Ugly Foot Finds Its Doppelganger

“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” 

~ Albert Einstein

Inspiration! It can happen anywhere!

Ideas are born in the strangest places, ignited by bizarre objects or strange people. Or a random photo from my daughter's honeymoon pics.

Here's the scoop: Lily was excited to get a window seat. Then the passenger behind her rested his/her ugly, bandaged foot on Lily's armrest. She couldn't stomach the sight of it. Her hubby gave in and traded seats. (After all, a happy wife is a happy life, right?)

If you were in an English class and were given an impromptu assignment to write a paper based on the photo below, what would you write?

Nonfiction? How to politely elbow that foot off your armrest? How acts of violence can get you kicked off a plane? The importance of cleansing wounds? *yawn*

Humor? Is there anything that could possibly be funny about that foot? Hmm...what would Erma Bombeck have written?

Erma Bombeck could write about anything and make it humorous.

Horror? Remember the movie The Crawling Hand? It scared the heck out of me when I was a kid! How about writing a sequel called The Prowling Foot?

The Crawling Hand trailer - 1963

Sci-fi/Paranormal? Ugly Foot Finds Its Doppelganger in an Alternate Dimension?

Fairytale? A parody on Cinderella? Would the prince dare to try the glass slipper on that foot, or would he turn and run? What if the toe wound made Cinderella's foot swell and she couldn't fit it in the glass slipper? There would be no happy ending. Instead, maybe an outbreak of Athlete's Foot destroys the kingdom?

Romance? Good grief! I'm not going there.

Mystery? One with lots of subplots and dead bodies with missing toes? *Shudders* Definitely not a story I could write!

 "Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, 

and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

~ Sylvia Plath

Could you stomach sitting next to that ugly foot? Do you find ideas in weird places? What inspires you to be creative?

You know what that photo inspired me to write? A crazy blog post!

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” 

~ Henry Ward Beecher

Weird Al's Parody of Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga comes up with some "original and unusual" costumes, don't you think?

Gotta love Weird Al Yankovic. I think he's the only one who can outdo Lady Gaga. 

Those of you who have been following my blog for long know I've worn some pretty strange costumes and makeup myself, so I especially got a big kick out of the wild gimmicks in this video. Not the costumes that barely qualify as underwear (gag), but the real costumes. 

Need a chuckle to start your weekend? Here you go! Unfortunately, there's an advertisement at the beginning that there's no getting around (dang it), but I hope you'll hang in there because the parody is fun, fun, funny. 

Warning: Not for kids. There's no colorful language, but there are some crazy, 'colorful' dance moves.

I hope you have a good weekend. Do you have any special plans? As for me, I'll be packing and moving more stuff. We're losing our house. That's one of the un-fun things I've been dealing with lately, but we'll get through it. So many people are hurting worse than we are. I'll blog about it someday when there's more distance. 

We're living in difficult times. This video made me laugh. I hope it makes you laugh, too!