Monday, May 11, 2009

Crop Circles, The Easel, and Spelling


I woke this morning - which is always a good thing - to a strange phenomenon. No, not my wife? The covering of my bed was emblazoned with crop circles. I know such formations usually appear in wheat, barley, rye, and so on - whatever "so on" is? However, they were intricate in their design. How an alien spaceship landed in my bedroom without wakening me has left me unsettled.

When my wife came into the bedroom she give an "unearthly" scream; she had never seen me without my pyjamas before. She then started laughing - an emotion she hasn't the face for - and conjectured it may have been the work of pranksters who had come into our home during the night.

I don't believe in "paranormal activity", except when my wife and I attempt sex. How will I sleep tonight? Probably with my eyes closed. I sprinkled some wheat on top of our bed in case the aliens return. I'm frightened they may revert to violence, or sexual experiments, if their desire to create crop circles is infringed. There should be a support group for people like me, don't you think? I certainly try to abstain.

The synopsis of my new novel is based on a wealthy, cheating, lying, stealing, charmer, who paints: still life; before life; after life; and beautiful sunsets. Is he based on a character in real life? An old boss of mine? I'm sorry to say, yes - but, not as obese. In the story, he falls in love with his easel. Unfortunately, they break up following an argument as to whether Picasso ended his life bald, or without hair.

Reflections: It's gratifying to acknowledge that some of the greatest writers' who graced this earth could not spell some words. I'm thinking of Mark Twain; Jane Austen; William Shakespeare; etc., who couldn't spell words such as : mobile phone; iPod; television, Twitter; existential angst, crop circles; trash TV; atom bomb; coke heads, etc.

Somehow, I don't think they missed out on anything of value?

3 comments:

OrchidOlivia said...

Wow that's something else. I've experienced alien activity in my bedroom (but that's another story). That is a phenomenon. It could have been a spirit or alien orb that came into your room... we all know they're not visible to the human eye, You never know these days.

By the way, your novel sounds interesting haha.
And I agree with you about the authors not missing out on anything.

Hillbilly Duhn said...

Alien activity in the bedroom with crop circles. LMAO!

K'sah said...

It's funny that you made that statement abou the great authors not being able to spell. One of the reasons I read Jane Austen religiously is to keep my vocabulary up to date and well to have a good cry. But I find authors like Shakespeare and Austen and Twain somewhat were ahead of their time in writing. Its tragic to think they would have fumbled and scratch their heads, pondering how to spell ipod or Wii. Great Blog! I think you are an amazing writer!