elkit in wonderland

I Shot A Man in Reno, Just To Watch Him Die

And it's already Sunday again. Here are the latest Unconscious Mutterings:

• Hearing :: Justice
• Aggression :: Defense
• Charged :: Riled up
• Traveler :: Time
• Hydrate :: eight glasses of water a day
• Detox :: clean it out
• Qualify :: are you good enough?
• Prison :: San Quentin or Folsom
• Frontal :: lobe
• Pep talk :: motivational

Got Brass In Pocket

The first full fall Sunday. I'm watching one of the lizards enjoy the sunshine in the warm driveway, as I type up this week's Unconscious Mutterings.

• Heist :: The Great Train Robbery
• Hack :: writer
• Dane :: Great
• Stings :: bee
• Monkey :: business
• Junkie :: addiction
• Pumped :: Up!
• Brass :: in Pocket
• Fight! :: if this is your first time, you must fight
• Vouch :: trust

I Want You To Want Me

One more Sunday, one more set of Unconscious Mutterings:

• Cut the crap :: Ow! Quit it! Ow! Quit it!
• Scent :: Lavender
• Vanishing :: Point
• Wetness :: is the essence of moisture
• Cheap :: Trick
• Badges :: we no need no ...
• Puppy :: love
• Problem solver :: much preferred over a problem-creator
• Gambling :: debts
• Sophia :: Loren

You Got Lucky

Sunday means it's another edition of the Unconscious Mutterings.

• House :: Divided Cannot Stand
• Think :: Feel
• Clot :: Blood
• Believe me :: So don't you tell me. Don't you tell me! (A line from New York Stories. I don't know why that popped into my head.)
• Fumigation :: termite tenting
• Bore :: beetle
• Luck :: You Got Lucky, Babe
• Patient :: Courageous
• Tremors :: Earthquake to come
• Pickles :: sauerbraten = pickled meat

Deliver Me

Oh wow, it's already time for the Unconscious Mutterings again. 'k, here you go:

• Groceries :: Trader Joe's, mostly
• Deodorant :: Tom's of Maine
• Psychic :: hot line
• Cherries :: Bing
• Spooky :: creepy
• Yogurt :: I like Greek style
• Kitchen :: remodel
• Nothing personal :: I wish
• Be nice :: or shut up
• Delivery :: pizza's here!

You Can Cry If You Want

Dawdling on this week's Unconscious Mutterings. The heirloom tomatoes were calling from the farmers market.

• Cry :: Together We Cry
• Stretch :: pants
• Efficient :: German
• Brunch :: gimme a mimosa!
• Afro :: Angela Davis (yeah, I know, I just dated myself)
• Preheat :: I always do when I bake, if the recipe calls for it.
• Delicious :: the cookies I baked in the pre-heated oven.
• Global warming :: T.C. Boyle's novel "A Friend of the Earth"
• Actions :: unforeseen consequences
• Ride :: I've got a ticket to ...

Like A Rhinestone Cowboy

Almost done with today's chores - the kitchen table and dining table are visible again, and not drowning under piles of stuffs any more. The furniture is rearranged, the laundry is clean, the garden is watered, the fridge is cleaned out and freshly stocked with purchases from the local farmers market. Breakfast for the week is prepped (I finally made egg muffins again after goofing off for several weeks), and now that dinner is cooking in the oven (chicken breasts smothered in apricot coriander tagine), it's the perfect time for a break with a glass of water and the interwebs, in particular this week's Unconscious Mutterings:

• Month to month :: following the moon
• Adjusted :: normal
• Prank :: embarrassment
• Mop :: cleaning
• Clarity :: One-mindedness
• Parenting :: the toughest job
• Glenn :: Campbell
• Fingerprint :: crime scene
• Pineapple :: Hawaiian pizza
• Attorney :: Harvey Dent

Funny How Your Feet In Dreams Never Touch The Earth

Listening to Heart's "These Dreams"  and admiring their mid-eighties big hair, doing the Unconscious Mutterings on a Saturday night.

• Crankiness :: skankiness
• Backpack :: hiking
• Clone :: Dolly  the sheep
• High ground :: and the low road
• Dreams :: in the mist
• Lovingly :: affectionately
• Mistake :: error
• Carson :: Heeeeeeere's Johnny!!
• Errand :: Knight
• Dozen :: baker's

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Memories Are Made Of This

I skipped several weeks of the Unconscious Mutterings for no good reason except for generally being behind on my bloggery. Let's see if I can catch up, starting here:

• Memory ::Keepsake
• Original :: Forgery
• Exclusively ::Occult
• Listings :: Foreclosures
• Bucket :: no, no, it spells bukkit
• Knight :: templar
• Dusty :: Springfield
• Choice :: options are a good thing
• Sunlight :: source of life
• Change of plans :: like I said, options are a good thing