Writing exercise: Describe in one sentence the item to your immediate left.
In yellow and red, the pine floor gleams in stripes that have witnessed the living room conversations of Lincolnites over the last 90 years.
*I suppose this exercise might work better with a smaller object. But what can I do? The only thing to my left is the floor! What is at your immediate left?
16 Comments
sarah Mar 5, 2004 12:20 AM
similar to rebecca, the item to my immediate left is a floor rug. It is red and green and yellow and faded. It has a series of borders, within which are vine-type patterns. (not too viney looking, though.)
Renae Mar 5, 2004 10:17 AM
The nine-hundred-page manuscript waits grumpily for me to stop screwing around and start reading.
Jeremy Mar 5, 2004 5:37 PM
Humming and purring, this pixel-pushing, ascii-churning P4 Dell empowers my monotonous hell.
double dee Mar 5, 2004 6:59 PM
the wall is white, no, tan. it speaks to me–saying–no, murmuring–no, saying–actually, it says nothing. walls don’t speak. this is such a ridiculously boring wall.
rt Mar 5, 2004 8:13 PM
(pssst… sarah & dd, one sentence!)
andrew Mar 6, 2004 12:50 AM
a 5 year-old, deep royal blue, mom-made, afghan sits to my right, underneath my rear, and on my left side, in an act of service for both seat padding and warmth.
sarah Mar 6, 2004 11:30 AM
sorry, rebecca, i forgot to play by the rules…i didn’t notice the one sentence thing. (either that or i’m one of those ridiculous overachievers.hehe)
lindsay Mar 6, 2004 2:52 PM
i’d like to pretend that i wrote more than one sentence in an act of teenage defiance and/or angst, but, alas, it was simply an act of ignorance.
Karen Mar 6, 2004 5:12 PM
To my left is my dad’s extensive library consisting of all his plant books.
Titles include:
“Herbs”
“Trees”
“Ferns”
“Perennials”
“Flowering House Plants”
Yes, this is the world that lies to my immediate left. One that I just don’t understand.
rt Mar 6, 2004 5:15 PM
(ahem. i’m starting to worry about a lincoln christian education. ; ) )
dena Mar 6, 2004 10:05 PM
The open, half-drunk, plastic bottle at my left claims to filter impurities out of my water, but I think Nalgene is only out for my money.
Jeremy Mar 6, 2004 11:31 PM
There’s clearly a correlation between age and the ability to follow instructions. ;)
rt Mar 6, 2004 11:40 PM
(come on, girls! prove him wrong!! second chances given to those under 20 years old.)
bethany Mar 7, 2004 1:31 AM
The sad plate and mug lie on the top of my bookshelf, crying silently out, “How long until you finally wash us??”
(Take that LCS & being under 20!)
lindsay Mar 7, 2004 11:16 AM
If I were to describe the object to my immediate left, which is a pencil, then I would use the word ‘sharp.’
so there.
Jeremy Mar 7, 2004 10:29 PM
A 2×3 in. rectangle of “cardboard crack” that lifts me high and brings me low, that consumes my mind and spends my dough.