Sometimes, Writing Things Down Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
Because everybody loves a good bed-headline once in a while.
I frequently suggest folks keep a pen and paper handy by the side of the bed for middle-of-the-night ideas. It cuts down on insomnia if you can just write down the Earth-shattering concept and roll over. Blogging friends Paul and Nick are big proponents of the pen and paper, also. Do they recommend turning on a light?
One potentially interesting title, no blooming idea what the subject was.
re: what?
Grow and be well lighted,
Kelly Erickson
Have you found the post where I make a reference to my age yet? Boy, do I want to give away a prize, but there’s only four days left to claim it! Why not click here to read the rules, and take a Whack at it?
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18 May 2008, 10:24 am
Hahahaha omigod you suffer the same problem I do. I write these extremely clear, concise notes for myself (or so I think.) Two days later, I wonder what the hell the cryptic message was all about. Half of that involves trying to decipher my own damned handwriting.
Could be Losers, but believe I detect an N in there.
Oh wait - loners?
18 May 2008, 11:01 am
James,
Learners? Lenders?
Even if I figure out the word, I think the train of thought left the building right after I snuggled back down.
My handwriting by day is exquisite, so say I—and to keep me from sounding too cocky, so say others.
Usually it may take a while, but at least I can remember the moment. When I woke up to transfer the notes all around it (mostly cropped), there was this large important thing in the middle, that I do not recall writing at all. Eeeek!
*sigh* I went back to good dreams, though, so I guess it’s all right.
Regards,
Kelly
18 May 2008, 11:31 am
Lorreys. That’s it. Lorreys.
You should open up a trucking business in the UK.
18 May 2008, 11:43 am
Friar,
ROFLOL!
With my flannel shirt and my baseball cap, oh yeah. That was some dream, all right.
Thanks!
Until later,
Kelly
18 May 2008, 1:27 pm
I sort of thought it said lemurs, you know how those know it alls won’t shut up about lemurs.
18 May 2008, 1:37 pm
Darn, Brett, you’re as close as anyone and twice as funny. (Sorry, Friar.)
That post will never happen, but oh, I wish it would. Those know it alls! They disturb my sleep!
Not as much as this poor fellow, my buddy Bruce. Oh, what a rough sleep he had. Since I’m already off-topic…
Until later,
Kelly
18 May 2008, 5:23 pm
I’m naked without a pen. Once, the morning after a particularly good wedding reception, I awoke with a devilishly cutting article title that ended with the three words, “Not f*cking likely”, which I scribbled down on the nearest scrap of paper to hand.
On waking later, it emerged I’d written the phrase to line up neatly on the wedding order of service, just beneath the heading: “Edward and Susan – Now and Forever.”
I didn’t have the heart to share the card with them (which was promptly destroyed)!
Moral of the story: keep the lights off. Sometimes it’s worth it for the laugh.
18 May 2008, 5:35 pm
Oh, thank you, Nick. What a perfect story!
Yep, naked without a pen. In purse, wallet, briefcase, planner, in drink holder in the car… you can’t walk ten feet in my house without coming across one, just in case all the others are lost… I’m terrible. My daughter’s addicted to writing implements of all kinds, too. I wonder why?
The good part is, it’s all written down. The bad part is, I can’t remember anything at all. Years and years since I really had to.
Keep the lights off. Great moral!
Regards,
Kelly
18 May 2008, 7:35 pm
Kelly,
You know, I have to admit I like Bruce… he’s a *man* amongst men, I think. Sort of a singing Clint Eastwood, maybe. But younger. He should have been a character in Fight Club.
Naked without a pen. Which leads to the corollary, naked with pens. Which leads to Men with Pens.
Which explains why they won’t show their photos…
Keep the lights off, James & Harry!
18 May 2008, 8:27 pm
Brett,
A guy’s guy. Completely. When I was younger I didn’t get Bruce so much, but the older I get, the more I understand him. His sincerity, his real sense of his roots. He’s raw in a way that’s hard for anyone else to follow.
His sorta-new Seeger Sessions album is beautiful.
Naked With Pens. *giggles* Oh, so that’s why!
*more giggles*
Ahem.
19 May 2008, 3:35 am
Nick, I dare you to make that a new banner for a site…not for ours, though.
19 May 2008, 6:10 am
@Kelly — One of my not-so-great ideas was for a kind of personal pen-on-elastic, like the ones you see in banks. “Never be without a pen again!”, the ad would have proudly proclaimed.
I soon realised that the concept was not only ridiculous and deeply flawed, but also rather deadly. If you’ve never been hit in the forehead by a pen that’s been accelerated by 2 feet of high-tensile elastic, you’re much more fortunate than I am.
@James & @Brett — Naked with Pens! It could work… *Goes off to check the domain*
19 May 2008, 6:20 am
Nick,
Pen-on-elastic would have the additional feature of being a sure-fire way to keep from ever having another date.
See how features and benefits are not always the same?
If nakedwithpens.ca is not available, I know who took it.
Later,
Kelly
19 May 2008, 3:19 pm
I just keep staring at the words, thinking. this time, this time , I’ll figure it out. Just like I have been searching for that post… Fess up you’re out to hypnotize us all. “You will keep coming over here….and you will like it”…well, duh, we do and we do.
Must go paint… lorrys, larrys…back away from the screen.
19 May 2008, 4:12 pm
Janice,
Larrys, ha! Know it all Larrys. That would be a heck of a post.
Yes, hypnotism is my ultimate aim. You are getting sleepy… you will create Maximum Customer Experience for your clients, so they will purchase your work in ever greater numbers… don’t forget to Stumble and Digg… tell all your friends to subscribe… very sleepy…
Is it too much?
By the way, the suit was fab-u-lous today. Sand and lavender. Lovely.
Until later,
Kelly