BEING PRESENT

I've read countless posts lately on the importance of social media and writing. Therefore, I have no desire to add my two cents. Instead, I'm going to send out a call to life. We were all blessed with a physical body and stuck in a relative realm loaded with illusions.

Explanation of relative realm for those not science savvy and in light of upcoming Trekkie fest. (There's no up without a down, no left without a right, short without a tall...I hope you get the picture. We need the opposite of everything for life to function in our realm.)

Here we place emphasis on work, goals, success....always about what we're doing. It's what society teaches us. We're expected to act like machines. And in doing that, we forget to be human, to be trully present in life. If we're not careful, we as writers, will miss out on the most interesting part of the story.

CLIMAX!

When was the last time you were so focused on what you were doing that you overlooked this?....

Best Art of Nature

love of your family

kiss lasting for more than five seconds...or minutes.  ;)

That's right.  It's a horny toad.

...^-^...

                    This weekend I'm inviting you to enjoy yourself.

                                     Celebrate those you love.

                                            Eat fun foods.

                                                 Rest.

                          Don't lose sight of what really matters.

                           Shine your brilliance onto the very sun.

                               Have a great weekend everyone!

                    See you all on Monday for spectacular Star Trek Fest.

                    And remember, resistance is futile.

...^-^...

　

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

 

The fabulous Alex Cavanaugh at Alex J Cavanaugh has given me this awesome award for constantly leaving comments on his blog. (Translation: Lurking at his blog at the crack of dawn) Alex is normally the first blog I visit each morning. His friendly, easygoing, movie-savvy guru attitude has me hooked...or it could just be his cool name. He's a genuinely nice guy. Did I use enough adverbs? Take that editors! Thanks again, Alex. I really appreciate it. You deserve this more than anyone for your dedicated blog-hopping.
 
Yes, I know it's been a week.  I should have passed it on long ago, but I had to admire the award, polish it, stick it under my pillow for a bit.
 
The way I see it I'm supposed to pass it on to someone who leaves repeated comments on my blog.  There are many of you who do that, and I appreciate you all.  So I decided to add a twist to this.  I'm going to pass on the award to someone I haven't awarded before, who not only comments, but leaves me some creative and hilarious comments.  And that person is...
 
Julie at Gypsy in My Soul.

This lovely, imaginative lady's humor cracks me up. I've found myself cackling on more than one occasion at her expert parries and wity comebacks. At times I feel like if I'm glancing in a mirror...except she's blonde. As an added bonus, she lives in Nebraska, real close to me. Beware, chances are we will run into each other one day.
 
Next:

After posting the panty meme I was Liebsterized twice again by Travis Mckensie at Magickless and Julie at the link listed above. It's safe to say I've been Liebstered up the butt. Thank you guys. You are the greatest and I do appreciate you.

*Rules

 Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.

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Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

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Copy and paste the award on your blog.

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Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.

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And most of all - have bloggity-blog fun!

Now, I'm passing these on to a few Newbies to my site to make them feel welcome.  These guys are:

Ruth at Welcome to Me
Doralyn at My Publishing Diary

Riva'i at letheg
Isis at Isis Rushdan
Fi at Fi's Magical Writing Haven

　

Now you guys go out there, meet them, and spread the love.

Finally:

I went to a graveyard called Borders this weekend and couldn't buy a darn thing because it was too depressing, so I watched these movies instead.  Thought I would share.

 Kid's big brother picks on him, and it is funnier than hell, really.  This is usually not my type of movie. 

 Woman moves into an apartment.  The owner turns out to be a peeping tom pervert.  He gets his at the end but it gets hairy.


Also, Blogger has been giving me trouble.  I hope this posts like it's supposed too.

That'd be all for today. Enjoy your Wednesday everyone. Funny how I'm not posting on Tuesday and Thursday but it seems like I'm cramming it all in on Wednesday. Huh. ...^-^....

　

WONDERLAND

Good morning Blogger Buddies and welcome to another glorious week of me.  :)


*Friendly Reminder: If you are following me and for some weird reason I am not following you, please send me a comment.  This was not done on purpose.  I am a right-brained individual who abhors math, can paint some pretty interesting stuff with my toes, and can conjure up fantastic dialogue in the shower, but, for the life of me, I can't seem to be able to keep track of everyone.*

Stuck in Wonderland?

Did you ever get the feeling that what's going on around you isn't real?  We go through the motions.  We get up in the morning, work, tend to all the routine and dayly activities, and it happens over and over again.  We choose our careers, who we're going to marry, our homes, surroundings, even our friends. 

 



It's an ongoing tea party.
And we know these guys have been spiking the tea.

But what if the real us is actually in a place that looks like this?

Trading ideas with the fox and the rabit that's always running late.

And reminiscing with the bookworm and his bong.

How real is this thing called life as we know it?

Are we a product of another writer's imagination?
Or are we in fact writing our own story as we go along?
As the years go by will the edits make us better?

Will we ever reach a stopping point?
Or are we one continuous work in progress?

These are all important questions.

What if one day we wake up from that dream in Wonderland and discover that none of it was real.

Wow!

All this time I've actually looked like this.



And I came from this place.



Maybe reality itself is only a matter of perspective.




So let's go out there on this fabulous Monday and enjoy the life we have and most important,
let's write our very best story. 

...^-^...

Have a great day!

CUTE FRIDAYS

This is Finnegan the Squirrel....too cute not to share.

                                           with puppy brothers.

in a puppy pile

                                            with his doggie Mommy

and Daddy

sleepy baby

runt of the litter

puppies were too hot

or not

these guys sleep too much.

Tell me nature isn't spectacular!

Have a great weekend everyone!

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MORE WORLD BUILDING

FELLOW BLOGGEROOS: IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT I'VE DEVELOPED A BLOGGING ADDICTION.  IN ORDER TO COMBAT SAID ADDICTION I'VE DECIDED TO REDUCE MY POSTING TO THREE TIMES A WEEK (MON,WED, FRI) DURING FREE DAYS I WILL DEDICATE MY TIME TO OTHER STUFF, LIKE MY WRITING.  I LOVE YOU ALL.

ON WITH POSTING

   THIS IS THE DOORWAY TO MY UNTROUBLED KINGDOM.  ANYONE OUT THERE WHO IS FANTASY SAVVY AND LIKES ALL THIS STUFF AS MUCH AS I DO SHOULD KNOW THAT THE WORDS "UNTROUBLED KINGDOM" ACTUALLY TRANSLATE INTO "DIFFERENT REALMS."

                                          
         SO SINCE WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT
                      THIS IS A DOORWAY.

                            YOU TELL ME.

                     WHERE DOES THIS LEAD?

             WHAT'S WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE?

                             IS IT FRIENDLY?

 AM I MISGUIDED AND THIS IS JUST THE ENTRANCE
 TO HEAVEN?...AH, BUT WAIT, THAT IS A REALM ALL
 ON IT'S OWN.

                         WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?


Happy Thursday!  One day closer to the weekend.  Tomorrow I'll post something cute...I promise not to be naughty.  :)

This one's for Alex  :)

QUESTION FOR FELLOW BLOGGERS.  HOW OFTEN DO YOU POST?

WORLD BUILDING PRACTICE

I'm interrupting my regularly scheduled program to ask bloggers a question.

If any of you remember this, I'm an active member of the Fun Committee here at work.  I need some ideas on what to do with these people to make them have fun.  I'm speaking of individuals who are constantly glued to a PC monitor and want to get away.  So, any suggestions...other than liquor? 

Back to our regularly scheduled program.

In other to fashion a perfect world we have to entice the senses. So often we focus on what we can see, but how radiant exactly are the colors?

They say pictures are worth a thousand words.

Observe below, a world out of my dreams.

Best costume ever.

What can you tell me about this picture?  Use your senses.

Pretend this is your main character.

Put yourself inside your character's mind.

What does this scenery look like to you?

What feelings does it conjure up?

Does it remind you of anything from your past?

What does the air smell like?

What does the water taste like?

Are you touching anything?

What effect does any of this have on your own skin?

This is an exercise I try to remind myself to follow when I'm writing.  Just thought I'd share it today.

Have a great Wednesday everyone! :)

Fantasy Pictures

As a fantasy writer I'm expected to keep an open mind about certain things, so naturally there are a lot of creatures running around inside my head.  In order to remain focused, I keep a stash of pictures. 

I thought I'd share a few today.



                                      UNICORNS  (nothing says magic like
                                                                           a unicorn.)

                                       MOMMY, CAN I RIDE IT,HUH?




                                   I would love this costume for Halloween.

                                                   SEXY BADASS ANGEL.

                                                Pretty Fairy

                                                 DARK WIZARD




                                           another great costume.

Semi-nude warrior women.

AND MEN

Mommy can I...never mind.

This guy reminds me of He-Man.  I wanna ride that saber toothed cat.

OOhh, definitely wanna ride cool dragon.

 

Pretty Castle

(Usual setting for most fantasies.)

 

Get em elf girl.

(Her unicorn's been eating kibbles.)

I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley, or out in the open for that matter.

Cool alien girl.

(I wonder if she used aluminum foil for the costume.)

A story isn't complete without villains.

Have a great Tuesday and I hope everyone enjoyed the pics.  :)