SUPER SHORT STORIES

I heard (a while ago) a story on NPR about this new book called "Hint Fiction." It's about extremely short novels inspired by an Ernest Hemingway story that went, ''For sale.Baby shoes. Never worn.'' The piece on NPR went on to talk about other stories and what they mean.
So I thought I'd try and write my own super short story.
She waited and worried for two weeks for those two hours of dancing with him and then she was home and it was all over.
Did I mention the word limit was 25 words? Just barely made it!

LUNAR ECLIPSE

The night before last I had the privilege to watch a portion of the total lunar eclipse that occurred on Winter Solstice--something that hasn't happened in like 327 years or whatever....
I didn't watch the whole thing but it was still fun. I was worried I might not be able to see it because it was overcast as night fell where I live but over a few hours everything cleared off and the blood red moon made an awesome sight against the figure of Orion.
Staring at the heavens is so fun

THANKSGIVING

I have been thinking a lot about Thanksgiving and what the word means, what this time of year means. What is there to be thankful for? So much. This wonderful country we live in. The ability to be warm and have blankets and heating in our homes. Food; food of any kind whenever we want it. The list goes on and on....

WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?

I had this really weird experience yesterday and I need psychologist or something to tell me what is happening to me!
Yesterday I was listening to the hour news on the radio when I heard a little blurb about someone who had found the body of a decomposed man face down by a river bank or somewhere. I told my mom how that would be really gross to find and how it seemed like something that would happen on a episode of "Inspector Morse". She agreed with me. I then proceeded to find a hole in my theory, because cases in Morse would tend to deal with more recent deaths and not with a body that had had time to decompose like that. She agreed with me again. But then I said that it might be a possible plot line for a Morse and wouldn't it be funny if that was the subject of the Morse we were going to watch that afternoon.
Well, lo and behold, IT HAPPENED! In an episode entitled The Way Through The Woods, they find a body that is decomposed, more like a skeleton, and proceed to solve the case surrounding it.
Am I a genius or what?

CHARLES DICKENS

I am in the process of reading a classic work of fiction by Charles Dickens and I am only ten chapters in so that means it will probably take me forever to finish it but maybe blogging about it can keep me motivated.
I love his literary style and I always try to decipher the meaning of the archaic words he uses. Maybe I'll get smarter reading this!

Isn't this cute? If only I had done it myself!

The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In another's being mingle--
Why not I with thine?

See, the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower could be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;--
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?



Just an AMAZING poem from Percy Bysshe Shelley.

WHEN A BELOVED PET DIES

I came across this article in LHJ about how to cope with the loss of a pet. They begin by dividing it into two categories: unexpected deaths and expected deaths. Well, my pet died about five months ago and reading this article got me to thinking about him.
My dog had been sick for a little while, probably with cancer, and in the last month of his life he started going downhill really fast. So we decided to put him down. I didn't have to witness it, thank goodness. I was sad for him, but I never cried. I guess I knew he was in a better place.

I TOOK A POLL OF MYSELF

So because I listen to music so much, I decided that I needed to take a poll of all the music stations I listen to and determine how fast I can recognize a song and whether or not I can identify the title and artist of the song. I regularly listen to seven stations in my hometown. Three are country stations, two are mainstream rock and two are hit music stations. I surveyed myself ten times on all seven stations for a total of seventy songs. From that number I averaged 3.3 seconds to recognize the song. 77% of the time I was able to identify the title and artist of the song. I was very pleased with myself and my incredible knowledge!
And the incredible part? I took all my findings and put them into very sexy mathematical graphs! That's a pretty big accomplishment, considering how much I suck at math.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Today I'm just going to write some random musings...
Would I rather have wings or a tail and super-great hearing and retractable claws? Well, apart from all of them, I guess I'd have to say wings because I'm a bird lover and great hearing so I could understand what that super cure love interest is saying without having to break the romantic atmosphere by blurting out, "WHAT!"
Would I rather date an Olympic-medal-winning athlete or a Grammy-winning singer? I'd have to say the latter because I'm really into music.
What five-song play list would brighten my day? Putting in the disclaimer that my favorite songs change from day to day, I would say Secrets by One Republic, I'm In by Keith Urban, Where The Streets Have No Name by U2, Free by The Zac Brown Band, and Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble.

THE VIRTUES OF PAPER

I have been thinking about all the many wonderful and wacky uses of paper. Like, paper can be used to change the world. Think the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights or Civil Rights bills that Congress passed. What would the world be like without them? But paper can be used for less noticeable but equally important things as well. Writing poems, taking notes, writing rough drafts of books, making money, making toilet tissue (that totally changed the world for the better!), printing tickets for movies or Disneyland or awesome concerts like One Republic and Keith Urban...maybe I'm going on and on...but I just thought of a million more uses. What about origami, the art of paper folding? You can also take paper and fold it in this special certain way and make these things called water bombs that explode after you fill them up with water and throw them at people, like a sibling! You can also make amazing paper planes.... Anyway, I think paper is such a useful invention.

Oh my goodness, I LOVE...

One Republic! They are an awesome band and I am totally digging their latest song, "Secrets." I first heard this song during a concert they did on the Today show a matter of weeks ago. I think Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, and Eddie Fisher make a wonderful team together.
So what is it about this song that grabs me so much? Well, I've been thinking about it recently, and these are my thoughts.
What is the song about? My interpretation of it is that this person ("I" in the song) has been reclusive in his life so far and it isn't working for him. So he's going to try something different.
On another note, I like the sound of the song, the cello is amazing, (Brent, you do an awesome job) I love Ryan's voice, I like the lines in the second verse of the song that are sung so quickly that it makes them challenging to learn to sing them. It must be noted that learning every word to a song equals that I love it.
Congrats to One Republic and I will be a fan forever!

I must explain something...how my favorite movie is Borderline. You've probably never heard of it and that's because it's like a 50's classic noir kind of movie. I watched it when I was little and I fell in love with it. Without giving away too many details, it's about two agents for the American government who don't know that each other is an agent. They pretend to be married and then they fall in love. How they resolve all of this? well, you'll have to watch the movie and find that out for yourself!

Okay, this is my first post on my blog. To begin with, I am a person of...well, let's just say that I have lots and lots of interests. I love Doctor Who (in case you couln't tell!), I write poetry, I do lots of outdoor activities, I love to sleep (everyone does), I am a good cook, and I like reading women's magazines.