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Topic: Inanimate objects and their secret life.
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pixelpixie Knowflake Posts: 5301 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 04, 2006 10:26 AM
Okay. Like in 'American Beauty', how the bag 'dancing' was beautiful. I spent my walk today looking at a plastic coffee top rolling as if by itself down the street. It looked like it was having a wicked good time. It would stop at the sidewalk, then wait, then roll again on the street. This went on for about twelve blocks. Straight. There was a playfulness about it,it acted like it knew what it was doing and though I know I am personifying and I know what Tim Robbins feels like when he writes his books, it was a little moment that I wanted to share here, and I will probably not think about the seeming magic of it much as I go on to my day to day. But I have recorded it for posterity.How are all y'all? I'm afraid the business of brewing a baby has taken me away from what I used to be. Times and seasons. IP: Logged |
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posted October 04, 2006 10:36 AM
I want to get lost in that sort of thought process, maybe soon....Hows being pregnant going? Is it a boy or girl? I voted boy. ------------------ "WHATEVER the soul longs for, WILL be attained by the spirit" "Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation" -Khalil Gibran IP: Logged |
pixelpixie Knowflake Posts: 5301 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 04, 2006 10:43 AM
Thanks for asking. I find out next thursday. If baby co operates, I'l let you know!*open leg vibes* IP: Logged |
maklhouf Knowflake Posts: 1392 From: Registered: Nov 2003
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posted October 07, 2006 08:16 AM
You are talking about basic artificial intelligence I'm into that too------------------ And I will give thee the treasures of darkness Isiah 45:3 IP: Logged |
pixelpixie Knowflake Posts: 5301 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 07, 2006 11:31 AM
Maklhouf, have you ever read Tom Robbins books? They are so philosophical, playful, factual and whimsical. You should look in to it, you'd probably get a kick out of it.IP: Logged |
libraschoice7 Knowflake Posts: 1976 From: Arizona Registered: Jul 2006
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posted October 07, 2006 03:08 PM
That's interesting you bring something like that up, at times it does seem things(objects)take on a certain life of their own. It's just most of the time we don't stop to notice the the little things around us in this world, that manage to be there even in the most mundane way IP: Logged |
maklhouf Knowflake Posts: 1392 From: Registered: Nov 2003
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posted October 09, 2006 08:08 AM
Elevators seem particularly human to me ------------------ And I will give thee the treasures of darkness Isiah 45:3 IP: Logged |
sue g Knowflake Posts: 8591 From: former land of the leprechaun Registered: Sep 2004
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posted October 09, 2006 11:12 AM
""""Elevators seem particularly human to me """""What you mean they are NOT? Haha... Love it.... Two of my best friends are inanimate objects..... a box of romany scrolls and a paper bag called Ronald... More obscurity please.... IP: Logged |
maklhouf Knowflake Posts: 1392 From: Registered: Nov 2003
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posted October 11, 2006 12:56 AM
you're right , inanimate objects can be true friends------------------ And I will give thee the treasures of darkness Isiah 45:3 IP: Logged |
themysteryclub Knowflake Posts: 320 From: United States of America Registered: Nov 2005
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posted October 11, 2006 12:59 AM
I've also felt a particular life coming from all of our old wooden furniture...like the energy around the coffee table (for instance) 'sizzles' just ever so slightly. I especially felt this way when I was a very young child.IP: Logged |
lovely* Knowflake Posts: 2141 From: CA Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 11, 2006 02:19 AM
Pix, I liked the way you describe your coffee lid rolling along with you. I can almost see it;s obstacles on it's path.tissues definately have a life. i just blew my nose and tossed it. it looks like a gardenia! IP: Logged |
sue g Knowflake Posts: 8591 From: former land of the leprechaun Registered: Sep 2004
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posted October 11, 2006 05:51 AM
lovely.... Loved what you said about the tissue!!I watched whilst I was driving yesterday how the leaves swirled around the car....how they danced so gracefully... Enchanting it was.... IP: Logged |
pixelpixie Knowflake Posts: 5301 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 11, 2006 05:23 PM
*thinks about the common uses for tissues and how degrading life as a tissue could be....I'm sure I don't have to go on..... hahahahahahahaha IP: Logged |
Cardinalgal Knowflake Posts: 1037 From: Lincoln, UK Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 12, 2006 09:49 AM
Well I do a magic act with coat hangers... now you may think coat hangers just sit on the rail until used however I'm afraid you are sorely mistaken!They have a secret life as Acrobats and flying trapeze artists in "The Wardrobe State Circus!!" What happens is I open the wardrobe door very slowly... and then (after the drum roll has begun,) I gingerly touch the edge of the lead Coat Hanger (he's very temperemental... these artistes always are you know) and he leaps off the rail in a death-defying fall, sending the clothes that were hanging on his back tumbling to the floor!! Then, just at the last minute, he hooks onto his neighbour, and he in turn hooks onto the next and the next and the next, until they form a spectacular hanging mess, rather reminiscent of a modern sculpture!!! It's a breathtaking sight I can tell you and you should hear the gasps from the crowd (and the four letter expletives from me!) If anyone wishes to see this fantastic act, we'll be appearing at a Wardrobe near you. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain Knowflake Posts: 2681 From: ohio Registered: Aug 2004
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posted October 12, 2006 10:58 AM
PixelPixie... is today the day? Thinking open-legged thoughts for you!Good luck! I wanted to email you, but the account where I had your address has expired. In any case, I'm going to the hospital this evening to have my little one. This is bittersweet... I'm opposed to being induced without a medical reason, but due to circumstances beyond my control, I had to make a decision between two unappealing choices. *trying to get excited anyway* I guess the bottom line is that she'll be here soon. Most likely she'll be a Friday the 13th baby.
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The Mutable Night Force Knowflake Posts: 1451 From: England Registered: Dec 2004
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posted October 12, 2006 12:46 PM
Wow, pixie! I did not even know you were pregnant! (Not very observant, see). Congratulations! Hope all goes well.Yeah, actually now you mention it, I constantly think inanimate objects are alive... lol. Well, I think that I have OCD might contribute a bit... how I position stuff drives me nuts. Oh, I think it about toys a lot! But it's kinda hard not to... haha and probably books too. Oh, and when we think about it.... aren't we all like tissues...? Isn't the world just one big tissue box of promise and a sticky end??
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Stargazer Knowflake Posts: 1108 From: Columbus OH USA Registered: Aug 2005
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posted October 12, 2006 01:13 PM
*******Oh, and when we think about it.... aren't we all like tissues...? Isn't the world just one big tissue box of promise and a sticky end??*********LMAO Pixie...Good luck with your ultrasound! It's the coolest thing! Just remember....Hamburger= girl Turtle= boy future....sending happy vibes your way too! You should be excited!!! You finally get see who it is exactly that has been kicking you.... and of course, kiss her sweet little face Best Wishes!!!
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pixelpixie Knowflake Posts: 5301 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 12, 2006 03:16 PM
FUTURE!!! I am so excited for you.. good luck!I'll be thinking of you and your perfect little woman. Blessings to you. I will see if I've got yours, and hopefully email you instead. We should do that anyway. I'm just bad at it. ( ask anyone here who has my email) Oh then, I'll go ahead and post it here as well... My baby didn't want to cooperate at first, but finally, we saw.. I'm going to post a new post with the profile shot, I'll let you know what the baby is in that post. WONDERFUL NEWS!!!! * sorry if that trumped all the othe rnews. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain Knowflake Posts: 2681 From: ohio Registered: Aug 2004
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posted October 12, 2006 03:19 PM
Thank you Stargazer! I'm getting more excited. (And nervous!)So, Miss Pix... tell us, tell us, tell us already! IP: Logged |
lovely* Knowflake Posts: 2141 From: CA Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 12, 2006 05:04 PM
@ stargazer..Future, congrats.. I didn't even know you were with child! Is this your first? IP: Logged |
AcousticGod Knowflake Posts: 11943 From: Pleasanton, CA, USA Registered: May 2005
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posted October 12, 2006 06:24 PM
Exciting Future!!I hope it all goes super perfect for you. IP: Logged |