Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

Dailies

Dailies 01/27/14

Dailies 01/27/14

Daily Doodle: Harumph

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Song of the Day: Tell Him by The Exciters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah-tui1ubnU

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m singing this song in a Chipmunks on Ice show. Some other singers and I are in the center of an ice skating rink on a platform and The Chipmunks and The Chipettes are skating around us and doing single axels. Kids are throwing roses onto the ice.

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Blurb 1/365: Put your hand into a fist. Then look at it. Your fist is different from everybody else’s.

Dailies 01/25/14

Dailies 01/25/14

Daily Doodle: Umm, Excuse Me?

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Song of the Day: Last Kiss as performed by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4se9YMV3A

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m singing back up and playing bass. My head is bouncing back and forth to the beat.

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Blurb 1/365: I like watching tv for long periods of time with the only other things on my agenda being eating food and checking in on Animal Crossing. Perfect. Weekend.

Dailies 01/24/14

Dailies 01/24/14

Daily Doodle: Huh?

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Song of the Day: Hey Paula by Paul & Paula

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQW6RYQklo

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Musical Pipe Dream: We’re swaying back and forth and taking turns singing into one microphone. When we sing in unison, we both lean in closer and hold hands while continuing to two step from side to side.

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Blurb 1/365: Uh one, uh two, and uh one, two, three, four!

Dailies 01/23/14

Dailies 01/23/14

Daily Doodle: Walrus King

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Song of the Day: Crazy on You by Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpNqB4dnT4

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m manning the lights while the band plays.

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Blurb 1/365:

Short Fictional Story: The Little Toad That Could

The toad observed her surroundings. She sat on what was left of a lily pad in the middle of a shallow swamp. Most of the water had evaporated and the remaining water was full of toxins and the dark red sky reflected off the layer of oil slick.

She hadn’t seen a live human for sixteen days. Other than the lifeless corpse that lay rotting several feet away from her on the muddy shore, she had no company. Just as she was pondering this, she glanced at the corpse to witness a hermit crab crawling out of an empty eye socket. There was no use in trying to converse with a hermit crab. All they are interested in doing is burrowing.

Feeling like there was nothing left for her at the swamp, she decided to brave the toxic water and leapt off her lily pad life raft. She plunged into the sludge until it was up to her shoulders and shimmied to a nearby bush that had some crispy leaves left clinging to the branches. Jumping into the branches and hopping from one section of the bush to another helped clean off the mess.

After traveling for some time, she made it to a road. There was endless land to travel but nowhere to go. Instead of grasping onto hopelessness, she held onto nothing and charged forward with a hop and a skip to the other side where she well knew the grass was not any greener.

Dailies 01/21/14

Dailies 01/21/14

Daily Doodle: Chubby Puppy Nap

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Song of the Day: Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8LIYS7sKqU

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m playing the piano and singing backup in a wedding band. As we’re playing, the bride and groom are slow dancing in the center of the dance floor. It’s awkward, but we’re really jamming.

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Blurb 1/365: Balancing.