I love these mutterings! Love them! I usually hoard them up so I can read them all at once – it’s very fun. I love how different we are – and how similar. Amazing! There’s nothing in psychology graduate school that speaks to the simple joy of our difference and similarities.
Thank you for playing by leaving your answers in the comments. This week, I think I’ll link ya – give us all a technorati boost. How would that be?
Here are our word prompts from LunaNina:
- Crankiness ::
- Backpack ::
- Clone ::
- High ground ::
- Dreams ::
- Lovingly ::
- Mistake ::
- Carson ::
- Errand ::
- Dozen ::
Here are my responses:
- Crankiness :: Heat induced
- Backpack :: ing
- Clone :: Wars
- High ground :: Taking
- Dreams :: of yet to come.
- Lovingly :: said
- Mistake ::n
- Carson :: Kit
- Errand :: Boy
- Dozen :: Red Roses
Please leave your responses in the comments!
Happy Sunday!
Guess who played this week?
- Cylithria
- Julia at Mind over matter
- Karen MEG
- Marc Langweiler
- Ian Healy
- Claudia at Skipping Stones
- Beautifulmess
- The CEO at Morning Meeting
- Tommie at Tuesday Update
- Janet at Fond of Snape
- Mark at The Walking Man
- Miss Holly at June Cleaver Nirvana
- Awareness at Mayfair Place
- Squirrelly at Lone Grey Squirrel
- Los Angelista
1. Crankiness :: babies
2. Backpack :: hump it – make it empty as possible
3. Clone :: anyone BUT me
4. High ground :: I’m on it, it’s mine – dare ya to take it
5. Dreams :: I have none
6. Lovingly :: calls me Ma’am
7. Mistake :: my hopes
8. Carson :: Nevada
9. Errand :: Never ending
10. Dozen :: The Dirty Dozen
Crankiness :: It’s so uncomfortable, I’m sure everyone knows when I’m cranky, but when I am, no one ever does. I’ve got more of a poker face than I realize.
Backpack :: Back pain
Clone :: Attack of the Clones (Star Wars Episode II)
High ground :: The fighter with high ground wins the battle before it even begins…unless your opponent can strategize past that superior position. It can happen.
Dreams :: Holding onto them is the greatest struggle for any artist.
Lovingly :: Giving my dog a nice, long rub
Mistake :: What’s that?
Carson :: Downey (an East Coast blues guitarist)
Errand :: Boy
Dozen :: Eggs (just bought 3 dozen so I can make eggnogs for my soon-to-be toothless husband)
Wow – couldn’t manage to give any one-word answers this week *giggles*
Love your dozen red roses…mmm…I can smell them right now…
This is fun; let’s try (note, it’s a lazy ass Sunday for me…)
Crankiness :: is a virtue
Backpack :: backpack ….d-d-d-d-ora
Clone :: Imclone
High ground :: flood
Dreams :: may come
Lovingly :: stroking my weeping daughter’s sweet face
Mistake :: don’t make them
Carson :: Johnny
Errand :: Too many
Dozen :: Baker’s because there’s never enough
Crankiness :: middle name
Backpack :: sweaty
Clone :: mono
High ground :: snooty
Dreams :: rarely
Lovingly :: warm
Mistake ::opportunity
Carson :: Rachael
Errand :: tedium
Dozen :: Baker’s
1. Crankiness :: My daughter after not getting enough sleep
2. Backpack :: I need one once I start riding
3. Clone :: Jim Rome
4. High ground :: Away from the Thames (this is relevant to the book I’m currently writing)
5. Dreams :: Pizza (pizza gives me weird dreams)
6. Lovingly :: With care
7. Mistake :: Men At Work (“It’s a mistake…”)
8. Carson :: McMahon
9. Errand :: Boy
10. Dozen :: Dirty (“Man, Jim Brown didn’t HAVE to die, did he?”)
Ian
crankiness / HOT
backpack / school
clone / sheep
high ground / mile high
dreams / gone
lovingly / caress
mistake / oops
carson / funny
errand / boring
dozen / eggs
Crankiness :: PMS
Backpack :: through Europe
Clone :: Sheep
High ground :: safety
Dreams :: clouds
Lovingly :: looking at
Mistake :: #1
Carson :: Nevada
Errand :: errant
Dozen :: and a half
Crankiness :: me without my coffee
Backpack :: dora the explorer
Clone :: sheep
High ground :: no flooding
Dreams :: poof
Lovingly :: puppies
Mistake :: made them
Carson::Daley & karma (watch too much My Name is Earl)
Errand ::running
Dozen :: donuts
Cylithria – I laughed at your high ground – I can’t imagine anyone taking it from you!
Thanks for playing!
Julia – Boy, I haven’t thought of Carson Downey in a long time – I’ll have to YouTube him. I can tell you’ve been working on your book – good for you! Thanks for playing!
Karen MEG – I do love Dora. Imclone? I can’t remember what that’s from -Google…. Thanks for playing!
Marc Langweiler – Ah shuck Marc – crankiness can’t be your middle name?!? Thanks for playing!
Ian – Are you going to ride to work? When will you start? I thought of the Dirty Dozen too! Thanks for playing!
Needleglyphs – Cloning sheep? That’s the business we should get into – imagine the yarn!
Thanks for playing!
Claudia – have you backpacked through Europe!? I always thought that would be a really fun thing to do! Thanks for playing!
Beautifulmess – Yes, coffee and non-crankiness go hand in hand! I do love Dora! Thanks for playing!
Crankiness :: insufficient dietary supplements
Backpack :: North Face (VF Corp – a good buy)
Clone :: Dolly, first cloned sheep
High ground :: where morality lives
Dreams :: my grandmother
Lovingly :: the dreams my grandmother is in
Mistake :: happen often
Carson :: Johnny
Errand :: go get what follows
Dozen ::chocolate croissants and call Claudia to see if she wants to come over for croissants and coffee
I love these ‘mutterings’ too and it seems we have no answers in common today, but I do love your dozen ‘red roses’ and your ‘Kit’ for Carson today. My answers are at Small Reflections as usual.
Hugs and blessings,
Crankiness :: me, without enough sleep
Backpack :: hiking with the kids
Clone :: wish I could clone myself
High ground :: top of the hill house we didn’t choose
Dreams :: good sleep
Lovingly :: cleaned
Mistake :: can’t go there
Carson :: fort ….friends
Errand :: never ending
Dozen :: more things on my list
ps, how’s the weekend going?
1. Crankiness :: grouchy
2. Backpack :: hike
3. Clone :: Johnny Depp, please!
4. High ground :: safety
5. Dreams :: tattoo I got when I left Japan
6. Lovingly :: prepared
7. Mistake :: accident
8. Carson :: Queer Eye
9. Errand :: to run
10. Dozen :: eggs
1. Crankiness :: TWM a lot of times.
2. Backpack :: Home on the road
3. Clone :: Prone to duplication
4. High ground :: The water’s rising
5. Dreams :: What are they?
6. Lovingly :: My old lady
7. Mistake :: oops!
8. Carson :: Kit
9. Errand :: Make work
10. Dozen :: Cheaper that way they say
1. Crankiness ::check
2. Backpack ::trip
3. Clone ::needed
4. High ground ::taken
5. Dreams ::lived
6. Lovingly ::tenderly
7. Mistake ::made
8. Carson ::Johnny
9. Errand ::list
10. Dozen ::errands
crankiness……crampy grumps
backpack……wanderer
clone……evil twin
high ground…….pot vista
dreams…..are made of these
lovingly…..caressed
mistake……stumble
carson….johnny
errand……task
dozen……..corn
1. Crankiness :: period
2. Backpack :: wanderers
3. Clone :: plants
4. High ground :: dry
5. Dreams :: come true
6. Lovingly :: made
7. Mistake :: remembered
8. Carson :: City
9. Errand :: duty
10. Dozen :: roses
1. Crankiness :: John McCain
2. Backpack ::Europe
3. Clone :: I need one
4. High ground ::Flee to
5. Dreams :: Fleetwood Mac
6. Lovingly :: Arrange
7. Mistake :: An Honest
8. Carson :: Daly
9. Errand :: Run
10. Dozen :: Eggs
CEO – I’m so there from a croissant and coffee. Yeah – insufficient calories does lead to crankiness. Thanks for playing!
Storyteller – Finally, something we both have.
Tommie – Fort Carson! Fort Carson! Let’s chant it together!
Ahhh lovingly cleaned. Thanks for playing!
Janet – I would that it were in my powers to clone Johnny Depp. I would make that happen for you and only you, then burn the code!
Thanks for playing!
TWMark – Sorry for the crankiness. You are in such constant pain, it’s kind of unavoidable. ((hug)) Thanks for playing!
Miss Holly – I love “errand list”, “dozen errands” – now how true is that! Lovingly tenderly is a little heaving bossoms for you…. Thanks for playing!
Awareness – Lovingly caress – ahhhh… Does it get better than that? I like the idea of a mistake being a stumble. Thanks for playing!
Squirrelly – Well, you maybe cranky from your back hurting? Mistakes are often remembered – sometimes over successes. Too bad for that! Thanks for playing!
Los Angelista – I agree that you need a clone – life is so full! Yes, cranky at John McCain too!
Thanks for playing!