Congratulations, Mouse!
Discussion -- 300 Word Challenge #10
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Congratulations Mouse! Isn't that two challenges in a row?
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Way to go Mouse - 'twas very close at the end there, pushed all the way by Alc, The Judge and Victoria, which is excellent company to be in, in the winners enclosure!
And thank you to The Judge for the kind words and the vote inside the final furlong!
Interestingly (for me, anyway) the names of the voters for my effort showed 3 'B's (Betawolf, BigJ and Bowler1) 2 'J's (Johnnyjet and Judge) and 3 'M's (Mith, Mosaix, and Mouse). I'm often referred to as BM here, and my real name begins with 'J'.... Where are mulder and scully when you need them? And how do I mine this piece of useless information for the next challenge...?
And thank you to The Judge for the kind words and the vote inside the final furlong!
Interestingly (for me, anyway) the names of the voters for my effort showed 3 'B's (Betawolf, BigJ and Bowler1) 2 'J's (Johnnyjet and Judge) and 3 'M's (Mith, Mosaix, and Mouse). I'm often referred to as BM here, and my real name begins with 'J'.... Where are mulder and scully when you need them?
And how do I mine this piece of useless information for the next challenge...?
Congratulations, Mouse! You know the drill -- let me know the book you want!
(End of quarter stats to come in a bit when I've slipped off my socks and got toes available for counting...)
PS Thanks for the listing, Ursa!
(End of quarter stats to come in a bit when I've slipped off my socks and got toes available for counting...)
PS Thanks for the listing, Ursa!
Congmousetulations, you rat!
No, that can't be right.
No, that can't be right.
Well done, Mouse - good stuff.
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For those wondering about my somewhat bizzare and probably overly pretentious title:
From the moment I knew what the story was going to be I had a quote running through my head, which was from Robert Oppenheimer upon the detonation of the first atomic bomb: "Now I Am Become Death The Destroyer of Worlds"
If I'd been sensible I'd have left it at that. But Oppenheimer was quoting from the Bhagavad Gita. So I thought I'd be a smart arse and find the relevant quote and title mine in the original.
Only Oppenheimer was not quoting, he was paraphrasing, so finding the original was impossible.
So rather than leaving it alone I went to an online translator and translated the line into Hindi, giving: अब मैं दुनिया की मौत, विध्वंसक हो गए हैं
Of course online translators aren't as accurate as we would like, so when you translate it back from Hindi to English it does not follow exactly.
So there we go.
And I'm never doing anything like that again
From the moment I knew what the story was going to be I had a quote running through my head, which was from Robert Oppenheimer upon the detonation of the first atomic bomb: "Now I Am Become Death The Destroyer of Worlds"
If I'd been sensible I'd have left it at that. But Oppenheimer was quoting from the Bhagavad Gita. So I thought I'd be a smart arse and find the relevant quote and title mine in the original.
Only Oppenheimer was not quoting, he was paraphrasing, so finding the original was impossible.
So rather than leaving it alone I went to an online translator and translated the line into Hindi, giving: अब मैं दुनिया की मौत, विध्वंसक हो गए हैं
Of course online translators aren't as accurate as we would like, so when you translate it back from Hindi to English it does not follow exactly.
So there we go.
And I'm never doing anything like that again
Now you're here, Glen - oh, you've gone again - I really liked your take on Boulle's most famous SF work, including the rather evocative title.
In a one-vote-per-voter challenge, you'd have got mine.
OK, stat-time. *drumroll, blare of trumpets*
A slightly disappointing month both entry- and vote-wise for this 10th Challenge, despite Foxbat's wonderful image -- only 37 stories entered, the 3rd lowest since starting, and only 104 counted votes cast, the lowest ever. We need more votes, people (certainly some of us could have done with a few more... ) and more voters -- start hassling other members when it comes to voting next time!
We had 7 new entrants this quarter -- Welcome Newbies! So that brings the total number of participants up to 139 members producing 416 stories garnering 1240 votes.
We still have 8 of us with 100% attendance records, but the number missing only one Challenge has dropped to 2, with another 6 of us having entered 8 times out of the 10.
After 3 Challenges completed, there's been a change around at the top of this year's leader board, but there are 6 of us with more than 15 votes, and another 6 with 10 or more, so there's still all to play for when we go into October's Challenge! Meanwhile, Mouse has the distinction of being the first to win the 300 Challenge Prize for the second time *sounds of cheering and applause* with a remarkable two wins in two entries this year (but take heart everyone -- she's plummeted down from 12 votes to 11 in the process...)
And, if I've got my figures right, 3 members had a personal best this month -- BigJ with 8 votes, Phyrebrat with 5, and Victoria with 9 -- and Tywin got an magnificent 7 with his first story! *more applause*
So that's it for now. One quarter of the year left. Can Mouse do it a third time? Can springs spring back? Are there dark horses lurking lower down the field to leap into the lead? All will be revealed...
A slightly disappointing month both entry- and vote-wise for this 10th Challenge, despite Foxbat's wonderful image -- only 37 stories entered, the 3rd lowest since starting, and only 104 counted votes cast, the lowest ever.
We need more votes, people (certainly some of us could have done with a few more... ) and more voters -- start hassling other members when it comes to voting next time!We had 7 new entrants this quarter -- Welcome Newbies! So that brings the total number of participants up to 139 members producing 416 stories garnering 1240 votes.
We still have 8 of us with 100% attendance records, but the number missing only one Challenge has dropped to 2, with another 6 of us having entered 8 times out of the 10.
After 3 Challenges completed, there's been a change around at the top of this year's leader board, but there are 6 of us with more than 15 votes, and another 6 with 10 or more, so there's still all to play for when we go into October's Challenge! Meanwhile, Mouse has the distinction of being the first to win the 300 Challenge Prize for the second time *sounds of cheering and applause* with a remarkable two wins in two entries this year (but take heart everyone -- she's plummeted down from 12 votes to 11 in the process...
)And, if I've got my figures right, 3 members had a personal best this month -- BigJ with 8 votes, Phyrebrat with 5, and Victoria with 9 -- and Tywin got an magnificent 7 with his first story! *more applause*
So that's it for now. One quarter of the year left. Can Mouse do it a third time? Can springs spring back? Are there dark horses lurking lower down the field to leap into the lead? All will be revealed...
Congratulations, Mouse.
Thanks for the short listings / mentions Starbeast, TacticalLoco, JohnyJet, Stormcrow, Jastius and TDZ.
And thanks for the unexpected votes from Tywin, Alc, Luiglin, Moonbat and Karn.
Sometimes I spend hours on these challenges and hardly get a mention, sometimes I throw something together in the last day or two (like this one) and get five votes! *shakes head in confusion*.
Thanks for the short listings / mentions Starbeast, TacticalLoco, JohnyJet, Stormcrow, Jastius and TDZ.
And thanks for the unexpected votes from Tywin, Alc, Luiglin, Moonbat and Karn.
Sometimes I spend hours on these challenges and hardly get a mention, sometimes I throw something together in the last day or two (like this one) and get five votes! *shakes head in confusion*.
This thread almost gave me a heart attack!! I was convinced it was going to be a tie-breaker.
Thank you, Ursa, for the vote (I think I thanked everyone else already, if not I'll do an alc and blanket thank). And thanks for the congrats, everyone!
springs won the last 300 worder, so not quite two wins in a row... though I guess as I didn't enter the last one it kinda is two wins in a row. Scary.
Um. I've still not finished the book I got from the last one but I'd love Neil Gaiman's new one. I'll pm you, TJ.
This is the first time, from both the 75 and 300 challenges, that I've actually won without being in a tie-break! *faints*
Thank you, Ursa, for the vote (I think I thanked everyone else already, if not I'll do an alc and blanket thank). And thanks for the congrats, everyone!
springs won the last 300 worder, so not quite two wins in a row... though I guess as I didn't enter the last one it kinda is two wins in a row. Scary.
Um. I've still not finished the book I got from the last one but I'd love Neil Gaiman's new one. I'll pm you, TJ.
This is the first time, from both the 75 and 300 challenges, that I've actually won without being in a tie-break! *faints*
* throws bucket of cold water over Mouse *
Sorry, but I don't carry smelling salts.
(And yes, of course I carry a bucket of cold water around with me. Doesn't everyone?)
Sorry, but I don't carry smelling salts.
(And yes, of course I carry a bucket of cold water around with me. Doesn't everyone?)
Well, I promised Perp I would explain King Willie.
I was trying to think of a story, and, being an Edgar Allan Poe fan, of course I thought of the bird as a raven rather than a crow or any of the other options. This old song came to mind and wouldn't go away. I can't find the lyrics reproduced the way I remember them, and my speakers don't work on my old stereo so I can't play the tape to transcribe them right now, but it was by Happy Traum, and it went like this:
And there you have the origin of my King Willie. I note that he is "a young man" in some versions, but the one I have definitely said "king".
In case I was too mysterious in my writing, as is often the case, the idea was that her parents didn't want her to marry the king because it might expose their people to discovery -- they were shape shifters who turned in to ravens. She convinced them that the king would be good protection for their village. Her daughter inherited the trait, and was accidentally killed while out following her father on the hunt. The ravens carried the news to Annie, who killed herself before the king could get there. And then he killed himself, and his kingdom eventually fell to ruin, watched over only by the raven people.
I was trying to think of a story, and, being an Edgar Allan Poe fan, of course I thought of the bird as a raven rather than a crow or any of the other options. This old song came to mind and wouldn't go away. I can't find the lyrics reproduced the way I remember them, and my speakers don't work on my old stereo so I can't play the tape to transcribe them right now, but it was by Happy Traum, and it went like this:
And there you have the origin of my King Willie. I note that he is "a young man" in some versions, but the one I have definitely said "king".
In case I was too mysterious in my writing, as is often the case, the idea was that her parents didn't want her to marry the king because it might expose their people to discovery -- they were shape shifters who turned in to ravens. She convinced them that the king would be good protection for their village. Her daughter inherited the trait, and was accidentally killed while out following her father on the hunt. The ravens carried the news to Annie, who killed herself before the king could get there. And then he killed himself, and his kingdom eventually fell to ruin, watched over only by the raven people.
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Go Mouse Go!!
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