News & Views: Rainy Day edition

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

1. It's raining, and it's going to be raining all day, and Minor's practice has been cancelled and for some reason the cancellation threw me into a sort of 'what do I do?' state of inertia. I have been wandering around trying to settle on doing something.

2. I went out with an umbrella to get some steps around the apartment complex and...I found my favorite hat in the pocket of the raincoat! So that's where it went! I thought I'd lost it somewhere. I know it's Magical Thinking but I believe the universe gives me a birthday gift every year and finding my hat is IT for this year.

3. Prompt #19 in Jo Bell's 52 is 'first time.' And I really don't want to write a poem about my first time but I couldn't think of another way to spin the prompt. So here is a 16-word senryu:

Oh, that’s it? The ground
did not swallow me up like
I’d thought. Still. That’s it.

Day 19 word: Rain

Comm shout-out: kindreadspirits


19. What do you secretly hoard?

It's a bad idea on several fronts to keep candy in the bedroom (as opposed to the kitchen), but I do hide some in my suitcase in the closet. Also, maybe not rising to the level of HOARD but I am a +1 back-up kind of person for all kinds of cleaning supplies and paper goods and household stuff. I also have a collection of fun postcards (which is growing!).


I used a Random Question Generator to create this list: https://randomwordgenerator.com/question.php

1. What have you been thinking about lately that has kept you up at night?
2. What's the story behind why you replaced the last phone you had?
3. What's something that you know you should start, but haven't?
4. How would you spend $1,000 to give the most happiness to the most number of people possible?
5. What's most important to you about your school/work environment?
6. Would you feel comfortable showing me the photos on your phone?
7. What uncommon thing would you like to see become more common?
8. What's the most interesting thing you have in your pockets right now?
9. What part of the human face do you look at when you talk to someone?
10. When you want to escape from everyone, where do you go?
11. How do you think your reality differs from others you know?
12. What's a food you vow never to eat?
13. What argument did you have that looking back on was absolutely ridiculous?
14. What part of history do you find most interesting?
15. At what age did you think you become an adult and when do you actually think you did?
16. What do you like to do that's considered touristy?
17. What is the most recent life lesson you've learned?
18. What's something uncomfortable but you feel everyone should experience at least once in their life?
19. What do you secretly hoard?
What's something that you know that few other people know?
Do you believe there is only one other person in the world for you or many?

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Definitely with you on the +1 for cleaning supplies - I always add things to the list as soon as I open a new bottle/packet, because it saves getting near the end, not having bought a replacement and having to go out specially to get one.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, and if you only have half of whatever supply you need, you either realize and don't clean at all, skip until you go shopping, or realize when you're underway and can't do as good a job, or make a special trip (which is the most annoying).