Alright, let me tell you about this thing I was messing around with today: “it always happens this way toulouse.” Sounds fancy, right? It ain’t. It’s just a phrase I stumbled upon, and I got curious.
First off, I googled the heck outta it. Just typed it right in. Saw some stuff about a song, maybe? Didn’t really care about the song, but the vibe of the phrase stuck with me. Seemed kind of fatalistic, like “well, here we go again.”
So, I decided, screw it, I’m gonna turn this into a little script. Nothing major, just a scene. I fired up my trusty text editor. Yeah, I still use a plain text editor sometimes, sue me.
Started with a character. Let’s call her… Sarah. Sarah’s gotta be standing in the rain. Why? Because it always happens this way, of course.
- Sarah: (Sighs) Rain. Of course.
- Voice (O.S.): Expecting sunshine, were we?
- Sarah: Funny, Mark. Real funny.
Okay, so now there’s a Mark. Gotta figure out who Mark is. Maybe an ex? A coworker? Someone who always shows up at the wrong time?
I spent, like, an hour just staring at that, sipping coffee. Coffee’s important, folks. Don’t skip the coffee.
Decided Mark’s her cynical best friend. He knows Sarah’s life is a trainwreck, but he’s there for the derailments.
Added more dialogue. Sarah’s complaining about something – work, love life, the usual. Mark’s making sarcastic comments. The rain keeps falling.
Here’s where it got interesting. I wanted to inject that “it always happens this way” feel. So I had Sarah say something like:
Sarah: I swear, it’s like the universe is conspiring against me. Every time I try to get ahead, BAM! Something goes wrong.
Mark: (Deadpan) It always happens this way, Toulouse.
Yeah, I threw Toulouse in there. Why not? Makes it sound more mysterious, more like an inside joke they both share.
After that, I kinda fizzled out. Didn’t really have a grand plan. It was just a little exercise in taking a phrase and building a scene around it.
So, what did I learn?
Sometimes, the best ideas come from the weirdest places. A random phrase, a snippet of a song, whatever. Just gotta grab it and run with it. And don’t be afraid to be a little bit weird. Toulouse, rain, cynical best friends – it all adds up to something, even if it’s just a tiny, unfinished scene.
Maybe I’ll revisit it later. Maybe not. But for today, I played around with “it always happens this way toulouse,” and that’s good enough for me.
