Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

1990s

Dailies 11/05/13

Dailies 11/05/13

Daily Doodle: Pipe Dreams

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Song of the Day: Hypnotize by The Notorious B.I.G.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk4ftn4PArg

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Musical Pipe Dream: It’s 1996 and I’m wearing a parachute track suit, dark lipstick, and I have green bands on my braces. My hair is shoulder length, straightened, and split down the middle. I creep out into the middle of a dance floor with a chameleon step: forward, back, forward, back. Nobody else is dancing and I hear someone yell, “Uhmm, NO!” My eyes widen, my face gets serious, and I nod, YES.

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Blurb 1/365: If there is ever a book written about me, it will be entitled “Short and Sleepy”.

Dailies 09/13/13

Daily Doodle: Super Dog

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Song of the Day: Passin’ Me By by The Pharcyde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsPG0Kspxo

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Musical Pipe Dream: Another person and I are dancing a duet together. We start off on opposite sides of the stage, out of sight. When the music starts, we both hop out with our hands at our sides. For the next eight count we transition into a heel tap move with our arms and head hanging back. We get into a sitting position with me in front and we start doing the motions of paddling down a river.

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Blurb 1/365: “Kindness is magic.”–Derek

Dailies 08/08/13

Dailies 08/08/13

Daily Doodle: Nonchalant

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Song of the day: My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) by En Vogue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpugp6DIb3I

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Musical Pipe Dream: My sisters and I are cat walking down a Rite Aid aisle. By the time we make it to the breakdown, we’re in at school supplies.

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Blurb 1/365: I’ve grown attached to the daddy long-legs spider living above our shower head.

Dailies 05/01/13

Dailies 05/01/13

Daily Doodle: When I get anxious, I wish I had a sleeping bag that I could crawl in and zip up and then be magically transported to my bed.

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Song of the Day: Slam by Onyx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ADgCeYJMN4

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Musical Pipe Dream: All you can see is my head and my fingers peeking out of an enormously oversized sweatshirt. My pants are big enough for me to fit in one pant leg and the cuffs are stuffed into big boots. My limbs are flailing.

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Blurb 1/365: Dude. SLAM. 1993. Whenever there was three of anything, my sisters and I would associate one of them to each of us.

For example:

With The Chipmunks, I was Theodore.

With Duck Tales, I was Louie.

With the Brady Bunch sisters, I was Cindy.

With the Three Amigos, I was Ned.

With Onyx, I associated myself with Sonsee solely because of the fact that I constantly wore a grey sweatshirt that my sister got from a school lost-and-found and a pair of blue jeans. So it looked like one of his outfits in the music video. This song brings back memories …