Jun 20, 2012 |
So. Here’s the thing. The response to “What’s the Word?” Wednesday hasn’t been building as much as I’d like. But the permeating message I’ve come to understand and hold on to lately has been “patience” and “slow and steady”.
Just because I can’t see the fruits of my labor doesn’t mean there aren’t any. And so this week I invite you to leave your comments and links regarding anything you want to talk about. Have pets? Did someone make you smile? Need prayer? Write something deserving of attention? Prefer Pepsi over Coke?
I really look forward to reading what’s going on in your lives! I want to know what you want to read about, what’s going on in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhoods, who makes you happy…
My goal is to collect 20 comments/links before next week.
So c’mon. Spill your guts. Or not. Tell your secrets, or fluff. Whatever you want to share.
What’s the Word? Wednesdays is a linky that allows other bloggers to share whatever is on their minds that they want to talk about. Think of it as a virtual coffee date with some great friends.
What’s going on in your world? Tell us all about it!
A few things to remember:
- Each week’s linky is valid from Wednesday through the following Tuesday. So if you link a post today, you can still come back and link another post tomorrow!
- If you add a link, please put the badge on your post as well.
- Be sure to check out what others are posting, and even leave a few comments.
After all, a great coffee date is one where everyone gets to chat, dontcha think?
And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
Jun 20, 2012
[*This post was originally intended for Tuesday, June 19, 2012. At the time, I opted not to publish it.]
So. There’s this fluxuating see-saw inside of me. Do I write for the sake of writing, exposing you to dribble and drab? Or do I take a break and not post anything at all?
Either way is not a happy option for me. But right now I have nothing worth saying. All my words are tied up inside of me, and what I need to say can’t be spoken. What I want to say is senseless.
I recently promised you no more mundane posts. No more nothingness from the recesses of my mind.
So I have nothing. I have everything inside, and nothing I can share right now.
I apologize for that. But I thank you for continuing to read.
In the meantime, I’ll wrack my brain to come up with important, substantial writings.
In the meantime, I hope you’ll stay tuned.
Cuz I may have nothin’ right now. But it ain’t gonna stay that way for long!
And that’s a promise!
And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
Jun 18, 2012
Dot and I watched one of her favorite movies tonight: Hide & Seek with Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning. It’s one of those movies that still make us jump or hold our breath or scream. No matter how many times we watch it.
In true MomDot fashion, we opted to bring a little levity to the day by over-analyzing the movie. What follows are some of today’s observations, thrown in with those that are just general knowledge.
1. Creepy movies are always better when you have someone to watch with.
2. Creepy movies are always better in the dark.
3. Creepy movies always have creepy music, which is a dead giveaway to what happens next, except we’re always too engrossed in the movie to pay attention to the music until it blares its horrid signals of what just happened.
4. There will always be a stupid girl who goes down to the basement. Alone.
5. There will always be a stupid guy or cop or other civic-duty minded male who wants to prove his bravery by exploring the surroundings. Alone.
6. At any given time, the stupid girl and the stupid guy will find each other. Typically one will be either dead or near death when the other stumbles upon them, sometimes literally. And then of course the second one will be killed or nearly killed.
7. The good guy is never really the good guy. He is either the bad guy in disguise or the stupid guy who winds up dead.
8. When you’re in the middle of watching a creepy movie, the phone will ring causing you to jump in your seat and be laughed at by other people in the room.
9. When you’re in the middle of watching a creepy movie, if you have a pet, that pet will jump on you or howl or both. Just because they can.
10. During the quiet scenes, try not to scare the other people in the room. It’s not nice. And they will get you for it later.
11. Not all creepy movies are bloody and gory. Some are just great suspense stories.
12. All creepy movies have a stupid girl and a stupid guy.
13. The greatest suspense-movie writers are, in my book, Alfred Hitchcock, the early works of M. Night Shyamalan, Stephen King, and Steven Spielberg.
And since we’re at that lucky Number Thirteen, I’d say now is as good a time as any to call ‘er quits. Errmm… just for the post, you understand.
And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
