Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

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Dailies 06/09/13

Dailies 06/09/13

Daily Doodle: Cheer Up

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Song of the Day: House of the Rising Sun as performed by The Animals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0-czS8PTBU

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m sitting on a rectangle piano bench that has a seat lined with textured vinyl; it looks like lace. I’m facing a church organ. As my hands move on the keys, I lean forward and back as if I’m possessed.

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Blurb 1/365: I was thinking how it would turn out if there were investors out there that would invest big money in something that needed to be paid forward. Like an idea to build a product of quality and not have the bottom line only being monetary. So the mission would be:

1) Building something that is cool, which means that not everybody will like it and buy it.

2) Building something that works well, which means spending money on quality time for planning and proper execution, and on good materials.

3) Building something that continues to work well and providing customer service and monetary refunds when something doesn’t work well.

4) Creating a team of people that build these things that don’t get overworked, under paid, or under appreciated.

5) Creating a workplace where ego, greed, and jealousy only exists in the minority or not at all.

6) Promoting and believing that the most important thing is not what comes back to the company, but what gets distributed out to the consumer.

I think those investors wouldn’t make money for 10 years, and then after that, they would make more money than they could imagine. More money than investors can imagine. The company would make money for generations afterward.

People pay for good quality, good service, and good intentions.

Dailies 06/07/13

Dailies 06/07/13

Daily Doodle: Pat & Friends

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Song of the Day: The Freaks Come Out at Night by Whodini

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLYC7ltxOrk

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m in a room that is comfortably filled with people. Nobody feels embarrassed to dance. The place is bumpin’.

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Blurb 1/365: Personally, I’ve found that the easiest thing to commit to in life is simply not being an asshole.

Dailies 06/06/13

Dailies 06/06/13

Daily Doodle: Robot Doing the Robot

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Song of the Day: Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) by James Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuXlAg8Afq8

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Musical Pipe Dream: The horn section is stage left, percussion is back center stage, strings are stage right. I’m playing the bass with my right elbow resting on the arc of the body. I’m two stepping and the neck of the guitar goes ever so slightly back when I tap my right heel, and slightly to the front when I tap my left.

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Blurb 1/365: And … my neighbors win the award! For being the loudest at taking out their trash cans :O)

Dailies 06/04/13

Dailies 06/04/13

Daily Doodle: Bear Arrives to the Birthday Party

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Song of the Day: Don’t Cry Out Loud by Melissa Manchester

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNjL9_rCJc

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Musical Pipe Dream: I couldn’t have imagined my musical pipe dream better than what was actually performed on The Muppets Show as shown in the YouTube video link. I would be one of the clowns.

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Blurb 1/365: I gotta go to sleep.

Dailies 06/03/13

Dailies 06/03/13

Daily Doodle: In the Middle of a Lake

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Song of the Day: Just a Short Time After (Reconstruction Pt. 1) by Javier Navarrete feat. The Landau Orchestra (from the Extended Version of the Pan’s Labyrinth soundtrack)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aRMSfltS6s

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’ve thought about this one for a long time.

There would be a show with an orchestra and performers that would dance to the live music. The cast would consist of a main female and a main male and sixteen dancers to flock them. The costumes are leotards and tutus that are a pale blue. The makeup is pasty and crusty and it even cakes and crackles on the dancers’ shoulders. At the beginning, a single, blue spotlight is on the main female dancer. When the cello is being plucked, she is on point on her left foot and extends her right leg from front to back, doing lyrical movements that match the cello. As the horn section rolls in, the lights brighten to the outer parts of the stage and have an orange glow that contrasts with the blue center. The main male and sixteen dancers move in closer and closer towards the blue light until the main male meets the main female. He holds both of her hands and she does similar movements as in the beginning with her legs, but this time she’s pushing even farther, extending her flexibility. She doesn’t fall because her hands are being held. The sixteen dancers are on their knees and follow the lyricism of the horns as they sweep the floor to and fro with the palms of their hands. They circle be on their backs and sweep the floor with the backs of their fingers. The movements of all of the dancers get stronger until they’re all moving at the same pace and in unison. The number ends with the sixteen dancers in a tight circle around the main dancers all raising their heads on the last beat. They are looking straight up into a single spotlight that shines orange.

As for me, I would love to be the saxophonist in the second chair. For the horn portion of the piece, all of us would stand up and raise our shoulders and swing our saxophones to the beat. As we keep blowing our horns until the last moment, the lights black out on us while we’re still standing as the orange light shines down on the dancers.

Do you think that Javier Navarrette, The Landau Orchestra, and a dance company would be into doing something like this?

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Blurb 1/365: I had food poisoning a few weeks ago and I threw up (and ruined) our trash can in the bathroom. I feel completely better now and we got a new trash can and I was happy about it so I danced.

https://vine.co/v/b3wDxjnVib3

Dailies 06/01/13

Dailies 06/01/13

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Daily Doodle: Napping at the Dentist

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Song of the Day: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m dancing on a dance floor covered in balloons.

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Blurb 1/365: When I’m getting X-rays done at the dentist, I always enjoy when they put the lead apron on me. It’s like being swaddled. I went to the dentist today and the hygienist put the lead apron on me and stepped away to push the X-ray button. Whitney Houston was playing on the ceiling speakers at a low level. I closed my eyes and felt like I could have almost fallen asleep.

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Dailies 05/31/13

Dailies 05/31/13

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Daily Doodle: Hepcat

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Song of the Day: If You Want Me to Stay by Sly and the Family Stone

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

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Musical Pipe Dream: My body’s moving to the groove. Occasionally, my neck is drawing an L shape to the beat. I’ve got a tambourine at my side and I’m slapping it against my hip. I’m singing with quiet strength.

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Blurb 1/365: I love music. Music brings people together on a positive level. It is magical.

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