Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?
I've been ignoring it for awhile. It seems that some lovely, albeit confused people think that I am a Thinking Blogger. I have let them know that I am a Drinking Blogger. It's an easy mistake to make. Clearly, they are Drinking Bloggers too.I have tried not to let this, as well as the other lovely nominations for a variety of other blog awards (none of which have to do with my outstanding shoes) get to my head. At first I was confused by the whole Thinking Blogger thing, but now, it seems so obvious. Of course I'm a Thinking Blogger. Thanks for noticing.
I think a lot. I would venture to say that I am almost always thinking. If I am not thinking, I am thinking about thinking. Or I have passed out from thinking.
I think socially. I like to think with my friends. We have several preferred places to think. I'm very open minded when it comes to thinking. While I have stuff that I prefer to think, I will think just about anything. Sometimes, this works out well for me and I discover new things that I like to think. Sometimes, I think something that makes me sick and I swear that if G*d will let me live through the night, I will never think that much again.
I don't try to hide how much I've been thinking and I don't lie about my thinking habits. I admit that I think alone. Thinking is part of my blogging process. I sit down at my computer and I have a good think. Then I have another. Then, I write. I also smoke when I think. I try not to smoke in the house, so I have to stop writing and go outside. Sometimes, I think while I'm out there. My neighbors know how much I think but, they are polite and don't mention it to me.
I have some rules about my thinking. I don't think in the morning, unless I was up late thinking the night before. Usually, I don't think before noon, but I've heard that it is the cure for those kind of situations. Also, I don't think and drive. I am a naturally bad driver, I don't need to add thinking to the mix.
One day, I hope to learn not to call people when I am thinking. I am guilty of making the annoying middle of the night phone call in which I say stuff like, "Woo hoo!" and "Dude, I'm thinking tonight. You should totally be here," and "I love you, man." I also send inappropriate text messages and humiliating emails when I've been thinking.
I come from a family of thinkers and recovering thinkers. Family gatherings can be awkward. I congregate with all the thinkers and we think together while the non-thinkers sit in the other room and judge us. They say things about how we are powerless over our thinking. It only makes us think more.
Sometimes, my thinking gets me into trouble, but generally, I'm a happy thinker. I like to think. In fact, I am thinking right now.
This blog is driving me to think.
Mist 1
Posted by Mist1 @ 6:04 AM
94 Comments:
I think surrounding yourself by the supportive environment of Thinkaholics Anonymous is in order here. Surrender to that higher power. Do it. You'll feel better.
You are a thinking blogger!!!! As usual, you have me laughing!
lcg,
Hi. My name is Mist and I'm a thinkaholic.
paula,
What are you thinking?
I think that all of the thinking that you are capable of makes me feel like an inferior thinker. But then again, who cares what I think?
Also, I think you are worthy of every award you have been nominated for...
I don't want people to know what I'm thinking at all. Usually I'm thinking of something totally nonsensical. Actually, they could probably figure that out themselves just by looking at my blank expression.
Hi Misty -- I'm glad you posted this today. I always thought that I was a little unusual, I THINK ALL THE TIME. I see I'm not alone in that!
I think when things (?) are going on, when I'm eating or talking, even while I'm asleep, etc, etc.
Today we were on a long ride, the dog, Adi, was in the back seat. I asked Mrs. Jim if she thought Adi knows that one of us drives the car. Or if maybe she thinks we are all confined in the vehicle and end up some place together when it stops?
My main problem is that I forget a lot of what I had been thinking unless I write it down. Right now I have six little spiral thoughts notebooks where I can write my special thoughts in.
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Blogger is having troubles with picture posting tonight. I just thought of that to tell you.
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I'm a functional thinker, which means, I try not to think at work. It could really mess-up my performance.
Thinking and driving really hurts, I almost got in a couple of car accidents because I was overthinking. You have such self control. This is, like, the best thinking post ever.
It is interesting how a word, over time, if repeated enough, becomes less a serious word with meaning, and more a sound, a noise in the background, that buzzing thing that we can't just figure out.
Now, you'd expect me to say I thought about that, like the many here vying for your attention... but... that approach is old, and overused. Not that I'm vying for your attention. You think too much.
I don't work well with other thinkers. They always contradict my thinking. And that gets me to thinking.
you text after thinking too much?! i was under the impression i was the only one!
babe, i've got some choice thunken texts saved on my phone--from just the other night.
helas... i cannot copy them here for your amusement. some of my friends read your blog... i think.
I've think you've been hanging out with your beautiful, but dumb, friend too much. Her lack of thinking has you thinking that maybe you aren't as much of a thinker as the rest of us think you are. She's a bad influence. I think.
and here I was thinking that you were a blogging thinker and not just a thinking blogger.
Thinking also makes me use punctuation inappropriately.
,. WTF?
Oh and I forgot to say... something..what was it...
Fuck, something about thinking and noon...
OH YEAH! It's NOON SOMEWHERE!
works everytime when you want to think inappropriately.
Peace out.
hah! I can blame my increasing thinking levels on blogging! thank you so much.
i found you via ex-shammickite, you made me larf a lot.
oops, no it wasn't, it was akelamalu.
thinking will do that to your memory....
I thought I dropped by and take a look. Nice thoughts, Thinker.
But be careful, cause thinking can be like drinking: give you a splitting headache-like hangover!
Call me the next time you need a designated thinker.
I have a weird allergy to thinking, and have to get thunk vicariously.
You know, that one's almost funnier than the one about Wiggy.
If I didn't like animals so much I'd say it WAS funnier.
I heart your sense of humor. In fact. I'll think to it.
So you've been busy then - thinking?
I think I will suggest to Bloggers Choice Awards they start a new category - Best Shoe Owner and nominate you - you'd win it for sure!!!
I had a thought - as a chronic thinker myself, I could do with a sponsor, someone to help me think more responsibly - know where I can find one? I tried the philosophy department of my local uni but they were all down the pub.
Puss
I'm a winking blogger. It's gotten me into trouble.
Sometimes I try to stop thinking, but then I just end up thinking about not thinking and can't quite get a clear idea of what not thinking would look like. I'm starting to think that it can't be done
Yaxlich doesn't like hanging out with non-thinkers. They just don't get it. They need to lighten up a bit. A little think never did anyone any harm but, as his doctor once told him, you should always think in moderation. Binge thinking is not good for you.
If I get you to think enough, will I be able to take advantage of you?
I can't blog without thinking. That's not a good thing, you see, as I'm addicted to blogging.
I stink more than I think
I'm a thinking blogger, too, but no bastard nominated me. Harumph.
Congrats, I suppose.
I think you may have overthought this whole thinking business. I recommend that you try not thinking about thinking for a while and if that doesn't stop all these thoughts then I strongly recommend that you put a straw into the bottle of Stoli and indulge until the thoughts stop.
What do you think about that plan?
Mist, this is New Yorker stuff. And you're giving it away for free (woo hoo!). You must be thunk.
michael,
Think with me.
ee,
No, not crack. Thinking is enough for me.
dorky,
I practice my blank expression all the time. It's very convincing.
jim,
You should see my thinking journals. They are nonsensical.
churlita,
I used to think at work on Fridays. It was how management kept us from leaving early.
curiosity,
I pluck my brows when I drive. That hurts too.
lyze,
I love it when people vie for my attention.
maximo,
You are so lucky to have friends that can read.
sqt,
I think with her too, but thinking gives her a headache.
claudia,
You've got me all wrong.
scotts,
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat me to my lines.
lettuce,
I am here to help. Thinking has ruined my memory. It's better that way.
Thanks for coming by.
fab,
I rarely am hungover.
hearts,
I have a friend who's allergic to thinking. He's the best driver in the world.
phishez,
Cheers. The offer to take Wiggy in still stands.
akelamalu,
Please send them an email demanding a new category. I am clearly to modest to do it.
puss,
I love sponsorship.
mr. fab,
I'd like to see that blogging winkie.
choo,
I know. It's a vicious cycle.
yaxlich,
I hang out with non-thinkers and thinkers alike. Can't we all just get along?
av,
That's sort of my MO.
michael,
You are powerless over blogging.
nolff,
I can vouch for that.
*,
I nominate you.
mr. g,
Not Stoli, unless I'm out of Ketel One.
tammy,
I don't feel thunk. I can say the alphabet backwards.
Yeah, who'd a thunk it.
So SORRY, I just couldn't resist!
I love you mist! You are the perfect wat to start the day.
You're better than coffee and a good stiff think.
love this post. i spent way too much time thinking this past weekend at a trade show in atlanta and now i am trying to get more blood back in my thinking system. still foggy!
congrats on your award nominations. i'll nod my head to you next time i think.
but i must admit, i hate your word verification. fucker hates me.
M,
I don't get it. Could you explain more clearly?
HAHAHA! OMG, Mist! You have got to be one of the funniest people ever!
You should have a bumper sticker on your car that reads "Don't Think and Drive" ;)
my friends welcome the change. it's the difference between reading texts like "ni, i dsnt go home w/ shtf. im on my wet hrme, mama" versus reading about stirrups and gps.
it's odd. my fingers are only clumsy when it comes to texting. under all other circumstances, fluttery, agile fingers extend from my soft, aristocratic hands.
river rat,
It's okay. Thinking is the theme of the day here.
arthur,
I like a good stiff one in the morning.
hello,
I may be persuaded to turn my word verification off. It's hard to manage when you are thinking.
andy,
I think therefore I am.
chrissy,
I should have a bumper sticker that cautions other drivers to stay back 500 ft.
maximo,
I am on a wet horse too mama. Did I read that correctly?
it makes a lot more sense after you've been thinking.
You're obviously a highly functioning thinker.
Okay, I'm spent with all this "thinking" talk. Let's discuss something I understand, like, A8BA, or Carnies.
M-Do you agree with the masses that although A8BA gold contained a larger number of "hits", that MORE A8BA gold was actually more signifcant musicallY?
-or
"Once a carnie, always a carnie". Discuss.
you're a hoot, mist! I wish we could go out and think together sometime!
I sometimes think I'd like to stop thinking but then I think that maybe the vacuum in my head would just kill all possibility of thought and I think maybe I wouldn't like that so much and I think I have no idea what I'm going on about here. Nuff said.
maximo,
Most things work that way for me.
pissy,
Highly. Thanks for noticing.
andy,
I really never was much of a Carnie Wilson fan. I didn't know that she was a part of ABBA.
miztris,
We really should. I would love to think with you.
jazz,
I need a new vacuum. Thanks for the reminder.
Wow all that thinking confused me...so I ate some chocolate...I hear that is good for your brain...something about your brain needs like 90% or uses like 90% sugar...carbs to think...I ate 3 boxes of chocolate...did not help...only confused me more cause I couldn't remember if this was a good thing or a bad thing.
My butt will be mad at me for days after I know that for sure...
Thinking is overrated.
I prefer drooling.
When I think, I get horny. I can't think often because I don't have a readily available penis. Oh well.
tellin',
Maybe I should have some chocolate.
alicia,
Thinking and drooling pretty much go hand in hand for me.
stilt,
Everyone should have a readily available penis.
recreio,
Although I deleted your comment, I thought that I'd like to take the time to let you know that I cannot add you to my list of favorites because:
1. I don't know what you're talking about.
2. You suck for spamming me.
3. You suck for spamming me.
Sorry, isn't my intention spaming you, I just put my message in a wrong blog... I read your posts! So, dont need put my blog in ur favorites...
And, when you have time, talk to me... =)
have msn?
cya
good one mist! now my charlie hasn't had a thought come twenty years next month, me? i think once or twice a year... there is something called the thinking man's diet. i heard about it before, did you? i think (ha ha) you don't get much food though...
smiles, bee
recreio,
Apology accepted.
bee,
Is the Thinking Man's diet anything like the South Beach diet?
I think therefore I am. Or not.
My grandfather claims he can not think at all, but if you knew my grizzly grandpa, you'd know he's as un-buddha as you can get. It drives my grandma crazy to hear him say it. Frankly, with all her squawking, I can't see how he could possibly ever empty his mind.
I think you may be onto something Mist. You are a great thinker in my view. What you do everyday cannot be easy and all of show up for our morning laugh each day. You are one funny thinking lady!
Wait a minute...I see what you are doing - let me try:
I'm a thinker too. Last night I went to my neighborhood bar and had 3 or 4 "thinks" before going home. I usually avoid mix-thinks, and usually my thinks are just beer.
Hmmm - my way doesn't seem quite the same...
"Friends Don't Let Friends Think."
I stopped thinking when I was pregnant and now I only think after the kids have gone to bed.
blitz,
You are.
jay,
So, your grandma makes your grandpa think? Cool. I'm like that too. Only, I'm not old. Yet.
comedy,
Just spend a day with me. There is plenty to laugh at. If there is nothing to laugh at, I drop my pants.
gsr,
What you meant was that you think about the draught. You don't understand people who aren't in support of the the draught.
matt-man,
I must have enemies.
velvet,
The family that thinks together stays together. Think with the kids.
Sometimes prescription drugs can really enhance your thinking experience.
That post really made me think.
othur,
So, so true.
jessica,
Me too, Jessica. Cheers.
I become really angry if I think too much. That's why I just sit around and watch reality TV instead.
Blog Carefully,
Dagromm
I think we should ALL continue thinking...I'm not a quitter!!!!
I look at you as the thinking version of Courtney Love.
dagromm,
Oh, you're an angry thinker. I know one of those. Sometimes, he still calls me. I never answer.
tera,
Thinking is good for you.
brooke,
I'm not sure that's good.
I love 'the really fucking stupid blog awards' icon in our sidebar :)
i think i think i like you!
i'm assuming you have pursued a career in writing. if not...shame on you!
: )
robin
This post has driven me to drink. I'm going to the fridge for a Delerium T.
And after I slam it, I'm gonna go think.
orhan,
I just learned how to add things to my sidebar. I am so proud.
robin,
What's a career and where can I get one?
james,
I am afraid to ask what a Delerium T is. Is it like a Crunk Soda?
I'm so adding you to my MSN Messenger contacts.
I usually just have a thought or two on the weekends. I worry about ending up in the local papers.
you mean, "This blog is driving you to drink."
thinking hurts too much lately, i'll stick to drinking.
I totally send inappropriate texts when I drink and think too much...
Which means I should just stop thinking...
Doncha think?
love,
Gmail, baby. Gmail.
nance,
I worry that they won't get my good side in the photos for the local paper.
echo,
No. Everything else is driving me to drink.
heather,
I suppose if drinking is more up your alley, you should do what feels right.
stephanie,
Um, no.
I, too, am a part of Thinkers Anonymous.
How are your dance skills when you think? Thinking usually makes me very good and dancing. (atleast I think so.)
q of d,
I've been to one of those before. You're not going to fool me with cute decorations...how cute are they?
dawn,
I thought I recognized you from meetings.
leese,
I am a sexy b*tch when I think.
Every time I started to think, a kitten died. I stopped thinking altogether. Couldn't stand the guilt.
jonas,
On behalf of the kittens, I would like to thank you for your self control.
todd,
Your penis sends text messages? That's um...dexterous.
Please keep thinking and sharing your thoughts for the increased amount of laughter the thoughts generate!!
cg,
There is really very little chance that I'll stop thinking any time soon. Unless, it's court ordered.
Hopefully you don't think too much. I do and I'm pretty sure it's why my head hurts all the time.
yvonne,
It's all relative.
My blog was built on drinking. The first 15 months or so doesn't even make any f*cking sense.....
matt,
It still makes no sense.
I allways ask"
Makes you think of what?
and my answer is here:
http://keeskennis.blogspot.com/2007/04/makes-you-think-what.html
Nice blog you have here.
I'll visit again.
I really enjoyed your thinking post. I did something like it back in middle school when I got into trouble for day dreaming during class. Reading yours brought back some very fun memories. Thanks!
kees,
Have you been thinking?
Thanks for coming by.
token,
You were thinking in middle school? Wow. I waited until high school to think.
If you indulge in writing brilliant posts while thinking, does that make you a smart thunk?
cindy,
It makes me mediocre when I am not thinking.
I used to think too - but thanks to some supportive friends, a clever Dr with a sharp scalpel and a LOT of willpower I've almost beaten it.
You can do it too.
but sometimes I miss my days of intense thinking, it can just make everything seem so much BETTER.
And those who give up thinking can be really dull
rebecca,
I avoid doctors with scalpels.
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