I like to imagine that the massive and strong hand is spinning her around by the top of the head.
― emil.y, Monday, 2 January 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
thanks!
i imagined that they were swaying to and fro in a deep hypnotic state, not touching, just swaying mechanically
― La Lechera, Monday, 2 January 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like to hear some more about this project...?
― Tuomas, Monday, 2 January 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh, it's nothing really. i was super bored and i started a poll on the sandbox with some phrases from the above linked "romance writer's phrasebook" that i have had sitting around forever. then it became evident that one could construct an entire story from these phrases, many of which were patently awful, and i made that thing i just posted.
i've chosen some more images and i imagine that it won't be hard to make more.
fyi i used elmer's glue to attach the words to the picture (this is a scan of the actual thing)
― La Lechera, Monday, 2 January 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
i also intentionally chose a boring serif font and plain old printer paper for the words.
i guess the book is arranged in a way that it's like connect the dots, and everyone connects the dots in a different way, much like the way people choose to interpret the same reality in different ways irl.
i really love that the last phrase in the book is "her mind was filled with sour thoughts" -- looking forward to using that one!
― La Lechera, Monday, 2 January 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
also, whose hand is it? it simply says "the hand"
― La Lechera, Monday, 2 January 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.freewebs.com/studiocube/Link_Against_the_Master_Hand.jpg
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Monday, 2 January 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://notcoming.com/animation/images/trnka_hand.gif
― questino (seandalai), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Hand_of_Omega.jpg
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.iteetude.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Foam-Monster-In-Emotional-Reunion-With-Severed-Limb.jpg
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://mightyredpen.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/handfeardvd.jpg
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/192/912/OfficeDepotHand_display_image.jpg?1270711336
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.addamsfamily.com/addams/thing3.jpg
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
Amanda, i love that!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
the invisible hand imo
I made another one (i think this may be lol hueg but i wanted both sets of words to be somewhat legible) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6635543553_54cb617579_b.jpg
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
whip some color into those cheeks!
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
glad this sandbox thread has been reborn
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
slim wild beauty
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
her hair was a cobweb
http://di1-1.shoppingshadow.com/images/pi/1e/fe/6d/96941463-260x260-0-0_Max+Factor+Max+Factor+Whipped+Creme+Makeup+Cafe+Ho.jpg
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
beckoned by soft ivory shoulders
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
covered in a cobweb of silvery hair
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
I would not be flattered if someone compared my hair to cobwebs.
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
You know: thin, and grey, and prone to breakage.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Full of spiders
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Often found clinging to the ceiling in the corners of haunted houses.
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
good at trapping insects
― ah, how quaint (Matt P), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
no no these are SEXY cobwebs
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
they heave and beckon
and slowly turn in circles
"The tensile strength of [cobwebs are] greater than the same weight of steel and [they have] much greater elasticity."
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
also they are sexier
if nothing else, one must constantly wonder what Kent and Shelton were thinking when they composed these "tag" phrases
i wonder if that google books corpus could tell us if any of these more bizarre phrases have actually been used in romance novels?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
Is there anything in the book like "His eyes crawled across the front of her blouse"? Because that's a good one, with the crawling eyes. Happens right before she starts spinning in circles.
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
there are a *lot* of romance novels
i feel confident xp
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
the steamy stuff is on its way, jenny, you gotta be patient.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Haha - crawling eyes as "steamy." Kind of makes you wonder whether romance authors have ever actually had sex.
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
iirc they don't have sex, they have sensual awakenings
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
i will retype the headings for the chapters about sex:
desire, attractiontouchingembracingkisseslovemaking
THAT'S IT
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
42 words for the color "brown" though!
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
is one of them santorum
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
All in the Lovemaking subchapter "Anal."
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
this picture is actually in the book, sohttp://www.moviespad.com/photos/rick-santorum-family-0b379.jpg
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
i hope tuomas isn't mad at me for hogging his threadi can move if necessary
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
xp I just had a stroke due to the rush of inappropriate jokes that flooded my cerebral cortex. Call 911.
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
this one is kind of goofy, but my favorite so far is next
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6637587383_9a8b9dcdfd_z.jpg
― La Lechera, Thursday, 5 January 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
dank tendrils
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 January 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
positively Lovecraftian
Cobweb hair, dank tendrils of hair.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 5 January 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
she is light but resilient with cheekboneshe is dark, heavy, and has hair on his forehead
― La Lechera, Thursday, 5 January 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link