Designated Doodler

Three days of driving Three days of riding In the backseat To the middle of nowhere Where the air is brown with dirt Crusted and thick it sits in the cracks of trees and chokes the sun Black mist spews from smoke stacks I climbed a tree wearing white And when I came down My clothes were black From Pittsburgh To this tiny town With no movie theatre And one high school I wanted out of here The Dairy Queen shut down The bowling alley reigned supreme With buzzing neon lights An ancient witness to smoke-filled nights It's where I first felt What it was like To not be able To breathe That was the night that asthma found me And I choked in the dark And panic flooded my heart Here...Take an ice cube to calm down But it didn't and... I couldn't breathe In that place In that town From point guard To the bench Asbestos filled buildings sag in disrepair In the air there's a steady toxic stench Like rotting eggs or burning rubber Cracked side

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Introducing....Power.... from the world renowned Forever Whinery. It's time to get drunk with Power. No matter what your social stance, this $7,000 bottle of wine is perfect for you! The grapes have been carefully hand selected and foot stomped by disgruntled employees. As soon as you purchase POWER you've already, instantly, become loathed. Take a good look at the blood red color of the wine. You will notice shimmering gold flecks throughout the wine, made from the finest imported 24k gold shavings.  Swirl POWER around in your crystal cut glass and take a deep breath. Rich aromas of oak, hazelnut, musk, tobacco, dirty money, and minion's tears will make its way up your nostrils. Savor the wine. Swish it around in your mouth. Let the feeling of entitlement flood your refined taste buds. Feel the weight and body of the wine on your palette; notice its entitled grapes loosening your blabbering tongue. Finally, evaluate the finish of the wine. It should wash over

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It's like someone dropped a jar of red glitter. The sparkling tail lights of lines of cars shimmer off the still-wet pavement. And I close my eyes for a moment while I wait, and then I have to mentally convince myself to open them again. My music is the same and my day will be the same and my daydreams are the same. I've determined that I've run out of daydreams; things...people...events...to look forward to. The desires that fuel my stories have dissolved. And it elicits a sense of frustration; like when you've mixed a special color and have painted an area and have just one little bit left to paint but you're out. And you wonder if you can ever re-create that color. My car has a sheen of morning dew on it, and beneath the sticky wet there is a layer of greenish yellow pollen. This is what I focus on at the next red light. I look over at my passenger seat. I mentally chastise myself for spilling coffee in the car earlier in the week and wonder when I'll be

There have been some exciting developments this month! Namely that I'm getting published again and that there's a very good likelihood I will be in a TV commercial!! It was an ordinary Tuesday at work when we got an email that they were doing  a commercial shoot at our store. So my coworkers and I meandered down to the lobby and were a part of a group commercial shoot. It may have been a good sized group but I'm right up front and wearing orange; I'm hard to miss. And I had submitted something to a blog...and they didn't publish it online. I was bummed until they emailed me and told me they wanted to use what I wrote in a book they're publishing. The book is a collection of submissions by their fans/readers. So I'm pretty excited! And I just thought I'd share that excitement with you. So...yeah...that's about it.

The following are things I like/snippets of my life: Me about to teach class. What we painted... Two tiny paintings I did A creepy dude I drew (above) and a painting I did of Pittsburgh (below)    My story stats. I was pretty happy breaking 8k in one month. FUNNIES: Did I mention that I'm getting published again? Give you a hint...it's something I wrote that involves my cat, Sweetie. So apparently I missed my calling :P I took a Suits quiz to see what kind of lawyer I'd be. And while Louis is TERRIBLE and I don't agree with the last four words, it was a pretty good quiz.  Suits, Mike and Harvey, I'm going down with this ship

  Since I'm a copywriter for one of the largest furniture suppliers in Texas, I thought I should get to know my own style a little bit better. I took this great quiz and my style result was Contemporary! I feel like the quiz really nailed it, and I want to explore more about contemporary style! What is contemporary? Contemporary style is not the same as "modern." Although, people who identify with contemporary style can tend more towards modern or traditional. Clean lines, bold colors, tactile textures, carefully selected pieces (not a bunch of nicknacks), geometric lines, architectural elements, and smooth/clean earthy/industrial surfaces are the staples of contemporary style. "Contemporary design or decoration literally means that it is happening now, it is existing, living now, reflecting today's design or fashion trends."(interiordeziner.blogspot.com) Commentary: So I've basically fallen in love with the contemporary design

Awkward Moments of My Life: Me telling my co-worker that I hate the name of a certain blog...that she helped create the name for. That moment when I signed the check and handed it to the (gorgeous) waiter with whom much flirting happened. And he makes a very surprised face and I realize that I forgot the tip because I was too busy talking to him. When a co-worker comes in with a hideous piece of art to put in the office and notices that there is a single cupcake left. I explain it's for Jared who is sick today. Co-worker leaves. I realize Jared isn't coming back at all today; so I eat the cupcake. Then Co-worker returns to hang picture and comments on the lack of cupcake. And the lack of Jared. Nearly getting run over by a guy in our parking lot and staring at him incredulously as he drives off. Then bumping into him in the break room. He immediately recognizes me (I don't recognize him) and he apologizes for nearly killing me. The instance where you are sitting i

A is for Advertising B is for Brochure C is for Copywriter D is for Designer E is for Email F is for Filing collateral G is for Graphic Designers H is for Html I is for Internet Marketing J is for Jack Daniels K is for Killer Idea! L is for Loneliness M is for Meetings N is for Notebooks full of crap O is for Office Relations P is for Pitching to the Client Q is for Quark R is for Releases, Press S is for Submitting ads T is for Turmoil U is for Uncooperative Adobe V is for Venting W is for Words, Words, and more Words...maybe even Microsoft Word X is for Xerox Y is for Y ME? Z is for ZZZZZZZ *This content is copyrighted and belongs to Elizabeth R. Rector. (So no stealing bitches!)

*Written for a romance prompt* ---------------------------------------------------- I'll make you forget you have friends Heart pounding, eyes tracing You'll swear it's the end Of everything you thought you knew Life before this wasn't as true And you can pry as hard as you want But there'll never be a me without a you Hands a flesh knot Fingers tied Nerves on fire Beneath eyes so tired The clock on the wall is broke The words are a wad in your throat But now's not the time to choke I can't feel my toes, they're cold And the warmth of this embrace Is not enough to hold back the light; the dawn That whispers in four ears The melody of a swan-song No regret No feelings No fear That was it Nothing happened No one was here ... The flourescent lights are blinding The air is heavy and hot and binding It clings to my lips and sticks to the green walls That reach to the ceiling and line the halls This skirt is too tight and