Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

Daily Doodle

Dailies 06/24/13

Dailies 06/24/13

Daily Doodles: Then and Now

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Song of the Day: So Fresh, So Clean by Outkast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JfEJq56IwI

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m doing a dance that consists of rapidly flapping my arms while my hands are hovering around my waist. The rapid arm flapping forces my shoulders back and forth giving the illusion of my heart pumping out of my chest.

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Blurb 1/365: Hey hey hey, pick your play.

Dailies 06/22/13

Dailies 06/22/13

Daily Doodle: Paaartaaay!

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Song of the Day: Susie Q as performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxaA-bJ35s

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m playing lead guitar and my sisters are on drums and bass. My mom’s rockin’ the tambourine. We’re all singing backup. My dad’s singing lead. We jam for 20 minutes.

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Blurb 1/365: The things you think about most end up being the most important things in life. Think about the good things.

Dailies 06/21/13

Dailies 06/21/13

Daily Doodle: “Wanna live in the box? Cost you two bucks a day … Wanna wake up jab?”

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Song of the Day: A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on a stage with two raised platforms on either side. The organist is center stage. The guitarist and bassist are on the stage left platform and I’m with the drum set on the right. We’re playing at an auditorium. The audience is quiet. The lighting is dim.

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Blurb 1/365: I can only sing with full gusto when there isn’t anybody else in the room (with the exception of James). So I’ve tried to videotape it and post in on YouTube. That’s a form of performance, right? I sang the first song for a good friend. This second one I sang just because. Stay tuned!

Dailies 06/19/13

Dailies 06/19/13

Daily Doodle: Harvest Time Is Here

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Song of the Day: Christmas Time Is Here by the Vince Guaraldi Trio with the cast of A Charlie Brown Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPG3zSgm_Qo

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m sitting in a warm place and it smells like fresh coffee, chocolate, and mint. While I’m in a dim corner, I’m admiring a pianist under a soft light playing this tune.

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Blurb 1/365: Sci-Fi thoughts: When I get sick, I usually have vivid dreams that I may or may not remember by the time I wake up. The weird thing is, the next day, I have bursts of emotion: anxiety, like I forgot to do something, or I’m worried, or a warm feeling of a happy memory. But then I realize that those feelings were from my dream, even if I don’t fully remember the dream. That leads me to think about how cold viruses mutate from person to person. What if cold viruses also transferred memories, thoughts, or feelings? This also would explain why there are so many strangers in my dreams. There are faces of people I have never met before, in this life anyway. I think this could be a start of my sci-fi story. How could this be studied? Could it be manipulated? Used for good or evil? How could it backfire? Hmm …

Dailies 06/17/13

Dailies 06/17/13

Daily Doodle: Slug Life

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Song of the Day: Express Yourself by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_0wL3Nqflg

And I love this live performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y-il5RQPQc

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m in a small room with a whole bunch of band members. The bassist is slouched on a folding chair with the guitarist standing behind. The horn section is opposite the bassist, also on folding chairs with their elbows tucked in and instruments facing downward when not in play. They need to lean back a little when the instruments are in play. The drummer is in the corner with the kit facing outward. The keyboardist and I are in front of the doorway. I’m singing my lungs out and we’re all jammin’.

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Blurb 1/365: When you have to bring a flashlight in order to use the bathroom, you know you’ve waited too long to get lightbulbs.