Tag Archives: not writing

A Brainless Blog Post on Monstrous Monday

Posted on December 4, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh crap, it’s type it in, backspace it out syndrome! Must… keep… words… on… screen… (you know, like a beleaguered superhero in a comic book) (which I have not read in years; do they still do that? Crap! Dating myself!)

OK, so in one paragraph I have established that I am not having a good writing day, and I am feeling old and out of touch. Is this a good time for a Monstrous Monday or what?

Is it a fight to the death? Or just a pissy hair-pulling match?

We recently watched The Ape Man (1943) but I don’t remember much about it. It is on our DVD collection of 50 Horror Classics, so I can always watch it again. Boris Karloff is in it too.

It looks a little cramped, but perhaps he is comfortable.

I don’t remember what mummy movie this shot is from, but he appears to be sleeping peacefully. I will be sleeping peacefully soon, I hope. I am TIRED, which could explain the semi-coherent state of today’s post.

He looks like he can’t believe his eyes. I can’t believe his eyes either.

I was going to use the picture of the head from The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) giving the side eye to her boyfriend, but I wanted a real monster, so I found this fellow from the movie. Sometime I may write a blog post about just which is the most monstrous: the monster, the head, or the boyfriend.

I should have a brain this big.

I close with the picture I always find appropriate at times like this: The Brain from Planet Arous (1957). Right now my movie is The Lack of Brain on Planet Cindy. No matter. It is Monday, and I have posted.

Even Foolish Blog Posts Count

Posted on November 16, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I still have the tiara. I may wear it next Thursday.

I thought I would start with a Throw-back Thursday picture then segue into the non-sequitur portion on Non-Sequitur Thursday. I feel this is a double throw-back, since I am impersonating a speakeasy habitue from the 1920’s, Ruby Van Renssalaer by name. No, I was not around in the 1920’s, do some math for heavens’ sake! (You know who you are.) Ruby Van Rensssalaer was a character in Rubbed Out at Ruby’s, which LiFT presented at The Overlook Mansion in Little Falls, NY. Some of the characters also appeared at the Ritz and Ragtime fundraiser for the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica, which is when this picture was taken.

As you may have guessed, once again I got nuthin’. I have tried to do more writing, specifically by writing a couple of letters. Regular readers may recall my rule of Any Writing Counts. It would be a good idea if I actually finished said letters and got them in the mail. Then some people might be happy to get a letter. I received a letter the other day and I can attest, it’s awesome.

This guy is a walking non-sequitur.

I shake things up by throwing in another picture. This is my friend, Tucker, in LiFT’s recent murder mystery, Donation to Murder. I do love my murder mysteries.

I find this picture rather profound.

This is an even more recent photo, from Shattered Angel by Stephen Wagner, presented by the Herkimer County Historical Society at Ilion Little Theatre. Lots of us love a good historical murder!

Who could blame me for using the ax on him?

Shattered Angel makes me think of Roxy by Jack Sherman, which the Historical Society did in 2015, with yours truly in the title role.

My throwback non-sequitur posts often end up being a stroll down theatrical memory lane. I do love my community theatre. And I will work on writing better blog posts. Happy Thursday, everyone!

Still Not Writing on Witless Wednesday

Posted on November 15, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I should have zoomed in.

I had it in my head to use this picture for a Wordless Wednesday post. It is a building that caught my eye across the street from Highwheeler Coffee, where Steven and I stopped for a snack on our Scattered Saturday. Now I wish I had gone a little closer. No matter. I can always take another picture on another visit to Highwheeler.

In the meantime, I need to make my blog post. I guess Wordless Wednesday is a non-starter for me, because, well, I like words. I like to talk, I like to write, and I don’t let the fact that I don’t have anything to say deter me. So perhaps this is more of a Witless Wednesday. I definitely qualify for that (you didn’t have to tell me, as I feel sure some of you were gearing up to do) (you know who you are).

I went running earlier, so I could do a Running Commentary post, but I’m really not feeling it. I’ll be honest: I wasn’t feeling like running. I felt like sitting and doing nothing, and saying, “Oh, to hell with it,” regarding the Reindeer Run 5K. I went running anyways, because (1) it may help me reach my weight-loss goals and (2) I will probably change my mind about the Reindeer Run.

I guess this is kind of a Wuss-out Wednesday, because this is not much of a blog post. I must confess, I like the word “witless” better. I think it is time for a new feature Mohawk Valley Girl: Witless Wednesday. Thank you for participating.

2 Comments

Posted in humor, personal, Witless Wednesday and tagged blog post, blogging, Highweeler Coffee, lame post, not writing, running, Wordless Wednesday, writing, Wuss-out Wednesday. Bookmark the permalink.

Trying to Write on Tired Tuesday

Posted on November 14, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

If you tuned in today hoping to read an inspirational post about how miraculously I upped my game today, as I said I was going to do yesterday, I am afraid you will be disappointed. However, if you were hoping for a foolish Tired Tuesday post, you came to the right place! In point of fact, I feel I did up my writing game somewhat. I wrote two articles for Mohawk Valley Living magazine. I’m letting them set before I re-read them and email them out. However, I did not up my running game, my house cleaning game, or any other game in which I participate. Well, one thing at a time, one thing at a time.

I do not know why I am so damn tired. Yes, I worked all day. I work five days a week, as do many people. I worked eight hours, again, as do many people. I am actually hoping to get a little overtime in the near future, so I guess I don’t know what the hell I’m thinking.

You know, looking over what I have written for this blog post so far, I think I had definitely better re-read those articles before I email them out. They might be TERRIBLE!

Brain, oh brain, where are you now?

I thought I’d throw in a picture quick, to distract my readers from the lameness of this post.

A timely reminder for me.

Before writing this foolishness, I enjoyed a post by a blogger I follow, Granny K. She philosophized about Tuesday, saying it was a sad day. I feel a little sad myself. Let’s all try for a better day on Wednesday.

2 Comments

Posted in humor, personal, Tired Tuesday and tagged articles, blog post, blogging, Mohawk Valley Living magazine, not writing, upping my game, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

My Date(line) with Keith Morrison

Posted on November 13, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I think he is fine, yes.

This is going to be a fast post so I can get back to watching Dateline with Keith Morrison. Every Monday I have at least one good moment when I remember it is Dateline day on OWN. For a few sad weeks I had rehearsal for a murder mystery on Mondays. Now I am free and feel I should be happier about it than in fact I am. Then again, life is never perfect. We must do the best we can with the ingredients at hand.

Apparently woman cannot live by Dateline alone.

Yesterday I made up my mind that starting today I would up my game: my writing game, my running game, and my house cleaning game. Those were the ones I mentioned, but I daresay I have a few more games that could use work. Do you suppose I upped anything today? Of course not! And I am clearly not upping my blogging game. I haven’t even put in any pictures of monsters. What’s that all about, me?

I could use a haircut myself.

I am completely losing track of this Dateline episode while I type this foolishness (as Truman Capote famously said, this isn’t writing, it’s typing). I can only hope my man Keith narrates the next episode. Oh well, I like that Josh Mankiewicz too.

In the meantime, sorry to publish yet another foolish post. I’ll try to up my game tomorrow. As always, I hope you’ll stay tuned.

PS. It’s Dennis Murphy. He’s OK, too.

2 Comments

Posted in humor, personal and tagged blog post, blogging, Dateline, Dateline on OWN, Dennis Murphy, house cleaning, Josh Mankiewicz, Keith Morrison, not writing, running, up my game, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

Why am I Smiling on Monstrous Monday?

Posted on October 30, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Can I have a Monstrous Monday after having a Many Monsters Sunday? I think so, and not just because it is almost Halloween. I like monsters ALL YEAR LONG!!! And, blogworthy activities-wise, I ain’t got much. I will just mention that after last Saturday’s Haunted Historic Four Corners and the cancellation this Saturday’s murder mystery, I find myself in the rare and unfamiliar state of Nothing I HAVE To Do. No commitments. Nothing I need to work on and get done by a certain date. (Oh well, my article(s) for Mohawk Valley Living magazine. Let’s not talk about that; just let me savor this!)

My teeth are not this good, but I have a similar smile right now.

I have not idea who this wolfman is. I went to the Facebook page The Golden Age of Monster Movies and looked through the photos for a happy monster.

This is what I looked like a few weeks ago, when I was still trying to cast the murder mystery.

This, in case you didn’t know, is Elisha Cook, Jr., in House on Haunted Hill (1959). Full disclosure: I didn’t remember his name and had to look it up.

Since I do not have to begin writing another murder mystery till 2019 (for Morning Star Methodist Church in Ilion, NY in probably April), I can turn once again to writing novels. I tried it this morning, but things did not go very well. I have been jotting notes and inventing characters. I have a few ideas, so I will persevere. I will let you know how it goes.

I must bear this thought in mind.