Mid-March Mutterings

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

The word(s) :: and I think ... ?

Sugarmag's in pink :: Zoooma's in green

1. Sunburn :: Red lobster blistered skin. Peeling skin. Putting lots of sunscreen on my kids. :: Ouch. (and a movie with Farrah Fawcett that I don't think I've seen.)

2. Aquarium :: Aquarium Rescue Unit [a band.] And going to aquariums in Chicago and Hawaii with my kids :: fish; Boston Aquarium (only because I was talking about Cambridge and Boston with Sugarmag shortly before we did mutterings.)

3. Otter :: when I was a little kid I lived in California at Pt. Sur and Port Hueneme (my dad was in the Navy) and I would sometimes see otters floating on their backs eating abalone. It made a big impression on me. :: aquatic mammal.

4. Awesome :: That's awesome, Babe! :: AWESOME-O [from an episode of South Park where Cartman is disguised as a robot called AWESOM-O.]

5. LOL :: Zoooma makes me LOL :: Laugh Out Loud

6. Accordion :: German music that I love. Also Broooooce! :: Bruce Hornsby, one-time member of the Grateful Dead, plays some wicked awesome accordion. [Dang it! Nothing on Youtube of Hornsby playing accordion. BLAST!]

7. Hot pocket :: crappy frozen things :: LOL...ewww. Not acceptable food.

8. Grandstand :: American Grandstand ... Zoooma set me straight, it's American Bandstand. Duh. Also as a verb: to grandstand. :: Racetrack. But, for whatever reason, "to grandstand" was actually my very first thought.

9. Shaved :: giggle, no comment. :: Uh huh; Shaved ice.

10. Upgrade :: software. :: Do something better, to the newest version.

Mutterings

No intro...

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

Sugarmag is in pink :: Zoooma's in blue

The word(s) :: and we think ... ?

01. Mourning :: a time in Germany seeing a funeral procession on the street on the way to the cemetery :: the death of the American economy under the new president.

02. Approval :: I don't need your approval; [approval] rating :: what's often needed to get something done.

03. Lotion :: Bath & Body Works :: motion

04. Pespire :: you mean "perspire"? :: spelling error? "perspire" is what it's probably supposed to be.

05. Language :: barrier :: Italian. Not sure why I thought that since I barely know Italian while I can speak some Russian, Turkish, Spanish and French. But actually I did one time start to teach myself Italian but that didn't go very far but I still have my Italiano-Americano dictionaryario.

06. Defection :: when people used to leave Societ controlled countries to come to the United States like Béla Károlyi :: what I hope occurs during the World Baseball Classic for some of the players from Communist Cuba. I hope they can seek asylum from the prisonous state they are forced to live in. Since there is no freedom in Cuba, I hope, like others before them, they can seek that which we often take for granted.

07. Play :: games; "Mommy, will you play with me?" :: [Play] baaall!!!!

08. Graphic :: details :: artist

09. Spicy :: LOL ... spicy sex; kids complaining about foods too spicy :: Enchilada ... because mild is boring!

10. In love :: they've had that one before, that's a repeat ... but of course I'm in love with you, Christopher! :: with Sugarmag

They used to shout "PLAY BAAAAAAAALL" at the beginning of the game and "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" would come during the 7th Inning... but "Play Baaaaall!" still reminds me of this song...

Marching into March with Mutterings

It's Sunday and it's time once again for everyone's favorite meme...Unconscious Mutterings. I'm doing ok, thanks for asking. I am taking care of my kids, enjoying my classes, and I understand binary now :)

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

The word(s) :: and I think ... ?

Sugarmag's in pink :: Zoooma's in green

1. Pain :: Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut...Princess Prunella stomped on her puppy dog Pug's paw and he howled "Pain!" :: Thomas Paine . . . only because Sugarmag recited the words over the phone otherwise I mighta thought something else.

2. Lego :: My Eggo :: [same answer!]



3. Trooper :: Stormtrooper :: Super Troopers

you want to watch this video

4. Flicker :: I think this is a repeat from a few months ago... Flickr :: candle

5. Character :: out of (character) :: (character) assassination... what happened to Sarah Palin by the mainstream media leading up to the November 2008 election. They put Obama up on a pedestal, defending him like crazy, all the while perpetrating the idea and allowing people to think that Palin is just some dumb broad from Alaska. They made it their mission and they slaughtered her. www.HowObamaGotElected.com - Video / Website

6. Determined :: to hang on and keep on keepin' on. :: {determined) to get the idiots out of our government who are ruining everything

7. Wing :: nut or wing it. Also a Carrie Newcomer album Bird Or The Wing :: Wings (TV series that takes place on Nantucket)

listen to the song: "Bird On A Wing"


8. Control :: remote :: What the Democrat President and Congress wants over your entire life. That's why people NEED to be determined to get rid of them!

9. Automatic :: pilot. :: (Automatic) For The People (R.E.M. album)

10. Yeah :: Baby! :: [same answer!]

These mutterings have nothing to do with Bjork

I'm sort of watching 120 Minutes on VH1 Classic and The Sugarcubes vid for Motorcrash is on. Mucho classico!

But these here mutterings, they ain't got nothing to do with Bjork or The Sugarcubes or Iceland or a whole lot of stuff, for that matter.

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

Sugarmag is in pink :: Zoooma's in blue

The word(s) :: and I think ... ?

01. Be Mine :: [same answer]--> <--[same answer]

02. Ecstatic :: electricity; hair standing up :: excited

03. Orderly :: hospital :: [same answer!]

04. Sebastian :: big white dog... saw it on Nickelodeon... Belle & Sebastian :: Sebastian Bach -- lead singer of some 80's "metal" hair band but for the life o' me I can't remember which... Skid Row maybe. I'm not gonna look it up.

05. Sore :: sore loser :: cold sore (isn't that herpes?)

06. Don't Need :: Don't Ease Me In (Grateful Dead song) :: Don't Need Your Love was my first answer -- it sounds like it would be the title of some 80's song (and it probably is.)

But my second answer is the one I had when actually typing out our answers: Don't Need Love (another Grateful Dead song)

07. Rockstar :: Bob Weir (of the Grateful Dead, who is usually considered the Rock Star of the band) :: Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful Dead. I immediately thought of Jerry only 'cause Sugarmag and I were singing Don't Ease Me In before we moved onto #7)

08. Tinfoil :: tinfoil hat... didn't the guy in Close Encounters have a tinfoil hat on? :: Bart Simpson... when he freaks out over Major League Baseball spying with a satellite, I thought he put on a tinfoil hat for protection but not quite, but almost:

09. Addiction :: Jane's Addiction :: crack cocaine

check out the Jane's video for "Been Caught Stealing"

10. Where? :: What? Why? :: up my butt (HAA!)

"Don't Ease Me In" live on 10/31/80 Radio City Music Hall

Untitled Meme Post, Dig If You Need It Or Leave It If You Dare

What a horrible night because of the plane crash outside of Buffalo, New York. Because of the "Miracle On The Hudson" plane crash not too long ago, I knew there'd be another crash soon. Since these things seem to come in 3's, somewhere in the world there'll be another within another week or two. Hopefully not, of course.

To try to lift me up a little, how's about this meme dealie, one I've never done before but it looks like it can be fun...

Friday Fill-Ins



My filled in answers are in Red.

1. It seems like _____ there are a lot of people:

A) who simply cannot admit, perhaps because the Kool-aid has blinded them, that the Obama administration is furthering the ruining of America.

B) who cannot possibly bring themselves to admit that President Bush actually has an I.Q. over 10 AND that because of his actions as President, we were kept safe since 9/11.

2. Clear the table _____ when you're done, please?

3. If I thought you _____ had any brains I'd _____ respect what you're saying!

(But since you're a brainwashed moron, I want you to just go away!)

4. Just another misguided Cult Member _____ is what I think of most when I think of you.

5. To me, Valentine's Day means _____ money for corporations.

6. Spinach _____ gives me strength.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _____ planning to rule the world, tomorrow my plans include _____ buying supplies to accomplish that task and Sunday, I want to _____ go for a leisurely drive in the Albanian countryside while listening to Swedish-Ethiopian punk rock!

Enjoy a Cartoon!

Popeye in "The Spinach Overture"
released: December 7, 1935

Musical (not scientifical) Mutterings. Yeah, Baby!

These mutterings we muttered now here they are, presented in this grand style for all to marvel at. Oooo, ahhhh, yes, yes, I know, says I, Zoooma, that you're, What's the word? Awestruck, of course. Uh huh., yup, etc, blah blah blah, and all that. Ya dig?

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

The word(s) :: and I think ... ?

Sugarmag's in pink :: Zoooma's in green

1. Take :: me out to the ballgame :: the money and run


"Take The Money And Run" - Steve Miller Band with Joe Cocker
November 13, 2008 - Chevrolet Center, Youngstown, Ohio
HA, it's funny (to me, at least) that Sugarmag thought of the baseball song and she's not even a baseball fan and I am but I thought of Steve Miller.

2. 350 :: $3.50 :: [blank]

3. Stand :: by me (song) :: The Stand by Stephen King

4. Raspberry :: beret (song) :: [same answer: song by Prince]


"Raspberry Beret" - Prince
5. Turnstile :: subway :: Billy Joel album (Turnstiles)... only because yesterday, coincidentally, I decided to run to Billy Joel's Streetlife Serenade instead of Turnstiles. Had I not considered running to Billy Joel, I'm sure my answer this morning would not have had anything whatsoever to do with The Piano Man.

6. Infomercial :: sandwich maker or juicer :: crap

7. Dejected :: feeling dejected :: depressed

8. What's the word? :: huh? :: Dejected

9. Awestruck :: starstruck :: at a celebrity

10. Smashed :: Smashing Baby! :: blitzed, wasted, schnockered

Double the Mutterings, Double the Fun

Sick all Saturday, slept all evening, now awake all night. My eyelids feel so heavy yet oddly I can't freakin' fall asleep. Just Shoot Me . . . no, I mean the TV series, it's on TV Land, a 4-hour marathon. Not the best show but Spade and George Segal are pretty good okay in it. When there's nothing else on and I don't feel like listening to music and my eyes are too blurry to read... it's perfect mindless pseudo-entertainment.

But now I guess I'll finish up what Sugarmag and I started earlier...

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

The word(s) :: and I think ... ?

Sugarmag's in pink :: Zoooma's in green

1. Arrival :: arrivals and departures, like at an airport :: train station

2. Vomit :: uh...being sick I guess :: gross

3. Fit :: throwing a...fit. :: healthy, in shape, the way people should be.

4. Stutter :: did I stutter? From The Breakfast Club :: Did I stutter? (same exact thought as Sugarmag.)

5. Lifestream :: I've never heard that term, but I guess...stream of consciousness. :: never heard of it

6. Tread :: on tires, like tire tread. Also don't tread on me...

Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band
10/31/80 Radio City Music Hall

:: treadmill.

7. Desire :: my heart's desire is Zoooma. :: Sugarmag. (2nd thought: the U2 song.)

8. Freezing :: the last couple of days. It's been bitterly cold here recently. :: Brrr f'in' cold!

9. Permit :: Parking Permit :: license to do something

10. Crinkle :: Kris Kringle :: Kris Kringle (same answer! but if Sugarmag didn't read the words to me on the phone, I would have thought: Crinkle Cut French Fries.)

U2 - "Desire" from Rattle and Hum (1988)

Naked Mutterings (No Explanation Why, Though)

Don't really have to type an intro now, do I?

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

Sugarmag is in pink :: Zoooma's in blue

The word(s) :: and I think ... ?

1.Resolution :: New Year's :: [same answer as Sugarmag!]

2. Break :: fast... like breakfast :: a time out

3. Tied :: Tie-dyed :: up

4. Suffering :: Succatash ... like SYLVESTER!!!! (you know, Looney Tunes!) :: pain and [suffering]

5. Instead :: Take me instead :: Instead of rice pudding, i want chocolate pudding!!!

6. Divorce :: settlement (1st thought) / from reality :: Sugarmag

7. Slash :: Slash and burn agriculture (1st thought) / Slash from Guns 'N Roses :: Guns 'N Roses

8. Cough :: Syrup :: drop

9. Happy :: Happyland (1st answer) / (2nd answer:) Don't Worry Be Happy :: Happy Happy, Joy Joy (from Ren and Stimpy)

10. Sniffle :: Snuffle... Mr. Snuffleupagus :: Sniffles... the Looney Tunes character

Jammin' Mutterings for Sweetness

Once again it's Sunday and you know what that means, kids? It's time to play everybody's favorite fun time game, Take A Step Back. Now when I count to three, take a step back. Ready? And a one, and a two, and a three, Take A Step Back. A one, a two, a three, Take A Step Back.

Oh wait, what I meant to say is it's time for Mutterings...

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

The word(s) :: and I think ... ?

(Sugarmag's answers are in pink :: Zoooma's in green)

1. Confirmation :: Catholic confirmation (it's like Bar Mitzvah) :: Hearing as in Senate Confirmation Hearing

2. Verse :: third verse, same as the first...or Bible verse :: song

3. Authorize :: credit card authorization :: I just drew a total blank . . . What Jack Kerouac uses to see with . . . author eyes Haha, get it? HAAA!!! I crack myself up!

4. Blog :: My blog, space where I write (especially when I was still writing Sugar Mag's Random Thoughts), could be a verb, to blog about it :: -o-sphere ... i actually don't like the word "blog" ... it's ugly and stoopid

5. Thirty :: something -don't know where that came from, I never watched that show, but there you go. :: four ... no clue why I thought of that but the best #34 EVER was undoubtedly Walter Payton -- "Sweetness" -- of the Chicago Bears. Best running back EVER!!!

6. Heir :: apparent. :: person who receives money after the death of somebody

7. What are you doing? :: right now? :: Watching a Bob Marley video while doing Mutterings with you [Sugarmag] on the phone

8. Complaint :: bitch and moan :: department

9. Leave :: now :: go away

10. Tune :: guitar :: Looney

"Jammin'" by Bob Marley

Yet Another Untitled Mutterings Post

Wow, I can't believe it's Sunday again... already.
Seems like I just did this just the other day...

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

The word is :: and I think ... ?

1. Carpet :: bagger

2. Bottoms :: Up!

3. Music :: Never Stopped ... a Grateful Dead song that this blog URL is named after... but the blog title is from a whole 'nother song.

4. Nails :: Lenny Dykstra!!!!!!!!! New York Mets centerfielder when they won the World Series in 1986... "Nails" was his nickname.

5. Watch it! :: Look out, bub.

6. Your life :: as we know it ... I have no clue why that came to mind. Sounds like something out of an infomercial or self-esteem/confidence boosting seminar: "Your life as we know it will be completely transformed and you, too, can make millions. Just give us $299.99 for our introductory package of materials to get you on your way..."

7. Candies :: yum, yay, who doesn't want to eat candies?!

8. Chafing :: something with skin rubbing uncomfortably against another surface.

9. Svelte :: whatever ... a word I don't care about that I'd more than likely never have uttered if it weren't for these mutterings.

10. Ding :: Dong ... doorbell / yummy junk food from Hostess. I'd never buy those but ya know what, Sugarmag? THESE are what I really want for Christmas!!!!!! Never Hostess... Drake's, baby! RING DINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What I also want for Christmas
is to reach our $100 Salvation Army fundraising goal...
Have you got a just an extra dollar or two?

Thanks :)

Kettle Mutterings

Usually I type something up here. I've actually finished what's below and now it's time to see if anything wants to spring forth from my fingertips... but nope. I got nothin'...

Wait.... check this out...

We're only shooting for a hundred bucks.
Let generosity rule you and give...
it will make you feel good to do something kind for others!

Hey now it's me, Sugarmag.

Only $5 so far and that was from me. Do you want to know something that I have learned in this life? It's that when I do something kind for another person, especially a stranger, I am really doing it for myself because I get something-I get to feel good about it. The Salvation Army is a very worthy cause because they help a lot of people. If everyone reading this blog would just donate $5, would would reach $100 in less than a day.

Probably not gonna happen, Sugarmag.
It might have been a terribly stupid idea on my part
to think it would work.
I don't think anyone wants to give even a single dollar. --Zoooma

Thanks!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah!!
Fabulous Festivus, Happenin' Holidays!

Unconscious Mutterings

a free association game

The word is :: and I think ... ?

I'm tacking mine on to Zoooma's. -Sugarmag

1. Travel :: fun
Foul in basketball.

2. Expensive :: travel
Just about everything.

3. Backspace :: keyboard
Keyboard, what other kind of backspace is there?

4. Traffic noise :: desire to move slightly away from town to get away from it!
Traffic smell

5. Now see here :: look what you've done. You've gone and screwed everything up. What's wrong with you? Just give back the ornaments and stop being a total blank blank blankety blank.
Meh.

6. Vegetables :: much better for you than eating Doritos and donuts on your way to diabetes. I just don't understand why more people don't want to be healthier -- fewer medical problems and you feel better... and life will be better when you're in better shape! So EAT MORE VEGETABLES!!!!
Cartoon about Christian celery and carrots.

7. Chat :: room
Room. One of the classes I'm taking this semester is an online class and we are using what is essentially a kind of chatroom for the class, pretty cool.

8. Your calling :: to help others somehow
I used to think that archaeology was my calling but I found out that it's not.

9. Weekly :: newspaper
Ads.

10. Oh! :: my!
I just remembered!
. . . these aren't great words this week. I'm uninspired to post a video nor a picture that's related to these mutterings. Oh! well. I have an idea... go back to the top of the post and click to Donate to the Salvation Army! Oh! Come on! . . . Kick a few bucks into the Kettle!

Wednesday Post for Wednesday

D'OH! It's Thursday. I lost a day somewhere. Anyway...

Headaches suck. So does the electricity in the neighborhood going out 8 times in about 90 minutes for no good reason whatso-freakin-ever. And then that screwed up (broke) the heating/air conditioning unit? This morning, when it happened, it was around 33 outside. No wonder it got so cold in the house. I LOVE the cold but fortunately (because of the heating unit breaking down) the temperature today got to about 63. Had it been around 50 or lower, the inside of the house would've become a hypothermia-causing icebox. I'm not exactly Tim "The Toolman" Taylor but I can fairly easily conquer many home repairs without much of a problem... but this is a repair that's beyond my expertise; Mr. Home Heating Guy is working on it now.

Because of this crapola, 100 Days O' the Dead is taking another day off... well, what I mean is there's no download for anyone... but I amn't ignoring the Dead today, nope, technically I'm actively taking part in Day 72 by listening to some tunes. I've got yesterday's show playing again and later I'm gonna give a listen to tomorrow's show. This whole 100 Days thing wasn't solely about giving people as many downloads as possible, it's also about me personally listening everyday, something I was a million miles from over the summer.

So to fulfill my desire to post something meaningful or just simply meaningless, I'll conquer another meme dealie.

I saw this a few days ago at Tall Cool Drink of Water...

Boldly going where no meme has gone before. OK. The idea is that every blogger who participates has the same list of 100 Things. Then each individual blogger makes the things they’ve done bold.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band ... I've listened to Playing In The Band

4. Visited Hawaii ... been there but only a layover, never left the airport

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneylandworld ... what the hell is that?

8. Climbed a mountain ... one of my favorite things to do!

9. Held a praying mantis ... don't remember but maybe

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped ... Vancouver Island, British Columbia

12. Visited Paris ... been to France but have never visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty ... I've seen it a billion times but never bothered to be a tourist there

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France ... why?!?

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb ... mmmmmmmm laaaaaaaaammb chops

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon ... London 2010... maybe

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice ... not yet

29. Seen a total eclipse ... why?!?

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset ... uhhh, who hasn't?

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise ... a 3-hour tour. I'm still Lost.

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person ... if I felt like it, I'd post a picture or two

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language ... a few

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person ... not yet

39. Gone rock climbing ... and I'm gonna try to get Sugarmag to, as well!

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David ... picture of

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant ... I will because someone did for Sugarmag and her kids a few months ago and I'd love to do that for someone someday

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight ... don't remember specifically but probably

46. Been transported in an ambulance ... nope but I drive one!

47. Had your portrait painted ... why?!?!

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person ... not yet

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris ... not yet

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling ... not yet

52. Kissed in the rain ... not yet

53. Played in the mud ... sure, especially in my truck!

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie ... sort of. I was filmed as an extra but I got left on the cutting room floor (Searching For Bobby Fisher)

56. Visited the Great Wall of China ... not yet

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies ... nope, just Girl Scouts

62. Gone whale watching ... I've seen whales but I wasn't specifically whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving ... not yet

66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp ... I've had it on my mind for a few years that perhaps one of the first things I will do when I am next in Europe will be visit Auschwitz and then perhaps others, or what remains of others (Dachau, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec) plus I'll visit Normandy and other sites important to a war which destroyed evil (rather than appease it.)

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy ... why?!?!

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial ... a must-do!

71. Eaten caviar ... yuck

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades ... been there a bunch of times but never "toured" it

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book ... not yet

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car ... never have, never want to

83. Walked in Jerusalem ... not yet

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible ... a few parts, I think, I've not read

86. Visited the White House ... seen it plenty of times but never visited

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating ... killed yes, cooked yes, but not much inbetween (a butcher took care of it for my freezer)

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person ... not yet

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone ... I have one now but it was given to me. I have never purchased one, never previously owned one and this one I essentially don't use except as an alarm clock... I don't have one of those things that people get, what are they called, when you pay every month -- service plan? I've had Pay-As-You-Go and I've had a grand total of like 2 minutes on the phone for the past TWO months! That's how much I don't use it. Cell phones might be handy for some people but seriously, are they really needed? No. For too many people they're an unneeded expense that takes away from a person's ability to give to charity. More and more monthly expenses leaves us with less to give to others in need -- we're the selfish society. I know, I know, we give more to charity than any other nation on Earth... but we COULD do more. (We just don't care to.)

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day