13 Thursday: The Shape of Things to Come
1. My hands slipped while writing an email to my blog friend and fellow poet, Pris, and I called her Prism, which I think is appropriate seeing as how she sees the world through a poet’s eye.
2. Once I pointed out to a friend that by adding a G to her last name “Robinson” it would become “Robinsong.” She changed her name.
3. At one time we had THIS poster of Bob Marley in our living room. Both my mother and my friend Alywn thought it was Joe the first time they saw it.
4. I’d be really sad if Willie Nelson ever cut off his braid.
5. In the first year of Joe’s and my relationship I had a hard time saying “I love you.” Not because I didn’t but because it seemed cliché to say, and it didn’t seem to cover what I was feeling. Eventually I was able to say, I’m so loving you.
6. I can tell Christmas is nearing when my stat counter says I have a visitor from Santa Clara but I read it as “Santa Claus.”
7. My friend Rosemary sent me an email asking if we could get together for Scrabble. I answered, “Let me check the master plan, aka my calendar.”
8. It’s gotten so cold lately that we’ve had to batten down the hatches, which in our case means the doggie door.
9. Such is the life of a poet: I spent a good part of the day yesterday looking at pinwheel videos and writing a poem about fruit in which one line says: What’s a apricot got that a kumquat does not?
10. I believe in the bluebird of happiness, I just haven’t seen one in awhile.
11. I got a holiday invitation that ended by saying, “google for directions.” All I could think of is what I would have thought if I got that same message 5 years ago.
12. The root of the word GOOGLE comes from “googol,” a very large number that looks something like THIS. 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, etc….. Or better yet because my hand is getting tired: THIS
13. And THIS is the shape of things to come. Make of it what you will.
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Comments
I'm so with you on the saying 'I love you' being cliche. It took me some time to say these words to my SO. Happy Holidays!
Posted by: Adelle Laudan | December 6, 2007 8:49 AM
Yes, Willie Nelson without a braid is unthinkable. :-)
My Thursday Thirteen: 13 men who give me impure thoughts.
Posted by: shesawriter | December 6, 2007 9:07 AM
So random, and so wonderful. Brilliant list.
TT Love Scenes: http://fullbodytransplant.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/thursday-thirteen-the-love-scene/
Posted by: Rian Fike | December 6, 2007 10:32 AM
I haven't seen the "bluebird of happiness" in a while either, but I have seen the "indigo bunting of joy." Very rare!
Posted by: Amy the Black | December 6, 2007 11:34 AM
I loved number 6, I would make that mistake.
Great T13. Mine is up.
Posted by: Penelope Anne | December 6, 2007 11:38 AM
a white room is my future? great!
Posted by: Janet | December 6, 2007 11:49 AM
Excellent post for Thursday Thirteen. Have a great day. :)
Posted by: Comedy Plus | December 6, 2007 11:56 AM
I laughed about the Willie Nelson part because hubby and I were just talking about him last night.
Posted by: Carrie Lofty | December 6, 2007 12:24 PM
I love your list. I have a similar problem saying "I love you" because it doesn't seem sincere to me when said to a lover... and "me too" even less sincere. Kind of sad that such a beautiful expression of sentiment should have been reduced to a mere cliché, no?
The snowmaker is down for maintenance, but I mentioned one once... I must have spent a couple of hours on that thing: http://www.zefrank.com/snowflake/ I have zefrank as one of my links under "visual blogs"
Posted by: Smiler | December 6, 2007 3:34 PM
me too, about the 'i love you'. i really don't think a lot of people even *really* know what love is. we use it very flippantly in our culture, mistaking lust for love, me thinks.
fun list! i'm off to make my own snowflake! :)
Posted by: bluemountainmama | December 6, 2007 3:58 PM
I'll bite: whats an apricot got that a kumquat does not?
Michele sent me to ask.
Posted by: kenju | December 6, 2007 6:21 PM
And a kumquat is ...What?!
I think it's a rhetorical question asked with poetic license. I don't even know what a kumquat is.
Posted by: colleen | December 6, 2007 6:31 PM
Love the kumquat/apricot thing. I also love the pinwheel shown below (and the you tube video). And I love the gorgeous header....
Posted by: Damozel | December 6, 2007 10:52 PM
Colleen this is sooo strange..today I walked out of the post office and there on a dogwood limb sat a bluebird with a berry in his mouth...he didn't fly away and I said "Hello little blue bird of happiness." And he was....I haven't seen one that close ever.
Stay warm up there! I had a Bob Marley poster in my college apartment that had the smoke swirls around it...my mom always thought it was advertising cigs.
Posted by: Deana | December 6, 2007 11:01 PM
I hope you'll see the bluebird of happiness soon!
Posted by: Nicholas | December 7, 2007 12:03 AM
Michele sent me to check out your thirteen things.
I'm with you on number 10 bluebirds seem to be so scarce- nothing like when I was a child.
I also agree with you on number 11, even watching a movie from 10 years ago it seems like another world with big clunky cell phones & computers which were barely in our houses yet.
Posted by: Roland | December 7, 2007 12:04 AM
I LOVE this TT, Colleen....It made me smile and even chuckle, and believe it or not, sigh, too! You can't ask for more than that.
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The Hills | December 7, 2007 4:16 AM
I felt the same way as you with the "I love you"........I said to Nelson...I think I am falling, and eventually, I am falling in love with you.
I do not think Bob Marley looks like Joe. What ever happened to that poster.
Posted by: Sherry | December 7, 2007 8:52 AM
I do believe we gave it to Josh who has it (or did) in his pottery studio. The copy we had was much more flattering of Bob and there was a slight resemblance. I recall a third person asked if it was Joe but can't remember who, not you, She!
Posted by: colleen | December 7, 2007 8:58 AM
kumquats and apricots 2 things I miss except in jams..hahaha any easy chidrens Christmas cookies you can think of ??
Posted by: sandy kezzela | December 7, 2007 10:22 AM
That was a nice way to kick off my Friday morning, thanks.
Michele sent me...
Posted by: Bubblehead | December 7, 2007 10:25 AM
Hello, Colleen, Michele sent me by today. I had already read your 13 yesterday - but had not gotten back to post my comment.
So, today, I read them again and followed each and every link...and read all the posts that were linked - and linked on links there too...
It was one of the most pleasurable things I've done in a few days. I loved reading yours words and seeing the pictures - not only the photos on the blog - but the pictures your words bring to my mind.
Thank you.
Posted by: Sara | December 7, 2007 10:54 AM
you need to go over and read this post on poetry... wonderful:
http://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696
Posted by: bluemountainmama | December 7, 2007 11:58 AM
oops, here:
http://fireantville.blogspot.com/
post called 'stay in the room'
Posted by: bluemountainmama | December 7, 2007 12:00 PM
Oh my!!!! You are so right, Amy. Her writing made my socks fall off, made me want to be a better writer and pay more attention at our next spoken word open mic. THANKS!
Posted by: colleen | December 7, 2007 12:18 PM
The snowflake was fun! And I like your fruity poem. :)
~S
Posted by: Shephard | December 9, 2007 7:27 PM
Enjoyed reading this, Colleen ... and I love the bit about the name change! :-)
Posted by: Seamus | December 10, 2007 6:52 PM
i am in love with willie's braid also...and i am so adding the snowflake to my craft blog...you have such a creative and wonder blog...i am coming back...after I find out what my daughter is breaking
Posted by: Kerith Collins | December 13, 2007 9:32 AM