Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
You know, I’ve been so busy with ‘Almira‘ and, because of that and my odd belief in the limited daily supply of words, I haven’t been writing as many Doctrine Posts of late.
I think I forgot how much fun they can be, until tonight. (Yeah, 10 pm Tuesday, no less)
So I’m watching some last bit of TV before turning out the lights… ‘Back to the Future’ for the 17th time and a commercial comes on, naturally the sound is off, but still I watch, well…. here let me show you (for total effect you should mute it).
…I watch and then that last scene and I turn to Phyllis and say, ‘roger‘
I laugh and she smiles. (Una had already run off to bed). So, naturally Phyllis asks, ‘why?’ (do I think that the girl is a roger) and my answer is, “she has a look in her eyes, (starting at 0:23 to 0:25) that appears excessively determined and totally crazy. She”, (the character in the commercial). ” is acting like what she’s doing is important and valuable to anyone who might observe it. And more than, ‘important and valuable to them’, she knows that she’s giving a gift to the world.”
So, I thought, ‘hey I think I’ll write a Post’.
New(er) Readers: there’ve been periods of time, in the tenure of this blog, when I might write a Post every day and other times when I might go a week between. But at the base, the foundation of my enjoyment was to be inspired to write a Post by some seemingly random and/or inconsequential event or occurrence in my day. Always about the Wakefield Doctrine, of course, but only because I see the world through the perspective that is the Doctrine.
Fun! I’ll have to do this more. (If I don’t collapse in a corner from cool-words-depletion.)
About clarkscottroger
Cool. Dont worry a refreshing dictionary is always on hand to replenish your need for cool words.
I am very gratuitous!*
* almost a rogerian expression**
**almost lol
I am very gracious myself!
lol
Okay, I promise to read these Almira extensions when I have more time. I’m doing well to keep up with my own blogging and commenting on my favorite peoples’ blogs. But I DO want to read! :D
Maybe even do one of my own. Hehe.
As for the Duluth trading commercial: I’m realizing I need to get better at “watching the eyes.” The scotts are easy. The clarks? I just look for the “faraway” look that I know I have. LOL. But rogers? Wow! Will study up on “the look.” :)
they the tough ones for a ‘quick id’ (very often I find I need to take the old school approach, which is to eliminate the ‘no-fricken-way’ worldview and then hold one against the other (more often than not roger-scott)… this often happens with rogers in a social context (as if they’re ever gonna let themselves be in anything else!) they are confident and self-assured. But when you watch a roger and a scott one is focused on how he/she is appearing to the world (aka the people) around him/her and the other is watching for the one antelope with a limp…. lol guess which is which
HAHAHA. …antelope with a limp…HAHAHAHA. (I’d better be quiet…my office mates are going to wonder what’s WRONG with me. ;)
lol
I’ve not started Almira yet, but I do plan to get to it – life keeps getting in my way and I’m trying to keep up with myself first.
still hope… we’re only up to Chapter 6 (of course, if I’m writing this as a serial, it should, in theory be readable from any point in the story)
rogers and scotts are oil and water while scotts and clarks are, well, oil and vinegar lol
actually a rather apt ….something-ilism or -ologism