I've been stumped and unmotivated and distracted all night and couldn't get my novel characters to do a thing. I brought a new one into the scene and he was grumpy and refused to talk. They're all moody now and dull and won't do anything.

I told Tom this.

In something less than two minutes, he suggested:

- have them have sex
- have them have sex with an animal - they were thrown out of Heaven for seeking new experiences, right? so this is a new experience.
- have them do drugs
- have them do something you don't agree with
- have them torture somebody, as an experiment, to study pain, not their own pain but someone else's

Twisted as he is, I freaking love this boy.

And cookies fresh from Grandma's house. Ginger and raisins! omg.