Playing with 15 lines
One of my favorite rainy day activities in grade school was a simple art project.
The teacher would take white sheets of construction paper and make one scribble with a black magic marker on each, then hand the papers over to us to create something using her wavy line as a starting place. One look at that mark, and off I'd go with my imagination! Whales and Dr. Seuss-type character and flowers galore.
I've needed something like that lately; the well is running a bit dry at the moment.
So, thank goodness for Distracted by Shiny Objects who tagged me with a meme that has 15 "lines" I can play with! Thank you, my dear. You spared me from the dreaded blank-screen syndrome!
Here's how it works:
8. Reading right now?
Fledgling by Octavia Butler. I'm on page 74 and still interested! YES!
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The teacher would take white sheets of construction paper and make one scribble with a black magic marker on each, then hand the papers over to us to create something using her wavy line as a starting place. One look at that mark, and off I'd go with my imagination! Whales and Dr. Seuss-type character and flowers galore.
I've needed something like that lately; the well is running a bit dry at the moment.
So, thank goodness for Distracted by Shiny Objects who tagged me with a meme that has 15 "lines" I can play with! Thank you, my dear. You spared me from the dreaded blank-screen syndrome!
Here's how it works:
respond and rework
answer questions on your blog
replace one question
tag eight other people.
answer questions on your blog
replace one question
tag eight other people.
I'm tagging the following delightful bloggers:
- Gracie Who?
- This 'n That of Life
- Juhnke's Junket
- Stuff from Ellen's Head
- The Daily Dog
- Watermelon Tourmaline
- Love,elizabeth
- Granny Mountain
1. What is your current obsession?
One? Seriously? Surely you jest. Besides figuring out how to not stay up so late blogging, I'm obsessed with trying to figure out if I can get myself to the 2010 Iditarod or Yukon Quest to volunteer as a handler. I want to be somewhere in the middle--and get a little mushing in, too. Anyone want to carpool?
One? Seriously? Surely you jest. Besides figuring out how to not stay up so late blogging, I'm obsessed with trying to figure out if I can get myself to the 2010 Iditarod or Yukon Quest to volunteer as a handler. I want to be somewhere in the middle--and get a little mushing in, too. Anyone want to carpool?
Iditarod image by Mike (Picassa)
Yukon Quest image by Yukon White Light
2. Which item of clothing do you wear most?
During the spring and summer: my red Keens sandals. They've hiked through Arizona and kept my toes out of the muck (and away from frogs) when I went kayaking in northern Minnesota last summer. So, how did I ever walk in non-Keens shoes before?
During the spring and summer: my red Keens sandals. They've hiked through Arizona and kept my toes out of the muck (and away from frogs) when I went kayaking in northern Minnesota last summer. So, how did I ever walk in non-Keens shoes before?
During the winter: my warm, comfy, tromp-through-anything Steger mukluks. (I have the white ones.)
3. What's the funniest knock-knock joke you know?
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Sam and Janet.
Sam and Janet who?
Who's there?
Sam and Janet.
Sam and Janet who?
4. Last thing you bought?
A brownie on a stick (It's a Minnesota thing)
A brownie on a stick (It's a Minnesota thing)
5. What are you listening to?
Grrrrr . . . ringing in my left ear. Started up when I slipped on an icy sidewalk this winter and bonked my head.
Grrrrr . . . ringing in my left ear. Started up when I slipped on an icy sidewalk this winter and bonked my head.
6. If you were a God or Goddess, who would you be?
Cupid. (How fun to make people fall in love!)
Cupid. (How fun to make people fall in love!)
Image from chicks57
7. Favourite holiday spots?
Islander East - Galveston -- sand dunes, memories, a new treasure every day
- Wintermoon Summersun -- 40 Alaskan huskies, 300 gorgeous acres of boreal forest and dogsledding trails, Finnish sauna, and so remote you can't even get a cell phone signal there! )
Image of Gabby inside a Wintermoon Summersun cabin by Kathleen Anderson
Islander East - Galveston -- sand dunes, memories, a new treasure every day
Image from Islander East Condominiums
Fledgling by Octavia Butler. I'm on page 74 and still interested! YES!
9. Okay . . . what were you thinking just then?
Vampires, nice ones with morals and such.
Vampires, nice ones with morals and such.
10. Who's your hero/heroine
I can only narrow down to 2.
Victor Frankl: I could read the first half Man's Search for Meaning every year for the rest of my life and still be inspired. I got to hear him speak once -- amazing. I happened to have a copy of his book from the library and was able to his autograph. The "lost" fee on that puppy was $25 and worth every penny!
Thich Nhat Hahn: His very voice lulls me into tranquility and his gentle book, the Miracle of Mindfulness, helped me learn so much about the beauty of meditation.
I can only narrow down to 2.
Victor Frankl: I could read the first half Man's Search for Meaning every year for the rest of my life and still be inspired. I got to hear him speak once -- amazing. I happened to have a copy of his book from the library and was able to his autograph. The "lost" fee on that puppy was $25 and worth every penny!
Thich Nhat Hahn: His very voice lulls me into tranquility and his gentle book, the Miracle of Mindfulness, helped me learn so much about the beauty of meditation.
11. First spring thing?
12. Funniest thing you saw in your life?
Silly faces Mr. B makes when talking about his adventure as a substitute teacher. He has what I call a flex-face. And there are some movie scenes I can't show, particularly from My Cousin Vinny and a Fish Called Wanda. But for good, clean fun, I've always loved Simon's cat animations. This one got to me tonight!
Silly faces Mr. B makes when talking about his adventure as a substitute teacher. He has what I call a flex-face. And there are some movie scenes I can't show, particularly from My Cousin Vinny and a Fish Called Wanda. But for good, clean fun, I've always loved Simon's cat animations. This one got to me tonight!
13. Favourite film?
Oh, that's just impossible. I've been going to movies for a VERY long time. So, in the order that I recall having seen them (which probably isn't accurate but if I research the actual dates, I may never get this posted!), here are a few:
Oh, that's just impossible. I've been going to movies for a VERY long time. So, in the order that I recall having seen them (which probably isn't accurate but if I research the actual dates, I may never get this posted!), here are a few:
- Gone with the Wind
- The Wizard of Oz
- The African Queen
- The Pink Panther
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Charade
- 2001
- Star Wars (the original!)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Bladerunner
- Silence of the Lambs
- Gladiator
- Nowhere in Africa
- Up (just saw it last night--fabulous!)
14. Share some wisdom?
If you ask, "how could things get any worse?" chances are you'll get the answer!
If you ask, "how could things get any worse?" chances are you'll get the answer!
15. If you could be a tree, what tree would you be and why?
Two-way tie.
Up north: A white oak because they're so beautiful, dramatic, frothy, and tall
Down south: A saguaro (which isn't technically a tree, though they call a bunch of them a forest) because I'd live so long, be home to so many interesting critters, and sport a funny-looking crown of flowers in the spring.
Two-way tie.
Up north: A white oak because they're so beautiful, dramatic, frothy, and tall
Tile by Sporck Tileart
Down south: A saguaro (which isn't technically a tree, though they call a bunch of them a forest) because I'd live so long, be home to so many interesting critters, and sport a funny-looking crown of flowers in the spring.
Image by poweron
16. Fictitious character who made a lasting impression on you?
Two-way tie, again!
Captain James T. Kirk -- I had one crazy adolescent crush on the guy and even arranged my college schedule such that I could catch 4 pm reruns with my trekkie friends. (And, yes, I am pleased with the new younger version of him.)
Two-way tie, again!
Captain James T. Kirk -- I had one crazy adolescent crush on the guy and even arranged my college schedule such that I could catch 4 pm reruns with my trekkie friends. (And, yes, I am pleased with the new younger version of him.)
Image from Wikipedia
Anne Edwards -- (from The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell) because she's everything I've always dreamed of being: a physician, wickedly funny, compassionate, a gracious hostess, friends with a Jesuit priest, tall, lean, and a space traveler.
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Image from Wikipedia
So there you have it! And if anyone wants to give this meme a go, have at it!
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Comments
2. My keens are black, but only because the dog chewed my really cute orange pair.
http://art-lifeandlovelizabeth.blogspot.com/2009/05/me-memed.html
This must be one of the earlier reworkings.
I just finished Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell and was wondering about her other books. I'll look for The Sparrow.
We have a new Trekkie convert in HoneyHaired Grrrrl after she saw the latest movie. She's watching the old shows now which are out somewhere on the internet. Saw one with the new captain--Picard(??)...Not impressed. She's a James T. Kirk kinda gal, though I believe Spock warms the cockles of her heart more:>)
Oh, and Charade and The Pink Panther. Love them.
Even better, love to imitate Clousseau and repeat lines from the movie while I'm at work and no one there knows what the hell I'm talking about. I am so sorry but I think, "Does your dooouuuuggg bite?" should be kept in the cultural conversation:>)
DBSO: Man, that meme took some brain power! But fun it was. I am SO glad to hear about your trekkie convert. You raised a fine young'un there! I wish I'd had as much sense to fall for Spock.
Couldn't agree with you more about Clouseau and does your dooouugh bite? We got our kids going early on the moldie oldie movies and it's paid off handsomely in the quotage factor. Odd, now that I think about it I do believe I speak in movie lines at times!
If you read the Sparrow, let me know what you think of Anne. She's not the central character by any means, but she's a fabulous one. What did you think of Dreamers of the Day. Worth a read?
joy c. at grannymountain
Victoria: That's absolutely amazing! I love volunteering at Kathleen's-- and now we have 3 weeks of Peltos. Have you been on a Chris Heeter trip? Feel free to email me....kathleenkimballbaker@gmail.com. Have you talked to Kathleen lately? She's acquiring more land and it's gorgeous!