Note To The Quirky Ones

December 27, 2023 / animar64 / 1 Comment

RDP Wednesday: QUIRKY

If you are a kid, or even an adult it’s ok to be off beat and quirky if you are in a tv commercial or a print ad for breakfast cereal or fabric softener.

In that Universe your hair can be messy, your clothes can be rumpled and may not fit perfectly.

But in the real world, if you are off beat and quirky nobody thinks you’re cute, nobody is going to embrace those little details that make you stand out in a crowd. The world will demand your compliance and if you are lucky you can fend that world off and be yourself.

To you quirks out there- good luck and hang tough. I’m cheering for you.

amm

The Roof Above My Head

December 27, 2023December 26, 2023 / animar64 / Leave a comment

WordPress Prompt: You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?

AI Artwork by The Pumpkin Empress

I don’t need a perfect place to read.

It doesn’t matter what color the walls around me are, if the carpets are plush or the floorboards under my feet are are polished or rough.

It doesn’t matter if I sit in a comfy chair and read by firelight or candlelight, I don’t need a cup of something warm on the table next to me.

If the story I am reading is really good, even if it’s bad I’m not really in this world at that exact moment in time. The roof above my head is the last thing I’ll be thinking about.

amm

My Idea

December 26, 2023 / animar64 / 4 Comments

Over the Christmas Holidays I got a little lost.

I tried to make merry, I tried to ho-ho-ho, I desperately tried to jingle all the way.

What I learned was that had I approached Christmas the way I go about celebrating Halloween I would have enjoyed the season a lot more.

I don’t mean that I should have put up a black Christmas tree and festooned it with bones, little severed body parts and Universal Monster ornaments, I mean that I should have gone into the winter holiday season with a touch of ice in my veins- it would have made the season meaningful and I wouldn’t have felt like the bastard child showing up uninvited to a family reunion where everyone wears matching t-shirts and they play games like capture the flag and run Egg and Spoon races.

I have a year to find the spirit- I just hope it wants to be found by someone like me.

amm