Wednesday - Duck!

[ninanevermore]

Today on the drive into work I was thinking that sometimes I am surprised when I look in the mirror and see the face of a woman and not a rubber ducky.

I like the duck's face better. It is more a reflection of me than my real face. My real face is forgettable, invisible, average. It doesn't match what's going on in my head at all.

The duck is bright yellow; everyone notices something that bright. It matches my mind -- bright and strange and more than a little frivolous and silly.

I once saw a grave marker that had no name on it, just a date and an engraved picture of a flamingo. I am going to make it known that when I die, I want a picture of a rubber ducky engraved on my headstone. If there's no money left over to put my name on it after that, it doesn't matter. No one will remember my name anyway.

But I want them to remember my duck.

Comments

[niecystrips.livejournal.com]

I'll always remmeber your duck.

[agsaunders.livejournal.com]

you must really like rubber duckies. i've been pretty well aware that neither my face nor my body language gives an accurate portrayal of what's actually on my mind neither.

[anne-nahm.livejournal.com]

Your grave could always say, "I'm a dead duck". People would probably remember that.

[clark-inda-dark.livejournal.com]

People probably see nature scenes when they think of me. lol.

I do like your duck though because it does leave a mark in the mind. It's fun to have those little trademarks to each of us. :)

want them to remember

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

oh i'm sure i'll be remembered,..o.0

[highlandwolf.livejournal.com]

I know your friends will remember you, and am willing to bet your local fans will to. I've never seen your face, but I think that some people are well remembered without a standard external beauty to call their own.

[tatyannamw.livejournal.com]

I LIKE it! :)

Me want monkey on me headstone! EEK!

[goingincirclez.livejournal.com]

That's really a great picture, but I'm sure you knew that ;)

There's an ancient (250+ year old) cemetary in town here, with a few unmarked headstones. The ones that get me are the families wiped out in epidemics and servants. I find them very poignant.

[anayasmom.livejournal.com]

It is weird that whenever I see a rubber ducky I think of you :P I must admit that I am intrigued my the face behind all the stories ;)

[lil-ms-drama.livejournal.com]

This shouldn't crack me up for this reason, but it does. When I was looking for urns for Cliff, I found one that was in the shape/color of a rubber duckie.



From here. I knew that for him I wanted something unique to express how unique he was, and I think he would really laugh at the thought of him being in a yellow duck, but it was a bit too much for me.

[dalerian.livejournal.com]

Does anyone think that their mirror-face is really them? I've been mildly surprised by it everytime I've seen it ... and that's a fair number of years now.