Gyrating in Chairs

Have you ever been hanging out with a couple of friends and then out of the blue someone says, "That would be a great band name!" Then the rest of the night devolves into discussing the imaginary band and joking around about our celebrity personalities. Yesterday Lizzy, Gat and I made our imaginary band, Gyrating in Chairs.  It is kind of a folksy sort of thing, or it might be based off of the imaginary album cover we posed for yesterday.

It looks like a legitimate album cover. At least I think so.  Unfortunately a fake album cover and a bunch of wine does not make us musicians.  Only one of use can actually sing and play an instrument, but not at the same time.  The other two have other talents that have absolutely nothing to do with music.  It probably has more to do with helium infested mice, salami and The Little Mermaid. In fact all could be revealed in the fake biography of the group and how they became a back porch favorite, if I ever get around to it.  Until then, I am just going to snicker at our song titles and enjoy the strawberry jam we accomplished while goofed around with stardom. What would your band name be?

2015 Boiled Down

I love lists.  I love the feeling of being organized and having a clear direction that a list gives me. I wanted to create a list of 15 things to describe 2015. It sounds like a simple thing, but the more that I thought about it, the more daunting the task became.   How does a person describe the glowing bits of happiness with the dark bits of sadness in just a few words? The idea of creating a list was slowly becoming a new year’s resolution. Something that I said I would do, and in my mind I would do, but in reality I would maybe not quite do completely.  

I dislike the term, resolutions.  It makes me feel broken and that something needs fixed. I prefer the word challenges, because it makes me feel like it is something that I can overcome and grow from. With that in mind, I challenged myself to come up with some words that described my 2015 and reflect upon the crunchy bits, to learn from them and help challenge myself to make the most of my 2015 and hope to challenge myself to find ways to enliven my 2016.

1. Welcome to Nightvale
2. Homemade wine
3. Pishing
4. Cherries
5. Bacon Jam
6.  Zumba
7.  Comics
8.  Museums
9.  Thrift Stores
10. Fabric
11. Board Games
12.  Post Cards
13.  Sunblock
14. MST3K
15. Cats

I know that with the word, I didn't put things like Family, or Friends or Love, because it is my belief that all of those things are involved with my core essentials, it is just a way they were manifested in 2015.  I can only anticipate what 2016 will bring.