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Minimalists Podcast 2 (1-108)

qwertygirl's picture

1
Shut Up,
And
Just
Breathe

2 (You Stupid, Stupid little boy)
Next time
Make sure you know her name first

3
If practice makes perfect
but there's no such thing
as perfect then
whats the point?

4
Did I mention I suck at making commitments?

5
They call her for dinner
she makes an excuse
she looks at her arms
she rolls down her sleeves

6
Here's me
not caring about you
aren't I doing a wonderful job?

7(All alone)
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8
Sometimes
I think we all feel like little specks
in a world of bigger specks
thrown in with a few rocks
and a couple mountains as well

9
Sometimes
not making sense
is half the fun

10
Why is it
that I always
f
a
l
l
for the jerks?

11
Sometimes
choking back tears
isn't really enough

12
If no one followed trends
we'd all be
a whole
lot
happier

13
Usually
It's better to
just
be
quiet

14
If I'm Over you
and you're over me
then why did you hug me goodbye?

15
This is
NOT
over

16
"Where were you today?"
"The hospital"
"Why?"
Silence

17
I don't realize how much I miss it
until
I pick up my violin
and play a few notes

18
The truth is
you scare the
hell
out
of me

19
If someone asks you
what you're doing
smile
and tell them you have no idea

20
You have
the most
beautiful eyes
did you know that?

21
There are two things you can count on me for
I don't get scared
and I don't get nervous
you make me both

22
the third one
the stupid one
the one I hate

23
You're never to old
to dance in the rain

24
I don't want to be here.
really.
I don't.

25
I'd really rather
not think about
my future
right
now

26
You're kinda pretty
in one of those
"I'm gonna kill you"
ways

27
I just don't want
you
to wind up
hurt
again

28
She sat there
the world falling down around her
piece
by
piece

29
I'm here
always

30
I'm dying here
I really just need you
to start making sense

31
I think
I might depend on you
a little
to
much

32
Everything
is
gone

33
Read between the lines
and leave me alone

34
You didn't say anything.
did you?

35
No
I didn't get the joke
Please explain

36
Its bad news
but we can still fix it

37
Don't leave
at least
not now

38
I
Just
Can't
Love
You

39
Stars
Remind me
of music notes

40
I never
really
thought you
were that great

41
You always
know
what to say

42
Go Ahead
I dare you

43
No.
Its not
SUPPOSED
to be legible

44
I don't want anyone
learning something about myself
that I don't already know.

45
I'm not
MEAN
about it.
I just take my music
seriously

46
Sorry
I didn't tell
you

47
Shh...
I don't want her knowing about this

48
Don't you hate
writers
block
?

49
If you die
I blame myself

50
No
I guess
I don't blame myself
(Who am I kidding of course I do)

51
Anna is hating nonexistent god

52
Sing to her
sweet silence

53
Just
get
over
it
already

54
I'm so
sick
of you and your
you-ness

55
No its not
weird
stop thinking its
weird
its not

56
Hell
begins tomorrow
(at 5:30am)

57
I guess
It wasn't as bad
as I thought it would be

58
What the
hell
is wrong with me?
(My friend's answer to this question:
everything)

59
I should have
something better
to do with my
free
time

60
I think
so too

61
An atheist's prayers
fall on deaf ears

62
it kills
me
that
he
has decent music taste

63
hit
the pause button
on life for a
few
seconds
PLEASE

64
Have I
ever
even seen you
before?

65
Damn
you
homework

66
And all order
was restored
in Minimalist world

67
Voice lessons...
Why
am
I taking
voice lessons?

68
I'd love
to tell you
the world's
not out
to
get
you
but
I would be lying.

69
The wall is NOT out to get you.
The world might be
but I think you're safe from the wall

70
And it all
went
down
hill
from here

71
I'm just
beginning
to realize
how boring
I
am

72
Don't kill me.
I think,
I might love you.

73
I'm not
"anti-social"
pshaw
what are you talking about?

74
I give myself
permission
to call myself
pathetic

75
You're
kinda
sorta
almost
...
totally amazing.

76
Why won't I tell you?
Because
I need my head
more than my shins.

77
Tears are streaming down my face
and I
have no idea why

78
You were
right there
(right there)
I could have just reached over
and asked you
But I didn't
(I didn't)

79
I'm an idiot.
A really big idiot.
Like you have NO idea.

80
Not today
Not tomorrow
Not ever

81
I'm finding it
Impossible to be
mad at you

82
I'm sorry
I have no interest
in spending
any more time with you

83
Stop.
You're killing her

84
She loved him
And he killed her anyway

85
I wanted
one
So I had
four

86
No
I'm not cold
But I'm shaking anyway

87
Seriously people,
grammar
was invented
for a reason

88
I'm having issues
dealing with the fact
that you
aren't here

89
Once upon a time
A girl fell in love with a boy
And he loved her back.
(If only things worked out this way in real life.)

90
Everything is just so
....
Complicated

91
I'm
in denial

92
You told me
that you
Would be there
always
You lied

93
Some call it talent
I call it insanity

94
Every time I see you
My heart breaks
a little more

95
It's happening
Deal with it

96
And
she was finally
happy

97
honestly
I love you
but you're on your own

98
He has made it his
Mission to make my life a
Living hell
And
He does it
All
While being exceedingly
Sweet

99a
Don't
kill
her
I'm the one
who screwed up

99b
Have I mentioned
how
exceedingly
shy
I am?

100
I love you
I miss you
forever
and ever

101
She thought about it
Did it
Regretted it

102
I feel like
I'm never
enough

103
You stared
at my hands
all class
not my face
not my boobs
you stared
at my hands.
(Thanks.)

104
Mnmlsts
4 Obma

105
I've had
one to many
Broken hearts

106
I'm
ALWAYS
careful around
you

107
It's normal
right?
Not wanting people to
know
who you are

108
Would I die for him?
Probably
but
then again
I'd die for anyone worth saving

musicofautumn's picture

I love your minimalists!

I love your minimalists! They are so amazing! How long does it take you to do this? Good job. I applaud your effort.
-MA
(me being tired = lame comments)
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Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Epilogue, p.495

qwertygirl's picture

I have been writing

I have been writing Minimalists for.... ever
and This took about... eleven minutes maybe? But my commentary is also in there, like I believe I talk about a campaign button for a few seconds, and at the end I talk about some random stuff.
:)
_____________________________
"Who you are defines what you do"
Max, Across The Universe

ASAP: Affluent Students Aspiring for Perspicacity

Schila's picture

my all time favorite

has got to be nmber two!
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Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying anyway.
-Mary Kay Ash

writingdog's picture

I love love love this

My favorite part is the beginning when you do that little percussion thing. it was very -- amusing, for lack of a better word.

And I must say that I am very glad that you did not stop at 100. You should make a book of all of your minimalists and sell them. I would buy one.
_______________________________________
Don't worry,
I'll catch you if you fall.
But you won't fall
Because
Falling requires landing
And you won't get to
Landing because
I'll catch you first.
~Civilized (or just Civ)

musicofautumn's picture

I'd buy one

I'd buy one too!!!!
----------------
Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Epilogue, p.495

i love them but#4do you

i love them but
#4
do you mean?

they call her for dinner
she makes up a reason
she looks at her arms
and she rolls down her sleeves??

did you mean it to be the "she's falling apart" quote??

just curious
u should make these into a book
very intriguing
it's like a diary but shorter
one last question

...
did your friend give you this song??
the one that re-appears a lot of your minamilists?

qwertygirl's picture

Song? Do you mean the

Song?
Do you mean the Fanfare? (Which is ALL me)
What?

Also...

Don't think I've ever read that book...
_____________________________
"Who you are defines what you do"
Max, Across The Universe

ASAP: Affluent Students Aspiring for Perspicacity

it's not a book -

it's not a book - qwert
"she's falling apart" is a song
"they call her for dinner she makes up a reason she looks at her arms and she rolls down her sleeves and her mother is starting to see through her lies and last night her father had tears in his eyes, and they rise in the morning ,and they sleep in the dark ,adn even though nobody's looking she's falling apart"
no i was just wondering if your friend
that you keep mentioning
which i am inferng that you think has an E.D
did she give you that song to listen to, or has she??

qwertygirl's picture

...email me,

...email me, qwertygirl890123@gmail.com
The "Friend" I keep refering to in my minimalists, is me. That, or there is a boy. But they're all true, and most of them are about me.
_____________________________
"Who you are defines what you do"
Max, Across The Universe

ASAP: Affluent Students Aspiring for Perspicacity

I will, I would like to

I will, I would like to talk.. talking is good, for all.

qwertygirl's picture

Mm... C'est

Mm... C'est vrai.
_____________________________
"Who you are defines what you do"
Max, Across The Universe

ASAP: Affluent Students Aspiring for Perspicacity

I e-mailed you....

I e-mailed you....

sunshinedaisy's picture

qwerty..

I love these! How do you come up with them? I try........ nope. Not going to work.

qwertygirl's picture

I started these... (goes and

I started these... (goes and finds first one in blog) ah no date, but it started here, http://youngwritersproject.org/node/14078 (please ignore my 64 comment conversation with NS, I was a newbie, and I was being bad...), with my fifth blog post. I actually got the idea from my friend (papergirl48)who had been doing similar things on our school blog, and I took it and ran. It's sad though, my mind works in minimalist form, I'm constantly paying attention to conversations to see if I can twist something into being a minimalist. You should try. It's easy because it can be ANYTHING. I've written long long long (like, I'm talking pages) minimalists before too, just never posted them (for obvious reasons).
_____________________________
"Its moving me along and Anna begins to fade away"
-Anna Begins (Counting Crows)

ASAP: Affluent Students Aspiring for Perspicacity

sunshinedaisy's picture

You think in minimalist?

You think in minimalist? Hmmm.... interesting. Sometimes I think in seven words stories, which I guess are similar. These are true? **hugs, even though I don't know you**

qwertygirl's picture

Oh yes, all true often times

Oh yes, all true
often times I'll write one thinking "My first untrue minimalist"
Then later I'll figure out it really IS true...

I count my words too
see if I can get something down to seven
but I never can
I always have to many or not enough

Conversation check, not here
qwertygirl890123@gmail.com
_____________________________
"Its moving me along and Anna begins to fade away"
-Anna Begins (Counting Crows)

ASAP: Affluent Students Aspiring for Perspicacity

sunshinedaisy's picture

Yay!! I emailed you!!

Yay!! I emailed you!!

Special's picture

I'm sorry- i was supposed to

I'm sorry- i was supposed to give sunny qwerty's email. well oops- slipped my mind....

loves ♥ hugs

sunshinedaisy's picture

Sunny.... I like it. No,

Sunny.... I like it. No, wait, I hate it, nevermind.

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