So, I'm putting off writing a paper. I decided to see what was going on in blogland and I noticed that over 2000 people have visited my blog now (since July). Woohoo!
Here is a motivational poster about blogging...there is a lot of truth in it:
Thanks for reading (especially when my last few posts have been quite long...but on that topic I have recently set a hard cap on posts so, from now on, no post will ever go past 2,000 words... I mean, that last "Update" post was a bit ridiculous...it was over 2.9k words and it covered topics ranging from dinosaurs to Thanksgiving dinner...so, yeah, I'll do better)
Well, before I go I'm just gonna quickly write about talking in your sleep. My roommate John is a serious sleep-talker. It's pretty funny. He's not embarrassed about it so it's okay for me to post on this. Anyway, the night before last I was about to go to bed and this is what I heard....
"oh yeah take this!"
(Karate sounds (he went huyah, huyah )
Then he said:
"Ha! You will never defeat me."
Yeah, that really happened.
John has some other sleep-talking stories but I think I posted them before. If not, let me know and I'll dig them up. I started writing them down so I wouldn't forget them (when I fall asleep I usually forget what he says).
Oh, and here is something I've been thinking about lately: kissing.
Here's my problem. I'm trying to figure out how people use the word kiss. Here is what I got...
People say give a kiss: regular kissing
People say steal a kiss: a quick kiss, usually as you're leaving.
Blow a kiss: kiss hand and then blow it to the person.
Frog kiss: this one is classified.
Share a kiss: this one doesn't make much sense to me. Cause after a kiss you can say "I got a kiss, and they can say "I got a kiss" but if there was only one kiss, and you shared it, you really only walked away with half a kiss. I think it's more accurate to say "I got half a kiss," but oh well.
Anyway, these are the typical ways the word kiss is used. As you can see, almost all of these phrases assume that kisses are a transferable commodity--with substance and location. After all, you can share them, you can blow them off your hand, you can steal them....sounds transferable to me. So, with that in mind, I think we should all figure out new phrases to describe kissing using other terms that describe the re-allocation of goods.
For example:
Since we have "give a kiss" I think we need "take a kiss." This would probably be a very demanding kiss or a kiss that someone didn't want to give (strange that this has a more negative connotation than stealing).
Kiss on loan: this would probably be the: I'm not sure if I like the person yet, or if I feel enough to actually kiss them, but I'm going to kiss them now with the thought that later I'll feel like kissing them.
Barter a kiss: this one is horrible, but I think it happens more than we'd like to admit. I once knew a guy who said "with how much I spent on dinner she better kiss me." This statement I think captures the essence of barter kisses....and it's bothering my moral compass so I'm going to move on.
Kiss on layaway: You tell someone you'll give them a kiss when you see them again.....so I guess the person can come back into town and pick it up at their convenience.
Rent a kiss: I'm not sure what to do with this one. Maybe (and this is a stretch) we could make this one work by saying that when people rent they sometimes rent with an option to buy. So, to take that one step further, to rent a kiss is to get with someone, kiss them, but not fully commit...to keep your options open in case something better comes along. Yeah, that's all I got. I would appreciate some help on this one.
Negotiate a kiss: This one could happen when someone says something like "well, I didn't really plan anything for tonight, so, we could watch a movie, sit bored on the couch, watch youtube videos...or kiss. What? You don't want to kiss? Why not? We might as well. What are your concerns? What are you bringing to the table? Oh, I see, well, how about we just share a kiss...that's only half a kiss anyone so it's only half bad...."
Donate a kiss: This is probably when you feel bad for someone so you kiss them on the cheek or something.
Debt kiss: I owe you a kiss...this one actually could go on the regular list.
Refund a kiss: this one could be problematic. You kiss someone, they don't like it, so they ask for a refund, that means they have to return the kiss. Or, it could be someone kisses you, you don't like it, so you have to kiss them. Either way, a kiss refund leads toward you doing something you don't want to do. What will be really bad is when you break up with someone. If they want a full refund you could be busy for a while.
Save a kiss: I think this one would be when you don't kiss someone right away, but instead you save it, and put it in the bank to accrue interest. You then wait for the perfect moment...on top of the Eiffel tower or something, and then kiss them and enjoy the increased net worth together.
Recycle a kiss: This is when you kiss someone, you move on, kiss someone else, and then for whatever reason (perhaps loneliness), you regress back to the person you kissed before.
Okay, I'm going to get back to my paper. If you think of any new ones let me know.
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