My November Day Twenty Nine
SHARE YOUR WORLD – 2015 WEEK #47
In your native language which letter or character describes you best? Why?
I closed my eyes and mentally recited the alphabet, calling on my spirit guides and muses for divine inspiration. Or, you know, some such similar nonsense, because really, how else do you come up with an answer to this one? My brain stopped on the letter “O”. Some days my brain is very helpful, up to a point.
Just look at how versatile this letter is – it can be paired with any number of other words and things to convey the following:
- Dismay (with crap, damn and hell, accompanied by mournful sighs or deep groans)
- Surprise (with my gawd, really, and some high-pitched squealing)
- Confusion or disbelief (said with a question mark implied)
- Joy (with YES! ALRIGHT! HALLELUJAH! etc.)
- Understanding (as in O yeah, I get it! even when you don’t.)
Why does this describe me? O….I don’t know. Oh oh. Oh phooey. I am skipping that part.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Well it sure isn’t clothes. Since I stopped working I have been wearing mostly yoga pants and flip flops and comfy tops with holes in them. And everything has paint or glue or ink on it somewhere.
So my answer is art supplies, which will not be surprising to anyone who sees what I’m wearing.
Do you prefer exercising your mind or your body? How frequently do you do either?
My mind wants to do mental gymnastics at night when my body would prefer to sleep, so I have learned lots of ways to discourage it from thinking so much. It is certainly good at dreaming up excuses during the day for my body to relax. I like to think there is a good balance of both kinds of exercise in my life. Liking to think such a thing does not, however, make it true.
List at least 5 things that make you laugh.
- Savage Chickens
- Little kids saying random swear words with no clue what they mean.
- John Cleese
- Baby goats
- Bridesmaids (the movie)
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful for our amazing weather this sunny warm November. It’s almost unheard of to shovel snow here only once in this usually godforsaken winter month. Our son bought a new snowblower this year, so that’s probably why.
This week coming up I should be hearing from medical offices wanting to set up appointments for me. What a dumb thing to look forward to. But I certainly am grateful for our incredible health care coverage, without which I would probably be sick and penniless and maybe even dead.
And on that pleasant note, Happy Grey Cup Sunday! Go Eskimos! Oh no, I won’t be watching the game, just enjoying the peace and quiet while W is downstairs glued to the big screen. Oh yeah.
What a great take on the letter “O”. ☺
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Oh how kind of you to say so. Oh for the love of Mike now I can’t stop thinking about O’s. Oh well. 😄
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You are such a hOOt! Love reading these from you Lin!
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We should all spell hOOt exactly like that. ❤️
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I have always been a lurker on your posts, reading but not commenting. But today I will take the opportunity to say that I love reading your witty little insights and especially enjoyed your take on the ‘O’! 🙂
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Hey, I am the queen of lurkers! I know about the effort it takes to comment, so I really appreciate yours. Thanks ❤️
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Oh I so enjoyed reading your answers this week. ….and yes that was a pun for you letter “O”. 😀
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Your wordplays on the letter O were fun! My last name (maiden) started with O. My letter which means a lot is “R.” My Mom’s name is Rosalie and Dad’s is Robert, when they named me Robin we were the 3 R’s. Once they were on a “r”oll, they named my brothers, Randall and Richard. So, we had the 5 “R” Oldrieves on a wooden sign on our light post. Mom(h.s. teacher) says we kids were the 3 R’s, like reading ‘riting, and ‘rithametic. 🙂
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