October 7, 2012
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I apparently butt dialed my friend’s phone. And this made me think of Cotton Eyed Joe. The song, you know. And there’s a good reason for that. A reason anyhow. Because this is the ring tone she has for when I call. One evening this summer we were sitting on her porch which kinda overlooks a nice creek, a lovely location for the things we like to do, which is talk about deep subjects giving them the appropriate seriousness. Anyhow. She asked me- I don’t even remember why- “where did you come from?” and well, I just had to. I said “cotton eyed joe”. Which sent us into gales of appropriate seriousness and prompted her to give me a ring tone of my very own. Just thinking about it makes me laugh. For those of you who didn’t use to hang out a country bar,
And I’ve been thinking, even just a little bit, about where I’m from. In class the other night, we kinda wrote our own versions of “Where I’m From”. The original is HERE. I’ve seen this poem used before in another class in which an English teacher wrote a soul-baring version of it that she shared with her high school class to encourage them to be brave and open with their writing. I didn’t share mine in class. Which is no surprise to anyone who’s heard me talk about how I don’t talk in class. This class is the worst, in fact, of me not talking in class. For some reason, every time I open my mouth in this class something incredibly stupid comes out. I’m not exaggerating. Even. Anyhow.
Then I got to thinking that I don’t generally think about where I’ve from or where I’ve been because I’m always wondering about where I’m going.
Which is how I ended up with Diana Ross and the Theme from Mahogany. Makes perfect sense, right?
Which reminds me. The other day, I was contemplating the half empty/half full thing. And I wondered if you were just a little bit of a pessimist, if the cup was 1/4 empty. What about 3/4 full? Does that make you a little bit of an optimist or does 1/4 full make you the rosiest of the rose colored glasses? And why don’t we have a scale on this? There are changing scales for every other thing. Why is the optimism/pessimism thing just 1/2? This is what I need to know. The kinds of things that occupy my brain cells.
Speaking of half a brain, I heard the Pina Colada song on the radio the other day.
And now I’m going to see about acquiring some orange juice, some good drugs, and a nap.
Incidentally, one year as promisesunshine. It’s been fun, Xanga.
Comments (42)
I remember most all of it, or is it just half? Hmmm… Will have to think a bit more on it..
i… just take a nap, willya?
Happy Xanga anniversary to you! May all your dreams come true (especially the ones about the red convertible and road trips)!
ahhhh, so it’s half baked, then. Very good. And happy Anniversary ((laughing)) an auspicious day. Heh.
I have never heaered of this band. cool!
and happy Xangaversary!!
That ring tone would make any one dance, so now I understand why she has that for your name.
Glad you’ve been here for a year..Butt-dialing is not recommended by chiropractors- it’s a tailbone thing. ” Pina Colada” always puts relationships in their proper perspective.
Happy Xanga Anniversary and after reading your blog, my mind is spinning, but my feet are a tapping and I’m remembering square dancing as a teenager. Still, when it comes to thinking these days, it’s all I can do to handle the day I’m living in. Anything more than that stresses out what few brain cells I have left. LOL… Hope you got your nap…
One year with this name! Where you on before with a different identity.
Your thought-train makes perfect sense to me until you get to the glasses. I think anything other than halves would make it unclear that both people were looking at the same situation and only their perspectives were different. Perspective means everything, doesn’t it? That’s rather what the Pina Coloda song is about, too.
Happy Xangaversary!
@vexations - you don’t miss much, do you.
@MzSilver - gooood nap. but now i’m cold and unmotivated.
@RighteousBruin - it’s hard to decide what to think about that song.
@angys_coco -
@plantinthewindow - why thank you.
@SandraErickson - so many options.
@songoftheheart - i like dreaming. (and now i’m singing.)
@complicatedlight - some people.
@armnatmom - thinking is for people who don’t have enough to do.
@lanney - it is! i had no idea that my thoughts were actually connected logically. when i was thinking about the glasses, i wasn’t comparing two people. i was thinking about how i look at things differently on some days.
and now we have craziness.
okey dokey. my perspective of the moment is that sunday afternoon is toast. and i haven’t finished the thing i was supposed to turn in on thursday night. so. another nap.
Congrats on the whole year of dealing with xanga shenanigans. I actually like that Cotton Eye Joe song, I think it’s very catchy. I know some who cannot stand it though. I don’t know if I’m a pessimist or an optimist. Depends on the situation and my mood at the time. I heard something on the radio today, they did a study and people who wrote down three positive things a day for six months reported a significant change in their overall outlook. I think it would be hard to keep that up for six months if you were a natural pessimist though.
Congrats.
I was an accident. Dad was 59 and mom 39 when I was born.
I still think I am the offspring of an uncle, but I have a birth certificate that says otherwise.
frank
@ANVRSADDAY - i wonder what my birth certificate says. i might need to have a look-see at that.
@leaflesstree - i think if you wrote down 3 positive things a day for 6 months you would no longer be a natural pessimist. great idea. i think i’ll do it.
@promisesunshine – good luck. I am never good at keeping up with long term assignments like that.
@leaflesstree - i could combine it with all the other long-term projects that i’m currently sucking on.
thats funny lol.
I hate getting butt dialed. ’cause when I conscientiously try to follow up on the call, I look like a stalker.
I used to hang out at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth which is a country bar. Happy Anniversary.
@PrisonerxOfxLove - i never call anybody back. rarely answer my phone. and hardly ever actually call anybody. i can hardly be accused of being a stalker. at least not in real life.
on the other hand, my accidental calls are usually really awkward. (this was an exception)
@Milnaa - i had fun for a while with that scene. and bought some really cute boots. then my friend picked up the guy from the band and that was that. bad friend anyhow.
Hello Dear.
Am very happy to meet you here today.My name is Grace Williams, Am 23years old, born in Ivory Coast in West Africa, young lovely girl .Am sorry if am hurting your felines I want to know if you are interested being in good friend with me.So that we can go into a good relationship to know each other better, for me am interested in knowing you the more, I believe, Age, color, or use of language can not stop our friendship, all I need is a trusted honest and reliable friend.if you are interested in knowing more about me too.then you can write me back through my email address here so we can explain more better to each other(gracewilliams120@yahoo.com)Thanks am waiting.
@promisesunshine - Well, I’m sure you must be guilty of other crimes against humanity.
@PrisonerxOfxLove - there’s a long list. (i hope that was supposed to be funny)
@promisesunshine - You know me: one fun bowl of pissed in Cheerios.
@PrisonerxOfxLove - mm tasty
@promisesunshine - You obviously know your Cheerios!
I know where I came from and I know where I am going… from my mother’s womb, to six feet below the ground.
Loved the take on the half full versus the quarter and three fourth full glass. Great thinking. Happy anniversary of the xanga year Carrie. You have certainly brought a lot of sunshine here.
@ZSA_MD - ah, that’s part of the rub. i was adopted. and i wonder where that makes a difference or if it does. but maybe the point is that the beginning and the end are just dots on the line segment. the stuff between is what determines the line. there could be some poetry in there. if a person had time to write poetry.
Congratulations on a year in xangaland! I think the optimist and pessimist are two sides of the same coin. You never know which side will win the daily toss…
@murisopsis - gotta load the coin somehow.
Cotton Eye Joe… wow. what a song. And yet I will dance like a total idiot to that song every single time.
And happy one year on Xanga!
@Marica0701 - heck, yea. and thanks.
happy anniversary
I remember when that Cotton Eye Joe song came out. People in my dorm listened to it non-stop and by people I mean my roommate who played my CD. It was sort of weird to find out that they were all German.
Congrats on your one year. very cool. Monday got here way to quick. I am not ready for another new week to start.
Happy Xangaversary! I hope you found the excellent dope and a comfy nap.
@godfatherofgreenbay - i know you’ve heard this before but you’re funny. germans are everywhere.
@Grannys_Place - me neither. it’s always monday. or worse, tuesday.
@HappierHeathen - i did. but now i need more.
This was a very….ADD post =)
About ‘Where I’m From’ : Love it ! Cotton Eyed Joe…..not so much. Pina Colada song ? LOVE IT !3/4 is more full than empty, as it is a larger equation than,say, a half. (1/2) so looking at it as 3/4 empty would be incorrect…the cup has 3/4 liquid in it, 3 of the 4 sections being occupied by something other than air (‘nothing). So looking at it at half empty, or 3/4th empty or whatever is impossible. Same thing as saying something that is 1/4th full is 14th empty. Put it together, you only have a half. Then what? =) HAGD! =)
Not sure why I couldn’t see or view these videos last night. I saw them now and I liked them a lot. I love Diana Ross and this song of her is so beautifully done. Thank you for posting it.
Dear Promise,
Thank you for your recent visit to my blog. I’ve spent many an evening dancing away to the cotton eyed joe in countless country bars.I’m intrigued by the “Where I’m from” poem. At work right now, but will have to see if I have something or perhaps I’ll write something along those lines.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
oh, our entertaining sunny one, taking on her train of thought (*train whistling*)!!! happy xangaversary! <3