Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

Daily Doodle

Dailies 07/06/13

Dailies 07/06/13

Daily Doodle: Max

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Song of the Day: Spill the Wine by Eric Burdon and War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0DMbCKnAg

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m with a band in a corner of a crowded room. I start off sitting down with my legs crossed singing stories into the microphone. I work my way to standing up and when the band jams my arms flail forwards and upwards.

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Blurb 1/365: My family and I are very protective over each other. We know nothing but respect for one another, so whenever anybody shows anything differently to one of us, we come at them like a pack of dogs. Not meaning to be scary, it’s just the sentiment that comes naturally to us. This is comforting to me.

Dailies 07/05/13

Dailies 07/05/13

Daily Doodle: Would You Like to Swing on a Star?

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Song of the Day: All I Have to Do Is Dream by The Everly Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbU3zdAgiX8

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m standing stage left in relation to the lead singer. I’m playing rhythm guitar and singing backup. My overall body language is rigid with slight movements from shaking my head and tapping my right foot to the beat. I mostly shy away from the microphone but lean in close for the parts of harmony.

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Blurb 1/365: Every moment there is a choice that could have been made in an infinite amount of different ways. Instead of imagining what the infinite number of other me’s would be doing, I should realize that the current me can do an infinite number of things.

Dailies 07/03/13

Dailies 07/03/13

Daily Doodle: Sleepy Bao

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Song of the Day: Rhythm of the Rain by The Cascades

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmF_bG5IVnM

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m playing the xylophone on the back of a stage overlooking a dance floor full of kids from the 60s. My head is shaking from side to side in counts of two. I’m wearing a big, pink headband.

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Blurb 1/365: What I lack in size, I make up for in speed; like Pikachu.

Dailies 07/01/13

Dailies 07/01/13

Daily Doodle: Otter Pop

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Song of the Day: Cruisin’ by Smokey Robinson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlzY6cWpoMQ

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Musical Pipe Dream: Behind the star, I’m standing just beyond the spotlight’s reach. It only lights the tips of my toes. I’m wearing shiny black shoes. I’m playing the electric guitar while swaying back and forth, leading with my shoulders. When necessity calls for it, I quietly sing backup into the microphone.

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Blurb 1/365: I think I know what Bowser’s problem is. He’s entitled. He feels entitled to everything he wants or doesn’t want. That’s why he’s angry all the time because he’s never happy or satisfied; and he has all those kids. He picks on Princess Peach because he actually wants Mario, Luigi, and Toad to be his friends. His kids pick on Mario, Luigi, and Toad because they want to impress their dad. Bowser has got to get his life together.

Dailies 06/30/13

Dailies 06/30/13

Daily Doodle: Snoopy Sno Cone

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Song of the Day: The Entertainer by Scott Joplin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPmruHc4S9Q

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m playing the piano in a movie theatre. The piano is set to the side of a projection showing a silent black and white movie. The dust is fluttering through the beam of light projecting a picture that everybody seems to be laughing at.

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Blurb 1/365: It’s hot. Stay cool.

Dailies 06/29/13

Dailies 06/29/13

Daily Doodle: Fan Talk

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Song of the Day: Rockers to Swallow by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiMZq3mcwl4

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m wearing Converse high tops and shuffling to the right and left to the rhythm of the guitar. I can’t stop moving so I walk around the stage in circles. My head is down with my hair in my face which covers the sight of the microphone that I’m holding.

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Blurb 1/365: “Oh my god! There are giant manta rays!” One of the wonderful quotes from this weekend regarding (not so new) New Super Mario Bros Wii.

Dailies 06/28/13

Dailies 06/28/13

Daily Doodle: I See Music

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Song of the Day: Unwind Yourself by Marva Whitney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym7IOodKeWI

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Musical Pipe Dream: The drums sound so complicated on this track, I can hardly fathom a musical pipe dream. I’m sitting very close to a drum set, almost on top of it. The drum sticks are moving so rapidly they’re a blur. My shoulders roll as they shrug up and down to the syncopated beats.

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Blurb 1/365: Have great weekends! If you’re working, it’ll be over soon, and afterwards you can relax however you want!