Writing Up A Storm

I heard a strange noise on the backside of Bloggingham last evening

Out the door in my blogjammies and slippers I went...

The camera clicked. The branches howled.
Flower pots somersaulted.

Wind blew mysteriously round the castle. Atonal ghosts .....playing spirit symphonies in the branches. Weeds blew up a crescendo of darkness and chill.

I waited for the resolution

and waited....
holding my breath
content to feel the vibrations clear down to the toes of my nightgown blown sideways by a dissonance more beautiful and wild than any Queen ought to be found running through on a night like this

Moving swiftly above the dormers I followed....round and round the house I went chasing demons and elves and half-sewn songs

wanting it to carry me
up
up
up
through the bold
barren garden
of leaves on
naked
twigs

And then it happened

Minor changed to Major in a thirty-second flash of brilliance I would have missed altogether if the edge of my gown hadn't snagged the corner of the door






peace

If there is a glory in this world more powerful than this, I challenge you to find it.

Photos were not altered. Copyright Mimi Lenox.
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Sunday Stealing ~ The Devil In Duke Chapel

This is Mimi. Shooting straight. Don't worry....I haven't taken any pain meds in at least four hours and I won't be talking about Viagra or elephants. Maybe. Scratch that. This is Mimi.
Shooting straight.
I'd duck if I were you.

Sunday Stealing: The Ginormous Meme

1. Are you single?
Let me look at my watch.
As of 1:00 am, yes, I am still single.
And sleepy.

2. Are your parents still married?
52 years and still going insane strong.

3. Are you in love?
With life. With peace globes. With buttercups. With Baby Boy. And in my mind - with the man who will join me in the buttercup peace globe journey. Where he is, is anybody's guess. (Baby Boy will be jealous but he'll have to get over it.)

4. Do you believe in love at first sight?
No. I believe in pheromones at first sight.
I believe in charm at first bite.
After that, it gets a bit more complicated.

5. Who ended your last relationship?
He did. He's a bit complicated.
Just ask him.

6. Have you ever been hurt by a break up?
Yes.

7. Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
Men rarely admit to broken hearts but I'm afraid I have.
I didn't want to though.

8. Have you ever had a secret admirer?
I believe so. But I prefer directness. Secrets not so much.

9. Prefer love or lust?

I prefer lust in the midst of love.

You can have one without the other of course - many people do - but it is not the ultimate mind-blowing relationship. Toe-curling desire and attraction can go hand-in-hand with sweet affection and caring. Who wouldn't want THAT?
I want trustworthy intimacy, rock solid friendship, and a mature love that I can count on from ONE man.
Oh. And hot sex.
(I told you to duck.)

10. Prefer a few best friends or many regular friends?
Both

11. Wild night out or romantic night in?

See #9

12. Back in the day: Been caught sneaking out?
Are you kidding? I can't get by with anything. I wouldn't have taken one step out the door without alarm bells going off. You're talking to a woman who had to be home at 9 pm on Sunday nights and 11:00 pm on Fri/Sat nights when she was a teenager, had to wear a dress on Sundays "just because it's Sunday", is always the designated driver and was afraid to take the tags off the mattress for fear of being arrested.
I think not.

13. Ever wanted something/someone so badly it hurt?
Now that's alarming. Wouldn't that border on obsession? If it "hurts" you shouldn't want it. RED FLAG APPROACHING YOUR PSYCHE. See the nearest therapist.

14. Who are/is your best friend(s)?
Female: Barbara (see this post) who is, at this moment, fighting for her life. Please say a prayer. Susie aka Jane (no she doesn't have a multiple personality)
Male: Prince Budwick of Rakistan and Mark of the Millennium.

15. Ever wanted to disappear?
Only a million times a day. Lately, I've been wary of crowds -a little jumpy since I was injured a few weeks ago. Perhaps I should learn to levitate.

16. First attraction: Smile or eyes
Smile. Eyes. Smile. Eyes.
I can't decide.

17. Prefer intelligence or attraction?
I prefer attractive intelligence. Brains are a huge huge huge turn on. So are tight jeans, a well-dressed man and sweaty workout clothes - not necessarily in that order - and a sense of humor.
Am I being too picky?

18. Last phone call you received?
True story: My sister calling to see if my mother had called me yet to tell me about my uncle who passed away three weeks ago. The answer is still 'no.' I kid you not.
Of course, they're not going to do the funeral over just for me. I can't imagine why.

19. Last thing you drank?
Green tea

20. Before your current one, when was your last relationship?
Ummmm......Why am I thinking purple peeps at Easter? I don't have a current one but the last relationship had more births, deaths and resurrections than Jesus. I'll pass.


21. Do you and your family get along?
Usually at funerals. But I missed the last one.
So, that's a no.

22.Would you say you have a "screwed up life"?

Not unless you count falling down a lot.

23. Have you ever gotten kicked out somewhere? If yes, do tell.

I was politely asked to leave Duke Chapel once during a concert but it wasn't my fault, I swear!. My friend caused a scene (her husband was onstage singing "Messiah" for Heaven's sakes but I don't think Handel was smiling at this..) and there was a "problem" with a seating arrangement. We were in the second row. I happened to be wearing a flaming red dress - that fit me perfectly I might add - down front for God and everybody to see and hear this ridiculous conversation which I had no part of. I just happened to be sitting with Patti Picky aka The Diva. Had she not been driving and we hadn't been so far from home, I would have ditched her royal rudeness and rode home with a baritone in the choir. Had I thought of that then, the answer to number #1 of this meme might be different.

And to think I wasted a perfectly good red dress. Oh the glamour. Oh the shame.

24. Do you trust all your friends?
Not with my seat or my boyfriends.

25. Who knows the most about you?
My best friend Barbie of nearly 30 years. She knows the dirt. Oh yeah.
But I know hers too. We just sweep and move on.
Somebody pass the broom.

My uncle had a great sense of humor.
I hope he's laughing at this meme.
Goodnite Uncle Frank.

P.S. I cross my fingers heart that I wouldn't have worn that dress
to your funeral.
Mmmmmaybe.

November 5, 2009
The Peace Globe Gallery


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I Didn't Mean To Say Viagra

Let's play the Survey Says Meme from Duchess Linda of Norwich Upon the Thames who writes the ever photographically brilliant blog, Are We There Yet?
I met her off-blog a year ago this week. How time flies.


I'm in a silly mood. I hope you don't mind but I wrote down the first thing that popped into my pencil head.

1. Name something you use in the shower.
Too much water

2. Name a product for men.
Viagra (It's only question 2 and I'm already in trouble)
Scratch that. Forget I said it.
2nd answer is.....Viagra

3. Name something people hate to find on their windshields.
My car is a parking ticket magnet.
"Ticket me! Ticket me!"

4. Name something a man might buy before a date.

Viagra

5. What is another word for blemish?
There is no other word. It's the perfect BLOG word. Sometimes the universe works out that way you know. BL-emish. That's Blog + blemish for all you non-blog speakers.

6. Something you cook in the microwave.
Leftover crumbs. It adds flavor to the nuclear properties.

7. Name a piece of furniture people need help moving.
The piano in my sidebar

8 Name a reason a younger man might like an older woman.
All You Need Is Love.
Hat tip: Beatles
No Viagra

I promise not to say it again!

**ASIDE: I suppose I have this word on the blog brain because of an email I opened this week from a guy who looked old enough to be my great-great-great-great grandfather.
I kid you not. I was not amused.
And I promise never ever ever ever to open my mail again. In fact, it scared me so much I closed down my dating profile. I'm D.O.N.E.
But I digress......

9. Name something a dog does that embarrasses its owner.
Just about everything.I can't take him anywhere.

10. Name a kind of test you cannot study for.
Hair Untangling. I'm still doing research.


11. Name something a boy scout gets a badge for.
Dating an older woman

12. Name a phrase with the word home in it.

Home-o-phobic
(No Boy Scouts were injured in the typing of this answer)

13. Name a sport where players lose teeth.
Dating
(I've been known to injure with the elbows in the middle of the night)

14. Name something a teacher can do to ruin a student's day. Bwaaahhaahhaa....Just one?

15. What is a way you can tell someone has been crying.
If they spent time in after school detention with Maestra Mimi

16. Name a bird you wouldn't want to eat.
The one on the Rook card.
He's just ugly

17. Name something someone would wear with a hole in it.
Lingerie

18. Name something that gets smaller the more you use it.
Your brain on blog

I spent 80 minutes inside the sterilized coffin MRI machine today with weird vibrations piercing through my body. I drove the technician crazy. But she survived. Luckily, everything seems to be in place - except my brain - which is now magnetically scrambled.

Why does it have to be a blue pill?
That doesn't seem very cheery to me at all.

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Green Is His Favorite Color

"I'm gonna draw you a picture, Mimi."
"OK, Baby Boy. Thank you."
Isn't it lovely?

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Have You Ever Seen A One-Legged Man Trying To Dance His Way Free..

I find it oddly comforting that my peacefulness came this afternoon via a song about body-slamming and pain in the movie The Wrestler. Do you see the hysterical irony in this? But it did. As soon as the synthesizer started I got all mellow, closed my eyes and thought about one-trick inspirations. I won this album via New Music Monday on Bond's Big Leather Couch some time ago. I've had it cranked up today. Then the guitar called me to the couch and that's all she wrote.
Thank you, Vinny.

So I curled up in a blanket,
hair (still tangled) in a ponytail
a big comfy sweater
and fuzzy Queen slippers on my feet
went to sleep
and took a long nap

Rest is underrated.






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Mimi In A Minute #9 ~ Oh, What A Tangled Web

These things keep me up at night. They give me a headache.
I just need sixty seconds of your time to unclog my pencil brain so that I can get some sleep.
Do you mind? I have a few things to say.
This is Mimi unplugged.
Hide your children.



Before we get started can I just say I have a tangle in my hair?

To FEMA: It's a given that Katrina was horrendous but has it ever occurred to anyone that perhaps we could have provided shelter for the people who were ALREADY out on the street?????
It's a daily disaster.




To George Bush Sr. - I love the way you showed tender love and concern for your wife to the cameras while she was in the hospital. It was touching.
Real men do cry.








To Mattel: Brilliant. Nobody in this country would be bullied if we all had tattoos like Barbie.
I'm going to get mine now.





America: Our priorities are askew. AIG got 180 billion in four consecutive bailouts and then gave 170 million in bonuses for executives. Why is the country outraged over this spending and we aren't "outraged" over families sleeping in cars on the street and eating in soup kitchens?



To the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke.
I like you.


To all the middle aged women claiming patents to the newest wrinkle cure.
Your wrinkles went away not because of the coconut cream in the little jar, but because your children finally went away to college.



Did I tell you there's a tangle in my hair?

About Octomom: I'm serious.
I think we should leave her alone.
She's busy.




American Idol judges: Please. I am begging you. Stop calling all the contestants "artists".
Prince is an artist. Puccini was an artist. Rembrandt was an artist. Bugs Bunny is an artist (well, maybe not) . Give them time to become an artist. They just picked up the paint brush.


To the Chinese blogspot blogger determined to spam me and steal my posts.
I do not pencil skirt in Chinese! It just doesn't translate well.
Now get lost.



To the 650,000 human beings who lost their jobs last month.
I'm sorry. You are more than just a number. I have a spare room in the castle.
Non-smokers only.









The 2009 ACC tournament bracket system: Talk about a tangled web.
Are there Cliff Notes for this event?














And finally...I submit that Bernie Madoff should be made to make biscuits in prison.After all, he's used to rolling in the dough.


Whew! I feel better. Thanks for listening.
Sixty seconds flew by. I think my blogsomnia is cured.
Lights out.

P.S. I'm going to find my hairbrush and get a tattoo.
It won't show on the MRI, will it?





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