Friday Fill-ins

Helping weed, or not.........

Better late than never......

1. These three words describe my significant other (or dog, cat, baby, grandchild, best friend!): black, furry, snoring!
2. But he's a delight!
3. Oh, how I adore days with nothing to do but read.
4. Even the grumpiest person bends a little if one takes time to be friendly.
5. Inevitably, I get to the last page in the book.
6. My friend Liz is someone who never ceased to encourage me.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to dinner with friends, tomorrow my plans include cleaning out a cupboard or two and Sunday, I want to get to the plant nursery and replace a tree or two!

Unconscious Mutterings

Free association is described as a "psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content." Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.

That's an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we're just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I'll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Quit ::  abandon
2. Solace ::  quiet
3. Suggest ::  an idea
4. Meteor ::  shoot
5. Zombies ::  Simon
6. Birds ::  eagles
7. Canceled ::  ended
8. Compatible ::  friendly
9. Alarmed ::  by nothing
10. Word game ::  challenge

Strange the words that appeared today for my first post in a new life.

Simon C Thomson

2 June 1987 - 26 February 2012

Is this the beginning of the end?

Oh dear.  I've bought an e-reader.  It doesn't smell like a book, and it doesn't have that lovely dense feeling of a book, but it fits into my hand luggage so much more easily.  Now I have to decide whether the books I buy for it are just those I don't mind not having in solid form, or perhaps a digital version of a favourite so I can read it again, or what?  What do I do if I read an e-book that I love and want to keep?  I clearly have a l-o-n-g way to go before really accepting this format, but I've put my toe in the water.  I suppose if I fall in love with a book and HAVE to have it on my real shelves as well as my digital ones, I may just have to buy it twice.

Unconscious Mutterings - the first for a while

1. Rivals ::  next door
2. Automatically :: smiling
3. Bathroom :: sink
4. Jerk :: jolt
5. Preference :: for anything
6. Parenting :: skills
7. Helmet :: head
8. Wave :: to the people
9. Judo :: strength
10. Flat tire :: Oh no!

Free association is described as a "psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content." Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.

That's an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we're just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Try it at http://subliminal.lunanina.com

Friday Fill-ins

1. It's time to clean my work desk.
2. Do it properly ... and don't forget the rubbish under the desk!
3. I'm trying to create an uncluttered workspace, but its not coming together.....
4. "You work here?", that was the last funny comment I received.
5. Please send help, I'm lost in the boxes.
6. ....but I'm determined cause I'm in it for the long haul.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to finishing, tomorrow my plans include not starting anything else and Sunday, I want to eat out!

Friday fill-ins

A man and his car

1. When I looked out the window this morning three magpies were calling to each-other from opposite sides of the road.
2. Complaining about their noisy conversation doesn't make sense to me.
3. Remind me to wrap my Mum's birthday present.
4. Reading in the bath is something I love to do!
5. TP is Totally Paranoid, which is how I feel driving my Dad's car.
6. I cleaned the refrigerator recently and I found a bottle of mango syrup to put in champagne....I don't think so.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to the Spicks and Spectacular with Simon, Ali, Terry, Cheryl and Bruce, tomorrow my plans include pruning the lavender and Sunday, I want to toast my Mum for her birthday!