Unconscious Mutterings, Week 81

I haven’t done one of these in a while, and I think it’s high time I got back to it. Without further ado…

I say … and you think … ?

  1. Olympics:: Beach volleyball
  2. Wicked:: Beach volleyball
  3. Intoxicating:: Beach volleyball
  4. Radical:: Beach volleyball
  5. Misinformed:: People who don’t like beach volleyball
  6. Triplets:: Aren’t allowed in beach volleyball, but twins are
  7. Coronation:: Walking after drinking too much Corona
  8. Asimov:: I, Robot
  9. Contemporary:: Beach volleyball
  10. 1:: person who is obsessed with beach volleyball

Free association is described as a “psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content.” Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.That’s an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we’re just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I’ll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.

“Rules are, there are no rules.” There are no right or wrong answers. Don’t limit yourself to one word responses; just say everything that pops into your head. AND you don’t have to have your words up on Sunday. Take all week if you want!

Dorm rooms

Michael Dell started a company in his dorm room. He dropped out of college and is now worth around thirteen billion dollars. He is one month older than I am.

Larry Page helped start Google in a dorm room and the company is now worth around twenty-seven billion dollars. He may go back and finish his doctorate sometime.

What did I do in my dorm room? I proposed to my wife.

Some things money can’t buy…