Jul
5
2009
Gremlin Catcher
Gremlins! Oh no, I 'think' they've spotted me?
A week or so ago I spotted a little ‘nugget’ on The Fragrant Muse’s blog, where she’d jotted down a few of her ‘gremlins’ with a view to banishing them, or at least giving them a glancing blow, by putting them down in writing. I admired her honesty for sharing and started musing on whether I have any gremlins and if so what to do about them? Treat them like a pet, or vermin? Feed them or swot them? So I took her gremlin catcher openers:
I do not have enough…
I will never…
I am too…
I should…
If only I…
I ought to…
I must…
and then completed the sentence to identify any gremlin presence Chez Spud. I did it fast as I thought that was the best way of luring those little critters in to my trap. Stealth is my friend.
And this is what I got:
- I do not have enough patience
- I will never wear heels again
- I am too chatty
- I should sort out a roofer who will actually call me back/turn up
- If only I had more local friends
- I ought to sort out a redesign for my blog
- I must book my ticket to Paris
I like this, a couple of meaty gremlins in there (lack of patience, lack of local buddies), couple of things that are lurking on my to do list which need urgent attention, couple of statements of fact which I am cool with. I’m sure it’s a good exercise to do every now and again, and that it’s interesting to compare the list against previous gremlin catching attempts.
Give it a go, share them gremlins if you feel like it. But if you catch some juicy ones, be sure to ZAP them.. the little ones can be returned to the wild…or tamed and kept as a pet.
A couple of 'semi' tamed gremlins
I am too shy …. to post about my gremlins, my hbby would go mad. When I posted recently that I had fallen from a bike while abroad he really and truly felt insulted. Yes, because he wasn’t the first to know the “news” but the world knew before him…. So blogging with a co-reading hubby isn’t alsways easy, sorry not to join in. (he blogs about irish politics and similar stuff ;-(
Ah, Eliane…some things are private! Keep your gremlins in your head perhaps? x
Great! I should do this too, only I’m not sure if I’m brave enough to let the gremlins loose. My first gremlin would be exactly the same – not enough patience. No patience, in fact…
Gremilns, schmemlins…. if I did rid myself of them I’d have nothing to maintain my constant state of semi-panic and then where I would I be? Non-panicked? Hmmmm maybe you have a point here, just a little nervous about it taking up too much of my blog and then having no web left for anyone, anywhere!!!
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Oh, this is a good idea. I do wish I had buying a ticket to Paris on my to do list. Of course, I think I’d have much farther to travel, but still.
Oh such gentle grelims you have Mrs. Spud! Mine have claws and pointy little teeth. I’ll trade you your “must book my ticket to Paris” for “I’ll never be a real writer” anyday!