PrttySweet Distractions

It’s another PrttySweet Storytime. Tonight is all about those catchy tunes and lyrics that worm their way into your ear and nestle in for the long.

Describe moments in your life when your emotions or circumstances waltz you through the lights and the shadows and where you finally landed.

Person, place, or thing... you love to hate, hate yourself for loving, or just downright abhor. We'll discuss all the things that make you want to scream, 'I F'N HATE YOU!'.
 

Twist your favorite fairytale into something unexpected, surreal, unrecognizable. Make it naughty. Make it dark. Whatever you make it, make it your own, in 500 words or less.

What have you done that you don't share with others? Do you have a forbidden crush? Do you dance naked in your backyard? Do you hate the job you worked so hard for? Do you bite your toenails? Come share, amongst friends, your dirty little secret.

Loving someone through Hell and back is a noble notion. There are times when we are ride or die. However, when reciprocity fails us, when life is unkind and unremorseful, sometimes we just have to drop that shit. It's easier said than done. What are you finding hard to let go? 

Fear it's planted in unknown elements. Trying to account for countless possibilities often leads to anxiety, trepidation, and downright fear. When faced with new circumstances, new possibilities, new... anything, do we dip a toe in or jump into the deep end. How do you enter into the unknown?

In this time-is-money, instant gratification world it can easily feel like life is rushing past. Sometimes, we get overwhelmed. Sometimes we find ourselves unable or unwilling to move in one or any particular direction. We will me at the Procrastination Station

First love, first job, first heartbreak, first car, there are so many firsts in a lifetime. Tell us a tale of first times, as we have learned... there's a first time for everything

Ever get tired of playing it safe? Let loose and see what happens. Tell us all about the wild chances you’ve taken and how/if they changed your life.
 
 

How many times have we been shut down, upbraided, or otherwise beaten into submission? Unfortunately, as children, it’s often accidental or goes unnoticed. Those moments hinder us, change us, mold us into people we were never meant to be. Who have we grown into as the world stapled us shut?

We are too often acutely aware of the whos and the whats that surround us that it inhibits us more than we realize. We seldom take the chance to sing out loud, afraid we sound bad. Nor do we take the time to be expressive. Allowing ourselves that freedom feels uncomfortable. So, we ponder what it’s like to be able to just be who we are and dance like no one is watching.