I've been remiss on my posts - life just gets in the way sometimes (and drowns out the voices in my head temporarily.) But I'm back to share some of my latest musings.
About a week ago, a very large, menacing looking "writing spider" took up residence just outside my front door. One of my mortal fears is spiders - even dead spiders give me the creeps and I won't go near them. So I entered and left my house by other doors for a couple of days, thinking the spider would move on. But no. She's still there. Spins a new, more intricate web every night with that funky white zig zag pattern down the center. I say 'she' because she really is quite a specimen as spiders go. No guy could look so .......regal. Unless it's a metrosexual spider, but I'm getting sidetracked.
Anyway, the spider has been there so long now, and I pass it so frequently on my comings and goings that I felt I should give her a name. And the voices in my head came up with Zarathustra. (I don't know why, I don't question the voices.) But before you think I'm a complete goober, you should know that "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is a very striking musical piece by Richard Strauss. You probably know it best by the version they used as the theme to the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey." ...... crickets........I'm a goofy goober, yeah! So, anyway, Zarathustra the spider is now official.
It's really not that strange if you know that I also call my robot, Roomba vacuum "Fred." Fred is a name that just stuck with me from somewhere in childhood. I had lots of Freds - from the small, green plastic turtle that I built houses for out of shoeboxes, to an unfortunate plant that died a lingering death in my bedroom, and a robot that I built in 4th or 5th grade out of cardboard boxes, tin foil, a string of christmas lights and an old tape recorder. I know what you're thinking.....yes, I built a robot. Why? Because I thought it was funny. And if you'd seen the routine that Fred and I presented to my elementary school class, you'd be laughing too. But I'm off on a tangent again.
I name lots of things - there's two bats that fly over my house every evening named "Spunkernickel" and "Bob." ......I know, right?
And my last car was named Lucille. She followed Esmerelda, Dottie and Lucifer in the automotive history in my driveway. All stories in themselves. But the naming of Zarathustra made me realize that I hadn't yet chosen an appropriate moniker for my new car.
I don't often call these things by the names I've given them out loud, you see. Well, except for my Roomba vacuum.....my whole family calls it Fred. Mostly the namesI give to random objects are between them and me. Oh, and you, now that you've read this. So the next time you come to my house, there's a stick propped up in the right hand corner by the door. It's so you can ring my doorbell (toward the left corner of my door) without disturbing Zarathustra. And if you have any suggestions for car names, well, the voices apparently burned themselves out on "Zarathustra," so let me know what you think.
Unless you just think I've crossed way over the line in my little rubber room. But just remember, you liked me okay before I named the stupid spider........I'm just sayin'.
About a week ago, a very large, menacing looking "writing spider" took up residence just outside my front door. One of my mortal fears is spiders - even dead spiders give me the creeps and I won't go near them. So I entered and left my house by other doors for a couple of days, thinking the spider would move on. But no. She's still there. Spins a new, more intricate web every night with that funky white zig zag pattern down the center. I say 'she' because she really is quite a specimen as spiders go. No guy could look so .......regal. Unless it's a metrosexual spider, but I'm getting sidetracked.
Anyway, the spider has been there so long now, and I pass it so frequently on my comings and goings that I felt I should give her a name. And the voices in my head came up with Zarathustra. (I don't know why, I don't question the voices.) But before you think I'm a complete goober, you should know that "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is a very striking musical piece by Richard Strauss. You probably know it best by the version they used as the theme to the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey." ...... crickets........I'm a goofy goober, yeah! So, anyway, Zarathustra the spider is now official.
It's really not that strange if you know that I also call my robot, Roomba vacuum "Fred." Fred is a name that just stuck with me from somewhere in childhood. I had lots of Freds - from the small, green plastic turtle that I built houses for out of shoeboxes, to an unfortunate plant that died a lingering death in my bedroom, and a robot that I built in 4th or 5th grade out of cardboard boxes, tin foil, a string of christmas lights and an old tape recorder. I know what you're thinking.....yes, I built a robot. Why? Because I thought it was funny. And if you'd seen the routine that Fred and I presented to my elementary school class, you'd be laughing too. But I'm off on a tangent again.
I name lots of things - there's two bats that fly over my house every evening named "Spunkernickel" and "Bob." ......I know, right?
And my last car was named Lucille. She followed Esmerelda, Dottie and Lucifer in the automotive history in my driveway. All stories in themselves. But the naming of Zarathustra made me realize that I hadn't yet chosen an appropriate moniker for my new car.
I don't often call these things by the names I've given them out loud, you see. Well, except for my Roomba vacuum.....my whole family calls it Fred. Mostly the namesI give to random objects are between them and me. Oh, and you, now that you've read this. So the next time you come to my house, there's a stick propped up in the right hand corner by the door. It's so you can ring my doorbell (toward the left corner of my door) without disturbing Zarathustra. And if you have any suggestions for car names, well, the voices apparently burned themselves out on "Zarathustra," so let me know what you think.
Unless you just think I've crossed way over the line in my little rubber room. But just remember, you liked me okay before I named the stupid spider........I'm just sayin'.
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Hmmm...I am not good at naming things. I name people though..things like "beefy head", "potatobutt","terdling",and "ass monkey"...oh wait this supposed to be PG..oh well guess I blew that. You can name your car "Willy" if you got the car I think you did it will be perfect "box car Willy" :) Just remember I love you :)
One other thing I forgot to say in my prior comment...feel free to make fun of me cruzin in the minivan (I know you always do)..while I don't have a name for my car I do like to call myself the Minivan Maven when I am driving...makes me feel cool.
I've seen this spider and all I can say is GROSS! It's big, hairy and ugly and it's name needs to be DEAD as it owuld be if it was on my front porch!
Your car should be named appropriately for it's greatest accomplishment - "mailbox basher" or MB for short!
Some things will just never be forgotten!
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