ideas

-short story or poem about a child's imagination
Background: I was in the public restroom at Fashion Island yesterday and I saw a mom and her son. She was desperately trying to get her son to wash his hands, but he just didn't want to. He would scream and shout and stay away as far as possible from the water, but in the end the mother managed to wash his hands anyway. A child's imagination--why would he be scared of the water? That's what my story (or poem) will be about.

-video about anorexia (or at least avoiding temptation)
The story: A girl walks into her apartment (college girl, most likely) and sets down her keys and her bag. She sits at a desk nearby to do her homework when suddenly she decides to walk to the kitchen and grab a snack from her refrigerator. She walks back to the desk with her food and begins to eat and finishes the snack. She does a little work here and there but ultimately goes back to the fridge and eats something else. This continues several times. In the end, you see her at the desk just looking toward the kitchen, but a trashcan will be nearby showing no evidence of her eating (no thrown wrappers, napkins, etc.). (Or she could throw the trash on the floor but later on you see no trash on the floor.) She is only thinking about eating all of the food, but then goes back to her work.