... is the correct name for the colour between purple and pink?
... do other people do on Friday evening?
... is my biggest problem?
... animals can swim, fly and walk gracefully?
... is the best film ever made?
... should I wear for my first day at work?
... would a girl's life be without chocolate?
... will never die?
... will never live?
... do Scotsmen wear under their kilts?
... would Confucius think of house warmingparty snacks?
... is the secret ingredient of a Coca-Cola
... on earth is a plastic giraffe doing in our neighbours' garden?
... can you bake from 1 egg, 1 pound of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of milk, a handful of raisins, a twist of rum and two spoons of sugar?
... sound does yellow make in the dark?
Friday, August 26
Monday, August 22
Why?- Part 2
... is it so hard to say 'I love you'?
... do people like horses so much?
... is the dolphin a more popular seamammal then the walrus?
... do elves have pointy ears?
... does seasalt taste better then other salt?
... can't I fall in love with someone who cares for me?
... do parents assume they know what is best for you?
... does lipstick taste so bad?
... aren't my eyes skyblue but speckled?
... is 7 a holy number?
... don't I like the taste of beer?
... is there a horoscope in every magazine when 'nobody' reads them?
... did Professor Dumbledore have to die?
... does blonde hair grow faster then brown hair?
... is Asian black hair more beautiful then Caucasian black hair?
... do some plants grow away from the light?
... don't my plants grow at all?
... do so many people like to wear jeans?
... are dangerous men so attractive?
... are red roses the flowers of love when most of them don't even smell good?
... do people define the colour pigs have as pink?
... are there so few people who can do a good bbq?
... do I cry at night?
... has there never been found a satisfying alternative for chocolate candy?
... do people like horses so much?
... is the dolphin a more popular seamammal then the walrus?
... do elves have pointy ears?
... does seasalt taste better then other salt?
... can't I fall in love with someone who cares for me?
... do parents assume they know what is best for you?
... does lipstick taste so bad?
... aren't my eyes skyblue but speckled?
... is 7 a holy number?
... don't I like the taste of beer?
... is there a horoscope in every magazine when 'nobody' reads them?
... did Professor Dumbledore have to die?
... does blonde hair grow faster then brown hair?
... is Asian black hair more beautiful then Caucasian black hair?
... do some plants grow away from the light?
... don't my plants grow at all?
... do so many people like to wear jeans?
... are dangerous men so attractive?
... are red roses the flowers of love when most of them don't even smell good?
... do people define the colour pigs have as pink?
... are there so few people who can do a good bbq?
... do I cry at night?
... has there never been found a satisfying alternative for chocolate candy?
Saturday, August 20
Why?
... are cute guys gay, unavailable or both?
... does love hurt?
... are lemon mints addictive?
... don't I have any musical talent?
... do I have 10 fountain pens?
... can't I stop thinking about him?
... does it rain in august?
... does god exists?
... does my nose itch all the time?
... don't my goldfish like the new aquariumfish food?
... do I feel the urge to cover all my letters in stickers?
... am I writing?
... do ugly men marry beautiful women and vice versa?
... am I afraid?
... is anybody afraid?
... does baby oil smell so good?
... do I really believe in magic?
... are there so few good actresses?
... doesn't light green look good on me?
... do I like small spiders and hate big ones?
... can't people fly?
... aren't there more fonts to chose from in the editing of post on this blog?
... is a coward called a chicken when in fact chickens are a lot braver then -for example- cows?
... do I hate orange?
... do people like my eyes?
... is there no such thing as love insurance?
... does love hurt?
... are lemon mints addictive?
... don't I have any musical talent?
... do I have 10 fountain pens?
... can't I stop thinking about him?
... does it rain in august?
... does god exists?
... does my nose itch all the time?
... don't my goldfish like the new aquariumfish food?
... do I feel the urge to cover all my letters in stickers?
... am I writing?
... do ugly men marry beautiful women and vice versa?
... am I afraid?
... is anybody afraid?
... does baby oil smell so good?
... do I really believe in magic?
... are there so few good actresses?
... doesn't light green look good on me?
... do I like small spiders and hate big ones?
... can't people fly?
... aren't there more fonts to chose from in the editing of post on this blog?
... is a coward called a chicken when in fact chickens are a lot braver then -for example- cows?
... do I hate orange?
... do people like my eyes?
... is there no such thing as love insurance?
Wednesday, August 17
How I love 'les poissons'
You may or may not know that I have three fish- called Andreas, Judas and Magdalena. For the benefit and enjoyment of friends with whom I keep an offline journal, I make up stories about these finned friends in which these brave young swimmers survive ghosts in miniature Bayern castles, door-to-door salesmen, plastic ducks, alien attacks, toads in love and the looking-for-prey-eyes of the hungry housecats.
Be not fooled, my pets are three goldfish living in an aquarium on my desk. And they are completely normal, Andreas' anorexia nervosa, Judas tendency to bump the sides of the bowl and to jump out of the water and Magdalena's fetish affection for the rubber marine plants possibly excepted.
"Live with me, and be my love"
Among the many books I own is a Complete Works of William Shakespeare, a rather sober edition; but I am not wealthy and was even less so when I bought it. Lately I came across these lines from Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music, V. "Live with me, and be my love":
LIVE with me, and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
And all the craggy mountains yields.
There will we sit upon the rocks,
And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers, by whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
There will I make thee a bed of roses,
With a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.
A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Then live with me and be my love.
You may guess that I am in love, you'd be right. But I could never tell him for fear the answer might even be less positive then the one below.
LOVE'S ANSWER
If that the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move,
To live with thee and be thy love.
LIVE with me, and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
And all the craggy mountains yields.
There will we sit upon the rocks,
And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers, by whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
There will I make thee a bed of roses,
With a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.
A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Then live with me and be my love.
You may guess that I am in love, you'd be right. But I could never tell him for fear the answer might even be less positive then the one below.
LOVE'S ANSWER
If that the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move,
To live with thee and be thy love.
Sunday, August 7
Not a major dieting success
Three years back, I imposed some cruelty on myself, refusing for the course of an entire year to eat chocolate and drink alcohol. To my great surprise I found this not so hard. After 367 days I lost 1537 grams of bodyweight. Not what one would call a major dieting success.
Unwilling as I am to learn from mistakes made in the past, I am ready to torture myself a bit more - by al means call me a masochist. From September first I will for a period of thirteen months abstain from all edible and drinkable substances containing alcohol and cacao and also from bacon flavoured crisps. All that catch me consuming any of the above mentioned products are hereby commissioned to punish me as they see fit.
Unwilling as I am to learn from mistakes made in the past, I am ready to torture myself a bit more - by al means call me a masochist. From September first I will for a period of thirteen months abstain from all edible and drinkable substances containing alcohol and cacao and also from bacon flavoured crisps. All that catch me consuming any of the above mentioned products are hereby commissioned to punish me as they see fit.
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