THIRTEEN PLACES I’D LIKE TO BE
Posted by anthonynorth on February 28, 2008
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What’s on today: Just when I thought I’d found all the good prompt/meme sites, along comes another, Thursday Thirteen … PLUS … a couple of my recent, thoughtful, posts.
YOU KNOW IT’S THE WRITE WAY
THIRTEEN PLACES I’D LIKE TO BE
So this is my first time at Thursday Thirteen. Not sure I’ve grasped all the rules yet, but hope you enjoy my contribution. And I look forward to receiving lots of lovely links in the comments, through which I’ll hopefully meet a few more friends.
13. Holding the singularity in my fist just before the Big Bang - just one squeeze and, hey, I’m God.
12. The top of the Pyramid of Giza - must combat my vertigo.
11. Waiting in the alley close to the Garden of Gethsemane - Judas, I’d say, are you sure you want to do this?
10. Waiting by a tree in the Garden of Eden - Hey, Eve, I’d say, go girl!
9. Waiting in an alley for my bank manager - nuff said.
8. Waiting by a gutter in 1849. Picking up Poe, shaking him and saying: Not yet, man, you’ve much more to write.
7. Catching an apple as it fell from a tree - now where’s your inspiration gonna come from, Newton!
6. On a journey to the Moon, at the centre of the Earth, in a time machine and 20,000 leagues under the sea - because it has been imagined.
5. Everywhere we haven’t imagined yet.
4. The event horizon of a Black Hole - just so I can get a taste of infinity.
3. Having an argument with that idiot guy who directs my dreams.
2. Within the meme creator’s mind just before deciding ‘thirteen’ - seven would be much easier.
1. Where I’m about to go, but two minutes before I get there.
(c) Anthony North, February 2008
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February 28, 2008 at 10:24 am
I’m still laughing about you waiting in the alley for your bank manager. Can I join you? Bank managers and I do not get along. Odious creatures.
February 28, 2008 at 10:34 am
Hi Selma,
They are indeed. Lend you money when you don’t want it, and won’t when you do.
It’s a crazy world.
February 28, 2008 at 11:19 am
LOL…I like #2!
And I’d like to be in the pyramids too…scratch that….ON the pyramids is much better.
February 28, 2008 at 11:25 am
Hi Shoshana,
Welcome. Yes, what a marvellous place it is.
February 28, 2008 at 11:44 am
Perfect!!! I love it. You’re a talented writer, and reminiscent of a great writer.
If you haven’t stopped by my T-13 yet, I have made thirteen new headers for everyone who wants them…just click on ‘em and save ‘em for yourself if you’d like!! Happy Thursday.
February 28, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Neat! I was waiting for “my parallel universe, so I can run into myself.” That must be number 14, LOL.
Great list!
~Maria
http://www.jubileeonearth.com
February 28, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Hi Hootin’ Anni,
Welcome. Your words are very kind. Many thanks.
Hi Maria,
Damn! Why didn’t I think of that one. Excellent!
Oh, and welcome.
February 28, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I really like #3…I keep wondering where that crazy stuff comes from!! Welcome to T-13!
February 28, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Hi Laura,
Yes, he’s got a very strange sense of humour. Many thanks for the welcome. And welcome, yourself.
February 28, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Oh my that is quite the list
February 28, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Hi Marcia V,
Welcome. Yes, it is. A trip around the imagination, so to speak.
February 28, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Hey Anthony, looks like you have a future in speculative fiction, if not cosmology.
February 28, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Good list. Very creative.
February 28, 2008 at 6:35 pm
You did just fine. Welcome to the madness that is TT.
February 28, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Hi Richard,
Thanks for that. I’ve written quite a lot of short fiction in my time, but cosmology - not sure about that.
Hi Chelle Y,
Many thanks. I’m pleased about that.
Hi Pussreboots,
And welcome to you. Madness, I can take.
February 28, 2008 at 7:31 pm
So, how long have you had this overwhelming desire to subvert history?? *g*
February 28, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Hi Constance,
Oh, a long time. But I’m in fine company - like, most historians
February 28, 2008 at 10:59 pm
THursday THirteen, Anthony. It’s an illiterative thing; you’ll get used to it.
And welcome aboard! I love TTing and I have a feeling you will, too. Especially given this first list; I love the way you think, man.
February 28, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Hi SUsan,
I FOund TT VIa YOur BLog, so YOu’re to BLame
I think I’m going to enjoy it. Thanks for the welcome.
February 28, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Great List! Welcome to TT, “it’s not a meme it’s a microcosm” I think the same idiot directs my dreams…hey do ya think there is only one dream maker and we all have the same idiot? ….hmmmmm
February 28, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Hi Greatfullivin,
Many thanks, and welcome here. Only one dream maker? I could go all Jungian to answer that, but I think I’ll ask the director next time.
Hopefully his answer won’t keep me awake
February 28, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Very wonderful!
Imaginative. 
Thanks for stopping by my TT! 
February 28, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Hi Morgansvoice,
Thanks for those kind words. And you’re welcome.
February 29, 2008 at 12:21 am
Smashingly brilliant…
February 29, 2008 at 12:51 am
Great list with so many possibilities. There are quite a few people I’d like to meet in the alley.
February 29, 2008 at 1:41 am
Hey, Anthony, you really should write a book involving all your blogs. I really like the mysterious black holes.
February 29, 2008 at 2:09 am
Great first list! I like #8.
February 29, 2008 at 2:28 am
Anthony, that’s what I love about history. It’s like clay. Malleable. Especially in the hands of writers. *g*
February 29, 2008 at 6:35 am
Very interesting list. Welcome to TT!
February 29, 2008 at 9:36 am
Good morning Artemis Angel,
Many thanks for that. Much appreciated.
Hi Nicole,
Perhaps alleys are made thin for a reason. Otherwise there may be too many people waiting
Hi Lord,
I first began this blog out of frustration that publishers constantly rejected me. Over the years I’ve written dozens of books. Who know, one day they may finally get published.
Hi Tasina,
Thanks for that. Do I take it, like me, you are a Poe fan?
Hi Constance,
Indeed. History is an unknown country. Originally written by the victors, and always rewritten to give it whatever contemporary slant is around.
Hi Nicholas,
Thanks for the welcome. And welcome to my blog.
February 29, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I hate to disappoint you and wreck a fantasy, but you’re not allowed to climb the Giza pyramids - they’re crumbling. You can go inside though, which is pretty amazing in itself.
Love the comment about the guy who directs your dreams. I rarely remember mine and sometimes wonder what I’m missing out on.
PS Welcome to TT, you’re going to love it here.
February 29, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Hi Robin,
Alas, I’m aware about the Giza pyramids. ‘Tis a shame
But thanks for the welcome.
March 1, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Hi Andy, thanks for stopping by my blog. What a great list and creative list for TT. You are a very imaginative writer - I love your list - you are an outside the box, step ahead thinker. Write On!
Briggie ^i^
March 1, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Hi Administrator,
Many thanks for your kind words. And thank you for stopping by MY blog.
March 1, 2008 at 4:35 pm
That’s a good list, a very cosmic one. I’ve always wanted to visit an event horizon.
March 1, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Hi Chapheng,
Welcome, and many thanks. It would, indeed, be an event to end all events
March 2, 2008 at 2:40 am
All good places! Oh to be in those historic spots and having a word with Eve, Judas, and the like. I think I’d like to meet all of the Marys!
March 2, 2008 at 8:29 am
Hi Sandy,
It would be an interesting journey, indeed. I actually wrote about one of those Marys a while ago, here:
Mary Magdelene
March 2, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I like the one about Poe and that this should be Thursday Seven. Well said. Great post. Thx for your visit.
March 2, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Hi Chuck,
Welcome. TT seems a lot of fun. Will be around a while, me thinks.