Tag: ideas
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: joyriding in the idea cab :
C’mon, what is an idea if not a wildly undependable vehicle, one that’s careening along strange, shadowy, unfamiliar avenues? You’ve no control whatsoever, you don’t even know where you are. The only option is to sit in the passenger seat, goggle-eyed and clenched like a fist, wondering where you’re headed. Sometimes you arrive safe and…
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: waiting for an idea to go by :
Sorry I’m late, but ideas aren’t like German trains; they don’t run on a strict schedule. What am I saying? Ideas don’t follow any stinking schedule, they’re thoughtless renegades, totally feral. And I love them to pieces. Unfortunately, they’ve stood me up more often than not. The experience is always painful and embarrassing, of course,…
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: watching the world go by :
I dropped a can of sliced peaches on my bare foot, the 15 oz. size. Sitting is what I do outside now in lieu of walking. Who knew fruit was a health hazard? The can didn’t land squarely, either, but at an angle. The reinforced rim was the irresistible force meeting the immovable objects of…
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: ideas rain down, too :
Just not good ones and certainly not yesterday. However, instead of being disgusted with the crappy weather, I decided to take full advantage and indulge in unabashed laziness. I didn’t even get dressed. I sat around in boxers eating Pecan Swirls all morning, Oreos all afternoon, Klondike bars all evening. By bedtime, my sweatshirt was…
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: stuck :
Okay, I’m here. I’m looking at the computer screen. I’m drumming my fingers. I’m tapping my foot. And nothing’s happening. There’s no spark, no enthusiasm, just a general full-body malaise. So you know what? Adios, I’m out of here. Surely I can find something better to do on a damp, gray winter afternoon. I have…
the whirly girl 