Welcome to Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
no, it’s ok! I’m a Saint
Man, glad that week’s over*. No, wait! let me re-….re-relate myself to it, to this past week.
1) I’ve got Dyanne in my head…saying something to the effect of “One thing that happened to you this week. Describe it and then stop. Wait! Put a number in front of it. Yes, it does have to be the number ‘1’. Now go to the next thing… that’s how a List is written.”
2) Kristi is smiling and suggesting, “Well, that’s certainly a good start! Why, no, I don’t think photos in a TToT are distracting…per se”, (she laughs and continues), “…just take your time and everything else will take care of itself”.
3) zoe (Ivy) has somehow come up with a ‘visual’ based on a classroom, like 4th or 5th grade… “psst clark! hey clark…. I got my theme. Ya want some help with your… list?” (this in a 65 db whisper… which she manages without moving her lips and, all the while, smiling at the teacher)
4) Michelle (has now) (somehow) stepped into zoe’s visual as, naturally the Teacher.. but she’s smiling “very good, clark! remember, not only are you are telling a story, you’re also showing your Reader something of yourself. very good!! Miss Ivy… be so kind and stay here after the test, won’t you?”
5) Sarah would, by this point (Item 5) be sensing the theme I’m trying to pull off… her face, (were she to be seen), would portray the full range of encouragement and, a little incredulity… “huh! you really going try for that?…it’s a long list”, …shifting to encouragement… “ok, ok I see now, you can do it!” ending in an approving smile.
6) Lisa is quiet. There is a sense of ‘looking around’, not certain if what she’s reading is going to be met with a hoots of derision or a smiles of approval…and there is definitely a sense of hope that my efforts don’t bog down before I finish the list… ( she also begins to wonder just what the hell kind of bloghop she’s gotten herself involved with…)
7) Kristi …”no freaking way!” Kristi would succeed, (against her better judgement), at not bursting out laughing…knowing two things: a) she’s glad to be a co-hostinae and 2) clarks sure are a strange bunch and she’s glad to be one
8) Christine the ‘visual’ here is way too complex: it contains a combination of qualities and (an) appreciation of her friendship that I clearly do not have the nerve to attempt and yet, at the same time I am… obliquely (…yeah, who’s a clark?) … Christine would, at this point, laugh/look around/shrug to herself/laugh
9) Lizzi a smile, a sense of recognition and a moment of peace….
10) 1.3 (and yes… one of the SVG? that one that’s most like… she totally flashes me as I walk off)
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So maybe the actual phrase is when the going gets tough, the CLARKS get numbering. The photo is hysterical.
yeah, I liked it immediately
Missed it by 7 minutes! Val. She’s always on top of this FRIST thing:)
You clever clark you! Love all the links. (makes it easy for me). And! Nice bit o worldview “demonstration by description” :)
Wanna know a secret? (not) As a clark, I find the tool of the Doctrine extremely helpful in allowing me to get to know folks a little… quicker. If I know how they’re relating themselves to the world, I’m halfway there! It’s not in my “nature” to be socially comfortable and therefore I tend to be a bit awkward in the getting to know someone arena.
Great post today!
that and not be caught off guard/surprised/lashed out at…. very useful
Since it’s “2fer Saturday” – love today’s title. Chock full. Chock full…..
OK, I’ve stepped into that visual, too. We are now all 10 years old. I think Christine is going to win the three-legged race on field day–no matter who her partner is!
Kristi
she so would!
I was pretty good at it, if I do say so myself. Well, when I didn’t fall from trying so hard, that is. you all do remember my knee trauma from being too competitive in soccer, right? :)
I just realized, in reading the other comments, that there is more than one visual being referred to. I’m talking about the mental picture of us all in a classroom, not about the classic art that you used to start your post. Just to be clear.
were there anyone out there who would not have known that/you/(and)it they would have me to deal with…lol
…my use of the term ‘visual’ is just as you demonstrated in your (accurate) insight of how Christine would have fared in the race… that is, in fact, one of the things I most enjoy about this medium. (the fun of a classroom with Michelle as the Teacher)… as well as Dyanne as being a scott trying to be get a simple idea across to a clark and, your own nature (as I perceive it) of being a person who, where others might lose patience, becomes more patient…
Glad to know that you would clear up any misunderstanding, if someone didn’t realize what I meant. Thanks! :-)
Your illustration is too much! I chuckled and shook my head all the way through your list.
gratitude lists are good things (and they can be fun and/or a little silly too)
hahahahaha…. classic.
thank you
HA! A well organized list accomplished!
well, I did get the numbers in their proper order!
Who needs pictures with a post like this? I got the full visual and I LOVED it (especially the GV flashing you at the end).
of course, we’re all trying to figure which one she was!
Clark, you are really coming into your own with this writing thing. Such an entertaining yet educational in the WD post!
Nailed it!
:)
thanks Christine!
She learned it from Beth. *sigh*
Very cleverly done, sir. Now I’m going to sit back and appreciate the reactions you elicit (how did you KNOW I had that colour?)
…smiles
Does this make me the bossy one?
Lisa is not as quiet as you think.
YOU GOT FLASHED BY A VIRGIN?
I did encourage a slight riot over on Lizzi’s blog earlier this week…
not bossy…. explicitly directive
would not surprise me
…well, a Guard Virgin
Hey ho (creeping in) Yup, I so agree…we have to put ourselves into what we write….that’s how people connect with us. We don’t have to say it, but we show it!
spoken like a good teacher/true roger
That was fun. But I’m not sure you’ve got me yet.
…working on it.
Dyanne is right…Lisa is not as quiet as you think. You know that saying “it’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for”? That’s me. But this is so well done. Now, I clearly have a problem today and I’m attributing it to not enough coffee. I missed the full effect of the photo up top AND the flashing SGV. In both cases, someone’s comment made me say “wait, what?” and I had to go back. And I’m not usually one to miss a good innuendo. I did teach high school sophomores so I’m kind of programmed in that direction.
“...high school sophomores”
what a nice thing to say!
(lol)
the photos are an interesting part of the fun… sometimes I have them before I write and other times only after I am done with the post…very often (which is the cool part) they acquire a sense of innuendo/ a spirit of fun that I did not see coming
though not this one… I kinda enjoyed it right from the start
And you didn’t have to use a Grat Item or reference the SBoR/BoSR this week. Give yourself a cookie!
damn! you’re right! cookie it is!
I’m fairly new to TToT so I guess I’ll have to get to know these ladies better! Have a great week!
…cool
as cohostinae, I can’t say enough about them all