A comment from jimmymac1025 on my previous post got me thinking about all the ideas I seem to collect daily and there simply isn’t the time or energy for me to write all of them.  I usually have about 10-15 started at any given time, saved and waiting for me to get back to them.  Land Ho was over here a few weeks ago and needed to use my computer.  She said “Holy Shit!  Why do you have so many icons on your desktop?”  Then I thought about writers block, being inspired…you all know how this can spiral out of control in my head.  ;-) 

So I have decided to throw some of my ideas out there for whoever wants to write them, or maybe they’ll spin off in a different direction for you:

1.        OS Trading Cards

I think this would be really cool, but you’d definitely have to create the visual to go along with it. You could have a Hall-of-Fame category, and a Rookie division (not sure what the time frame would be to constitute “rookie”, but you get the idea), people who have flounced, etc.

2.       Daydreaming a Road-trip

Recently my mother departed on a road-trip with my uncle & aunt that would land them in Florida. I always wanted to do this and incorporate all the people from OS I want to meet and hang out with.  I haven’t the time or money right now, so an imaginary trip was in order. Having a destination pre-planned gave me a restricted area to cover, so I could limit my make-believe meet-ups to keep the post from being 20 paragraphs long (like this one is turning out to be). Florida is the land of cartouche, Life is Good, Rod Emmons, Michael Rodgers,(and I am sure many others that I am not aware of),and along the way, I thought maybe dear old Mom would let me off in Missouri  for a day or two to hang with fireeyes24, and maybe the Palin boys at the dead-end ghetto.   Then I thought about other trips to Canada, California, Philadelphia, Jersey—all home to some of my other fav’s.  Not too hard to find pics or vids to add some flavor to such a post.  Some photoshopping skills would be an added bonus for these (but make sure the people you are “visiting” don’t mind)!

3.       Adventures With My Imaginary Friend

Why is it when children have imaginary friends, it is because they are creative, (and of course, imaginative), but if we had these as adults, we would be considered schizophrenic? In my opinion, an imaginary friend with a weird name would help us not feel so awkward about going to lunch or the movies by ourselves, right? How many times do you want to go shopping with your friends and they just can’t make it? And you’d never get in trouble at work; you could just blame things on “Fritz”: 

“Dammit!  I told Fritz to call that client back!  Sorry boss, I’ll take care of it myself!”

4.       A poem about an inanimate object that expresses feelings we could also have for people

I suck at writing poetry and always feel mine sound so “blah blah blah.”   I thought about writing a poem about my cat and then realized  it would sound like a person was the inspiration. This lead me to think about a treasured knick-knack I had for years and how similar sentiments could be applied to that—fondness, familiarity, comfort, etc.  Hell, it could also be about something you despise.  I have a dress in my closet now that I wore only once to an event with the ex—it looks awesome on me, but I never want to wear it again—typical love/hate relationship.

5.       Best Friends

I am not in any way suggesting this for a title because it is boring, but I have thought about the best friends I have and the reasons why we are friends.  Some of you have had the pleasure of meeting Land Ho and I mention her from time to time in my posts. She actually hated me when we first met! I have another friend named Holly who I have known since high school (that’s over 20 years ago) and she still lives in Boston. Both of them are married and have kids, so that automatically makes us “opposites” and living in different worlds.  However, there is something there to be examined—why are we still best friends? One of these days, I will write about Holly because she is a total character and should have her own un-politically correct reality show. 

I am curious about what “opposite” friends you have and why. Also,  I have read several posts about losing friends because of different life paths, but surely some of you have ‘Til Death Do Us Part friends?

6.       I am Quirky

Ha ha…this one actually came to me a long time ago when iamsurly arrived on the scene! I suspect a lot of you could come up with a post on this one!  Eccentric, bizarre, odd, peculiar, etc.  Then I thought of a super-hero like stand-off:  I am Haphazard vs. I am Methodical.  Endless possibilities here.  

7.        Why I love My Job aka Workplace Hi-jinks

I work with a bunch of comedians and pranksters.  We use an instant message system to relay work-related info to the masses (think 40 or so people from different departments all in a “group” conversation), but sometimes we just can’t help ourselves and the conversation veers into a completely unrelated topic.  Just recently, we were reprimanded at a meeting by Big Boss who told us “This isn’t open mic night.”  Indeed.   Here’s an example:

Wayne’s World:  so yeah, I still didn't get that penicillin shot, and it's getting worse

Wayne’s World:  oops wrong convo    ^(**)

spotted_mind:  try leeches

Wayne’s World:  been there done that

Innagaddadavida:  try GIANT KILLER BUNNY RABBITS!

spotted_mind:  There may be some on  eBay

The Colonel:  or Craig's List

Wayne’s World:  no one wants a local used whatever on craigslist. they'd end up in my current position