#MistysMovieTrails

B+ - Write about what you did this weekend as if you were a music critic writing a review. This weekend, by Misty, is filled with lots of running around. The first track 'Grocery Shopping' is filled with cold cuts and sliced cheeses, with a hint of frozen foods. The second track 'Rental Car' is a sure hit about a maroon Jeep Compass, that while not a purchaser, is certainly a hit, if only because of the AC. This writers favorite track is 'Saturday Morning Walk', with 'No Sunday Morning Walk Because I Wanted To Stay In Bed' is a close second. One of the more popular tracks has to be 'My Love Of Embroidering Left A Dent In My Ring Finger', which discusses the love of a hobby to the point of pain while doing it, but not being able to stop, or even pause to grab a thimble. The bonus track 'Left The Kids In Socorro For A Week' is also pretty good. All in all this is a busy, if not enjoyable weekend, I mean album... Thanks f

The Natural World Describe your first memorable experience exploring and spending time in nature. Were you in awe? Or were you not impressed? Would you rather spend time in the forest or the city? I have been in nature many times, and I can remember many wonderful times. My favorite memory, and the ones that have stuck with me most are the times that I went to Camp Gallagher in the Jemez mountains as a child. Even now, just thinking about it, and trying to choose which memories to write about, they ALL come back and flood my soul with the happy dance! I can remember fishing in the creek, never catching anything! I remember hiking to the top of the mountain (or a peak in the camp area) to sleep at the top of the mountain, that was the BIG night for each group. I can remember the nightly campfires, where we would sing songs and the camp councilors would do skits for us. I can see the tents in my mind, on pallet like floors. I can smell the inside of the tents. Sounds gross, but it

We can be taught Tell about a moment or an incident that you treasure - not necessarily because it brought you happiness, but because it taught you something about yourself. I really wish that I had a good entry for this one, but even the day after it is 'due', and having had looked at it for a few days before it was due, I cannot think of anything to write about for this. To be honest, I can't even really wrap my mind around what this prompt wants from me. Trying to write in this rental car, on our way home from taking the kids to New Mexico Tech, I cannot even fathom... I reserve the right to come back to this one, should I have an A-ha! moment. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

No Longer A Mere Mortal You've imbibed a special potion that makes you immortal. Now that you've got forever, what changes will you make in your life? How will you live life differently, knowing you'll always be around to be accountable for your actions? I guess that I would start to take better care of myself physically. I don't want to end up like Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn in Death Becomes Her! I don't know that I'd do much different, I think that I live my life pretty well. I would be more of an advocate for the environment and my kids and grandkids...maybe that is what I would do with my life? Either way, I don't want to live forever, so... Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Through The Window Go to the nearest window. Look out it for a full minute. Write about what you saw. Zombies! Zombies! They are everywhere! I'm so glad we are safe here in our container house, with windows up high, not big enough for anyone to get in through. We are completely closed off from the Zombies, that, as I mentioned, are everywhere. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

The Artist's Eye Os there a painting or sculpture that you are drawn to? What does it say to you? Describe how it makes you feel? I love Starry Night. I like the dark colors and the hints of light that the stars give. I am not sure why I am so drawn to that painting, I have always been. I got lucky and I got my very own Martiss version of it. Painted on wood, hanging in my living room. I love that painting. I love the dark blues and occasional greens. That is my favorite painting. I also love Crests and Family Shields. I love the Olde English curls and frilly but not frilly aspects. I love the strong bold colors there too. I think that I know why I love Starry Night. I love the way that it makes me feel like I could be there under that sky on that hill enjoying that beautiful stars in that beautiful sky. Thanks for Reading, Misty Blessed Be )O(

Planes, trains, and automobiles. You're going on a cross country trip. Airplane, train, bus or car, or something else entirely? Since I have traveled across the country by car, plane, even Greyhound bus, I would like to try a train. I know it means it might take longer to get there, but I could pretend I was on the Hogwart's Express. And don't think that I wouldn't, either. Embarrassment to my companion(s) be dammed! I hate to say it, but... YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE! Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

21st century citizen - Do you belong in this day and age? Do you feel comfortable being a citizen of the 21st century? If you do, explain why - and if you don't when in human history would you rather be? I have thought about living in the old west, but I knowing how much work that was, and how terrible the white man was to the Natives, I would not want to be associated with that as people look back at history. Of course, you know, the same will be said of us when people look back at us. We are terrible to the planet, and to each other on a global level. Life today will seem so hard when our defendants ride around in floaty chairs on spaceships, because we've destroyed the planet. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Morality Play Where do your morals come from - your family? Your faith? Your philosophical worldview? How do you deal with thoise who don't share them, or derive them from a different source? I would imagine that as a child I got my 'starter' set of morals from my parents. However, not really remembering icing with my dad, I couldn't really tell you what his morals were. I know he liked to argue, some would say I am the same way, so I guess I got that moral from him. Can you call that a moral? More of a quality maybe? Some of the things that I was going to site as morals learned from my mother are also qualities... Some of the things that I can point to as morals are things I learned because of my mother, but more so in reaction to how she did, and I did opposite. Being late all the time, makes me need to be early. Being so disorganized makes me need to be organized. Always having to wait places for this reason and that, makes me need to have something to ke

Island of missed posts... We all have stuff we'd like to write about but it doesn't fit our blog, write it anyway. I didn't realize my blog had to have a theme... It doesn't, if I want to write about some thing, I do. I'm going to embroider now. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

No, thank you! If you could ban a word from general usage, what word would it be, and why? I would ban the word swag and all related words, it's a stupid word that brings down the intelligence of this world as a whole. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Ha Ha Ha Tell a joke!ma knock knock joke, a long story with an unexpected punch line, a great zinger, or what ever, all jokes are welcome. Did you hear about the girl that went missing? She was just a small town girl, who went missing when she took the midnight train going anywhere. The good news is that they have shadows searching in the night. Hopefully they will be some of the ones that win, and not those that loose...her parents are singling the blues... Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Moment of Kindness Describe a moment of kindness between you and someone else - a loved one or a stranger. I have not been kind to or hand anyone be kind to me in so long that I cannot remember. Just kidding. I just can't think of anything right now. Last night someone dropped a Trader Joe's gift card and we found it... I guess that was a kindness from the Universe? My stoopid meeting ended early, with limited need for me to do minutes. My D.W. mad dinner last night, and the beans were so good, well, so good that I am writing about them here! Someone turned me onto Torchwood, love that show now, and the same with Sherlock, so I guess the stranger here would be Netflix who was kind to me, and my bosses for not being around, and all needy for a few weeks so that I could get through the shows. I was going to mention my professors uncle for passing away so that I don't have class on Monday, but that is effing heartless, so instead, I will say the airlines fo

Clean Slate Explore the room that you are in as if for the first time. Pretend you know nothing. What do you see? Who is the person that lives there? Then there is me. What would someone who does not know me think about me just from this brief encounter? Sitting there with me big headphones on, does that make me some sort of hipster to have what some might consider 'retro' headphones? A throw back to the 70's? No, I jut have tiny ear canals and ear buds don't fit me, plus, I like being enveloped by my music, and these do that. Next, my giant backpack with patches on it, some bought and some made... Giant backpacks says student, or hobo, but I'm in work clothes, so, I'm a student and I have a job? Yes, I am, and today my bag is full, class today? Nope, just can't leave home without a lot of junk. What does that say about me? Hoarder? Yes, kinda, but also maybe that I don't really feel at home anywhere, so I want to make sure I bring some of home with

If your life had a tag line, what would it be? The Spondaic Device... Don't blow it! Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Write about the time you broke a law, not just ripping the tags off of your pillows. We're you burned? How did it turn out? When I worked at a thrift shop ( for profit, I'm not a heartless bastard ) I used to bring books home all the time that should have made it out to the floor. I also priced a bracket I wanted lower than it was actually valued, and I backdated the tag, and I didn't put it out until just before my day was over, and I kinda buried it so hopefully no one else would see it. Then, I bought it for way cheaper than it was worth. No, I didn't get burned, this is the first time that I have told of all the steps I took to get the bracelet. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Might as well jump... What's the biggest risk you'd like to take - but haven't been able to? What would have happened to make you comfortable taking it? Quitting my job. And what would make it ok, would be winning the lotto... Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Flangiprop - Invent a definition for this word "flangiprop" and then use it in your post. Flangiprop is a device used in sign language to declare joy or anger. The catch is that it doesn't clearly indicate either or, so the reader doesn't always know which one is meant. Understandings are many when this device is used. Sarcasm is often the biggest cause of these misunderstandings. It has often been queried as to why this device is still used. It can best be surmised that it is used by passive aggressive people who wish to use it one way, then say it was meant in the other way. It is used less and less in polite company. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Think Global, Act Local - Write a post connecting a global issue to a personal one. Well, saving the planet from ourselves is both a global and local issue. We have to act locally to fix the global issue. Like a butterfly wingbeat causing a tsunami on the other side of the planet, what I do affects you and what you do affects me, and all of it will affect my grandkids. So, stop messing up the planet, it's not like we have anywhere else to go when we destroy this one. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Shape up or ship out... Write a letter to the personality trait you like least, convincing it to shape up or ship out. Be as threatening, theatrical, or thoroughly charming as is necessary to get the job done.    Dear so-called Top Gear, wait, I mean, the need to do things that you are not good for your bottom line, what ever that line may be... What's up? Why, when I start something, from reading a book, to eating healthy do you feel the need to pop up your ugly head and make me do the opposite of what I am trying to accomplish?  There are enough detourents in life, I do not need you, me, to be part of what makes me fail. What are you, am I, afraid of? I know, you know too... If we, I, really give it my all, and still fail, I'm a failure. If I, we, let you, me, get in my own way, then we, I, have an excuse.  We, I, know this is true, we, I, have for a while now, why can't I, we, get past that?  We, I, have gotten past it in some cases, so why not all? Got my, our, GED, why

Write about the last book that you read. Was it good, would you recommend it? The last book that I read? For pleasure? Heck if I can remember. I tried reading a numerology book, but it just didn't add up for me.... Yeah, sorry, too punning for this early in the morning. I also so started reading a book about every day Paganism. Didn't really last long, I get it, there are as man way to be a Pagan as there are Pagans. That's cool.  I read my Sociology book, that was pretty good. Didn't read it all, honestly, I'm not that interested in the subject to read more after I aced the final. Besides, by then I was pretty burned out. So, for fun, the last book would have to be the Hunger Games series, and that says a lot, because we all read them before the first movie came out. I'm not a huge reader, listener, sure, but is rather be crafting with my hands and eye holes. Thanks for reading  Misty )O( Blessed Be

Describe your perfect day. A  nice rainy summer afternoon, when I can sit around and craft and watch movies and just enjoy the sounds of the rain, and hopefully the thunder outside. That is my perfect day. That one was easy! Thanks for reading, Misty Blessed Be  )O(

Describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality - or lack of - for the first time. I can't really think of a first time thing... I can tell about a recent one... Yesterday on the freeway, well, getting onto the freeway, I had my iPod on and I was looking for Hotel California to listen to, and I was flipping through songs and Hard To Say Goodbye came on, which was one of the songs played at my father's funeral. I said out loud, that I didn't want to be sad right now, and I kept looking for my song, and when I looked at my iPod, (yes, I know, shame on me), I say the song title, Hello, I Love You... So I yelled, "OK, Ill listen to it!" And I balled the rest of the way home and then when that song was over, I found my song. I think that he was trying to tell me that he was going to be with me today, I graduated with my GED today. I think that he was telling me hi and that he was proud. Anyhow, I think of my faith

You are asked to nominate  Time's Person Of The Year. Who and why? I choose the person who purchases the bacon for the cafeteria at my work... Try it and tell me it's not the BEST bacon ever... If you can, you are either a liar, or have no soul, maybe both... Thanks for reading  Misty )O( Blessed Be

You've got the power to enact a single law. What would it be? I think that my law would be that all fossil fuels have to be banished by 2020. This would give a GIANT increase in jobs, because there would be so many people would be involved in the process. The oil companies that would want to put the kibosh on this would have a 25% ownership in the new wind and solar companies, so that they are not completely in the cold, pee waa… those employees that worked for them would still be employed, in the close down of the oil refineries and such. They would then be trained in the workings of the non-fossil fuel energy companies. So many new jobs would come from this that, if done intelligently, the income would recover and thrive all over the world. Wind and Solar are free people, get on board!   Thanks for reading, Misty )O( Blessed Be

Take Care... When you're ill, do you allow others to care for you or do you prefer to soldier it alone? What does it take for you to ask for help? Usually it takes major surgery for me to ask for help. Otherwise I am happy to kind of lay around and do for myself. Why is that? If my loved ones are sick, I care for them, as much as I can. So, what is it about me that won't ask for help? Or accept it? Could it have to do with remembering being younger, like middle school, and being sick and my mom s having to go to work, so I had to take care of myself? Doubtful, because even in that memory, I remember being glad that she was going, I just wanted to sleep...and possibly wake up and watch The Days Of Our Lives. Ha! I think that it less to do with feeling unworthy than with not wanting to burden those I love. I realize that is pretty much the same thing, but it's not how I see it. More like, I got this cold, I'll take care of myself while I have it. Now, just this

June 10, 2014 Ripped into the headlines....write about something that happened over the weekend as if it was a headline in the local paper... Girl Goes Walking Sunday Morning Misty Bishop went walking at a park near her house relatively early Sunday morning. She brought with her headphones and her iPod, plus a water bottle, which she drained. She started walking the opposite direction than she had taken on other walks. "It felt wrong," she tells this reporter, "as soon as I had a chance, I changed my course to go the 'right way' ." She also shared with me that she changed up her course and went all the way up the walk way and went around the community center. "I was hesitant at first, because I didn't know how far up the walkway went, but I figure ill never know if I don't try." And try she did. "One thing that this current walk has taught me, I do have a decent playlist on my iPod, I only had to skip past a few songs,

Is being normal - whatever that means - important to you? No...Seriously, what is normal? With so many individual people in this world, who can say what is normal? Just on this bus, here are 10 people, and I am sure, 10 different ideas on what is normal, about a million different things. My 'normal' Monday consists of going to work, then class until 6:15, the girl sitting across from me is on her way to summer school, then her job (I'm not a stalker, I heard her talking on the phone). The guy to my right is going to work, probably has to take a few more buses to get there. That is a normal day for each of us. I'm listening to my iPod, the guy to the right, nothing, that is normal for each of us. I shop at Smith's that is normal for me, but all of those are habits. I love the colors green and blue, that is normal for me, to think that those are the best colors in the world, you, dear reader, may disagree, you'd be wrong, but that is normal, for pe

Online security... How do you deal with it? I try to be careful, but I guess no one can be completely secure? On Facebook, I am only friends with people I know, my privacy settings are set that only friends can see what I say and do. As for passwords, well, I can't divulge that here. But, I have a 'process'. As for this blog, I thought about using a pen name, and I might have for a while, but all in all, I only have one reader, so, I'd say that's pretty secure. I might have an occasional reader who gets here by hitting the 'next blog' on the Blogger page, if that's the case, welcome and enjoy. I don't really post personal things here, not anything that could compromise me in some way, so... Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Make sure to catch the thrilling story about a girl that can't seem to make a decision.  From bring gay to being straight, to just being attracted to people based on who they are instead of what is in pants, to a Whopper with or without cheese. Watch her be completely stimmyed about what shake to get at Sonic.  Deciding what to name her kids was another in a long line of fun processes to watch. You'll see her give up in one case, and name her son based on novelty bicycle license places at wal-mart! Forgot it what she is at Hobby Lobby trying to pick yarn! She comes out with tons of colors each time! At least she got that sexuality thing figured out! Thanks for reading  Misty )O( Blessed Be

Write a review your life as if it's a book or movie... Make sure to catch the thrilling story about a girl that can't seem to make a decision. From bring gay to being straight, to just being attracted to people based on who they are instead of what is in pants, to a Whopper with or without cheese. Watch her be completely stimmyed about what shake to get at Sonic. Deciding what to name her kids was another in a long line of fun 'processes' to watch. You'll see her give up in one case, and name her son based on novelty bicycle license places at wal-mart! Forgot it when she is at Hobby Lobby trying to pick yarn! She comes out with tons of colors each time! At least she got that sexuality thing figured out! Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Tell us about something that you'll never write about. I could tell you that, but then is have to kill you. I think it's best that we both walk away now and pretend this never happened. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

June 4, 2014 If you could get all the nutrition that you need each day from a pill, no food, no preparation, no clean up...would you do it? That's tough. At first, since I am trying to loose weight is say yes. My nutritional needs calculated and I don't have to think about it, that sounds great. I could just take my pill in the morning and be done with it? Sign me up. However, how do you deal with the hunger issue? It's 6:48, I've been up for 90 minutes and I have only had water. I am hungry. I would have to assume then that they would have had to figure out a way to tell your mind that you are not hungry, so you don't have your nutrition pill AND all the food you'd consume in a day - healthy food or not, that's no good. Then there is the pure joy that can be had just dinning. The taste of certain things is a heavenly experience. Usually it varies - what will bring that pure joy - so now what? There is also the joy of sitting down to a meal with a friend or

June 3, 2014 Tourist trap...write about a place that your like to visit, or have visited. What about it speaks to you? I would love to go back to Belgium. I want to go to my old village and see what has changed. From what I can figure, a lot has. I would love to visit with my old friends that I can barely remember, and reconnect. I would love to see the castle that my mom would jog to, and the fence where the menfolk would go to pee instead of peeing inside. Kudos for saving water!  I would also love to go to the base, or whatever it was, that my dad worked at. The school that I went to there as well would be fun to go visit.  I would also love to go to the ski camp that we used to go to. That would be so much fun to go to. Maybe is even try my hand at skiing again. I guess I'd be doing it wrong if I used my hand only... Yes, I'd like to go back to Europe and see all the places that I went as a child. It's one thing to say that I lived in Belgium as a child

June 2, 2014 Tell about your favorite way to get lost in an activity. Well, writing comes to mind. It helps to be listening to music, that is a key factor. Time flies when I am writing the blog, or anything, but I don't have much time to write much else.  I sit here and I tappa tappa tappa with my thumbs on this screen and my thoughts slide out,  lubricated by the music in my head. The type of music playing influences the words that come out. Right now Lindsey Sterling is playing. Upbeat and just happy sounding, it's almost like my thumbs are typing to the beat.  My iPod, my music, my thoughts and my thumbs... We make a good team! Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Write about something considered ugly, but try to find beauty or hope in it. Something ugly... War is too serious. Let's go with the departure of the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith. My son turned me onto The Doctor last summer. Per his advice, I watched the 11th Doctor first. I binged the 11th Doctor, let's be honest. Then, I went back and watched 9 and 10. 10 is my favorite and it hurt when he 'left' but I had 11 to look forward to, so it was not really as much as loss as I felt when I watched 11 leave. There were tears, I won't even try to deny it. I have seen memes that mean to give comfort to people like me, they pretty much all say the same thing, you love the current Doctor, then he leaves and you look upon this new person with harsh eyes... "He could never be to me what the last Doctor was." It does not take long, however, to love the new Doctor as much as the others, because you are Whovian, you know the capacity to love is great. The Doctor has two h