Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

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Dailies 04/12/13

Dailies 04/12/13

Daily Doodle: Hello! Time to Wake Up!

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Song of the Day: Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ3Mh_JfYC0

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Musical Pipe Dream: My family and friends have formed a Soul Train line and the night has just begun.

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Blurb 1/365: Some vivid memories of my childhood: Roller skating on one skate on the linoleum floor in a pair of shared Strawberry Shortcake skates with my sisters, trying to impress my mom’s friend by smashing ants with a toy metal iron while screaming and drooling with fury, picking my nose and smearing my bloody booger on a fence, and picking up crickets and looking at them close enough to see the outlines of their faces.

 

Dailies 04/08/13

Dailies 04/08/13

Daily Doodle: Judge Dredd on a Sunday Afternoon

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Song of the Day: At the Hop by Danny & the Juniors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIXMKA7d4to

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m set beside the band facing a sea of dancing teenagers. A grand piano hides me from the crowd, only the top of my head can be seen. I’m pounding away on the keys and I kill the piano solo.

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Daily Blurb 1/365: It’s weird how all soap dispensers have such tiny openings to refill. I feel like it should be possible to create a soap or lotion dispenser that has a jar type lid that has a pump coming out of it. That would take away half the anxiety of refilling the the liquid soap. It would lessen the amount of swear words that come out of my mouth and threats that I say to the soap dispenser when I think it’s about to bubble back out and overflow and cause a mess. C’mon liquid soap distributors, have a heart.

 

Dailies 04/07/13

Dailies 04/07/13

Daily Doodle: Fan Art: Charlene deGuzman

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Song of the Day: Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1eOsMc2Fgg

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Musical Pipe Dream: I imagine myself sitting on the floor in front of the sliding glass door to my backyard with the daylight shining on the top of my head. I’m playing main chords on a kid sized keyboard and singing my heart out.

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Blurb 1/365: Pick up the pieces, rearrange them, and put them back together.

 

Dailies 04/05/13

Dailies 04/05/13

Daily Doodle: I’m Feeling Better Today

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Song of the Day: Money by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qse5YVPUOrI

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’ve imagined myself being all the different pieces of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ band. In this song, I imagine myself in the horn section. Tucked over in stage left, two stepping to the beat, swaying when appropriate, and blowing that horn.

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Blurb 1/365: Money, need it. Too much money, don’t want it.

 

Dailies 04/01/13

Dailies 04/01/13

Daily Doodle: Inside, We’re All Sweet, Sweet Candy: The Differences Are What Make Us Beautiful

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Song of the Day: Somethin’ Stupid as sung by Frank and Nancy Sinatra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6bOCUOPN0w

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m in a small club with a wooden floor. Frank and Nancy Sinatra are seated on the front of a half circle stage with the band crowded behind them. The house lights are down low, the spotlight on the stage. I’m in the center of the dance floor with my eyes closed. My right hand is fluttering at the height of my face with my left hand tucked under my elbow and I’m doing the cha cha by myself.

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Blurb 1/365: Everything is ok.