Archive for September, 2009
100 Words on Fear
“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.” ~Fulton Oursler
Whoever Fulton Oursler is. Ok, I looked him up, in Wikipedia of course. Turns out Fulton Oursler was a journalist and novelist with a pretty short entry. It might have been longer if he didn’t die halfway through his autobiography.
Speaking of autobiographies, have you heard about the upcoming publication of Carl Jung’s Red Book? That in itself is an interesting story, but this article about the back story by Sarah Corbett is deliciously fascinating. (You’ll have to register to be a member of the New York Times before you can read the article…but you SHOULD be a member anyway.)
So let’s see what y’all did with last week’s word, FEAR. My pick of the week is Rhoni Renee for her concise poetic piece.
In other words…
Uh oh, only three of you this week? Guess that happens when you abandon a blog for months. Well, spread the 100 words, and keep coming back for more. Eventually I’ll get back to writing more than just the 100 word challenge too! Right after I’m done updating Wordpress, building my professional website, sending my resume to everyone and God, taking care of my sick kiddo, research and purchase my first digital SLR (probably used) and cleaning out the garage. I need a mail-order house husband! Preferably one who knows HTML, CSS, does dishes, car repairs, cooking, and back rubs. Doable, no?
For those of you that are new, welcome! And for those of you lurking, visiting, or serendipitously stumbling your way here, speak up, we’d love to hear what you have to say in 100 words. (If you need a debriefing on the challenge, go here but ignore the timelines in there.) This week’s word comes from a book my daughter has been reading (speaking of autobiographies). Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
Bear
Still working on cleaning up the spam, and I should have the new version of WP installed right around 2027. (Yeah, I know I said that last week.)
With love,
100 Words on Wrong
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” ~Benjamin Franklin
Ha! You were worried I might not be back. Admit it! So, I saw Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs last night with Alba and her friend, and as I was sitting there being bombarded with 3D images of flying food, I couldn’t help but wonder if the pharmaceutical companies are in cahoots with the movie industry. You know, I’m thinking they can just start selling Prozac at the concession stand. It’s not like it would seem pricey next to a $400 medium popcorn, and $350 sodie pop.
What was interesting was that the movie had several messages going on, but they were so buried amidst the whip-zam action and the highly stylized cartoon characters that I wonder if anyone even heard the message. Remember when stories used to have a moral, and that moral was punctuated by the line, “and the moral of this story is…”. Yeah, no. Of course there was the token touching Father-Son moment, and he gets the girl in the end, but that get’s a little lost in between the not-so-subtle potty humor, cartoon butt clenching, and “oh-my-god-does-anyone-breathe-between-sentences-anymore” dialogue. See it if you must, but I’m out an hour and a half of my life that I can never get back.
My pick of the week is I,Rodius for creatively implying “wrong”. That, and I share his sentiments about not wanting to go to bed.
In other words…
- I’ve heard of Bridezilla, but Momzilla? Whoa!
- They fight, they make up!
- Father to son, “Just say ‘yes dear’”.
For those of you that are new, welcome! And for those of you lurking, visiting, or serendipitously stumbling your way here, speak up, we’d love to hear what you have to say in 100 words. (If you need a debriefing on the challenge, go here.) This week’s word comes from a new book I picked up this week which reached right out and grabbed from it’s back space on a table at Barnes and Noble and said, “I know you’re a neuro-evolutionary-psych-marketer geek so buy ME!”. Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme
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Fear
Still working on cleaning up the spam, and I should have the new version of WP installed right around 2027.
With love,
100 Words on Situation
“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” ~Bill Cosby
I bet you’re wondering what MY situation has been. Here’s the short version. Long illness piled on top of family short illnesses, insurance troubles, medical bills, followed by scrambling to dig out of a financial black hole, sweetly topped with layoffs. Can you say S-T-R-E-S-S? But there’s been laughter and fun, and a new energy as I rethink directions, plans and goals. Now if I can avoid that pesky swine flu, and stay afloat on top of some rubble left over from the sunken economy…life will be good.
LouCeel will be happy to see a revival of the 100 Word Challenge, and if I go under again I plan to have him keep the challenge going on his site, or here. We haven’t worked out the details, but it’s going to happen. So get out your creative caps! To get you started, here is a roundup of the last challenge, “Situation”. I won’t be doing a pick of the week since it’s been so bloody long since these were posted!
In other words…
- I hope Jennifer’s heart is still beating!
- Check out Night Blogger’s spiffy new site design (and the 100 words).
- “Indulgence comes with a price.”
**Note to LouCeel: You probably wrote something, but I didn’t see it in comments and if you did write something it’s now buried in the archives of your site.
For those of you that are new, welcome! And for those of you lurking, visiting, or serendipitously stumbling your way here, speak up, we’d love to hear what you have to say in 100 words. (If you need a debriefing on the challenge, go here) This week’s word comes from Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot, which I don’t need to read because I saw the movie, right?
Wrong
By the way, the porn, ring-tone, and drug spammers have been busy on my site. I’m working on cleaning up the mess. Anyone got a shovel? AND I need to update to the new WP software which I’ve tried to do three times but it just gives me a headache and I give up. When I make the big bucks I’ll hire someone to deal with all those IT nightmares. Anyone for hire on the cheap?
With love,
