Daring Young Mom

Shapes in the Clouds

Published by The Daring One

Jul 14

Last night I saw a fat woman dancing ballet with her eyes closed in the textured ceiling above my bed. I blinked and she was gone.

Filed under: Random

35 Responses

allysha Says:

I love it when I find patterns on my ceiling, or did because my current New York ceilings have no texture like my former Utah ceilings did.
But really I just wanted to say bravo! at painting a great word picture in a simple sentence. I can just see that lady enjoying the movement of the dance! It makes me smile.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 8:04 am
jessica Says:

The bathroom at my dad’s house has tiles all around the bathtub. I remeber being scared of the huge raven that was made by two of the tiles near the shower head. It was impossible to take a bath without thinking “Nevermore!”

That and in my second married apartment part the ceiling above our bed resembled Italy and Sicily.

Lucky you that the lady disappeared. My plaster and tile apparisions stuck around!

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 8:22 am
Heidi Says:

Wow, what cold medicine are you on?

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 8:37 am
Grammy Says:

The tile floor in the 1/2 bath @ our Northside apartment had a teddy bear in a bow tie. I could find him every time. He was a friendly little guy. Even without all you kids clamoring for attention, I never had to go to the potty alone. I wonder if the fat lady will be reappearing in the future?

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 9:44 am
Amber Says:

The other night, I saw eyes peering out at me from the textured walls while I went to the bathroom. But then I realized it was just my paranoid, sleep-deprived delusions. Or was it?….

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 10:05 am
Amy A. Says:

No more meatball subs for you!

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Keltybug Says:

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 10:28 am
Kristen Says:

Hmmmm….what did you eat for dinner before you went to bed?! LOL!

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 10:28 am
Kelly Says:

AAAAHAHAHAAHA!
I used to do that all the time when I had a “popcorn” ceiling. I would always see a lot of pairs of eyes staring down at me. Evil ones.

Now the texture on my ceiling is next to nothing… so I am no longer able to use my imagination while trying to get to sleep.

I’m jealous of you.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 10:42 am
momofalltrades Says:

Doh, you caught me. LOL

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 11:12 am
Shalee Says:

I see dead people.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 11:15 am
mom on a wire Says:

Ok, I think this is seriously my favorite post of yours ever. I loved this.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 11:54 am
Musical Mommy Says:

TOO FUNNY!! Just this morning I thought I saw a mexican man with a sombrero sitting on a log on my bathroom tile…heh…

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Naddin J Says:

Wow. Someone already made the “what were you on” joke.

Now I’m all discombobulated.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
Nicole Says:

This post sounded like a sweet little poem. Thank you for sharing.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
JD Says:

So it is textured and not POPCORN ceilings. One more on the list of blessings to count
Love textured ceilings!!

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
Goslyn Says:

In my upstairs bathroom, the 50-year-old super-classy lineoleum with gold specks has a caricature of Drew Carey right next to my toilet. Let me tell you, looking at Drew Carey while you pee is no easy task.

I think the fat lady on your ceiling is awesome. Somehow I imagine that she is very graceful, despite her size.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
Not Too Pensive Says:

Weird. Reminds me of a time when I was like 8 or so, and had some seriously odd hallucinations (if you can call them that…) about my textured ceiling being completely flat. Seriously. I stared at it for hours like that, then came out of a snap as it started changing colors.

I’ve gotta find out if I was on kid’s Nyquil or something like that…

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
abcmomma Says:

Maybe she’s a previous owner? You ought to research the house’s history.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 5:54 pm
utmommy Says:

I love finding shapes in the clouds. DH and I do that all the time.

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
Amy Linder Says:

I have a teddy bear’s face in the wood floor of my upstairs bathroom and a tiny squashed fairy on my living room wall. I win!

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Posted on July 14th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Proud Daughter of Eve Says:

The lower half of a fat woman appeared in the branches of the tree outside my parents’ bedroom.

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Posted on July 15th, 2006 at 8:27 am
kyouell Says:

I agree with Nicole. This reminded me of Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to a Watermelon” — at least the Robert Bly translation that I read.

Here’s the book, but you can’t view the actual poem on this page.

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Posted on July 15th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
kyouell Says:

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Posted on July 15th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
kyouell Says:

Oooh! I did find the poem online! It’s the 3rd one on the page.

Ode to the Watermelon

Don’t read it if you don’t have a watermelon on hand. You will want one, believe me!

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Posted on July 15th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Cmommy Says:

Girl, you were worried about comments? :-)C

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Posted on July 15th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
No Cool Story Says:

26 words.
That’s how long your post was.
26 comments.
That’s how many you had.

This is why you’re the Blogguniverse Queen, the President of Bloggtopia, the Supreme Ruler of the Bloggosphere.

Maybe the fat woman heard about you, wanted to meet you.

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Posted on July 15th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Jess Says:

But did she smell like bacon?

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Posted on July 16th, 2006 at 6:22 am
Papa Says:

She may be gone, but if she starts singing, LOOK OUT!!!, cause it’ll all be OVER soon!

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Posted on July 16th, 2006 at 8:26 am
Pearlmarie Says:

Well, here I am at last. DYM– I have been a lurker for quite some time, and I guess I just figured now is as good of time as any to come out of the closet I love your site for many reasons, but today I think I fell in love for real. You mentioned a “scandel” in one of your recent posts, and curiousity drove me to your archives. A special feeling, if you will, lead me (almost) directly to it, and I was so impressed with how you handeled the situation. I just wanted to let you know that.

So there you go. Wasn’t as scary as I thought it’d be! J/K

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Posted on July 16th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Candice Says:

That happens to me all the time. Unfortunately, I’ve never been lucky enough to see a fat women doing ballet. I think that would be quite a fun sight to behold.

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Posted on July 16th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Heather from One Woman's World Says:

Interesting as I found this post, holy cow. 31 comments on a two-liner! Zut alors!

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Posted on July 16th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
mrsmogul Says:

There’s just magnolia paint on my ceiling but I swear I saw some pizza slices last night!

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Posted on July 17th, 2006 at 3:21 am
Tess Says:

I tried to hide my stalking, but I can see I can no longer keep such a secret. It was me on your ceiling. I close my eyes because if I look down I will panic.

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Posted on July 18th, 2006 at 7:59 am
Cheerio's on my butt? Says:

Just pray that was not a vision of your future! Ha!

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Posted on July 18th, 2006 at 8:07 am