{"id":13222,"date":"2014-03-29T14:18:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T18:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=13222"},"modified":"2015-01-10T21:37:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T02:37:57","slug":"unicorns-poop-magic-rainbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2014\/03\/unicorns-poop-magic-rainbows.html","title":{"rendered":"Unicorns Poop Magic Rainbows&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026 That\u2019s it. That\u2019s all I got. Unicorns poop magic rainbows. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/writing-is-hard-gif.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/writing-is-hard-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"writing-is-hard-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13223\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For ten days I\u2019ve been unable to write a single thing. Ten days! Ten long, miserable days of nothing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5527-1337377290-5.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5527-1337377290-5.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"anigif_enhanced-buzz-5527-1337377290-5\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13232\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Desperate times calling for desperate measure, I locked myself in my bedroom till I have written something of worth. I\u2019ve been here 5 hours 12 minutes and 7 second. Eight seconds. Nine seconds. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/c747670cbecf4c073e7983895a36c02b9ce9a89b941b7ef3d6516df2e59daa2a.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/c747670cbecf4c073e7983895a36c02b9ce9a89b941b7ef3d6516df2e59daa2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"c747670cbecf4c073e7983895a36c02b9ce9a89b941b7ef3d6516df2e59daa2a\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13225\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like any normal person locked in a room with a computer and a stalled creative process\u2026 I started binging  on kitten videos. Naturally. I mean, who doesn\u2019t?  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/cutest-cat-gifs-kitten-meow.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/cutest-cat-gifs-kitten-meow.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"cutest-cat-gifs-kitten-meow\" width=\"499\" height=\"289\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13235\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then I found it! <\/p>\n<p>This glorious and magical thing that raised me from the depths of literary deadness. A thing so purely stupid and pointless that it clearly should never ever exist. <\/p>\n<p>And yet it does. And people will buy it for their little girls. And others, like me, will watch it over and over and over again, till they feel like they\u2019re slowly going mad.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/17.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/17.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"17\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13226\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unicorns poop magic rainbows. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOBkugyNEE8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, that just happened. Even sadder still; this took me over an hour to \u201cwrite\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/Mr.-T-cries.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/03\/Mr.-T-cries.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mr.-T-cries\" width=\"320\" height=\"246\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13236\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 That\u2019s it. That\u2019s all I got. Unicorns poop magic rainbows. For ten days I\u2019ve been unable to write a single thing. Ten days! Ten long, miserable days of nothing. Desperate times calling for desperate measure, I locked myself in my bedroom till I have written something of worth. 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