Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

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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!

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 …