Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

1970s music

Dailies 12/14/13

Dailies 12/14/13

Daily Doodle: Cat Sandals

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Song of the Day: Handy Man by Jimmy Jones

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

and James Taylor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGdWA93e-Ls

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Musical Pipe Dream: In the Jimmy Jones version, I’m singing backup and clapping and two-stepping emphatically. In the James Taylor version, I’m playing the drums with stick straight hair in my face and I’m wearing a denim vest.

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Blurb 1/365: Setting deadlines for myself is the only way I can get things done. I’ve had verbal arguments with myself out loud about why I need to finish this or that or why I don’t have time or I’m too tired to do this or that or to calm the f down about not finishing this or that. Sometimes I don’t even want to get out of bed. I gotta keep motivated, like, I get up and get ready, and then I can have McDonald’s breakfast. Setting deadlines is also a good way to keep busy. It keeps me away from my triggers. Triggers that make me unhealthy. Even if I have to swim through triggers everyday, if I keep busy, it really only leaves me with one option to keep my mind on; whatever I’m keeping busy with. Once I’ve finished with all the day to day stuff, I don’t come home and reminisce about things that pissed me off, I complete the next deadline. Then I get to eat something I like with the people I love. (Futurama reference!) I also reward myself with things like binges on Futurama/Simpsons/Bob’s Burgers/House Hunters, movies on Netflix, shaking trees on Animal Crossing.

The most important and difficult deadlines for me to make are for the things that I want to do. I just have to make those deadlines just like I make every other deadline. It’s just that hard and it’s just that simple.

Dailies 11/24/13

Dailies 11/24/13

Daily Doodle: Pachyderm Pilot

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Song of the Day: I Do Love You by GQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOKq1VmEbtc

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Musical Pipe Dream: I am standing still with my head down looking at my toes. When the music starts up, I start strumming the guitar. We all two-steps in unison and then tap our toes to the front and back. I do a turn in four counts being careful not to trip over any wires.

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Blurb 1/365: I think Johnny Depp and I have the same facial hair patterns.

Dailies 11/04/13

Dailies 11/04/13

Daily Doodle: Want to go to the movies?

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Song of the Day: New York, New York as performed by Frank Sinatra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJQNMqVIug

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Musical Pipe Dream: There’s a band in a restaurant playing this song. I’m wearing a cape and singing. During the music breakdowns, I take somebody’s hat to hold up in the air and alternate kicking each leg with a bit of pep. Security is called. I’m escorted off the premises in style.

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Blurb 1/365: Blue Blue Blue Blah Blah Blah Bloo Bloo Bloooooop.

Dailies 10/29/13

Dailies 10/29/13

Daily Doodle: Raspberry Beret

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Song of the Day: All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople

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

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m playing the organ and singing backup on a microphone reaching over the keyboard.

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Blurb 1/365: The half filled signifies an optimist. The half empty glass signifies a pessimist. But what if the half filled glass thought that was all to being a glass and it never strived to be filled with anymore liquid and just waited to evaporate? And the half empty glass thought of future rainy days and fresh squeezed orange juice?

Dailies 10/14/13

Dailies 10/14/13

Daily Doodle: I have the solution and I can see clearly now.

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Song of the Day: Bennie and the Jets by Elton John

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

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on a huge drum set that’s on a platform positioned behind and slightly above the rest of the band. Each of us has a colored spotlight shining down from above.

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Blurb 1/365: “The answer is 42.”

Dailies 10/09/13

Dailies 10/09/13

Daily Doodle: Fruitful

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Song of the Day: I’ll Take You There by The Staple Singers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3vgBzgYn4

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on stage with a full band playing the bass. We’re all jamming and two stepping to the beat.

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Blurb 1/365: Habit Burger should add a BLTA ($5.25) and two slices of sourdough toast on their menu ($1.69). Those items would sell. You’re welcome, Habit Burger, you’re welcome.

Dailies 09/09/13

Dailies 09/09/13

Daily Doodle: Nuchi on Parade (Commissioned by and drawn for Nuchi!)

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Song of the Day: Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang

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

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on BART and a few kids onboard at the Lake Merrit station with this drum beat playing out loud on one of their phones. They start rapping and the all of us other passengers start to get into it. Most of us are clapping and some are recording video with their phones. When Master Gee’s intro comes in and he says, “On and on and on on and on”, I do a glide step in a box form. My face gets close to one of the cameras at the second step and you can see my big eyeball before I slide away.

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Blurb 1/365: Love life.