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Back to Two Posts Behind: How Lame!

Posted on May 4, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Yes, I missed my Lame Friday Post yesterday. In my defense, and I guess it’s not much of a defense, I wanted to take a nap before getting ready for a performance of Mornings at Seven at Ilion Little Theatre (I believe I mentioned the play I am in). Now I am up on Saturday morning, and, ooh, look, its just after seven. OK, that’s all I got.

Still, blog posts must be made; we’ve gone over that before.

I paused then to go to the bathroom (please do not say TMI, I have a reason for mentioning it). On the way back here, I looked out the window, hoping to make a random observation or two. Regular readers may remember that I declared Lame Post Friday the day for random observations and half-baked philosophy.

There is a what appears to be a fast food cup in my back yard, right at the back fence. How did that get there? Perhaps it blew during one of the wind storms. I don’t imagine I get many passers-through in my back yard. One day some little boys were climbing over the fence, but that was a long time ago. I asked them not to do that, and I don’t think those boys live around here any more. They would be unlikely to be carrying styrofoam coffee cups during the shenanigans I witnessed anyways (WHY is my computer underlining styrofoam? That is certainly a word and has been for some time!).

That parenthetical comment could set me up for some half-baked philosophy about what is a word and why does my computer underline some of them, but I am over 200 words. That is enough nonsense for a late, lame post, I think. Happy Friday and Saturday, folks.

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Still a Post Behind, How Monstrous!

Posted on April 30, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

So my brilliant plan of getting caught up on Sunday did not work, but at least I did not get any further behind. Until yesterday, when I felt myself incapable of making even a Monstrous Monday post. It is so easy for me to talk myself out of things! Yes, you may judge me if you are so inclined; it will not be any harsher than my judgement on myself. In any case, I am sitting here prior to five in the morning on Tuesday (I believe my WordPress timestamp is still messed up), trying to do a post, so that when I post again later, I will still be only one post behind. Surely I am capable of at least a Monstrous Monday post! And, yes, I am calling you Shirley. Live with it.

“You’re up? It’s almost my bedtime!”

Since I say, “Live with it,” I throw in a picture of the undead. Regular readers know of my utter infatuation with Nosferatu.

Emphatically NOT monsters!

Instead of continuing with the monstrous theme (does that make this Non-Sequitur Monday? How appropriate, since I am actually making the post on Tuesday) (but I digress), I include a picture of the reason why I am so monstrously tired: Morning’s at Seven, the play I am in at Ilion Little Theatre. We had a matinee on Sunday, so I was able to get to bed at a decent hour. However, the collective tiredness of the entire rehearsal and performance process is taking its toll. At least, we’ll go with that explanation. Maybe I am just terrible at being a daily blogger. SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!!!

Must… fight… desire… to… not… make… blog… post…

Back to monsters. This is Bela Lugosi as The Ape Man, a movie which I do not think I have watched all the way through, wrestling with an actual ape, or at least what is purported to be an actual ape. I include it as representative of my struggle against my own worser nature (my computer thinks “worser” is not a word but I get a definition when I google it, and I am certain everybody knows what I mean). The struggle is real.

Ooh, look, I am over 300 words and have three pictures. I call that respectable for a Monstrous Monday post. Sorry it is late. I shall try to do better, perhaps making a post later that is not a mere Tired Tuesday. But no promises.

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Still 2 Posts Behind, How Lame!

Posted on April 13, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

So last night I was all determined to get back on track. Regular readers may remember I was two posts behind, after missing Sunday and Monday. Then I managed two posts on Tuesday, so I was only one post behind. Two posts today (Saturday) would have put me back on track.

Well, last night, I looked at the Add New Post page, then decided I could go back to being two posts behind. So here I am, early Saturday morning, typing one letter at a time with the stylus on my Tablet , because now the laptop is acting up (although I admit to finding the anticipatory text thing kind of fascinating).

Shall we take this as a lesson in the evils of procrastination? Or wait until tomorrow to do such a thing ? (See what I did there?)

I feel a little silly not making my post last night when it only had to be a Friday Lame Post . I fear this one is even more lame. Oh dear. Maybe more coffee would help. Or a monster.

“Oh, the sun’s not up yet.”

A little Nosferatu can brighten the gloomiest morning.

I plan to go on a few major Mohawk Valley adventures today. I hope to have a fun Scattered Saturday post later. I hope I’m not too tired.

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It Will Probably Be a Monstrous Monday

Posted on April 1, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Here’s a funny thing: in the past I have been posting at 4:30(ish) in the morning because I am posting late for the day before. Today I am posting early for TODAY! I call that progress. You see, I got up early for a different reason (not worth recounting), so I have a few minutes extra time, which I will not have tonight, so…

Still, this isn’t going to be much of a post. I cannot completely disrupt my morning routine, or this will be an even more Monstrous Monday than usual. I don’t even know how far down my Media Library I will scroll to find a few monster pictures to post. Lame Post Monday? Let’s not call it that; it only reminds me how far away Friday seems (which is not a completely bad thing, since I have a murder mystery on Saturday I am still getting ready for).

“You’re just getting up? It’s almost my bedtime!”

I’m thinking vampires hate summer, because they must spend more time hiding from the sun. Then again, maybe they like the extra sleep. I do not purport to know how a vampire feels, although I do not rule out guessing for the sake of fiction.

“Put my head back, you monster!”

Not exactly a monster, but two horror movie icons, Peter Lorre and Vincent Price (yes, I know I did not need to tell some of you). It is an appropriate picture for me, because this week I may be running around like the proverbial chicken with its head cut off (writer’s trick: you can use a cliche if you insert the words “the proverbial” in there; it’s kind of like “sic” but more hip) (or do I flatter myself?).

I know just how he feels. Come to think of it, I know pretty much how she feels, too.

A splash of color and a big ape to close this week’s Monstrous Monday post. I gotta run now; I’m missing my Local on the Ones. I feel more secure once I’ve heard the weather report.

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8 O’Clock Lame

Posted on March 30, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

One morning, back in the early 1990s, when Steven’ and my coffee was brewing, I whined that I wanted a cup before the pot was finished. Steven cleverly took his cup, pulled out the pot and put the cup in its place, poured my coffee, and switched the pot and cup back.

“We have a fancy coffee maker,” he explained.

Funny thing: since then, we have had many fancy coffee makers with the feature that you can pullout the pot while it’s still brewing, and every damn one of them drops at least a drip when you do it that way. Steven didn’t lose a dropped drip when he did his fancy thing. There’s a lesson there, but I have not imbibed sufficient caffeine to express it properly.

I share this silly story, because I just poured myself a cup of coffee when the pot was still mid-brew, and, yes, it dripped a drop. The other reason is that I am trying to distract from the fact that this is my Lame Post Friday post, and it is almost 8 o’cock on Saturday morning (ooh, we should be drinking 8 O’Clock Coffee, Steven’s mother’s favorite, back in the day).

One other note: It was not Barefoot Pinot Noir I purchased at Ilion Wine and Spirits on Thursday; it was Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon. I do not know how I came to make that mistake, but I realized it only when I went to open said bottle and pour myself a glass on Friday (what? I can’t have a glass of wine on a Friday? What is this world coming to?).

So now I am over 250 words. I’ll try to make my Saturday post on Saturday, but no promises.

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Joan Crawford Had Nothing To Do With It

Posted on March 29, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I feel that I have a good excuse for making my Non-Sequitur Thursday post on Friday morning, and it’s not just, you know, non-sequitur. I was late getting home, because I made three stops, then I had two rehearsals starting at 5 p.m. So here is a Non-Sequitur Shout-Out post, because, as regular readers know, Mohawk Valley Girl loves local businesses.

First I had to pick up a prescription at the Medicine Shoppe in Ilion. They are so nice there, and it is the sort of place where they recognize regular customers. That stop did not take long. Right across from the parking lot are Ilion Wine and Spirits. I like to support them, because, in addition to being nice and a good liquor store, they support Ilion Little Theatre (where both my rehearsals were, incidentally). Unfortunately, I did not have anything particular in mind so spent a few minutes wandering around before settling on a bottle of Barefoot Pinot Noir, a favorite of mine. Then I stopped into Honey Brook Hobbies to get a treat for my husband. I easily picked out a brownie with mini chocolate chips on top. I did NOT purchase one for myself, nor yet did I ask Steve for a bite. Weight-loss goals, here I come!

I should perhaps mention that this will be another hasty post, because I have to sit, drink coffee, watch the news, and play solitaire before I have to get ready for work. Otherwise I shall feel too flustered and be a danger to myself an others (that last was a self-dramatizing exaggeration, so don’t shake your finger at me) (you know who you are) (don’t shake your head either, although you may feel free to shake your bootie, I don’t mind that on a Friday) (oops, I just pointed out again that I am making my Thursday post late) (once again, I’d better quit while I’m ahead, if in fact I am).

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In Search of Oomph

Posted on March 27, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I am back to last week’s malady: posting the next morning for the day before. I just couldn’t make myself do it. Full disclosure: I did not try very hard. Let us not delve into the sordid reasons why I was having a Bad Attituesday (OK, they were not exactly sordid, but I felt the need to be dramatic just then) (regular readers will understand) (did you notice how I refrained from calling you Shirley? That was what I first typed in) (I don’t have to explain that joke, do I?) (but I digress).

So I guess this is going to be a post with lots of parenthetical comments, to disguise the fact that, as usual, I got nuthin’. In fact, I had a few things I could type about yesterday, but, as I mentioned, I lacked the oomph. I think that is one thing writers need above all other things: Oomph. Where exactly does one get oomph?

Ah yes, I was afraid somebody would say that it comes from within. I have known for years that motivation follows action. You can sit there and say, “I just don’t feel like it,” or you can start to do whatever “it” is, and soon you will feel motivated to continue. Well, if that magic formula worked every time, we would not continue to feel so discouraged when we just didn’t feel like doing it, now, would we? Because it cannot be denied that it does not always work.

However, today it seems to be working out just fine for me. Here I am over 250 words. It could be the addition of coffee that is responsible. Or it could be that these are, I admit it, not particularly inspired words. I was going to say “interesting,” but how do I know what other people are interested in? To each his own, as the old lady said when she kissed the cow. If you have read thus far, thank you for playing. I hope you’ll tune in later today for what might turn out to be yet another Wuss-out Wednesday Post.

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Not a Timely Post

Posted on March 21, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I have wussed out on Wednesday to this extent before, but let’s not talk about that. I guess all my posts this week are going to be I Missed Posting on the Day, So Here’s a Late Post. Can I break the pattern? Time will tell. Time is certainly a blabbermouth. That is a joke I like to make. My sister Diane says, “Time is relative. Not our relative. But I digress.

At first I made those jokes in parentheses, but then I thought of the headline and brought them out into the main text. I wonder if the words feel better out in the open or safer in the parentheses? Yes, I anthropomorphize almost anything. But with words, I am not the first. I distinctly remember in Alice in Wonderland (which I read more than once as a child, although I refused to watch the movie in later years) the Caterpillar misusing a word and saying, “When I used a word, it means when I pay it to mean!” That may not be the exact quote, but he goes on to speak fondly about how they all eagerly await their wages on payday.

Well, now I’m talking about time AND Alice in Wonderland (which I ought to read again; perhaps I could find the annotated version), the the headline is less apt. Then again, I’m posting Wuss-out Wednesday at 4:30 on Non-Sequitur Thursday morning. I say it’ll do. Will I break the late post curse? I hope you’ll stay tuned to find out.

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Monstrously Late Post

Posted on March 19, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Is this my new pattern? Posting the next morning for the day before but missing that day’s post so that the next morning… etc., etc., ad infinitum (isn’t that how you spell ad infintum? I’m too lazy to look it up). A little self-dramatizing, aren’t I? It’s only been two days, for heavens’ sake! Never mind that, on with the post and let’s see if I can at least get up to 200 words today.

“What’s this? Another late post? At least it isn’t dawn yet!”

When in doubt, throw in a monster. I do love me some Nosferatu (1922).

“It’s all right, dear. These things happen.”

Doesn’t he look as if he is giving the young lady good advice? I loves me some Julie Adams and Creature of the Black Lagoon (1954), too.

So it’s pretty obvious I don’t have much to say. I don’t feel I should go on and on about how busy I am. For one thing, as a friend once said, “Save your sympathy for those who are too busy to tell you how busy they are.” Am I too busy to type how busy I am? Apparently not, but why go on and on about my own admittedly self-imposed ills?

“Cheer up, dearie. You made a blog post!”

I close with our own delightful witch, from Pumpkin Junction in Sauquoit, NY. It will be a few months before I made a real post about them again, but, as they say, time flies! Late Happy Monday, everyone!

(Over 200 words! Yay, me!)

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An Idea for a Blog Post?

Posted on September 2, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I did it again. I went a day without posting so want to make two posts today. I considered getting up at four, so that one could argue it was still the middle of the night (even though we all know damn well it is not; thus we kid ourselves into believing what we like). However, I felt I needed the rest more than I needed to meet my own arbitrary goals. So here I sit at 7 a.m. trying to remember what I composed in my head at four before deciding to just go back to sleep. It probably wasn’t very good anyways.

That raises a subject I may or may not have blogged about before: writers are often given the advice to keep a notebook and pencil by the bed, because you will wake up in the middle of the night with a truly brilliant idea that you will NOT remember. Can any of you writers out there confirm to me that you have actually had such an idea, written it down in the night, AND (and here’s the kicker) still thought it was brilliant the next morning? I never have. And now I find sleep so necessary and yet so elusive, I don’t even want to wake myself up enough to write it down.

I know, I know, you will argue (you know who you are) that if I DON’T write it down, how will I know if it was or was not brilliant? Can I really be so profligate with my ideas that I am willing to just throw away all these inspirations? What do I think I am, some perpetual idea machine?

I must admit, that is a point. For example, one reason I did not make my blog post when I had time yesterday is that I could not for the life of me think of anything to write. In my defense, it was not the only reason. I also wanted to finish knitting a prayer shawl so I can get it blessed after church this morning (the reason sleep was so necessary at four).

So tonight when I go to bed, it will be with a notebook and pen at my side (maybe this will at least inspire me to clean off my bedside table; it needs it). Eventually perhaps I can write a blog post about the results.

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