• laelia_hunt
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      • In response to: "What is the one thing you consistently spill on yourself?" Bits of hardened chocolate from choc top ice creams you can buy when you go to the movies. Sometimes I realize I've done it. Usually I don't. Realization usually happens in the car driving home!
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    • Changed My Mind

      • I've had to remember that not everyone experiences life in the same way that I do. Duh. So self evident. I wasn't sure before I started answering this but now . . .


        Question mark in Esbjerg

        It's not really things I've changed my mind about. It's what my mind wondered about when I read it ... from this site, actually (Plinky.com - you are fun!)

        I haven't visited here for a while. So after logging on I was immediately captivated by a few of the prompts. Like . . .

        Do you listen to the radio?

        And . . .

        Would you use public transport if it was available in your area?

        (That might not be the exact wording of the prompts but the general ideas are there).

        I was slightly taken aback. I had to wonder.

        Why would you not listen to the radio anymore? Why wouldn't you want to hear other people talk to you about things happening in your neck of the woods? Or get an idea of what's on high rotation with ... whoever.

        And why would you not have public transport in your area?

        Or perhaps it's a sad day when you have no alternative to say . . . walking?

        I found both ideas unnerving. No. Wrong term. Odd? Different? Interesting?

        Now I'm at the end of talking about this prompt I've slightly changed my mind . . . about . . .



      • answered by laelia_hunt on 04/09/2012
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    • What I Appreciate About My Family

      • Sometimes they drive me mad. After making this list I remember that hey, I'm lucky. And blessed.


        A Dry-Land Farmer and His Family on the Flathead Reservation Near Niarada, Montana

        My immediate family are no longer immediately near me. They've all packed up and left you see. To other lands to be fairly happy. However, I will always appreciate:

        My father: is pretty non judegemental. He's probably one of the most non judgemental people in the world. I can only assume it comes from his own deep awareness that he has his own wrong doings to contend with and mistakes that he's made peace with in his life. Makes him quite humble. And accepting.

        My oldest brother: is similar to my father in that respect. And is one of the most genuinely nicest people in the world. Genuinely nice. When you meet him he looks like someone who could completely smash your face in. Scary looking type (people have called the police on him for no good reason. He was waiting in a parking lot for a friend who he had just driven to the doctor). But then people find out that he's actually a big push over. Seriously nice.

        My youngest brother: one of the funniest people in my world. Like my older brother, he looks intimidating. Tall and thug like. Inked up and wearing his stuff low. Then the jokes start and it makes people feel ok. At ease. And people decide he's a nice bloke to have a drink with!

        My niece: has the biggest heart. She will give you everything that she has and is.

        As I note all these things I realize I'm lucky. And I feel blessed. And glad.

      • answered by laelia_hunt on 12/28/2011
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    • The Deliberate Attempt to Deceive

      • So what exactly is the truth? Who gets to deliver the truth? What is there to gain from a lie?


        Deciding Which Door to Choose 2

        Plinky.com prompt for today: "Is it ever okay to lie?"

        Is it every okay to deliberately deceive someone?

        Well.


        I've lied to pretty much everyone. At one time or another. Including myself.

        I've done it to make myself feel better about things I couldn't do. Wanted to do but didn't have the heart. Because of love. And hate. And a whole lot of other reasons. For right and for wrong. To dull the pain of loss. To exonerate myself in my own eyes. Or the eyes of others. To exonerate others for me.

        At every stage of my life I've lied at one point or another.

        Sometimes it was okay. Sometimes it wasn't.

        Situational. Necessary. Unnecessary. To make things better. And make them worse.

        What truth do we want to tell? Do we need to tell? Does it always set us free?

      • answered by laelia_hunt on 12/20/2011
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    • Remembering Dreams

      • They feel like cinematic experiences. Even though I know they're not real. That I'm asleep. Bright. Slow motion. Sometimes all that's missing is ominous music.


        Dreaming

        Last night I dreamt about one of friends being so plastered out of their mind that they had no idea why they were at my house, wearing glitter on their face, standing around with stars in their eyes. There were tweens who had crashed the house and taken over the pool. And I was house sitting. A house belonging to my friend. Transformed into a multi level, split level monster with many bathrooms and wooden finishes everywhere. It looked nothing like the real life house.

        I woke up and thought it was Saturday. It was Friday.

        That was last nights dream.

        I remember dreams I had when I was 14. That involved spotlights, supermarkets, drum solos and drive by shootings in the middle of suburbia. Even the scary ones. Where I dream of being chased or imagine some unknown foe is trying to climb through a window.

        Usually I remember these. These sleep induced cinematic experiences. My dreams.

      • answered by laelia_hunt on 11/11/2011
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    • An Anonymous Gift

      • Present

        Plinky.com prompt for today: “What gift would you like to anonymously send someone?”

        Ohhhhh. I have dreamt about this. It's true. I like the idea of giving anonymously. I selfishly know that it will feel marvelously.

        On my list of things to do (yes, I'm getting around to it) is sending supermarket gift cards in the mail, anonymous deliverance of flowers, leaving extra credit at the pump for the next customer, paying school fees for someone I don't know, and so on.

        Christmas is coming. Giving secretly well. I'll admit it. It makes me feel happy. Selfishly. It does. I should have done things like this ages ago. If you have any other ideas leave me comments. I plan on making it a secret santa giving type Christmas/New Years.

      • answered by laelia_hunt on 10/23/2011
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