Thursday Thirteen #3

March 29, 2007 1:48 pm


Thirteen Things about where I (Mark Caldwell) get too many ideas

  1. Cutting the grass with my hands are full of gardening implements so I can’t write them down
  2. Reading magazines especially New Scientist, history magazines and back issues of New Internationalist
  3. Overheard snatches of conversations on the bus, in a bar, in a cue or anywhere else people talk loudly in public
  4. On long train journeys and especially waiting for connecting trains at Crew station
  5. Talking to friends
  6. Walking to work
  7. Looking at pictures cut from newspapers and magazines that I filed away for years and forgotten then pulled out and rumaged through to deliberately kick an idea off
  8. Watching real clouds and rendering random Vue atmospheres
  9. Reference and history books
  10. The BBC news and Wikipedia web sites
  11. Doing the washing up which is as annoying as when cutting grass because my hands are wet making it a fuss to write them down
  12. While I’m sleeping
  13. When I’m trying to work on an idea I’d already had

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  3. Stone Girl
  4. chupieandjsmama
  5. Thomma Lyn
  6. Susan Helene Gottfried
  7. Amy Ruttan
  8. jennie andrus
  9. Raggedy
  10. Janet
  11. Amelia Elias
  12. elementaryhistoryteacher
  13. Joan
  14. Di
  15. Denise Patrick
  16. Barb
  17. Wylie Kinson
  18. Tilly Greene
  19. PJ
  20. Red
  21. Nancy Lindquist
  22. christieo
  23. Lori
  24. ash
  25. Kai
  26. Christine~AreWeThereYet!
  27. Amy
  28. Anastacia
  29. Arlene
  30. Michelle M Pillow
  31. TopChamp
  32. Rhian
  33. laughing mommy
  34. Leigh
  35. Christine d’Abo
  36. Christina
  37. YellowRose
  38. Fence
  39. Sophisticated Writer

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40 Responses to “Thursday Thirteen #3”

  1. I get loads of ideas in restaurants – people talk much too loudly, especially on cellphones.

    2. Robin on March 29th, 2007 at 12:45 am

  2. I agree. I seem to get great ideas while driving or sleeping… I hate that.

    3. Vader's Mom on March 29th, 2007 at 12:52 am

  3. Would you believe, some of my best story and essay ideas come to me in the shower? Even my tape recorder will not work there!

    4. Stone Girl on March 29th, 2007 at 12:59 am

  4. Great list! I get mine while walking on the treadmill or #7 like you.

    5. ChupieandJ'smama on March 29th, 2007 at 1:27 am

  5. LOL! Talk about minds in sync this Thursday. Neat-o that we had such similar ideas for TT! I enjoyed reading your list.

    Happy TT, and thanks for visiting my blog!

    6. Thomma Lyn on March 29th, 2007 at 1:40 am

  6. Sounds like your brain doesn’t turn off. I understand what a curse that can be…

    Happy TT!

    7. Susan Helene Gottfried on March 29th, 2007 at 2:10 am

  7. I dream the next plots from my book. Well, basic plots, I don’t add all the surreal stuff.

    Car rides in the country will have me jumping for my pen and note book.

    Happy TT, mine’s up.

    8. Amy Ruttan on March 29th, 2007 at 2:15 am

  8. I’m with you on #12 and #13. Great list.

    9. Jennie Andrus/Piper Evyns on March 29th, 2007 at 2:32 am

  9. Terrific Thursday Thirteen!
    Thank you for your visit.
    Have a wonderful day!
    Happy TT’ing!
    *^_^
    (=’:'=)
    (“)_ (“)Å 
    Raggedy

    10. Raggedy on March 29th, 2007 at 2:40 am

  10. all great places…I think it’s easy when your mind can wander!

    11. Janet on March 29th, 2007 at 2:54 am

  11. Driving, sleeping, taking long journeys (train or walking or passenger in a car, etc) where I don’t have to watch the road… the Muse speaks whenever she feels like it!

    12. Amelia Elias on March 29th, 2007 at 3:05 am

  12. Seems we are all birds of a feather.

    13. elementaryhistoryteacher on March 29th, 2007 at 3:12 am

  13. I hate when that happens! Of course, even worse it writing the ideas down and losing the notes before you get anything written from them. My TT is also posted.

    14. Joan on March 29th, 2007 at 3:33 am

  14. I just wish I had as many hours as I had ideas! There are so many ideas that I don’t get to act on.

    15. Di on March 29th, 2007 at 3:35 am

  15. I get loads of ideas from watching the news, and sometimes they come to me when I’m asleep and when I wake up – poof! – I can’t remember any of it.

    16. Denise Patrick on March 29th, 2007 at 4:03 am

  16. I get lots of ideas driving, and can’t write them down. Bought a small recorder just for that, only forget to take it with me!

    Check out my TT

    17. Barbara on March 29th, 2007 at 4:22 am

  17. I get most of mine in that fuzzy state between awake and sleep. Sadly, by morning, I can’t remember them anymore :(

    18. Wylie Kinson on March 29th, 2007 at 4:27 am

  18. I get great ideas just before I go to skeep.

    19. Rose on March 29th, 2007 at 4:50 am

  19. Opps that should have been sleep. lol

    20. Rose on March 29th, 2007 at 4:51 am

  20. All of them viable and good because you can’t write them down to help you remember all the finite detail you discovered :-) I wonder if you were prepared for them if they’d be as good as they are when you aren’t? Hmmm.

    21. Tilly Greene on March 29th, 2007 at 5:39 am

  21. I get ideas on the bus/train, but I hate writing on public transport as I always catch people reading over my shoulder, which makes me rather self-conscious.

    Happy TT!

    22. PJ on March 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

  22. I also suffer from too many ideas!

    23. Red on March 29th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

  23. I get lots of those middle of the night ideas. I think I’m going to remember them in the am, and poof! They’re gone. I should write them down, but I really think I’m going to remember them.

    24. Nancy Lindquist-Liedel on March 29th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

  24. i get a lot of ideas while getting ready, (in the shower or while drying my hair). weird, i know. but i find inspiration sometimes in the some of the most interesting places too, i am always on the lookout.

    25. Christie on March 29th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

  25. I so know the feeling. Great list, happy TT

    26. Ash on March 29th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

  26. Great list! I’m the same – I always remember something or think of something I need to do when I’m not able to write it down. I think ‘it’s ok – I’ll never forget THAT.’ And then, of course, I do! :-)

    27. Kai on March 29th, 2007 at 5:13 pm

  27. Great! My best ideas come when I’m driving! Not the best time either!

    Thanks for visiting my list!

    28. Toni on March 29th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

  28. I get lots of ideas while I’m driving. Great ideas for inspiration.
    Happy Thursday!

    29. Christine~AreWeThereYetMom! on March 29th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

  29. You’re so funny! It sounds like you have ADD ;-)
    I played too :-)

    30. Arlene on March 29th, 2007 at 9:05 pm

  30. Great list :) I always get mine when trying to fall asleep. Some random thought pops into my head and won’t shut up until I write it down.

    Thanks for stopping by,
    Michelle

    31. Michelle Pillow on March 29th, 2007 at 11:03 pm

  31. Thanks for your help… or not. Maybe I’ll try some of your ideas places myself x

    32. TopChamp on March 29th, 2007 at 11:23 pm

  32. What’s this? TT bloghop has led me the playground of an illustrator? Wahoo! Must go save link to favs. Oh – and i didn’t see toilet listed anywhere for place to get ideas. Come on – everyone knows brain leaks occur in there where pen and paper aren’t handy!

    Ps – Susan and Wylie – you’re SUPPOSED to clue me in on cool artist sites.

    33. crowwoman / rhian on March 29th, 2007 at 11:28 pm

  33. I always get ideas when i wake up in the middle of the night and i’m too sleepy to write them down, or in the shower when i can’t write either.

    34. laughing mommy on March 29th, 2007 at 11:33 pm

  34. I get mine driving to work.

    35. leigh on March 30th, 2007 at 12:51 am

  35. I get some of my best ideas gardening or mowing the lawn. I totally space out and go into my head. My neighbours think I’m nuts because I use a regular lawn mower to cut my two acer lawn. :)

    36. Christine on March 30th, 2007 at 1:14 am

  36. When I’m trying to fall asleep! haha! Great list!

    37. Ctina on March 30th, 2007 at 3:12 am

  37. I come up with ideas when I am trying to go to sleep, then I can’t go to sleep, so I have to get up and write the ideas down. It’s frustrating!

    Thanks for stopping by my TT!

    38. YellowRose on March 30th, 2007 at 4:46 am

  38. I used to be a huge fan of New Scientist, but just don’t have the time any more. Although I do pop by their site every now and then.

    Happy T13

    39. Fence on March 30th, 2007 at 8:46 am

  39. I get mine while walking (and always happen to have no pen and paper in sight *Ugh*).

    Also while sleeping and watching TV :)

    And by the way, Mark, “The Mission” which I talked about on my TT post is the movie, not the band. I was talking about the soundtrack of this movie. Thought I’d tell you that :D

    40. Sophisticated Writer on March 30th, 2007 at 1:23 pm

  40. Your list is precisely why I carry a small digital recorder around with me all the time. Fits in my pocket and can be turned on very easily. Comes in very handy when I want to “jot down” an idea and don’t have time, hands, paper, etc.

    41. she on April 8th, 2007 at 4:54 am

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