Skully... On "Inspiration"

Feeling mighty inspired. Better act quick before I come to my senses.

Somebody asked me today, "Where does all of your inspiration come from?" My response? "Well, you know. The whistling pines. The sound of birds chirping their songs in the early morning quiet. A well placed smile. You know, all the usual places.

"No. Seriously. Where?" Apparently they KNOW me.

In frustration, I resorted to a truthful answer (last resort). "Well, the good stuff pretty much comes from some of the classic song lines and titles". Not the glorious absence of "easy listening".

The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
I went our with Mr. Cheap Date
I heard I was in town
Uno Mas Cerveca
The wino and I know
If I were Ron Howard's brother
Living life is never easy as it seems
Things get complicated when you get past eighteen
That stupid Bxxx
I don't eat much for a hollow man
Gently broken
I surrender
Staring up at the stars
Don't I take your sister driving every night
She put the funk in dysfunctional
White trash wedding (do not even ask!)
Working too hard
The everclear song
Let's get started if we're gonna break my heart
Baby it's cold outside (The Ann Margaret and Al Hirt version)
You call it jogging, I call it running around
A fight for all the wrong reasons
If anyone cared
Can't do a thing to stop me
Semi-true story
She's better lookin when you're lonely
That really sucks
Walkin in the rain (by this really cool friend of mine)


But to set the record straight, I get some pretty good stuff from the characters of books...
Myron Bolitar
Spencer
Travis MacGee
Skink
Shorty
Elvis Cole
Joe Pike
Dave Robicheaux

See, like I said, "inspiration" is all around us. The scary part is what it just may inspire Skully to do. Case in point... watched Transporter... leaving now to test drive a BMW. No plans on buying. Going to fill the trunk with Coronas and dance naked into the night.