prompts
raze over the years, a fair few people have left underscore_connected_phrases that don't actually link to anything hidden in blathes like flowers that blend into the landscape until the light hits them just right. as far as i can figure it, half the time they had an idea for a blathe they meant to write and then they forgot about it, and the rest of the time they thought they were being clever by going out of their way to defeat the interconnected nature of blather.

in any case, one of my favourite things to do over the last few years has been to use these things as writing prompts when i find them, closing the circle so they'll link to something, even if the connection is being made ten or twenty years after the fact.

i'll probably never be able to dig them all up. but here are one hundred and seventy titles without blathes to call home, organized in alphabetical order for ease of use. if ever you're in need of inspiration, feel free to grab one and run with it.

a_box_of_fire
a_film_i_was_disappointed_with
after_the_storm
almost_face
als_das_kind
amanda_palmer
anne_girl
are_you_dreaming
arrive_at_five
as_it_were
ask_the_right_question
at_this_point
audible_space
barefoot_pirate
beast_of_burden
better_than
between_us
big_huge_blathes
black_and_yellow
blather_blue
blather_green
blather_purple
blather_radio
blather_world
blue_blather
break_the_rosary_bead_by_bead
break_the_shell
but_still
by_which
chains_of_underscores
checking_in
cuddle_bug
damn_typo
dating_perfection
dead_flowers
death_food
deep_fried_thoughts
desert_desserts
don't_forget_the_flowers
double_blathed
double_sided_tape
dream_in_blather
dreaming_awake
drunk_voicemail
each_other
escape_closure
even_you
eyes_cast_down
factory_girl
fluffy_feel_good_battle
food_of_the_gods
food_of_the_goddess
for_fuck's_sake
four_cats
gay_whales
gimme_shelter
gina_gershon
give_and_accept
global_dimming
good_riddance
gwen_stefani
have_a_blast
have_words
heaven_in_you
heavy_hearts_get_stronger
her_first_kiss_was_from_a_cigarette
here_and_there
here_be_monsters
how_things_change
hyperactive_mind
i_can't_help_but_wonder
i_got_the_blues
i_have_issues
i_heard
i_just_want_to_see_his_face
i_lied_my_face_off
i_need_closure
i_pray
i_remember_now
ideal_condition
indigo_children
industrial_strength
jigsaw_puzzle
karmic_knots
kitty_leg
lady_jane
late_night_tv
laughing_circles
lessons_in_acceptance
let_it_bleed
let_it_loose
let's_spend_the_night_together
live_with_me
look_again
looking_like_a_boy
love_in_vain
love_ourselves
loving_cup
midnight_rambler
music_theory
my_best_friend
my_very_own_gay_policy_backing_position_plan
never_grow_old
noise_pollution
not_allowed
not_found
occupy_the_kitchen
oh_steady_steady_whore
one_step_at_a_time
people_who_feel_like_home
perks_of_being_a_wallflower
physical_space
pink_moon
playful_soul
pot_strains
real_and_sincere
rehearsing_my_past
ride_your_bike
salt_of_the_earth
san_francisco
sanity_meeting
screaming_into_the_sunset
screen_name
secret_keeper
self_fulfilling_prophecy
self_healing
shining_bright
short_sighted
sister_morphine
sketch_holes
skinny_dipping
smart_ass
sneak_a_cup_feature
snow_glare
so_long
soon_to_bloom
soul_survivor
spacial_responsibility
standing_on_the_water
stepping_stone
still_searching
stop_breaking_down
street_fighting_man
sweet_virginia
sympathy_for_the_devil
take_time_to_eat_the_roses
thanks_for_reminding_me
that's_beautiful
the_
the_church
the_lost_winter
the_smell_of_pot
the_world_is_what_you_make_it
the_undisputed_truth
then_again
think_you're_stupid
todat_yesterdat
torn_and_frayed
truest_most_impossible_thing
tumbling_dice
turned_on
twenty_thoughts
wake_up_and_shine
walking_away
welcome_back
what_a_fucking_mess
what_fucking_mess
whiskey_train
you_can't_always_get_what_you_want
you_got_the_silver
231225
...
Soma golden_butt 231228
...
Soma mindless
albums
tiring
all
characters
winding
passed
ignorant
puritan
fucks
exact
rot
valuable
subjective
boil
lays
measurement
beady
boxes
heals
untouched
stops
obsessed
velocity
worthwhile
cocks
checking
you'll
burden
professor
environmental
carving
mixing
using
canvas
lasting
rot
tomb
hallucinogens
dawned
films
albums
reliance
theme
melodic
visceral
quirky
pattern
tracks
songwriter
mockingbird
determine
dynamic
compile
musical
brilliant
chord
weave
horns
tend
original
version
digress
row
fully
appreciate
comment
ballad
fellow
weep
west
inspiring
sinner
gateway
anguish
suggest
albums
sample
creates
folk
superficial
231229
...
epitome of incomprehensibility In "weightofthings" (three words in one) the prompts are sort of poemy - apologize if repeats -

fulfill
fulfilled
regardlessly
wiggle
brings
physical
pulls
the_pendulum_swings
240111
...
Soma intently
concentration
whim
simultaneously
evoke
darkest
radiance
wing
pick
pins
slide
appreciate
avoid
blossoms
240201
...
raze two hundred and five more:

_for
_more_
_tattooed
a_day_wasted
a_day_without_blather
a_real_hug
a_single_second
abbey_road
abstract_association
abstract_associations
alternative_to_death
anal_harmony
and_then
august_spiders
awkward_balloon
back_and_forth_and_on_and_on
barking_spiders
beardsley_always_inspires
been_there
being_
ben_folds_five
ben_harper
beneath_the_bay
beyond_golden
big_dipper
blade_runner
blather_elite
blather_girl
blather_god
blather_gods
blather_grave
blather_meanie
blather_remorse
blather_shadow
blather_stalker
blather_stalking
bright_stars
built_to_spill
but_also
cabrini_green
close_by
close_up
collage_poem
court_and_spark
cry_in_public
days_of_being_wild
dead_blather
dead_can_dance
dead_kennedys
depth_perception
digital_dust
don't_care
don't_know_how
don't_waste_your_time
driver's_license
earth_mother
eight_months_later
egg_zack_lee
face_to_face
fall_flat_on_the_floor
feeling_inside_me
find_yourself
flying_under_water
for_real
four_corners
frequency_friend
front_row_seat
fuck_deodorant
future_blathe
get_blather
ghost_story
go_figure
godly_things
great_lake_swimmers
greed_bites
guitar_freak
hakin_bey
happy_holidays
heart_pang
hit_bottom_again
house_of_dreams
housing_discrimination
how_the_fuck
i_am_part_of_a_large_family
i_got_a_cat_named_tonya
i_know_it's_over
imagine_all_the_people
in_every_life
in_love
inner_conflict
it_all_exists
it_almost_happened_again
it_is_okay_to_cry
it's_a_beautiful_sight
it's_all_relative
james_joyce
kettle_one
kick_that_can_down_the_road
kindred_karmic_activity
laissez_faire
lame_superpower
leaving_you
let_it_out
let_us_compose_something_splendid
lonely_lonely
lost_girl
magnetic_fields
male_ego
morning_theft
mountain_dew
my_dear
natural_born_killers
no_can_do
oblique_strategy
oh_crap
opposable_nipple
original_collisions
peace_and_love
photographic_memory
pictures_of_blatherites
point_of_view
possibly_maybe
potted_meat_food_product
purple_grass
pyloric_stenosis
real_life
reasons_for_being
red_blooms
romancing_stones
romeo_and_juliet
save_ferris
scar_tissue
second_hand_smoker
self_beater
self_deprecation
self_inflicted
six_months_later
slightly_disliked_vegetables
slut_shaming
so_long
so_there
so_warm
social_suicide
sometimes_i'm_less
spam_burgers
spirit_animal
star_fucked
start_over
sugar_daddy
sugar_momma
such_and_such
summoning_song
taxi_driver
temporarily_permanently
that_connection
the_echo
the_film_lab
the_fish_out_of_water
the_stolen_child
the_unchecked_expansion_of_the_universe
the_unknown
theme_for_english_b
there_i_said_it_twice
there_must_be_something_wrong_with_me
these_are_the_days_my_friends
things_can_only_get_better
things_that_made_you_smile_today
third_eye_blind
this_is_not_a_pipe
this_is_not_about_you
ties_meant_to_be_cut_off
tiptoes_and_fingerprints
toxic_kisses
tuesday_night_conundrum
turning_radius
two_way_mirror
umbilical_cord
under_the_radar
unhinged_and_jane
unrequited_love
unwanted_day
useful_or_mature
van_goghs_bedroom_exhibit
war_memorial
war_on_poverty
water_and_fire
we've_lost
weekend_update
weird_superpower
when_were_both_cats
where_my_heart_sleeps
whiskey_train
white_flight
will_you
win_win
wipe_my_eyes
wish_you_were_here
work_smarter_not_harder
write_more_loveletters
year_after_year
yin_and_yang
you_are_golden
you_are_that
you_are_the_sunshine_of_my_life
you_remembered_me
240215
...
kerry philly
promptly
peony
private
240215
...
raze one hundred and thirty more:

_like
a_fight
a_film_you_might_like
a_muse
a_single_second
a_sudden_kiss
abort_retry_fail
adult_life
and_deaden_it
and_leave_us_to_our_nauseating_waves
and_now_it_is_dead
and_now_it_is_even_more_dead
and_now_we_have_steak
and_we_say
and_you_scientists
art_of_destruction
as_kinetic_as_science
at_least_it_is_no_god_thing
at_the_end_of_every_day
bathed_in_sweat
battle_of_hearts
belly_dance
bow_legged
brain_weasels
brother_brother_brother
cannot_put_my_finger_on_it_now
chocolate_of_the_day
chocolate_of_the_night
choking_on_echoes_which_were_not_mine
close_up
dead_definitions
deaden_life_and_words
don't_laugh_i_love_you
everything_is_everything
flowers_for_algernon
for_your_consistency
gentle_thoughts
glass_ceiling_of_anxiety
glitch_in_the_matrix
groin_cup
half_empty__half_full
have_a_look_around
henry_rollins
hidden_gems
high_and_dry
hour_of_the_rat
how_does_this_give_survival_value
how_does_this_give_value_to_survival
i_am_no_scientist
i_am_the_wolf
i_impale_myself
i_let_you_in
i_might
i'm_an_idiot
i've_made_a_few
ignore_very_kindly
in_all_your_penmanship's_potential
it's_already_getting_phrases
it's_too_late
jojo_rabbit
let_sleeping_dogs_lie
lose_my_shit
magical_prowess
my_body
natural_state_of_being
never_the_fuck_again
no_good_to_go_alone
north_america
one_by_one
one_moment_please
open_hands
open_heart
or_something
over_and_over
peace_of_mind
pepper_bracelets
puddle_of_consciousness
placed_in_a_microwave_safe_tray
quiet_realizations
range_life
ray_davies
remember_to_breathe
right_on
rosy_colored_glasses
sad_but_true
scoop_of_instant_satisfaction
shark_in_the_water
small_comforts
small_victories
smiling_is_contagious
something_cascading
something_in_the_way
spitting_into_the_bottomless
such_as
sun_taureans
talk_nerdy_to_me
talking_heads
thanks_for_reminding_me_of_this
the_cat_nature
the_e_of_e_o_i
the_kinks
the_next_blue_sky
the_places_that_scare_you
the_questions_you_sear
the_spark_of_the_original_fire
the_unbearable_lightness_of_being
theory_of_identity
things_you_feel
things_you_hear
things_you_see
thom_yorke's
to_be_portioned_into_cubes
to_be_sold_in_the_freezer_section
tonights_the_night
uniformly_convergent
unwanted_day
upon_this_pyramidal_art_complex
we_know_you
we_see_no_threat
we_see_you
which_you_are_under
whistling_all_the_way
will_you
with_your_written_permission
you_are_not
you_can_take
you_learned_ones_will_starve
your_dead_measurements
you_flare_your_nostrils
you_suspend_your_brows
240813
...
raze _brain
12_gauged
agged_up
all_of_a_sudden_i_miss_everyone
and_wonderin_what_dress_to_wear_now
anus_face
before_i_put_on_my_make_up
bernard_langered
big_star
blather_red_tea
boiled_as_an_owl
boozed_up
boris_yelstinned
brahms_and_liszt
break_of_day
bro_endorsement
car_b_q
cheap_trick
children_for_artemis
confusion_has_its_own_message
cop_sluggin_drunk
cotton_mouthed
critical_mass
curried_and_mashed
de_ossified
dead_drunk
disguised_with_drink
dot_cottoned
dr_pepper
dream_mind
drinking_rum_until_nothing_kills
drinky_winky
druck_steaming
drunk_as_a_fiddler
drunk_as_a_lord
drunk_as_a_skunk
drunk_as_blazes
drunk_as_david's_sow
drunk_as_the_devil
drunk_uncled
en_schwalja
en_supa
en_supknust
escape_velocity
five_winos_gone
flat_out
four_to_the_floor
fox_drunk
full_as_a_tick
furniture_from_ikea
goat_drunk
got_my_beer_goggles_on
getting_better
green_rapture
had_a_couple_of_shickers
half_seas_over
half_cocked
half_scholar
hammer_blowed
having_the_whirlygigs
hello_occifer
i_say_a_little_prayer_for_you
i_thought_i_was_insane
in_drink
in_one's_cups
in_orbit
in_the_bag
in_the_paint
it's_true
jaiked_up
jan_hammered
juice_looped
kailanah_anal_massager
lagged_up
legally_drunk
light_hearted
lion_drunk
liquored_up
lit_up
liver_lubed
locked_out_of_your_mind
loo_la
looking_forward
love_never_fails
mad_wey_it
mandoo_ed
marry_queen_spanking
martin_drunk
merl_haggard
ming_ho
ming_mong
monkey_assed
monkey_full
nicely_irrigated_with_horizontal_lubricant
not_sober
oblonctorated
off_me_pickle
off_me_trolley
off_the_leash
on_a_bun
on_a_campaign
one_over_the_eight
out_like_a_light
out_of_it
out_of_my_head
out_yer_tree
pie_eyed
pile_axed
poo_faced
praise_the_sun
rat_assed
rat_legged
reek_ho
right_mind
ripped_to_the_tits
roaring_drunk
rocket_launcher
rosy_glow
rum_dum
salt_stains
saying_hello_to_mr_armitage
scream_and_runs
seeing_double
self_amusement
self_disgust
self_hate
sheep_drunk
shined_up
shit_faced
stewed_to_the_gills
stupid_mondays
swine_drunk
tee_martoonis
ten_feet_tall_and_bulletproof
the_japandroids
the_last_waltz
the_worse_for_drink
three_day_drunk
three_sheets_to_the_wind
tore_up_from_the_floor_up
torn_off_the_frame
troll_eyed
under_the_influence
walking_backwards_in_winter
warren_zevon
wearing_a_big_hat
while_combing_my_hair_now
wired_to_the_tits
with_drink_taken
with_the_fairies
zz_top
240920
...
raze a_la
aleatoric_concinnity
annie_dillard
atomic_bomb
attention_grabbing_to_my_soul
battered_soul
benign_neglect
blather_epiphanies
butterfly_sanctuary
care_packages
care_takers
carrying_of_water
charles_dickens
chronic_illness
climate_change
el_em_ent
electrolyte_powders
eternal_bellyache
everyone_goes_away
fair_weather_friends
for_the_community
forever_disappointed
forever_hopeful
gulf_of_mexico
heaven_over_fire
i_know_why_the_caged_bird_sings
immigrant_song
inflamed_brain
it's_a_mastapieeeece
john_paul_jones
john_steinbeck
kiwi_strawberry
labyrinth_lullabye
madame_oak
mantra_of_the_year
masochistic_irony
mother_me
my_depression_is_a_hole_in_the_ground
my_home_in_the_county
neighborhood_cat
noise_beauty
october_slide
one_by_one
paul_theroux
pockets_of_posies
pop_rocks
projected_tension
return_to_normal
river_hawk
rock_me_to_sleep
same_old_lessons
slinks_off_again
smother_me
soul_full_of_sadness
soul_sing
tc_boyle
the_before_times
the_unfairness_of_immer_immersion
the_usual_suspects
things_that_go_bump_in_the_dark
this_life_is_through
this_will_make_me_cry
tom_robbins
troubled_heart
truck_sounds
we_are_alive
we_are_here
when_in_rome
when_the_levee_breaks
william_least_heat_moon
241030
...
raze absolutely_useless
always_always
and_this_has_become_my_bed
around_the_bend
at_close_range
bad_manners
belle_and_sebastian
bob_welch
bowlful_of_oily_mice
break_up
chester_bennington
chris_cornell
christopher_walken
closed_eyes
confused_for_paradise
confusion_has_its_own_message
craft_fair
dandelion_wine
delayed_grief
denzel_washington
drag_queen
erica_elder
fatboy_slim
feeling_worse
fingertip_tracery
from_now_on
golden_road
here_here
hook_line_and_sinker
ian_curtis
i_know_that_we_could_be_so_happy_baby
if_i_were_a_ninja
iron_and_wine
james_bond
joe_dirt
keith_flint
lunar_wander
magnetic_resonance
man_on_fire
matt_valentine
michael_hutchence
naomi_judd
no_idea_what_i_meant_here
not_an_android
nothing_is_free
pete_ham
phil_ochs
rival_schools_united_by_fate
roger_moore
sam_rockwell
security_guards_are_useless
seven_psychopaths
show_me
soul_songs
suicide_kings
tarot_cards
taylor_swift
temple_of_the_peanuts
the_clash
the_deer_hunter
there_there
thou'll_type_bold
tom_evans
true_true
vashti_bunyan
weapon_of_choice
wendy_o_williams
west_side_story
whitewash_crush
words_trapped_in_a_cave
241213
what's it to you?
who go
blather
from