this post is dedicated to elliot.
after much procrastination, I return again.
I am, at this moment, listening to Loner, by Stay Ali. Check it.
Since my last post,
I had a lovely Thanksgiving and an even lovelier Christmas.
I shot a wedding.
I shot some of my favorite senior pics ever inside a grocery store.
I got an iphone.
The iphone inspired me to clean my car.
You see, I felt it wrong to drive around with a T-pinned Sat ceiling and a bottle of maple syrup in my drink holder while talking on an iphone.
A friend of mine made a deal with me today. For the next week, we are forgoing our vices and writing instead. So, here I am. Not easy, seeing as I'm now on Instagram, the effects of which I find hypnotic.
Rex Pickett, the writer of Sideways, is one of my eight followers on Twitter. It matters little to me that he is following 4,078 others; he is following me.
I'm out of beer.
I've been told I'm an over-sharer. Impulsive. Must work on this. Then, perhaps I won't return to my post days later thinking damn, why did I write all that? Why did I expose the ceiling of my car and cracker barrel syrup? Not attractive. Speaking of The Sat again, sometimes when I go to happy hour, I park off the beaten path, especially since my muffler is getting louder, but not so far that it looks like I'm hiding my car, because that's not cool either. I tell myself it's not at all fraudulent to swag in with heels and my thrift pea coat collar all popped, work a crowd, and then start up The Sat.
I suppose one could say we're all frauds, inadvertently contradicting ourselves. But, I'd like to at least try and live congruently.
Sometimes when I'm walking laps in the atrium of my work building and this song comes on my Sansa MP3 player, it takes all I have not to break out into dance. I think I'd start in slow motion and then crescendo into some really awesome moves. I can just see everyone setting aside their cafeteria burgers and talking amongst themselves. Their whispers would fuel me for my finale. And, then I'd humbly walk back to my cubicle.
How cool would it be if MC Frontalot was single and lived near me? Way cool.
This made me laugh this week.
More later.
G'nite.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
for elliot.
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22 comments:
right now i'm listening to tori amos kind of fairytale so as soon as this is off i have to go listen to all your links. the sheer power of your thoughts and the sharp twists and turns they make at your revealing them thrill me. as does your parking your car away from the bar. i think you should just do what the h you want to do and write what you want to write whenever you want to write it. i am that person in the audience standing. applauding wildly.
okay now i'm really laughing at these last two clips!!!
I've missed your writing. Glad to hear you've been having some fab times. I like your new tabs welcome, yesterday, tomorrow. can't wait to see what tomorrow holds for you.
FINALLY! A shot of cool to compliment my morning coffee.
It's what you perceive as "not attractive" that sets your blog apart from all the other blogs on the block. Your writing is raw, honest and witty. I'm a big fan of a truly introspective read.
Now, please over-share away...OK.
Elliot.
Love this. I noticed yesterday that you hadn't posted in a while - happy to see a new one! Listening to Stay Ali - Loner right now. Adding to my list of songs.
Personally, I like when you share :) It's so nice to hear the details of other people's lives because it reminds me that we are all the same.
xoxo
i think u've been away
because u got a boy toy
u cleaned ur car
"just in case"
live as u wish
i love ur quirks
u don't overshare
some just don't want to hear
speaking and giving different opinions
is healthy
that's how we learn
u GOTTA quit
worrying about
how others will judge
ur writing
ur photos
ur thoughts
ur r u
u r unique
and u r
so loved
by many many people
and none of us
care what u drive
miss u madly
xoxo rosa
Yay! Your back! And I love your "over sharing" that I don't think is that at all. Its you being real. And that is what I love.
Yay! Your back! And I love your "over sharing" that I don't think is that at all. Its you being real. And that is what I love.
Missed u and glad you are back.
I don't think you over share, in fact the opposite. The main events that hide behind those smaller T-pin details are what make your writing intriguing. Thank you for sharing.
I highly recommend the Blogger app for iPhone: more difficult to type, but you can post from anywhere. or at least catch the thoughts that might have flown away before you get to the laptop and throw them in a draft for later.
rock on and keep writing.
oh... and tell us your twitter and instagram names so you can have more than 8 followers :)
I think I see you in the distance, Ms. Banks.
Raw, honest, and witty. You've made my day.
no boy toy, blush.
iphone blogger is now installed.
carcryder on twitter and instagram...though I don't tweet much...and, I feel rather inept at it, I'm afraid.
afraid my @ss
afraid of what?
what others think?
stop that
boy toy-
when i took care of
bone marrow transplant patients
and they were in isolation
because of lack of immune system
most were 20-30
late night talks
they shared what they
missed the most
human touch
a hug
spooning
a kiss on the cheek
physical closeness
is so necessary
for feeling loved
validation
ur ok
better than most chemo
a favorite patient
only 17
knew he was dying
said he only regretted
never having a girlfriend
never seeing a girl with no clothes
i sent him
in his room
one of those
dancing singing girls
u can hire for birthday
or other events
she made him
the happiiest
i ever saw him in months
talked about it
until he died
shortly there after
don't blush
live
love u
xoxo rosa
oh I love Rosa's comments!
1. Love that you are back!
2. Love Rosa's comments!
3. Love the senior pics!
4. Will love it when you meet our friend! HA!
Wendy
GLAD you're back. As always.
and, I'm glad you're glad.
thank you, Taylor K and Wendy.
and, ha, on no. 4.
You rock. Dont listen to anything but your gut instinct, because it is always right on target. You are good...down deep to your SOUL, sister, so keep writing, and living the way you are. Keep one foot in front of the other. And ROCK that SAT! :)I love you.
This makes me very happy :)
i follow you on twitter! you should follow me back. we should be friends. is that how that works? if you follow me back...we are friends?
even if were not friends, i think you're pretty cool.
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