Misconstrued Thoughts : Yesterday's Misconstrued Thoughts Today

Child thought process is one of the true joys of life. Watching young ones in their imaginative antics amuses many individuals. These imaginations take them all over the place. (And cause them to do all kinds of things as you see in the image above (a person at works kids)). Kids are to be appreciated for their inhibited desire to amuse and think abstractly.

As adults some of us lose that, and are happy with it. Some lose it, but remember it and appreciate this quality in children. AND SOME NEVER LOSE IT. This is the best state to be in. The ability to play with the kids and not just sail on the ship, but notice that its taking on water and being taken over by Tongrocks (little furry animals with beaks that eat all our pizza on board). Yes, never losing ones childhood imagination is something we should all work toward.

So show this today, go buy some magic markers (preferably the permanent type) go find your brother or sister (if they are 18,25, or 45). And draw something on their face when they are asleep. (or just scribble). BTW Darcie, Stephanie... I should see you in a couple of weeks.... hahaha.

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Ah yes those who grace the screen, their incredible skills... Always amazing. I would just like to now give Misconstrued Acting Awards to all present Friday. More reasons to look forward to Thursday. Oh and we have a continued increase in other submittals to... keep up the good work all.

Also I ran into a most interesting experience on Sunday. I gave the talk in Scottsboro, AL... After the meeting two people (one from California, one from Canada) asked where I was from, since I didn’t have a southern Accent? Hahahaha I don’t have a southern accent. Amazing, I sound sophisticated in at least one place in the universe.

OK maybe not sophisticated, since I couldnt remeber the word elbow on the stage (for future refrence when someone cant remember a really common word (you know like I do all the time) ) To make fun of them just tap your elbow and look at them like they are crazy ... its the new gesture fo the week.

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Defenders of Obvious Truth... More reasons to look forward to Thursday

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Ah in only 2 hours the misconstrued team pulled together an awesome... totally awesome video. We only provide the above picture for the greatness to soon bless the web. So... be prepared... and everyone else get your videos to me.

Remember for those wanting to enter:

You need to use only 3 hours to tape your film.

You only have 2 hours to edit the film

You can post your film and send me the link, or contact me and mail it to me.

I have to have all films by the Beginning of the week of Oct 5th.

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After over 20 years, Simon and Garfunkel are on the road again! Thats right they are actually touring. So look for local dates and enjoy one of the greatest duos of all time. No one told stories, and brought harmony to them as they did. To celebrate this moment i've added a new CD review. One of S&G's classics.

Oh and its on tonight! The video production for the great compettion! Hope to see you there, if you dont know where it is email me.

Oh and its fact friday so dont forget to add your facts!

Simon and Garfunel originally recorded under the name Tom and Jerry!

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Hey if you are a Mac person then well here is a free subscription to Mac Addict. Although I sugest we all stop our addictions... mmm is that a candy bar... excuse me i'll be back.

Oh and if you need a computer, you can get a full system, with 17"monitor right now for $350 shipped from dell. Its not a powerhouse, but its not a bad deal if you just need a computer. Pretty amazing deal.

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I'm not sure what inspired me to write this on the way into work. But I just thought it would be good for all to think of those that matter to you in your life. Particularly the older ones, grandparents, older ones in the hall. Let them know you care, show it. Add you creative writings for today...

Thoughts of the Withering in Autumn

As the chill of the early Autumn Morning struck my face, an inrush of thoughts hit me. But there was a tinge of happiness in me just to have the blessing of feeling that cool, moist fall morning air. Its sad I thought of how really this was a rarity now, to experiences these commonalities. But since I had been put in the home, really self being as I had known it had disappeared.

The morning chill brought back an inrush of thoughts and emotions.

Of childhood, those mornings getting on the bus, dreading the day ahead of school. That fog that often hung through the valley on those cool fall mornings. It was always disappointing, visions of disappearing as I would pass into the fog, but really it was always so clear when you walked into it.

I thought back to those days of college, when the feel of fall beaconed in the days of football, of what is really needless priority. But something that would really bring happiness to those cool, evenings … bringing in the vast array of fall colors, both on the field and off.

It used to be so great to go see those games with dad. Yes joyful indeed. The cheering the excitement. How I have missed him through the past several years. The pain the lonliness.

But loneliness is not a new feeling. With the passing of Charlotte a couple of years of go, there has never been such a presence of loneliness in my life. Especially now that they have put me here, where loneliness abounds. There are many here, but we remain incapacitated to care for ourselves, but our drive to do so creates distant stares; not allowing the person next to us enter or ever be a friend.

My dear Charlotte, the years of happiness. The fall was always a special time for us, walks through the forest floor of leaves. Just the sound of the cracking leaves and her happy laughs in my mind cant help but bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye!

I’m sure my children had my best interest in mind as they brought me here. That wretchedly cold late fall morning they brought me here I don’t like to recount. It had been 2 years since that day. But because of the stroke I guess they had no choice. It’s amazing to me how each event in your life can change things forever. But now I just sit here thinking my own thoughts…

“Sir its time to take you back in now, don’t want you to stay out to long in this cold morning air; you may catch your deaths cold” stated the nurse.

…the thought almost seemed peaceful now. If I could only let her know that the fresh air, the sparkling shimmer of water on the grass, the cascading light through the foggy morning air brought me a moment of happiness; a moment to reflect on those days gone: These things gave me a temporary feeling of those important people being back, a feeling of reason to be…
How I wished that someone would visit soon. How I wished that I could let them know I was happy when they came. How I wish that the day would soon come when once again I would be able to climb as a stag, see my loved ones, and not be a victim of this worlds sickness and my loved ones rushed lifes.

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McDonalds will make you fat

-Wesley Willis

Well to my horror I learned of the passing of Wesley Willis last month. A sad day indeed, one of the greatest voices, er uh..., song writers, er uh..., schizophrenics ... yeah ... to grace the airwaves. True I would have to say I dont recomend his music, he definitly curses way to much! But there are his clean songs, and nothing will stick in your head like a song by a homeless schizophrenic. Rock n Roll McDonalds (Listen to the whole song (MP3)) (one of my top 100 songs of all times!), make you realize... hey this guy made it "big" and was horrible!

Ah greatness. Well maybe once again we will be graced with Wesley Willis music, but when he's not a schizophrenic I'm not sure his music will be the same, but cleaner no doubt!

There is word of possibility of a Wesley Willis Tribute Concert in Chicago... I think we should have a tribute show this weekend outside of big spring jam... i have the keyboard... anyone want to join me?

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Well it seems Canada has joined the race for the Misconstrued Thoughts Video Championship... they did raise a question though... what if you cant get your video on the web... ah ... well that could create a problem... so as I told them, you can send your videos to me. Just use the link to email me and get my home address.

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Well I just went to get my free icecream, that dairy queen promised! But no no free Icecream they said! I asked why. I was told that to celebrate 100 years of the icecream cone i would have to pay him for the icecream, and then he would give it to me free! OK, I know I may look stupid... but I dont think i look taht stupid! It was even on the News, and when you read the press release it says nothing except that I was going to get to enjoy free icecream (doesnt depend on store). I would even have gladely given to the needy children for the miracle network. But when we visited, the only miracle was any giving going on. It was quiet sad, a family walked in, kids all happy (yay free icecream!) but how sad when the family of (man alot of kids) was turned away. Poor kids.... they have all suffered due to the evil ways of dairy queen. I urge you to write Dairy Queen and let them know about how they made the kids suffer on the aniversary of icecream cones. ( The store in question is in MADISON AL) I think they should give free icecream to eveyrone 12 and under and let them enjoy their free icecream.

Dairy queen they now have found how easy it is to take candy from a baby!
THEY EVEN TOOK THE BABY!

Make the insanity stop...get free icecream for our kids... and help out childrens network while your at it!

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So as expected a refreshing and encouraging weekend at the 2 Day Assembly. And much to consider, reflect, and improve upon. But also met was some brothers from New York (Long Island, maye i'll post my song about Long Island). Seems they have their own website. And seems we now have a competition. All are invited to join. Here are the Rules.

Make a short skit, video. You have 3 hours to make the video, and 2 hours to edit the video. And post it on the web.

The films will be debuted next Thursday.

So everyone, where ever you may be, New York, Texas, Califonia, Canada, Virginia, Africa. Where ever you may be, pull your troups together for the first annual Misconstrued Thoughts Video Competition.

And if you live in Hville, we expect your support this Friday.

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Hmmm... and I wonder why my car has problems? Makes me think of getting a new one... or not... which leads to Todays facts:

In one day, Americans get rid of 20,000 cars and 4,000 trucks and buses

OK on a lighter...well sweeter note MONDAY IS THE 100th anniversary of the creation of the ICE CREAM CONE! SO...

Monday is Free Icecream Cone Day at Dairy Queen.

So dont forget to remember this important day in history, go eat a free Ice Cream Cone! Brought to you by DQ and Misconstrued.

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OK useless magazine for free of the day. If you're a techno geek like myself (not the music, the items... although i'm a geek of both) Anyways get a free subscription to electronic house. Learn all about automating your home adding speakers and all that kind of stuff... it can make it seem as if someone is there when they aren't. Or that you have a roommate when you dont...(of course then you end up speaking to walls, but that is a differnt story!).

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Dont forget to add your creative writings for today! put on them thinking caps...

First Thoughts

To love
To hate
So many words
to belate

i live by the process of dont read what you write
...for if you read you may erase ...
and what is erased is forever lost

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OK another great free magazine, is everyone getting 30-40 magazines yet like myself?

Today we offer Bicycle Magazine for free. Another good magazine, it only takes about 4 minutes to get a years worth of good reading. Enjoy

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Well not sure I can answer that question, but as we traveled the mountains of North Georgia this past weekend, we did run into this guy...well not actually physically, but we did park next to this amazing vehicle. I mean... what can one say except, what an amazing car. When people mistake your car for an entry into a demolation derby... now then you are dealing with a beut of a car!

OK, well today is quote WEdnesday dont forget to add your quotes

If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.
- Jeff Foxworthy

If you own a car with a rebel flag painted on the hood, you smoke at 18, people have signed your car, it has mud on it, and its ready for a demolation derby, YOU ARE a redneck

-Jeremy

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So today we go into the goinings ons of a beach trip. First off you always have turning, twising, skipping, and photography.

Then, of course you have a good chance of running into Jehovah's Witnesses. We recomend that you convince them that you are really Mormon, tell how you plan to have your own planet one day, and argue the use of the name Jehovah instead of Yahweah. Oh the best part was when I asked "Why do we even speak if we don't know how to pronounce the original Hebrew language" Nothing like a look of "your a mormon... i mean moron" from a complete stranger. (We told them the truth in time).

Then there is the sand sculpting. After I created Non-Able. Then Mike Created Mishap at Myrtle. And then Matt added his "art" (no picture shown). Well this all inspired stephanie to make Polly
, who blamed our work on video games.

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Well in the long tradition of get out of the house and see whats around you. (OK I just introduced the thought last week). But this week we talk about seeing whats just around you. Of course this may involve 1150 miles worth of driving in a weekend, but its all good.

A quick trip to the South Carolina Beach, can always prove exciting. Another joy of life is learning new talents. This weekend for myself was learning to skim board. As you see it can be painful at first (sand is about as hard as a rock, well actually i guess it is pretty much a bunch of micro rocks) (and sand can be as rough as sandpaper, well actually i guess it is pretty much what sand paper is made of). But after an hour of pain, you finally get it, you glide for 10-15 feet and you think you're cool. Then you go for 25-30 feet, and thats when you really hurt yourself.

But in a further adventure, on the way home, we did a little hiking in the mountains of Georgia, and stumbled upon the beginning of the Appalachian trail. (OK I knew it was there). And also went to Amicalola Fall State Park .

So get out see your world, you dont have to go far to find something new! (And always bring your first aid kit...)

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Well we are almost to greeneville SC now Matt is asleep and i am spending about 1/2 the time looking at the road the rest is witing this. Safe? of course its my middle name. we'll have some pictures and stories for you on Monday But did get ac con.plish one goal shooting fireworks at the ocean of course almost blew my head off But i dove like a bomb had been setoff l
thank good ness sand is Soft
and thank goodness il just looked up and missed that jeep

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right now i am on i220 driviing &writing this . thats for fact friday and today .... technology.... add ur facts

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From the archives (the first released)

Jack is Back

Through the underlying death of winter comes the green of a new year of life. There on the forest floor, a cascading brook echoes through the lonely woods, welcoming the coming of new friends as life begins to surround it.

In the cool, damp mornings of spring a new generation of Jack-in-the-pulpit life its spreading foliage heavenward, drinking at the edges of the watery deep. It's crisp summer-green leaves create a caopy for its delicate, unique flower; a flower proudly standing tall and strong through the chilly days of sping. Not leaning on its own foliage for support, but standing alone, a single stem protruding abruply from the rich, moist earth. A stem on which lay a goblet shaped growth, covered with a graceful leaf coming fom the back of the chalice. The insect knows that this is a glass of festivity, for inside is found the lone, club-shaped stamen which creates banquets for many creatures of the wooded hills.

As the season changes from spring to summer, the plants' graceful leaves are given to the dying forest floor. The unprotected flower transforms itself into a life bearing spadix. As the spike matures through the hot, balmy season, clusters of fire red form with the Jack-in-the-pulpit of next year inside. Both giving life, one not able to do without the other.

Summer come and gone, so is the Jack-in-the-pulpit. All that lie in its wake are the scattered berries and the fleshy taproot full of fire. Yet, in a coming season it will be back, entertaining the stream by which it lay and the bugs which feed upon its banquet.

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I've not gotten a speeding ticket since my last speeding ticket

-Jeremy

You can learn more about a man in an hour of play than in a year of Conversation

-Plato

Add your quotes for today!

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Well today I thought I would recount a little African Experience for you. When the Dutch began to settle in South Africa, well obviously they were really bored. Why do I say this? Well for a game we shared in when we were in Africa. Its called poo spitting. First you have to find an animal with pellet shaped poo. (Wildebeest and Giraffe was all I personally tried). Now you don't want fresh poo, but poo that has had proper cure time, ready to be used as a projectile. Simply pop the poo in your mouth and project. The greatest distance wins.

If you are still confused, watch this instructional video on poo spitting from Tim.

After proper instruction you are ready for a good competition. I am proud to say I am the Giraffe Poo Spitting Champion of South Africa, far exceeding the abilities of even the locals!

Of course, we got everyone to take part, but some, such as Stephanie and Jillian focused on the wrong part of the competition. Yes they focused on not the fact it was a competition, but that it was POO.... EWWWW! Jillians face says it all.

oh and i threw up an african photo on the photo link for today

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Seems in everyone’s backyard (or extended backyard) there is a plethora of adventures waiting. Yes, people travel all over the world to see the biggest and best, but what about where you live. I guarantee within 2 hours of where you are right now is an incredible sight you've never heard of. So get out and find it and enjoy it, and then mow the yard.

This weekend when my family came down, we found one such place. Natural Bridge near Lost Cove is just a matter of a couple of hours from Huntsville. A spectacular geological formation, the area abounds with such creations. So get out and enjoy.

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I'm not, but hey maybe you want the magazine. Get a free subscription to Workingmother Magazine. And if you didnt get your free subscription to Backpacker last week... What are you waiting for?

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Much has changed here at misconstrued the past couple of weeks. Thanks to all the tech support. We got back up and running. And expanded! For those who never venture past this page, get out and see the world... well the world of photography and music.

I plan (and so far have) added a new picture every day to the photography page. I usually have some off the wall title, but feel free to make comments with new titles, or whatever it makes ya think

Under music, well i plan to only put those albums that I think everyone should own. Jeremy approved and recomended albums.... ones which will help change your life, adding a little more interest to every day. And feel free to agree or disagree with me, for as we saw yesterday ... I am a moran ;)

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OK well its fun fact Friday, add your fun, fascinating, or fruitless fact. All is good.

So today’s fact is I'm a moron. How do you lose a songbook during a meeting? I mean you sing the first song, and the second, and some how by the third song you have lost your song book! I'm a Moran... fact of the day...well probably you knew that.

But another fact! It seems that as I walked out to the cool crisp air of the morning, it is apparent autumn is just around the corner. Wonderful joys of life!

Autumn facts:

Unlike the bright colors of flowers, which attract pollinators, or the bright "Warning Colors" of many kinds of animals, the bright colors of fall foliage are a byproduct of chemical changes as the trees start to go dormant. These colors have no apparent biological function or significance.

It was made for us to enjoy - Take that evolution

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You can get Backpacker Magazine for free for a year.

Just fill out the forms. It takes a couple of minutes but well worth it. This is a great magazine... to get you out from behind this computer.

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Add your creative writing for the day....its all good.

Feeling the Words

Tell the message every day
Cry to the people to listen
Speak a thousand volumes
With no voice emanating

Words don’t always have sounds
Feelings never really rhyme
But actions tell the story
Oh-Destroy me
Why cant they read my mind

Tell the message for all to see
Wanting them to know how I feel
The words don’t come through
But the actions should speak volumes

Words don’t always have sounds
Feelings never really rhyme
But actions tell the story
Oh-Destroy me
Why cant you read my mind

The time I spend should make it clear
But what I feel is not what I hear
So I’ll pretend to be in a time.
That feelings are known and all words rhyme.

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Well it was found that $5 tickets on the internet actually do get you into $40 shows. The Combination of Ben Folds and Tori Amos was quiet impressive. A mix of people to say the least. But there were those few, dancing frolicing, and enjoying the peacefulness with subliminal beat.

Ben Folds led the audience in group harmony.

And he always had an interesting stance, ready to jump into the piano.

But the songs were rich for a single person, and a decent variety from his past and present.

I've never been a Tori Amos fan, but must say it was a really good show. It flowed nicely, and was quiet relaxing, leaning back, looking at the stars, floating in the melody of Tori.

Oh and its quote Wednesday!

"I'm never lost, just sometimes I know where I am"

-Jeremy

dont forget to add your quote

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What is it about terror that intrigues people? Amusement parks remind me very much of ... well probably what once had been torture chambers, the only difference is we assume we wont be hurt or killed (probably often a wrong assumption) ... oh and we stand in line to experience this.

Now this isnt true of all. But lets go through a little proof.

First This really looks like a torture device? Yes?

Second Does this sound like anything except torture for Kate? Yes?

Third More proof that this looks and sounds like torture, well obviously Tony is the kind of person you would have to exert more torture on. We'll have to get Humperdink on that, and bring in Miracle Max for Kate's sake.

But hope all had fun, or were terrorized, what ever you was looking for at six flags. Its amazing how few people you actually run into when you are there. But know many of you were there. The only person I ran into was this one older lady, man knocked her right down, but I did help her up.

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