nostalgia Archives - Shirley's Mind Grapes

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 06/24/13

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 05/12/13

Daily Doodle: Hot Air Balloon Ride

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Song of the Day: In the Mood by The Glenn Miller Band with a solo by Tex Beneke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR3K5uB-wMA

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on a cruise ship and two stepping it with the rest of the orchestra. We’re synced and our moves and sound are on point. The lights are down low and the reflections of the stage lights shine off of all the brass and create golden rays all over the room.

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Daily Blurb 1/365: Genuine laughter is powerful medicine.

Dailies 05/03/13

Daily Doodle: Me circa 1996

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Song of the Day: Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check by Busta Rhymes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiVpSSkwPU4

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m wearing puffy clothes on an almost empty BART train. I’ve got my headphones on and I’m staring into the distance. A kid is using the windows in the car doors as mirrors to practice his tutting skills. The car sways to and fro. Instead of a Musical Pipe Dream I could call this a Musical Memory because it happened. It’s the little things that shine in my memory.

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Blurb 1/365: I just realized that I am, and always have been, a hard ass bitch.

Dailies 04/21/13

Daily Doodle: Elephie

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Song of the Day: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 by The Flaming Lips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzlMeTxVdH8

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Musical Pipe Dream: Robots are frolicking in a field with butterflies fluttering around them. Yoshimi gets a medal.

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Blurb 1/365: My childhood toy was a Hello Color stuffed animal that I named Elephie; an elephant wearing green shorts. “Wanna play stuffed animal parade?”–Ralph Wiggum

Dailies 03/27/13

Daily Doodle: The Carpet is Lava!

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Song of the Day: Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) by Zapp & Roger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1It4rNbOCM

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m blowing that thing.

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Blurb 1/365: Just let it flow.

Dailies 03/26/13

Daily Doodle: Free Skate

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Song of the Day: I Fink U Freeky by Die Antwoord

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uee_mcxvrw

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m wearing baggy clothes (as always) with a hood, head down, going crazy.

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Blurb 1/365: When my sisters and I were younger, we shared a pair of Strawberry Shortcake skates. My sisters would always let me have the left skate since I steered better with my right foot. We would skate/run around yelling, “SHE-RA!” Good times with great sisters.

Dailies 03/14/13

Daily Doodle: Miss Scarlet

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Song of the Day – Reunited by Peaches & Herb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26J0uDIGErM

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m in the shadows with the band and I’m on the keyboards. As we sway gently to the music, we watch Peaches and Herb sing and sparkle.

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Blurb 1_365: Today I was thinking about how my sisters and I would hang out with some of my cousins almost every weekend when we were kids. We’d play SEGA (Hang On, Ghostbusters, Sonic), Nintendo with the turbo controller (Super Mario Bros., Dig Dug, Bubble Bobble), hang out in the closet under their staircase just looking at books and eating Flower Candies, play baseball with a giant salami as a bat. Those times made great memories. If they’re reading this, they know who they are. Shout out to the sistas and the G’s.