OK, I Admit it: I'm Weird

[kaasirpent]

Because I often have ideas for...various and sundry things while I'm engaged in other activities, I make sure to have some way of recording these random, precious gems of thoughts as I have them.

In the car, I have a digital voice recorder so I can merely speak my wisdom and preserve it for posterity (or until I transcribe and erase it).

In the shower, I have Aquanotes so I can jot down things even if I'm naked, wet, and covered in soap. (It's happened more often than you'd imagine. I mean the need to write things down while I'm...not that I'm often...you know, I think I'm just going to stop while I'm ahead.)

In my backpack, I have a variety of notebooks and pens and pencils so that if there's time, I can pull out one and write down whatever bit of brilliance has popped into my head.

But as a last resort, I actually bought a wallet from Levenger that holds 3 x 5 index cards (and, you know, money and credit cards and a driver's license) so I could, in a pinch, write down stuff as it happened and in situations where none of the above methods are available to me.

I keep a supply of blank index cards in said wallet. Every once in a while, I go through the used ones—and I use them pretty thoroughly, writing small and filling up a side before flipping it over, usually—and transcribe anything "important" into Info Select, which is a wonderful piece of software everyone should own.¹ It organizes random notes and makes them easily searchable.

So, today was Transcription Day.

And I gotta say, I have some very odd things written down. Not Skullcosm weird, but pretty darned weird. :)

For instance (this is by no means everything; it's just a representative sampling):

Muammar al-Gaddafi to be Jenny MCCarthy's co-host. He was chosen for his ability to talk for 90 solid minutes and say absolutely nothing.

Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies

New word: transmythsion - passing on myths and urban legends

MANA - gas

Chuck ask body jump after Pratt

purple naked harpsichord

restaurant + mythtv

snowflake method

witch trials - real witch/demon

any seventeen
syllables can become a
haiku, if you try.

Society for the Eradication of Stupid Questions

Now, I ask you: are these the scribblings of a sane mind? :)

Actually, one or two of them I can sort of make out, but I don't know why I wrote them down. Such as the 'purple naked harpsichord' one. Those if you on TinyTIM will get it instantly; those of you who aren't never will, so don't try. :) Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies is, I think, an actual book title. "Snowflake method" is a method of writing where you start with a single sentence and expand upon it "fractally" until it's a beautiful snowflake finished novel. The "witch trials" is a story idea to write about the witch trials from the POV of a real witch or demon who has to stay hidden while watching innocent people get slaughtered. The thing about Gaddafi might be something I heard someone else say and thought was funny enough to preserve forever. Or it might be original to me. <shrug>

I rather like the idea of the SESQ (Society for the Eradication of Stupid Questions). As for the others? Well...when I remember, I'll tell you, and then we'll all know. :)

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