I have been staying up so much later than I usually do.
My mind is racing.
I have so much to say and so little time to say it.
Hence my weblog.
I have always wanted to write - but to just to get it out...
What do I say?
How do I say it?
I love Rachel for pointing me to this "blog" outlet.
I'm like an overflowing river - avoid a swear word right now - but it's like I've been freed - sort of.
...someone will read this eventually.
My blog is full of "stuff", but I look at it and think how manic I am - intellectually speaking to not-so-intellectually speaking...
...And I love it!
I guess that's me.
I know that when I embrace life, I don't have time to put it all into words and when I embrace words, I have no time to put it into life...
This is my personal paradox.
Not to mention the bloody mosquito that keeps biting me...
....now.
Yes Dale, that's it. 100%!!
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing for me is that I always said I didn't have time to write, but....
Not only do I make time to blog, I am also making time to write my African stories!!!
In a round about way, you could say...Rachel made me do it......hmmmmm.
Dale, you can use it for whatever you want, and it's all part of your creative safety valve, and since yours needs releasing - frequently - what you need is for us to share and enjoy and support too.
Gotta dash now
Luvz ya. Val xx
Dale,
ReplyDeleteYou expose the dilemna for us all: finding the time to do things, and the time to write about the things we are doing.
I'm also quite grateful for having found this blog world- it's been a great outlet for my writing, not just my formal fiction work, but my everyday musings. Just as importantly, though, it's allowed me to develop new friendships,and read the work of people I would not normally have encountered. All in all, it has broadened my world, in a very positive manner.
I think I am manic too, my dear. Getting the mind to quieten down long enough to sort through the overflow of thoughts whipping through it is a daily challenge.
Cheers,
AM
its 2.30pm and ive not long been up..i know lazy cow...im under pressure from my brother to cut my grass..i got a big lecture off him yesterday...i love your manic scribblings its an insight into your mind and daily thinking ...your intellect and wit is charming you have a wonderful creativity about you ..keep it up..btw i love your new cousin IT mode....
ReplyDeletejust a thought dale..have you thought about putting that pesky mosquito on e-bay ..the mere threat of it might send him off...failing that you could dowse yourself in TCP...
ReplyDeleteJust read your post again...first time was 7 this morning and I was doing the usual early morning stuff, so I couldn't really remember wy I said what I said!
ReplyDeleteI now agree with Anne Marie AND Gyspy, blogging has been such an boundary breaker for all of us, and your scribblings as you call them are part of your bursting creative rush. I think they're great...don't always follow,mind you, but then that's cos I'm a bit slow compared with you. :-)) but it's like watching an impressionist artist at work; you don't always see the pattern till the end.
You stagger me with both your wit and your intellect sometimes Dale. Just keep doing it the way you are, dear.
PS. Mosquitos...yes, I forgot your mosquito....they are God's joke, I'm sure....nothing can be as worthless and despicable and pesky as a lone kamikazi mozzy...as Gypsy says, e-bay sounds like the best place for yours, although i fancy the bidding will be slow unless you can find a vampire who wants a pet...
ReplyDeleteMany Thanks, Val, AM & Gypsy!
ReplyDeleteI value your opinions & it has made my day reading your responses to my impulsive post.
It was odd, but when I typed it up, I just let my fingers do the talking & take me where they might.
I did very little editing - but it's all there - in pink & black...
This blog has opened up a whole new creative black hole for me - another paradox.
I was often scoffed when I was younger for my crazy antics, but I never stopped doing them.
One thing I remember doing in my 20's, when I was working part time evenings pumping gas at a "Corner Gas" in Saskatchewan, was sliding on my bum in a fresh layer of snow in the parking lot.
My friend & I were having so much fun, but her boyfriend commented quite strongly about how "wierd" I was.
It didn't stop me, though...
LOL
The people I knew were hard-working farmers & oil patch workers. Earthy, but not very creative...
There was always that distance.
When I moved to the mountains it was a breath of fresh air - both figuratively & literally. I was in my element, finally!
I have met some very special friends here in blogland, too!
:)
Dale aka Angus/Cousin It, etc...
Moff the Mosquito - going cheap.
ReplyDeleteStarting bid <$6.00>...
...that's a minus.
Whoohoo!
Listening to the radio - Back in Black is in contention for the Stanley Cup of Rock & Roll.
Ha Ha Ha
Keep your stick on the ice!
dale my rebellion started when i was 6 at infant school i met and married in front of the whole class my gay lover...i say lover we kissed on the teapot lid in the park...i think thats when he realized he was gay..i spent the rest of my years at school protecting him from the bullies cause he was gay he got picked on alot he was called albert and when he left school changed his name to gary..he owns a successful hairdressing salon in the mall in town has his own helicopter ...we havent spoke for years now just lost touch but i love to think back to our innocent time at school and the fun we had ...
ReplyDeleteive got visions of you and the mosquito head banging in sequence to back in black...its this herbal tea im drinking ..
ReplyDeleteHi Dale,
ReplyDeleteEven in trying to explin how to desperately get the words out, your words and phrases are beautiful. Your postings are always so free-spirited and eye-opening - I enjoy reading every one.
I think we are all manic about something...nothing to be ashamed of there! It would be a boring world if we weren't.....and I'd never go shopping. *L*
.....moffsquito...has got me....on the run (patch in music and head banging)
ReplyDeletePS, is the Bearded Collie wearing sunglasses impression on your profile pic some kind of mozzie screen by any chance?? LOL Off to bed again, Dale. It's far too late...AGAIN! 12.45 here and I have to be up at 6...gulp. sleep well, our dear multi everything friend. xx
ReplyDeleteGypsy, if I was a boy, & had my first kiss on top of a teapot lid, I might find myself a wee bit queer, too...
ReplyDeleteHeadbangers Unite...
My bearded collie hairdo softens the blow!
Mary Beth - please! Keep on shopping! For if you didn't, I would not be able to live my decadent lifestyle vicariously through you!
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...my little heart at the bottom of my last comment just morphed into a question mark...
ReplyDeleteWhy does it do that ?
its your computer reminding you who's boss dale ...tempreMENTAL.computy..give him a good kick that normally works..
ReplyDeleteI KICKED BUTT!
ReplyDeleteWe're catching an AC/DC cover band at a local club on Friday- I'll do the headbanger thing for you, my dear!
ReplyDelete-AM
Have fun, Anne-Marie!
ReplyDeleteYou can give "Angus" a big hug for me...
...listening to Pete at the moment.
;)
dale im just hunting out some thermal underwear...i am just about to tackle the lawn...wish me luck...if none of you hear from me in the next 2 hours ..please SEND OUT A SEARCH PARTY...for i may get lost in the undergrowth...
ReplyDelete...its minus 10 here theres a force ten gale blowing...and thunder clouds are looming...bravely gypsy goes out in to the wilderness that is her garden...will she get out alive?...
Hurry up before it snows, Gypsy!
ReplyDeleteThen you'll have to get the snow blower out...
Hi Dale,
ReplyDeleteYes I too am glad I was pointed to the world of blogging.
Writing can be fun too. I'm trying to do that.
I also stay up late at night, sometimes with a little caffeine.
Just thought i'd let you know that I did read the Heatseeker post, very cool!
ReplyDeleteHi Dale,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is always an interesting place to visit. You do have a way with words, something I do not have.
I am glad that Rachel steered us all in this direction. It is a multitalented and very outgoing and lovable community we have here. I am pleased to be a part of it.
Keep on writing...
XXOO
Zoe
I couldn't find the address.:)
Thanks Zoe!
ReplyDeleteI posted the address on your blog.
You have to read the small print on Pete's blog, then follow it...
:)
Thanks so much Dale! or as I'm learning in Swedish,
ReplyDeleteTack sa mycket!!
I will let you know when I send it.
XXOO
Zoe
Hi Dale
ReplyDeleteMerci bien for the nice thing you say about my photos! But yes, more important....ou est la Gypsy. She eez lorst.....what to dooooo?
I will search one side and you the other, ok? We cannot rely on Cedric...he porabably put the fleamow on to her...may be it chased her away .....just think of it, an over zealous fleamow with a grudge...too terrible to contemplate.
Tell me if you find her first...!
xx Val
...fleamow lol...
ReplyDeleteI'd never have known for we don't use them here, at least WE don't...
Ha Ha all I can think about is a hover craft with a lethal blade...
can yopu open my tin of catfood for me dale gypsys gone missing and im starving.
ReplyDeleteDon't listen to him Dale, he's a selfish little git...! I've told him to get back in his box and to start praying his mum turns up...cos no one else will want this one particular catastrophe after this..... Gypsy!!!!....we're coming.....!
ReplyDeletedale my loverly sweet lady, (big smiles)--can you send me one of your fishys over for my supper pretty please.x.
ReplyDeletedont listen to val she wants me to suffer >:0(
ReplyDeletehas that got fish innit!
ReplyDelete...cut it out, Alfredo - use your teeth - or I'll turn you into fettuccini...
ReplyDeleteDale:
ReplyDeleteMy PC is in the very center of activity in our house, and mostly on all the time. I also visit my favorite websites often at my leisure during my breaktimes on my job. There really is not much time in life to do all of this, but I squeeze it in very, very fast. Thus, so may typos! I have mostly (almost) given up on my sorry typos. I know you guys out there know what I meant to mean about what I meant...or what I mean...!
On the other hand, I very often give thought to my blog. No, not the sorry typos (I am forever reposting & editing the mess). I constantly take pictures all over the place to share what may be relevant. Much of what I photograph is silly, blurry, or dumb. The rest...becomes my heartfelt blog.
I like yours.
--Dan L.
Who Came Last?
ReplyDeleteThe others have said it all about "Confused", so here's an abrupt change of subject.
The WayWithWordsAward for the month of May 2006 goes to .....drrrums... Dale! ....cheering crowd... for her expression "dueling photo shoots" !!!!!!!
Hi Dan - thanks for visiting. I always enjoy going to your blog, too. It gives me such a 'down home' feel.
ReplyDeleteThanks Koos - you have a quick eye & a great mind.
Not to mention, good taste!
:)
He must have good taste Dale...otherwise he wouldn't be with me...ROFL ...:-)))) !
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, he's right about the award, and I missed it! So worried was I about Gypsy..lol
You really have the gift, girl
Love
Val
Thanks Val - that 'good taste' comment was for you & I'm glad to picked up on it!
ReplyDeletexx