In one of Jersey Irish’s comments to me, she sort of – inadvertently – compared me to her squeaky ironing board. Or did she?
My sweet on-line friend wrote, “Spin, Too funny!!! My ironing board was squeaking really bad, hubby went and got the W-D and was like a mad man trying to get the squeak to stop, It finally stopped and the W-D went away for now.
JI” after reading my recent post regarding creative use of WD-40 and whatnot.
Now this is a creative use of ironing board if I’ve ever seen one.
“Ironing Board Blues” John Fuggle
Then there’s always the Burn in Hell theory of thought. Likely more what the gentleman in question has in mind for me.
“Burn in Hell” Twisted Sister
I always get a giggle out of Twisted Sister. They so crazy.
Story to come soon. For now an image. Or two.
Yes he’s trying to grease the skids. Rife with unknown manifestations and ill behavior he resorts to the WD-40 to try and assauge the situation. Alas. That’s not the remedy. I wanted flowers. Yellow roses would have been nice.
He does have a nice ass.
That goes along with his Being An Ass at times. Word to the wise. I’ve walked through fire. Never underestimate me.
“Hard Sun”
“How did I become so obnoxious?
What is it with you that makes me act like this?
I’ve never been this nasty
Can’t you tell that this is all just a contest?
The one that wins will be the one that hits the hardest
But baby I don’t mean it
I mean it, I promise
You say I don’t need you but it’s always gonna come right back…”
Please don’t leave me (live@4music) Pink
No, this is more like how my special man-friend deals with me lately. Mean, mean, mean man.
Just heard this for the first time on my way home this afternoon. I like it; she has a nice voice, really.
Taylor Hicks has been up in Seattle, Washington since May 12, this the last date of the “Grease” tour, next stop Appleton, WI. Seattle is known for the rain, the cloud cover, but I do have relatives who reside in a nearby town, so I know it’s not rain, rain everyday.
Isn’t it special how Mr. Hicks incorporates mention of how much he likes the Sun? Yes, naturally I’m making it all about me.
I like this tune from Seattle, had the most harmonica out of the videos seen so far.
“Hide Nor Hair” Taylor Hicks
video c/o NJ4Taylor
Yeah, like that. “Oh, I was lying in the bed with fever
And I was burning up inside
My baby walked in my bedroom…” Lyrics
People disagree sometimes, they fight, it’s a way to clear the air. No need in a permanent impasse. Look, puppies, kitties and baby ducks. A hippo. Bears. A lion cub. Let’s be friends, again.
Seattle Weekly writer wrote: “Spotted: American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, who currently stars as Teen Angel in Grease at 5th Avenue Theatre, attempting to go incognito in a baseball cap while crossing the sidewalk at 5th and University. Fans shouted his name and a very pissed off looking Hicks gave a half wave and kept on walking. Damn, Taylor. Be a little friendlier with your fans. They’re the reason you won Idol and got your current acting gig. Nobody likes an ungrateful tool.”
Now naturally, Erika Hobart with this one sighting, has the line on Mr. Hicks. Interesting she can read his look as being ‘pissed off’ from third party conversations. That’s some kind of gift into facial reading. Perhaps she should check this site: Face Perception. Writers can be tools as well, especially gossip writers.
Besides, he always looks like that; it’s those dark eyes and full eyebrows. Man can’t help but look intense.
“Seven Mile Breakdown” Taylor Hicks San Francisco, 2009
Imprinting. Defined in noun form as: Animal Behavior, Psychology. Rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically soon after birth or hatching, and establishes a long-lasting behavioral response to a specific individual or object, as attachment to parent, offspring, or site.
Obviously that definition in particular refers to the phenomenon witnessed in the animal kingdom and particularly true in the case of ducks and other fowl. It’s a well documented occurrence the phenomenon of birds, upon hatching attaching themselves to the first being they may encounter. They also have the propensity to follow the next best thing should something happen to their initial focus of attention.
Puppy and Duckling:
Fan behavior is not that unlike ‘imprinting’. Similar to the state of mind termed, ‘limerance’, which has been defined by psychologist Dorothy Tennov as an involuntary cognitive and emotional state. In other words, something or someone inadverdently flips a switch in your mind and that gray matter in your head reaches back to the primal instinct to attach. The person or thing of interest may remind you of someone in your past, or simply trigger a pleasant emotional response.
Being a natural and common condition no regular Joe is immune. It does show a marked intensity for persons with a propensity toward Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. So if you are one who must check your locks on the doors several times before retiring, or once you find an interest immerse yourself as deeply as possible, you my friend are more easily sucked in – well, at least until the novelty wears off.
Apparently, when in this state of ‘limerance’ the person affected can experience intense romantic desire or emotional attachment toward their interest. Studies have shown actual brain chemistry affected by the perceptions felt or idealized by the individual. That chemical alteration often sufficient to propel ‘imprinted’ emotions by inciting pleasurable electrical charges in the gray matter upstairs, creating what can be best described as a virtual dopamine drip. Reality can sometimes be impaired by the pleasure center of your mind, as your brain trips along on that feel good rush. Your actual moods affected, emotions triggered such as intense joy or extreme despair depending on the circumstance. Certainly it can be fun and interesting while it lasts.
How ‘limerance’ is often most appropriately described – an ’emotional affair’. Limerance cited relationships are by nature, chaste, physically unconsumed. Factors involved in these relationships remaining as established may include loyalty to preexisting relationships, distance, impracticality such as a business or working relationship, or just the pure enjoyment of a fantasy.
Romantically described as an ‘affair of the heart’, this attachment can sometimes be maintained simply by the pleasure obtained by verbal, mental and assimilative contact. I am researching this topic in relation to my ‘project’ I’ve in the works. Too, every time I step into one of my Taylor Hicks friends’ websites I’m reminded of this phenomena. In the case of being a fan of a celebrity as one example, the fantasies themselves often sufficient to continue the momentum for continuing with the interest.
Examples of how, in the case of fandom, fantasy often sufficient to propel the brain dopamine drip can be witnessed in examples featured on such black humor driven websites such as IdleTard.com. Fan fiction, a commonplace topic on IdleTard.com, brought out as entertainment, reveals the imaginative workings of fans desiring to create a stimulating virtual world. Stories insert the writers into the real life of their obsession, therefore pumping the dopamine and assisting in the sensation of pleasure, reinforcing continued interest.
Savvy entertainers understand some of this process, perhaps not on a direct awareness level but more in an intrinsic, intuitive manner. It goes along with the primordial need lurking in the wrinkles in our brain to imprint, acknowledge that imprinting and to feel connected. Savvy entertainer like John Mayer comes to mind, he seems quite good at keeping his fingers on the pulse of his fanbase. He’s also open and communicative with his fans.
It doesn’t take much to make fans feel connected and that a celebrity cares. One celeb I follow, on the new “hot thing” twitter, Eddie Izzard. Been a fan of his for years. Mr. Izzard posts dry comments on the weather from where ever he may be sometimes with an aside about thoughts of the moment. I’ve taken it upon myself to respond in kind, limiting my responses back normally only when he mentions the sun or it being sunny. I am aware of the psychological nuance, but it’s like this “thing” and actually increases my enjoyment and perception of the man. Small things, people.
Thing is, we as human animals will always carry that ‘baby duck’ primal thinking pattern. What we need recognize is the reality as it truly exists and the ability to determine what context it appropriately fits within our lives. Now back to my project.
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Psychology. Rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically soon after birth or hatching, and establishes a long-lasting behavioral response to a specific individual or object, as attachment to parent, offspring, or site.
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