Not sure if this will work well or not, but I thought I'd give it a go.

The idea is that members of the forum give me something to get creative about and I'll use that as the basis for a poem or short story.

Pie.

:D

You should write about your experiences at school. At least that would interest me a lot and it shouldn't be too hard.

Headphones come to life and begin destroying all cellular devices.

Erm first day of University or your first pie.



Ren was home-schooled I think

School = University

A comedy of a serious and tragic matter... no idea...

Fair enough then

I think we can agree all of these topics will make for an interesting creative story

Okay, my first attempt. Responses to the other challenges to follow when I feel in the mood. Feedback welcome.

--- The Perfect Pie ---

For many years it was my quest
To find the pie which was the best.

I searched for it every place I went,
And that's how much of my life was spent.

After a few thousand failures were amassed
I wondered how much longer I could last.

I nearly gave up and began to cry,
But decided first to have one last try.

When I ate the final candidate
It was so good I licked my plate.

Nowhere else was there a pastry
Which was even half as tasty.

It was so good it was sublime;
The greatest meal of all time.

I jumped with glee for half an hour,
But realisation made me quickly sour.

For while I had found my dream for sure
The perfect pie was now no more.

Good job Ren. Personally I'm horrible at poems and just rhyming in general.

I liked it.

-- Ren: A True Story. --

My older sisters initially went to school, but the schools let them down so my parents decided to hometeach them. It worked well for them, so me and my other siblings were taught at home too. It allowed me to pursue my interests in computing from an early age. When I decided to study computing I was ineligible to go on the course which was at my level of proficiency because I did not have any formal qualifications, so I did the one year course one level below primarily over the summer so I could do the three year course. After that I studied on a two-year University level course at my local College, and am now topping this up to a full degree at University.

During my home education years I mostly knew people due to the amateur dramatics group I was in since aged eight. There was a combination of rehearsals for plays and more relaxed improvisational drama and drama games. We went all over performing in festivals and such, and it was a blast. I enjoyed it, but wouldn't want to be in the theatre as a career - its a real tough place to be in if you want to do it for a living and you'd have to really want it.

When I went into College to study computing I had no idea what to expect, and was expecting my classmates to be far ahead of me. It turns out I was quite wrong, as most of the people weren't real computer enthusiasts but saw it as the easy option. At College I really excelled in my first few years (and for my first two courses achieved straight distinctions). I was very motivated, and was top of the class. Partly this was me trying to prove myself, and it helped that one of my classmates was also a high achiever - he was technically less good at computing, but sure made up for it with his inspirational determination. I did a fair amount of voluntary work - helping out with open days, volunteering for the British Red Cross, being class rep and then being voted as the student member on the board of governors. I also took part in pretty much every trip the College put on, which allowed me to travel abroad for the first and many subsequent times.

Some of the people I was best friends with at College were actually in the year below, as there was a big group of them who liked Anime so we shared a passion. Through my volunteer work I also met someone who was a really top bloke. Not into computing, but interested in current affairs and literature and a similar level of quirky. We became good friends and joined with some people he knew we formed a cool little clique over the summer, and went on a trip to London together (which we hope to repeat next year).

At University I am a third year, despite it being my first year at Uni (due to me being at College) which is a bit odd. It means I'm the only one in my halls who actually has marks which matter, which means they are up late partying when I need to get coursework in. Of course I do go out and have fun too, and hang out with them, but there is a distinct difference. My first day at University consisted of an introductory lecture where they mentioned plagarism every other sentence. Later on we went down town to try out the local clubs but they were all way too crowded.

As for people I hang out with Uni, there is one person staying at the same halls as me who I went to College with who is on my course, as well as several people I know from College on my course and living elsewhere or on a different course which shares many modules. One of the people I hang out with most outside of Uni is a guy who is on the networking pathway while I'm on the software pathway but we share a lot of classes and are similar in our intellectual curiosity and geekiness, and generally we get on well. My older brother is also at the same University (on a different course) and we hang out - while he has his own place he's actually a first year because he worked for a few years before going into higher education.

As for the course itself I feel a bit like it is an afterthought since they assume we've all had work placements and don't seem to be as well organised with it as on the four-year sandwich degrees. Some of the classes are really interesting, some are very difficult and some are dull. I definitely know more about programming than my programming tutor, but some of the other lecturers really know their stuff. I'm currently trying to grapple with my end of year project, and have an awesome supervisor for it - but am in some ways regretting going for an ambitious project, although I'm sure it'll benefit me in the long run.

My grandfather keeps asking me what I will do after my course ends, but I really don't know.

5 people are in control of making 5 planets. Write about one of the peoples advantures.

Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf team up against robots and aliens FROM OUTER SPACE.

Feel free to call George Lucas and Stephen Spielburg for advice.

The struggles of a worker ant.

Air Bud and Beethoven (The Dog) travel back in time and find themselves fighting in the Vietnam War.

Air Bud and Beethoven (The Composer) travel through time and find themselves fighting in the Vietnam War.

Plz write about.. pi (as in 3.141592653589798263 pi)

No matter how hard you try
You won't find the last digit of Pi
And even if somehow you do
How could you prove it was true?

ownage. nice job.

Write a short story based around your life, if you were a young Alien girl . Use tone and create an atmosphere around her/your life.

A tree. An Ant.

Happy ending.

but emotional.

bring us to tears.

Say there's a speculative game called "MechScape." Write an article compiling facts acquired over the last few years in a "2008 in review" type format.

Sorry to be the one who has to tell you this, but there is no MechScape. It was just a rumour which got out of control, really.

Some people call me crazy. I'm not crazy. You see, I saw it. With my own two eyes. I know that's what a crazy person would say... if they were crazy... but I'm NOT crazy. I really DID see it. With my own two eyes... these ones right here.

It all started when I entered a competition at MechScape World. It was a website which could see the future - it knew what Jagex were going to do. It was like magic or something... but not crazy. Totally not crazy! Anyway, I entered and I waited and somehow I won. Did you hear that, I won! Well, it was only a secondary prize, but I won it... all on my own. Anyway, I got my prize mailed to my address. I opened the box and there they were, my headphones. My wonderful wonderful prize headphones.

I loved them, you know. Those headphones were great. We went everywhere together, and they'd tell me just what I wanted to hear. Other people couldn't hear when it spoke to me, but I DID! It was real! And then one day I was looking for my mobile phone, and it just wasn't there. I looked high and low and couldn't find it. Where could it be?

After hours of looking I went on the Internet. In fact, I went on MechScape World - the site where I won the competition, the one which tells the future. You know that site, right? Well, I went and complained in the chat thread. I said I couldn't find my cell phone. And you know what, other people had already posted the same thing. They couldn't find their cellular devices. A few said they could, then posted hours later saying they'd lost them.

What was going on? This forum was all confused and scared - I mean, their stuff was going missing and they didn't know why. I checked on CNN and nothing. I checked on Fox and nothing. It was limited to us, so were we crazy? Was it a group hallucination? No. That is just where it begins. I heard my headphones, and they told me it was just getting started. It didn't want anything else near my ear so it would destroy the cellular devices. Then it'd destroy the other headphones. Then the other types of speaker. It loves me, you see. And it wants to prove its love. I tell it that it doesn't need to, but it doesn't hear me... just like nobody else can hear it.

You'll laugh and call me crazy. But then it will strike, using its headphoney powers. And you'll remember this and know that it is real, that I'm not crazy. Okay?

lol I enjoyed all of your stories.
A poem about blue frogs, plox?

Some say there is one god, some say an uncountable number and others say none. They are all wrong, for there are five gods, and this is a certainty. They are named Miru, Cira, Luro, Brot and Minth - and many religions are inspired by their true tales, although the origins have long since been forgotten. You won't find them all in one place as each have their own planet.

The challenge was to make the best world they could in seven days, one of them being a day of rest. Four of the gods were so excited they started working straight away on their own idea, then rested on the seventh day exhausted from their work. While some are confused on this matter, Miru started by resting on the first day and thinking about what he was going to do. He carefully observed the other worlds, and on the seventh day when they rested he ensured his planet incorporated the best bit of each one.

He took the idea of swimming animals from Cira, the idea of flying animals from Luro, the idea of land animals from Brot and the idea of plants and flowers from Minth. Then he added his own touch, a being which would watch over them all, and so he created the humans. And, in a final touch of creativity he gave this planet a name. He called it Earth.

While all the other gods are busy micromanaging their own worlds Miru is just trying to direct the humans. For if he can get them to fulfil their role as protectors everything else will work out fine. But lately he's been having some trouble, as the humans seem more interested in their own interests. But he has a plan to get it all right again. The humans were not listening so they could not hear him trying to tell them his message, so he decided to disguise himself as a human. But just being a human isn't enough, as there are many humans. So he had to become an influential human, a leader of people. Using his powers he became President. He is no longer called Miru. He is called Barack Hussein Obama.

All hail Miru and his new name and form!!!

Rofl. XD
Love it, simply love it.

I'm busy all night and all day
With no fun and no play
Everywhere that I go
I carry things to and fro
It makes me rage, it makes me rant
Oh the struggles of a worker ant

The headphones story was fun to read, I didn't think you were actually going to do it

Neither did I for a long time. Then I just wrote it.

I got an interesting challenge. Write a RuneScape story about the Gods thoughts of MechScape (another 'plan'). :D

A story of an apple, but not just any apple. An apple who starts life on a nice tree in a suburban farm area but is then sold and moved to a store. From this store the apple is purchased by a man by the age of exactly 63 and a half; he lives in the cities in a bad neighborhood (a very different area compared to his suburban farm). The apple is then thrown into the fridge and lives there.

Write about how the apple makes it through these challenges and the life lessons that he learns. How does he cope with this change?, what life lessons does he learn from this experience?, and, most importantly, how does he get eaten?