Ok, so I'll explain I wanted to see what you all would think of the perfect guy as. So in addition to ten reasons a loved one should live or instead of if you choose you can do a list of what the perfect guy has to be. Rules preferably. You can enter again if you want to.
If any of you have heard this story that's great.
Around fourth grade I read a book called Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul 3, and there was a story that I remembered better then any and still frequently think about. Why Rion Should Live.
It's about a girl named Sarah who became good friends with a boy named Rion, Rion was abused at home and became extremely depressed and one night talking on the phone he told her he wanted to die or something to that effect. Sarah made him promise he would go straight to sleep after they hung up the phone and instead of sleep she created a list of every reason she believed a person had to live.
I know this is kind of like 10 reasons to live contest on here, but there's a twist. You won't be writing reasons for yourself, you're going to write them for someone close to you. Whether it's a best friend, a sibling, a boyfriend, family member anything. Give me the reasons why they should live. Why you couldn't live without them. Just make sure it's a list.
I don't care if they go like (p.s don't use things like this because both are REALLY bad)
54. I couldn't live without you in math class because your so........................................................
.........................................................
blah so on so on.
or
54. Math would be so boring without you.
If you do end up doing 54, just add a little bit more to it then I did, because I'm not in your math class.
I want to feel moved. Like you really care about this person enough to do this if you needed to.
Rules.
1. dON't TaLK LiKe THiSS or thIs, BeCaUSE iT's aNnOYing
2. Don't make it so long that I can't make it through, be reasonable, and if it is really long make sure you keep me interested.
3. Give me a brief description of why this person is important to you before you start the list
4. The reason for this is to make you THINK, REALLY THINK, about the person of your choice, why they're so important to you, so I don't want unoriginal lists like,
1. You're my best friend
2. I love shopping with you
3. You're pretty
4. You're Popular.
5.In the Authors notes write down your favorite band or movie star so I know you read these. If you don't I'm going to be angry.
6. Limit's 2 entries per person.
Points will probably go up.
For inspiration the last 10 in the original list, Sarah's were as follows:
48) Six feet of earth is pretty heavy
49) They don't play Metallica in cemeteries
50) Braces aren't biodegradable
51) God Loves you.
52) Believe it or not, your father loves you too.
53) Spanish One would be SO boring
54) Two words: Drivers License
55) Satan isn't exactly the type of guy you want to hang out with for eternity
56) How could you live without Twinkies?
57) You should never regret who you are, only what you've become.
Make me love your person too.
Contest will be judged on the actual list, whether it's funny or emotional, you know whether it shows something in it, its not just boring and conventional. Also if I can see that you really love the person, and by how well you follow rules and whatever else I can think of.
WHY SHOULD THEY LIVE?!
If any of you have heard this story that's great.
Around fourth grade I read a book called Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul 3, and there was a story that I remembered better then any and still frequently think about. Why Rion Should Live.
It's about a girl named Sarah who became good friends with a boy named Rion, Rion was abused at home and became extremely depressed and one night talking on the phone he told her he wanted to die or something to that effect. Sarah made him promise he would go straight to sleep after they hung up the phone and instead of sleep she created a list of every reason she believed a person had to live.
I know this is kind of like 10 reasons to live contest on here, but there's a twist. You won't be writing reasons for yourself, you're going to write them for someone close to you. Whether it's a best friend, a sibling, a boyfriend, family member anything. Give me the reasons why they should live. Why you couldn't live without them. Just make sure it's a list.
I don't care if they go like (p.s don't use things like this because both are REALLY bad)
54. I couldn't live without you in math class because your so........................................................
.........................................................
blah so on so on.
or
54. Math would be so boring without you.
If you do end up doing 54, just add a little bit more to it then I did, because I'm not in your math class.
I want to feel moved. Like you really care about this person enough to do this if you needed to.
Rules.
1. dON't TaLK LiKe THiSS or thIs, BeCaUSE iT's aNnOYing
2. Don't make it so long that I can't make it through, be reasonable, and if it is really long make sure you keep me interested.
3. Give me a brief description of why this person is important to you before you start the list
4. The reason for this is to make you THINK, REALLY THINK, about the person of your choice, why they're so important to you, so I don't want unoriginal lists like,
1. You're my best friend
2. I love shopping with you
3. You're pretty
4. You're Popular.
5.In the Authors notes write down your favorite band or movie star so I know you read these. If you don't I'm going to be angry.
6. Limit's 2 entries per person.
Points will probably go up.
For inspiration the last 10 in the original list, Sarah's were as follows:
48) Six feet of earth is pretty heavy
49) They don't play Metallica in cemeteries
50) Braces aren't biodegradable
51) God Loves you.
52) Believe it or not, your father loves you too.
53) Spanish One would be SO boring
54) Two words: Drivers License
55) Satan isn't exactly the type of guy you want to hang out with for eternity
56) How could you live without Twinkies?
57) You should never regret who you are, only what you've become.
Make me love your person too.
Contest will be judged on the actual list, whether it's funny or emotional, you know whether it shows something in it, its not just boring and conventional. Also if I can see that you really love the person, and by how well you follow rules and whatever else I can think of.
WHY SHOULD THEY LIVE?!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 20
- Rewards: Gold: 150, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
- Final notes: these were great entries.
Contest Winners
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I've never found anyone who ticked all the boxes, but this would be my perfect guy:1by Neolittlefish 600 words, 8 comments, on Sep 7 4:55 PM. In Inspirational, Love, Romance
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This list is about/to my daughter, who is my older child. I'm not sure this is exactly the sort of list you were looking for in your contes• Commented on by judge.
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So...How many reasons ARE you supposed to do? o.o
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I don't care as many as you feel gets the point across without going completely overboard
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how many times can we enter?
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Limit's two, I don't want to read 7 by one person. thanks for that I'll put that in the rules
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but I'm dead
lolXD
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