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In a land called Gloomia there was plenty of sun
But still the people were very glum
For there were never any rainy days, not even one
Oh, how they wished the rain would come!

If they saw but one rain,
They would have been contented.
If they could have grown corn, or grain
Or flowers that were scented

One by one, they all moved away
So all of their crops had died
Since it is hard for people to stay
When all the spirit had died

But then, one child made a plan
(which wasn’t exactly a piece of cake)
Yet they tried; every woman and man
Split up to look for a lake

But though they searched hard and long
There wasn’t a lake to be found
They didn’t know what went wrong
Until they dug under the ground

Torrents of water gushed out
And flooded the dry, parched land!
They couldn’t have done it without
Each and every helping hand

Gloomia was gloomy no more
And so the mayor proclaimed
That it was finally time for
The town to be renamed!

The new name they decided upon
Was chosen by them all
Since the gloomy atmosphere was gone
They named it Cheer Falls!

So if you’re moaning, grieving, or feeling blue
Just drive past this place
When you see them doing what they do
It will put a smile on your face!

D’s recent post had a new link to analyze a person’s writing to match a famous author! So I tried my hand at it by pasting various excerpts from some of my posts (was a bit sad to realize that my most recent post was a few months old!!) The analysis mostly stated that I write like Stephen King! That is strange since I absolutely detest horror as a genre of books and movies (unless there is another Stephen King who is an author, who I am not aware of!!)  I have never nor do I see  myself ever reading one of his books! So, hopefully, I think it means my style of writing! (or it could mean that my writing is pure horror to read!!) Among other interesting analyses were:

Margaret Atwood

Vladimir Nabokov

Leo Tolstoy(!!)

J K Rowling

P G Wodehouse(!!!)

James Joyce

Chuck Palahniuk

Wanted to know your thoughts on this! Who knows, may be I can consider a career in writing and publishing books!! I know I have tons to write about parenting!! Just kidding!! I will save everyone the trauma of having to read my books for lack of something to do!!

Yes!! It’s me again! I had to reset the password for I could not remember it for the life of me! No surprise there, though! I probably figured that I had to be extremely impacted by something (either positively or negatively) to be writing about it! All excuses for laziness!! The truth is that Facebook has probably taken over in the competition. It seemed simple and easy to just put an abstract one liner on my status message without explaining a whole bunch and getting some comments going and blah blah!! As I said, all excuses! Well, now that I am revisiting me again, I decided, why not put something that Ana wrote?! So here goes…..

A Thought to Ponder

– by Ana Bright

The randomest of all thoughts came into my head as I was watching American Idol the other day. As I saw the judges praise Lee’s song choice, I was thinking, ” Wow! because of a miraculous tilt of the earth on its axis, its perfectly- spaced distance from the sun and mild just-right temperatures, life can exist! Our main concern should be surviving! And look at us now!! We’ve got all of this cutting-edge technology and surviving is no longer a challenge but merely a take-for-granted way of life, or rather not surviving is a thought only pondered in stories. On the TV, in that false-reality world, all that those people care about is becoming the next American Idol. Simon even ventured to say, ” This is the most important day of your life, Casey!”

Really?!!, I thought. To become famous, to live in a world of paparazzi and insecurity, to give concerts at the crack of dawn, to spend nights getting drunk at the bars, is that what these people are fighting so hard to get?! Do they realize it?! Have they once thought about the miracle of their own existence? And, isn’t it amazing that, when on tour, these people never seem to miss out on a single detail of their designer clothing, yet they don’t even have time to eat break fast! They have more time for clothing and small things like that, which don’t matter a bit but can’t find time to do the essential, important things that keep them alive?! Shouldn’t it be the other way around?!!

Life on earth is a miracle! We know of no other planet,even with our advanced space technology, that has life. (Of course, some distant planet that does have life must be thinking the same about us:-)). All of us should be fighting to live. None of our worldly activities should interfere with what is necessary to survive. And, of course, we must not be so much attached to any mortal goal that we neglect our duty as a human being: to stay alive and in good health. Let it be our challenge to live life to its fullest!!

Wait… I almost forgot…. that I have a blog and wait…… I almost forgot the password to log in!!How pathetic is that!! Do people get really that busy that they can’t think of anything to write about, that they stop feeling?!! Isn’t it frustrating that you think of a million things to write about but it is either too late or you are too tired to get around to it?!! Of course, My laptop chose the perfect time to die!!:( Now I have to use the PC which is all the way upstairs— Flimsy excuses!! So I decided I will bring back my blog to life even if I have to perform CPR ( my kids are fighting so hard that I should be worried they might lose a limb!!It is really really getting late for work and I should be downstairs fixing the kids’ lunch. Yet I decided to spend just a couple minutes to write something so that my blog can live!!). I guess, my couple minutes are up!:( will definitely be writing a more sensible blog sooooon!!!