Monday, August 30, 2010

microfiction Monday – Scat Singing

My Story:

rat atat tat badda bing badda boom zing zag zowie zoom schlapp schapp lapp lop loom toop too tow whoa low slow so so so low slow hush hush 



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microfiction Monday: Write a story in 140 characters using the picture Susan provides as inspiration.



38 comments:

  1. Hey, that's what my two characters were listen to on the radio as they were driving down the road!

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  2. Uhm, Nessa, that's a really interesting non-working url to your book review. I don't think scat parses well in computer lingo.

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  3. skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope skeetle-at-de-op-de-day! Heres my 140. Hope your week goes well

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  4. I am a bit confused about this post, but then again it adequately summarizes my state of mind this Monday.;)
    Hope yours is good,
    xoxoxo

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  5. quilly: Jazz will take you to Coolville. I fixed the link. Thanks.

    John's comments: You are speaking my language.

    Zuzana: Skat is jazz “singing” of nonsensical words just for their sounds. I figured no one else would do it and we all know why. 

    Brian Miller: Sometimes sound is all I can do.

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  6. You have music to go with these syllables?

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  7. I adore your unique mind. Great MM. Have a wonderful week, Nessa.

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  8. Perfect story for a Monday morning when everything seems a little scattered.

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  9. I'm going to be singing that all day long.

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  10. Magical Mystical Teacher: I will try to post some tomorrow. I should have done that.

    Rosidah Abidin: Unique is a very kind word to use for it. 


    Jeanie: It does speak to the way my mind feels on Mondays.


    Cheryl: it is quite catchy, isn’t it?

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  11. So a little different from what I've seen -- marching to the beat of your own drum! Good stuff.

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  12. Tapping my foot. Well done. :)

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  13. Suz: I see you’ve got your groove on.

    anthonynorth: I wonder what I said. *blush*


    Karen G.: There is a certain odd noise in my head.

    Thom: I give it an 85 – it’s got a good dance beat.

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  14. Nice. I've been watching too much Sesame Street. I can see the Owl skatting your words as he flies to Coolville.

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  15. Coolville here I come! And it's only 8 miles away.

    "Cool" post.

    Happy Monday♥

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  16. A cool microfiction for Coolville! Very clever.

    Have a wonderful week x

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  17. I'm just not cool enough to know what skat is. :) But hey! NOW I know!

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  18. Now I need to find my black beret...oh yeah.....

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  19. reading this... smiling... not getting much... reading again + the comments... getting the idea... smiling again
    :)

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  20. LOL! I am currently listening to Ella sing Scat on your non-existent page! And ENJOYING it! I remember Scatman Crothers - who I assume got his name from singing scat! It's not what he was best known for - but it may have been where he started! And I remember the OWL on Sesame Street TEACHING it too! How funny!

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  21. Hm, I'm hearing Ella Fitzgerald here.

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  22. So what I MEANT was... what in the WORLD in that picture made you think of SCAT??? LOL!

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  23. Well, I was thinking of a different kind of scat at first...

    I like the rhythm. Diddyboppin' to Coolville, oh yeah.

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  24. Cool, Daddy-O! You're one real gone cat!

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  25. Mama Badger: Don’t look tomorrow. You might see him again.

    Sue: I vote for the shortest way to cool.

    Ellie: Well, it is different. :)

    EG Wow: Look tomorrow and you’ll really be cool.

    SouthLakesMom: You’ll be smokin’!

    juliana: It was bizarre. I’m sorry. :)

    Melli: I had premature posting. The ghost post will be back.

    PattiKen: She’s the queen of scat.

    Melli: I don’t know. I thought cool and then jazz and scat. Or, I couldn’t think of a real story. :)

    Granny Sue: Yes, we should have all run away.

    Eric Alder: I may have been imbibing of the almighty green stuff. (Not really. That just makes me sleepy and hungry. And I don’t need help with either.)

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  26. Very clever and cute...I like it! The "words" all flow together in a nice rhythm.

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  27. heheheh.. good one, Nessa! Sometimes, this is exactly what goes on in the mind!! And then someone asks ' what are you thinking?' And all one can do, is give a blank stare, and hum it AGAIN in your mind :)
    Loved this one! :)

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  28. Pat: I was reverting to a two year old for a few moments.

    kavisionz: Yes, sometimes there’s only noise in my head.

    KB: You have the same noise, too?

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  29. no need to be sorry, nessa. i liked it :)

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  30. You are so clever, Nessa. Love it

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  31. I take it these 'cool' people were driving to Coolville? Good one this week, although I had to read it a couple of times to get the rhythm right! Cheers.

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  32. Now THAT's Cool! I so loved this -- and want to hear more!

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