Balloons

Why do I think I saw this already? I don't think I wrote on it. I think I imagined it. OH! I KNOW!!! There's a themed "summer movie" series near me. I was thinking earlier today that a great theme would be films with "Balloons!" Wow. Coincidence :)

Ok, for a quick blurb...

I make balloon animals. I deliberately learned how to make 1-balloon animals when I was younger, instead of designs with multiple balloons, because I was on a budget and wanted my bag of balloons to last longer! Nowadays, when I see street performers and their multi-balloon creations, I want to give it a try :)

Poster When I was younger, to enter my bedroom, there was a hallway (about 8 feet long), and then the space opened up into a room. I put theatre and movie posters up in the hallway, and used to pretend it was an alley in a city.

Sound

I would hate to not be able to hear the sound of voices I love. I wouldn't mind not hearing some other sounds though. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to filter things like that? Filter certain decibels or words or voices or... jackhammers!

I wonder how we'd be, as people, if we could pick and choose what to hear - literally. Maybe it's the bad that makes the good so much better, or the noise that helps give clarity its meaning and value. Or maybe not. Maybe hearing only good sounds would be just fine.

Swan

Some people look good when they're dressed up. I have some friends who don't. The clothes don't fit them right, the makeup is a bit off... They DO look how "grown ups" are supposed to look, so it works in that regard, and they look "right" in that way, but they'd actually look more professional, more put together, and more "with it" in their non-work clothes. Because those fit them better. They move differently in them, they look great in them, and they seem younger, happier, more alive. Less awkward. I wonder if someday I can tell them this. Maybe not.

Slight

Of hand.

Not something I was ever good at. Maybe my hands were too small when I started (though plenty of children are very good at it.) Now if I tried I'd probably fumble at times, so it may be best that was never my forte. Heck it was never my anything! Self working tricks always worked best for me. I had lots of those.

Sunglasses

I have a lot of difficulty with these. Most sunglasses distort my view too much so I'm not comfortable wearing them. There was one brand I loved. I could see great out of them. Better than without! They cost $50-$80 each, but they were worth it to me. I don't lose my sunglasses. Mine often last 3-5 years before they break. Eventually that company changed hands and their glasses dropped in quality. They're like all the others now.

Oh to be able to get by with a cheapo $4 pair from a drug store!

Well this makes sense. Most people do have two earrings after all ;)

I have a couple of ear cuffs too. I like them, but they hurt. Kind of in a Princess and the Pea sort of way. I don't know why they hurt but that little bit of pressure on the cartilage gives me a big headache. No matter how loose I make them. I have trouble with stiff bracelets and watches too. No matter how loose, if they're not flexible rubber or fabric, my wrists really hurt within a pretty short time! Bangles? Forget about it!

Earring

I have pierced ears. Always had them. My parents felt the need to put a couple of extra holes in my head when I was about four years old.

I remember getting some really cute Snoopy earrings once from Charles Shultze's skating rink. They infected my ears like nobody's business! Red, scaley...

In retrospect, it think I was allergic to them, and then my ears got infected. My earlobes hurt, the....

I was going to say the alcohol hurt but it wasn't alcohol that was used to clean them... not peroxide either... Darn! I can remember the smell of the stuff but what was it? I know this smell! Drat! Now this is going to bug me. What other liquid stuff did we put on infections back then? Over the counter...

Just did a quick search... Maybe Ethyl alcohol...

Whatever the heck it was, it HURT!

Edit: OMG! It's about 2 years later, and as I was browsing through my older entries, I read this and remembered the smell, and knew immediately what it was. Witch Hazel!

Desk

Elementary school and four desks put together. I remember a teacher asking us what our first through fourth choices would be for who we'd want in our group. I was always worried I'd end up with people I didn't like, but every time, I loved my group of four. I think everybody was happy with their seating assignments. I don't remember any of us looking at another table and pining for friends WAY over there! I always felt lucky and very happy with the outcome. - Impressive that our teacher successfully pulled that off every time.

Entice

Entice makes me think of a deliberate action from another, with an intent to manipulate a specific outcome.

There is no "other" swaying my reason right now. There's just me. Nevertheless, I'm being pulled and swayed towards a set of decisions that might not be best in the long run. Decisions swayed by emotion rather than reason or logic. I think that must be bad. Or maybe it's not. It's different for me.

Logic and reason think towards the future. If I do this and this and that, THEN this other thing will be better. Logic and reason are about planning and outcomes... about putting things off... waiting. An emotional choice would address now. What about now? Living in the moment. Not for an unknown tomorrow or a future that may never come. I want to be happy now.

Nourish

I'm thinking evil villains.

That's what they always say when they're being evil and they're about to eat you! I almost never hear this word in a good or healthy context. I'm thinking Stephen King clown eating children in the sewers, and alien entities that prey upon hapless ships lost in space...

What the heck happened to this word??! ;)

Bitten

Would I want to be a vampire...

No.

I'm not sure I'd be cracked up for immortality. I have enough difficulty with a mortal life. Immortal doesn't mean rich and comfortable. That might be more appealing. Possibly. But having to live off others' blood? No. It might be ok sometimes, but to HAVE to live off that? Ew. Not interested. And sunlight and stakes seem like an awful way to go.

Puddle

I was away at school once. All the kids seemed nervous around me. Our accents were very different. I wasn't from around there. Everyone was friendly, but polite. There was a guy there from out of town too, and he was fitting in great. I don't think it takes guys long to size up one another. Girls watch. A lot. Guys jump right in.

One day a group of girls and I were walking back from class. - All of whom were friendly. None were mean. Just stand-offish. One of them, one I knew a bit better, gave me a shove as we passed by a puddle, trying to knock me into it.

You'd think I might have been upset by that, but I was ecstatic. I knew she didn't hate me. She wasn't trying to be mean. Finally someone had taken a risk! Finally someone had felt comfortable enough interacting with me, to do something besides smile, nod, and stare!

(FYI, had someone tried that with me once we were friends, THEN I might have been pissed! ;) )

Second thought:

♫ "Saltpeter..."

"Pins!" ♫

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* It's a musical reference. - Again ;)

Pins

I'm thinking of Home Ec again...

How many kids won't know which direction pins should face when they sew with a machine?

- How many kids will even sew with a machine?

It's a disposable time. Something breaks or stains, get a new one. If it's something very nice, pay someone else to fix it.

I wonder if there'll be a time when that's reversed again. When people will be more self reliant and dispose less of their things. When people will buy (and make) things to last.

I wonder if I, and some people from my generation (minus those who've crossed over to the dark side!) will be the last to think this way, or if someday people will laugh at the time when everyone did not.

Ruby

The wife of a man I cared a great deal about. The first time we met, when it was time to say our goodbyes, she hugged me, and I have to say it was the greatest hug I'd ever received. I have no idea why. But I remember being so thankful in that moment, and so thrilled, that the woman who gave the greatest hugs in the world was married to a man I cared about. "He gets to feel this every single day" I thought. "What could be better than that."

Hood

Robin

The Disney cartoon is the one that comes to mind. How good looking was that Robin Hood? Amazing what they can convey with good animation. What I remembered most, though, was the kid character who idolized him. Like a "Thumper." I wonder how many other kids remembered that character above all else?

Flip

BAIN OF MY EXISTENCE!!!

I borrowed a flip mino HD recorder from a friend, hoping I could shoot some video with it for another friend. The only thing worse than bouncy video, is bouncy video in HD! It's awful. It picks up every single movement with nauseating clarity. The picture is only clear if it's on a tripod.

I tried several after-video stabilizing software applications. None did everything I needed. (How do some of these neglect to include a CROP feature??!)

As for hardware, steadicam handles cost too much, so I tried making some - Fail. There's tutorials online but you need tools and a shop and a real hardware store for that.

- OH! And I forgot to mention the part where the battery was so screwy it took me two days of messing with it to get the thing to hold a charge!

Anyway... I haven't returned it yet. My friends don't need it right now and maybe I'll find a way to get ok results from it. So far though, epic fail. Which is upsetting because I thought a better camera might yield better results. .... Nope!

Attendant

A friend of mine is a flight attendant. I'm not sure I could get used to that schedule year after year. - Or really, the lack of a schedule.

I don't like transitions. I prefer to be in places for long periods of time. Back and forth and back and forth with only enough time to sleep? I wouldn't want that.

I'd want to stay places longer and see the sights more. Eventually I'm sure they all do that, then it probably gets old.

She's been a flight attendant for years. Kinda neat to me :) I couldn't do it!