil but the Jason was a clerk at a 7-11 type store. Then on the way home from work last night, I was at a red light with a minivan ahead of me. It had a magnet on it that said 'G-Force Gymnastics'. Training center for the team, huh?

Huh, that's kind of weird. Did it occur to you that maybe -- just maybe -- a member of G-Force was having a weird dream and you just happened to get caught in it?

How many fic prompts can we find here? Hmmm...

Becky ... you really can't say that you're not a fan! I remember talking to TJ, just lately, and we were saying the same thing ... that one must be a fan of a particular show to spot a meaning related to it behind many things which others would see as insignificant! This happens to me a lot of times, too, especially with car signs or number plates as you're saying! And, I agree with DT ... lots of fanfic fodder there!

I'm always putting the team into situations in my mind from books that I read, TV shows, movies. Some of my cross-over stories come out of those musings. I've toyed with doing a fic where I'm having a dream and find myself in the BotP world, but the other way around? Hmmmm...

It's all part of living part time in the Twilight Zone!

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Lol ... Well, don't forget that my oven that caught fire was a "Spectra" model. Maybe G-Force is trying to contact Becky. Or maybe when we die we all become fictional characters and live forever ...

Someone else is writing our stories and we live them? Crap.

More like, scary .....

I'm kind of surprised you haven't tried to peg this on me, CD!

Originally posted by Becky Rock Someone else is writing our stories and we live them? Crap.

Well, that really isn't much different from the people who believe that God has everything already mapped out for us and everything that happens is part of His master plan. I won't delve any farther into the theological aspects, but will say that if either theory is even remotely close to the truth, than whoever is writing my story is a sadistic SoB with a very demented sense of humor.

Originally posted by amethyst whoever is writing my story is a sadistic SoB with a very demented sense of humor.

I second this, in a way. Speaking only for myself, judging by the things I put (and intend to put) people I'm writing about (Gatch or not), their societies and whole countries through, I'm afraid I am the last one to complain about whatever plan of God's I might live according to. I say I deserve whatever's coming to me. After all, what would be a story without suffering, hate and insanity? Isn't this what pushes a person forward? (...welll, maybe not the insanity)

Originally posted by ElectricWhite I'm kind of surprised you haven't tried to peg this on me, CD!

Now why would I blame my RL horror story on you? The people I blame are the bullies I had to deal with in high school. The ones who made me feel incompetent and a failure. (Unless you happened to attend H.S. with me here in Canada, EW )

Originally posted by clouddancer (Unless you happened to attend H.S. with me here in Canada, EW )

Hmm....I'm gonna have to check the records....

I guess if the writer didn't make our lives hectic and wrought with drama, our stories would be boring the gigantic readers out there somewhere.

Which is why I am thinking no one would want to read my story. Although at times it can be hectic, I don't think it is dramatic enough to interest anyone.

Originally posted by clouddancer Which is why I am thinking no one would want to read my story. Although at times it can be hectic, I don't think it is dramatic enough to interest anyone.

And then, suddenly, a meteor comes crashing through clouddancer's kitchen! Sorry, I couldn't resist!

That would be one way to get a new house built for me. I wonder if I have meteor coverage on my Insurance Plan

Originally posted by clouddancer That would be one way to get a new house built for me. I wonder if I have meteor coverage on my Insurance Plan

I think that falls under "Act of God"..... (So, I guess the question somebody would ask is, "What in th' heck did you do to tick off God???)

Nothing .... which is why it will not happen to me and why I feel my life is so boring/undramatic. What interests most people are those highly dramatic/unusual things that happen to others, not the ordinary things that happen.

Becky, if these things inspire you, then go with them! That being said, I've had my own similar instances.

Originally posted by ElectricWhite

Originally posted by clouddancer That would be one way to get a new house built for me. I wonder if I have meteor coverage on my Insurance Plan

I think that falls under "Act of God"..... (So, I guess the question somebody would ask is, "What in th' heck did you do to tick off God???)

You could have been that family that had part of the tail of a C-17 fall into their yard. But it was really light weight - Didn't take much to get it into the back of a pick-up truck.

I was thinking I could be one of those families that has a chunk of "frozen waste" from an airplane land in my house (have you heard about those). That would be more likely to happen, since I am fairly close to the airport and am on a flight path that is used when storms pop up along a usual path.

Originally posted by clouddancer I was thinking I could be one of those families that has a chunk of "frozen waste" from an airplane land in my house (have you heard about those).

Somewhere in there is a joke about being pissy......

Ouch! I live in one of the flight paths for Dulles International Airport to the West of WDC. The planes are so loud sometimes I'm convinced they're going to land on top of us.