Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

Daily Doodle

Dailies 09/04/13

Dailies 09/04/13

Daily Doodle: Season’s Greetings

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Song of the Day: Bass Head by Bassnectar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRftXCiqfQ8

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m standing in front of a homemade contraption of wooden dowels and glass soda bottles. Each of the glasses are touching a dowel and I’ve attached an amp to the dowels by way of alligator clips. I am armed with two broken dowels and am hitting the bottles to the beat.

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Blurb 1/365: Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head. Wait, it’s not raining. Wait, I’m inside. Wait, I’m in the shower. Wait, I need to wake up.

Dailies 09/02/13

Dailies 09/02/13

Daily Doodle: Together Forever

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Song of the Day: California Girls by The Beach Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a49McFOFp0

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Musical Pipe Dream: I have a bowl haircut and I’m rockin’ it on the drums. I’m wearing rose tinted glasses and my drumming motions are shaking my hair to the beat. There is a microphone that I lean in slightly to the right to sing backup.

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Blurb 1/365: I can’t translate crazy much anymore, or I choose not to, and I’m proud of that.

Dailies 09/01/13

Dailies 09/01/13

Daily Doodle: Ham Radio

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Song of the Day: Those Oldies But Goodies by Little Caesar & the Romans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-Tr3WnrKE

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m singing backup with two others and the bassist stage right. The pianist is stage left and the drummer is in the back center. The lead singer is playing guitar and center stage. We’re all wearing baby blue.

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Blurb 1/365: Binge TV watching is the only I watch TV now.

Dailies 08/31/13

Dailies 08/31/13

Daily Doodle: Fitzcarraldo

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Song of the Day: Three O’Clock in the Morning by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dim9xdVIiYw

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m playing the tuba along with a big band. We’re at a theatre and the audience is dressed up in formal attire. The curtains are red velvet and the moulding is gilded with gold.

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Blurb 1/365: On the weekends, I’m usually ready to start the day around 9PM.

Dailies 08/30/13

Dailies 08/30/13

Daily Doodle: Monkey Bars

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Song of the Day: Tonari No Totoro by Joe Hisaishi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz-tktACBV8

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on stage in a huge auditorium jamming on a keyboard. The audience members are waving their arms and singing along with stars in their eyes. There’s a guy on stage drumming a hand held drum that’s hooked up to an amplifier with only one drum stick. A very energetic woman is singing. There are Totoros on stage and in the aisles between the seats. It’s magical.

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Blurb 1/365: Bark! Bark bark bark bark! BARK.

Dailies 08/29/13

Dailies 08/29/13

Daily Doodle: Road Ragin’

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Song of the Day: You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles

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

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m performing as one of the backup singers. Two other backup singers, the bassist, and I are doing a choreographed dance in front of our microphones. We have on polished black shoes that we tap and slide on the ground in unison.

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Blurb 1/365: Beauty of life.

Dailies 08/27/13

Dailies 08/27/13

Daily Doodle: Tofu Hot Tub

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Song of the Day: Gold Digger by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m doing a choreographed dance on a stage at a high school multipurpose room. It’s straight up hip-hop with some well-timed body rolls and flirty campiness. I’m wearing a baggy, neon green tracksuit.

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Blurb 1/365: HA!