Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

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Dailies 05/19/13

Dailies 05/19/13

Daily Doodle: Sonic & Tails – May 1990

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Song of the Day: My Body’s a Zombie for You by Dead Man’s Bones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2csLfBAGpPM

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Musical Pipe Dream: A children’s choir is singing and lifting a rainbow parachute over us. I’m sitting in the grass armed with one cartwheel drum stick and hug the drum as I keep time. Another person has a pair of symbols and crash them together when appropriate. There is a man hunched over a tiny piano.

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Blurb 1/365: “What can’t Ryan Gosling do?” – tweeted by @Readblood

 

 

Dailies 05/16/13

Dailies 05/16/13

Daily Doodle: Loungin’ Frog

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Song of the Day: Oh! Carol by Neil Sedaka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHm7PnCCd4E

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m singing backup and wearing a big, puffy dress that looks like a layered cake. My legs are sticking out like toothpicks and I’m wearing pointy pumps with a short heel. The other backup singers and I are swaying back and forth on the 2s and 4s. We are wearing matching headbands.

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Blurb 1/365: I just want to drum, draw, and dream.

 

 

Dailies 05/14/13

Dailies 05/14/13

Daily Doodle: I wonder if mochi likes me as much as I like mochi?

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Song of the Day: Sekai Wa Futari No Tame Ni by Naomi Sagara

佐良直美／世界は二人のために

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

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Musical Pipe Dream: My mom is singing and swaying in the middle of the living room while my dad is sitting on the couch and playing the acoustic guitar. My sisters and I are lounging around the dining table and we chime in for the harmony. There are plentiful snacks and drinks at the table. My brothers-in-law and husband are playing a game of cards. My nieces are dancing and holding hands. The dogs are napping and curled up into little croissant shapes.

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Blurb 1/365: It was kinda crazy, so I just decided to take that time to talk to the Universe.

Dailies 05/13/13

Dailies 05/13/13

Daily Doodle: Quantum Leap!

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Song of the Day: Ford Mustang by Serge Gainsbourg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT6U57QkUe8

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m wearing a pinstripe, three-piece suit and black polished shoes that come to a point at the toe. Under a beat up top hat, my hair is parted down the middle and slicked down with Dapper Dan. Thick black soot lines my eyes, fingertips, and cuticles. My shirt cuffs are unbuttoned and I’m pounding my hands down on an old piano with yellowed keys. The piano is against the wall and my back is to the rest of the room.

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Blurb 1/365: “Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high.”

 

 

Dailies 04/27/13

Dailies 04/27/13

Daily Doodle: Angel Beaver (a doodle drawn at a cool art party!)

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Song of the Day: Close to You as sung by The Carpenters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU

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Musical Pipe Dream: In the style of Rick Moranis’s character in the movie “Parenthood” I bust into a crowded room where James is seated and I sing a capella. “Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh … close to you.”

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Blurb 1/365: Keep moving.

 

Dailies 03/24/13

Dailies 03/24/13

Daily Doodle: A Very Serious Shirley

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Song of the Day: Flava in Ya Ear by Craig Mack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-MLp3l2fkA

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Musical Pipe Dream: I always thought it would be cool if there was a rap video with people eating ice cream. So, I have envisioned myself leaning up against a brick wall outside of a CVS and rapping while holding an ice cream cone.

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Blurb 1/365: “There comes a time when you can no longer ignore ignorance.”

 

Dailies 03/23/13

 

 

Dailies 03/23/13

Daily Doodle – Sketched While Playing Dominion Edition: Easter Bunny at the Laundromat

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Song of the Day: Just One Look by Doris Troy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ-Jwi1q8hA

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Musical Pipe Dream: I would love to sing this one while playing the piano. A low positioned microphone so I could concentrate on the keys. My head would lower when I played the high notes and my fingers would delicately stroke the keys like tapping a lily pad without making it sink. My head would rise and tilt back when belting out the strong points. One can dream.

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Blurb 1/365: Staying up late playing card games with family is where it’s at.