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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
I can't make you plot me
From a novel point of view...

Turn down the contrast, turn down the sound
Turn down the TV in the background
Sit here with me, bring me to life
Just listen close -- and don't plagiarize, don't plagiarize me

(Chorus) But I can't make you plot me if you won't
You can't make your brain do something it don't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will not mention deadlines or the fact you don't shower
But you don't, no, you don't
And I can't make you plot me, if you won't

I'm just a promise, not even words on a screen
But when you thought me up, you were jacked on morphine
Morning will come and you will be fucked
When your editor calls you are shit out of luck.
Yeah, you are shit out of luck.

(Chorus) But I can't make you plot me if you won't
You can't make your brain do something it don't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will not mention deadlines or the fact you don't shower
But you don't, no, you don't
And I can't make you plot me, if you won't...
(slow fade)
11 Comments:
Blogger Jeri said...
Priceless. I'm printing it out and tacking it to my wall.

P.S.: Happy Birthday, Ann! Loved Mr. Hut. Now I have a mixture of Bonnie Raitt and his song intertwined in my head. Could use some of your morphine.

Blogger Cora Zane said...
Dark, final hours, indeed...

How are those five synopseessss *sheesh, what a word!* coming along?

Blogger Dionne Galace said...
nerd.

Blogger Ann Aguirre said...
Haha, Jeri, that's a pretty sweet mental cocktail you got swirling around in there.

Cora, I am D-O-N-E. Done! I just emailed the whole kit-n-kaboodle to my agent, so it's back in her hands now, which is where I prefer my work to be. Yippee!

Let the Snoopy dancing commence.

Anonymous April said...
Now to find the song on YouTube. :)

Blogger Carrie Lofty said...
Is that the Bonnie Raitt version or the George Michael version?

Blogger Ann Aguirre said...
I wrote this last night to motivate myself to do those dang synopses first thing. And it actually worked!

There's a George Michael version? Eep.

Blogger Michele Lee said...
You don't shower? LMAO

Blogger QB said...
Now THAT deserves an extra day of Birthday Wishes!

Freakin' brilliant! Ranks right up there with your WWND campaign.

Blogger Ann Aguirre said...
Heh, thanks, Bev. It motivated me, that's for sure.

*laughs* Fear of failure works wonders.

Blogger Gwyneth Bolton said...
This was hilarious... Oh just think of the things a novel would say if it could really talk to its author... oh my...

Happy belated birthday!

Gwyneth

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