Run On Sentence, Run On...

You know those times you use the Internet to search for something extremely important and crucial to life and then somehow find yourself going from site to site because other things catch your eye (again, all crucial to your well-being) and before you know it you’ve lost sight of your original purpose but, hey, you end up finding other things that are striking and/or funny (to you, probably just to you) so you Bookmark them or drag them to your desktop but when you go back later to find the original source of those dragged items (for credit and copyright purposes) you can’t because as a privacy fiend you cleared both your History and Cache* when you’d finished your extremely important browsing session?  

Well, this something I found during my (valuable) research and I find it AMUSING!   

“I'm lost ~ I've gone to find myself.

If I should return before I get back, please ask me to wait.”  

I love words!  And all the amazing, inventive, thought-provoking and delightfully nonsensical images, concepts and ideas one can create with them.

And, no, I am not lost.  I found myself – I’m just waiting until I get back so I can let myself know.   ;)

*(Because I’d also been on my bank site and not for any naughty reason…)

photo and quotation credits: Google Images (not the original sources but the best I can do after searching the Internet again)

The Man, The Music

Leonard Cohen is a Canadian icon, legend, hero…

If you’ve never heard of him (what!!??) you’ve certainly heard his music.  Everybody and their mother has done a cover of his song “Hallelujah”  and/or “Suzanne.”  (“Suzanne takes you down, to her place by the river…” - I’m singing as I type.)

Some of my personal favourites?  “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye,” “Lullaby,” “Dance Me to the End of Love”…  I could go on and on – I’ll stop.

Back to Mr. Cohen.  I would list his many awards and honours but they can be found by a simple Google search.  They are many – and his fans are legion. 

If this man were to call me on the phone (I wish) and ask me to marry him (added bonus), I’d say yes in a heartbeat.  I have loved him for many, many years.  How can you not love a man with such poetry in his soul?

His latest album Old Ideas was released in January 2012. 

At the age of 77, Leonard Cohen is still at the top of his game. 

For those of you who have yet to listen to the album, here’s one of the songs.  I chose “Crazy To Love You.”  (Of course, I did.  Not only do I love the song, I relate to the line, “…crazy has places to hide in…”)  

Enjoy.

Crazy To Love You

Had to go crazy to love you

Had to go down to the pit

Had to do time in the tower

Begging my crazy to quit

Had to go crazy to love you

You who were never the one

Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache

Her braids and her blouse all undone

Sometimes I’d head for the highway

I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie

But crazy has places to hide in

That are deeper than any goodbye

Had to go crazy to love you

Had to let everything fall

Had to be people I hated

Had to be no one at all

I’m tired of choosing desire

I’ve been saved by a blessed fatigue

The gates of commitment unwired

And nobody trying to leave

Sometimes I'd head for the highway

I'm old and the mirrors don't lie

But crazy has places to hide in

That are deeper than any goodbye

Had to go crazy to love you

You who were never the one

Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache

Her braids and her blouse all undone

Photo credit: http://www.leonardcohen.com/ca

Catch You Later...

"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later."
~ Mitch Hedburg

Ha! I find this quotation quite amusing - and not because I am cynical, world-weary or disillusioned. It just happens to tickle my fancy or my funny-bone or whatever.

But maybe I am a bit of a cynic? Why else would it hit a nerve?

Not to fret – while waiting to hook up with my dreams I’ll gather some rosebuds while I may (although I’ll have to steal from my neighbour’s garden), won’t cry over spilt milk (although I’ve been known to swear when that happens) and will refrain from putting all my eggs in one basket (they’re likely to break – hate that).

And life is but a dream anyway, right?

My love affair with the English language continues…


I’ll be away for a few days – will be hooking up with one of my dreams!

Should I Carry a Compass?

“And this is what I have learned – that no matter where I go in life, I’ll always end up there.”

Huh?

Some words of wisdom are simply too profound, too simple, state the obvious or just plain go over my head.

I actually paused when I read this line - paraphrased slightly to protect the book which I enjoyed. I thought I’d hit upon an Oprah or Dr. Phil moment. Neither of whom I watch. (Cross my heart - true as true.)

I’m thinking there are far too many of these “kumbayah,” guide-me-on-the-right-path utterances these days.

“Hey, I made it – I finally got here!”

Where else was I going to end up? Over there?

Yes, I’m somewhat of a cynic and I stumble a bit on that path to here, there and everywhere…but I’m pretty good with precise directions.



photo credit: http://www.palomar.edu/english/Bravura%202003/art/images/The%20Long%20and%20Winding%20Road.jpg

Wise Words?

I consider this man a literary genius.

So, I’m thinking perhaps I should do a little more farting around and a lot less of taking life so seriously.

It’s worth a shot. ;)


image credit: http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/

Compound/Confound

A few words recently encountered which always confuse me:


Spendthrift

Don’t you think the word spendthrift should mean someone who is careful with money (cheap) rather than an extravagant shopper or one who wastes or squanders their money? I do. It’s the “thrift” part that gets me. (As in thrifty…)


Wiseacre

When you come across the word “wiseacre” in a book, does it stop you cold? It does me. I try various ways of saying it out loud to see if I’ve ever actually used it - and likely mispronounced it. I finally checked via Google (this link provides sound). Conclusion – I have never uttered the word.

WHO DOES???? I’ve never heard anyone say it!

Wouldn’t using the expression “smart aleck” suffice?

But then, who or what is an aleck??


Failsafe

I do know what this word means (and how to pronounce it) but to me it conjures up the image of a safe (as in one of those metal things, not the other kind…) – a safe that is faulty and ripe for the picking/robbing.


My fascination and love affair with words continues….



photo credit: http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com

Grown-Up

I have trouble with the word grown-up.

To me, the word grown implies you’ve finished with the growing process, that you are done. And the word up seems to imply you’ve reached the top, the pinnacle.

I’ve done neither.

As a child, I thought being a grown-up meant having achieved maturity and wisdom. Not only haven’t I achieved these things, but I’ve encountered very few people who have.

There just shouldn’t be a word that suggests an end to growing and becoming – particularly if it also implies having outgrown giggling, playing and being silly. These things still come naturally to me.

The word adult is okay. I’ll accept being classified as one of those – no connotations of being finished or completed with this word.

I am (still) a work in progress.

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While on the topic of maturity, playfulness, etc., although it’s not like me to bare my bathroom soul, it’s also not like me to refuse a dare. So, when Oreneta says, “Play?” – I play.

Here’s my contribution to her challenge, “What’s in Your Drawers?” (Bathroom drawers, that is.)



Observing the contents, one might conclude I’m obsessed with hair removal (3 razors…) and dental care. Not so. Rather, I have a tendency to buy new razors (new is always better, right?) but never bother tossing the old. As for the dental paraphernalia? This drawer is a dumping ground for all the freebies received from my dentist. And I do floss but obviously not as frequently as they think I should – hence, the overflow of floss containers.

If you’d like to take the plunge (so to speak) and meet Oreneta’s challenge, let her know and she’ll link to your site. You don’t have to be crazy to do this – just willing to play!