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March 20, 2007
Bippity-Boppity-Boo Woo Woo
Wand Waving and So Forth.
I’m the sort of gal who has both feet planted firmly on the ground. I’ve never been haunted, nor had that creepy feeling that someone’s watching me, only to whip around and have no one there. I don’t freak out when I encounter a black cat. And picking dirty pennies off the ground? Yuck. Who needs that kind of luck?
But I really wouldn’t mind having magical powers. Like Harry Potter powers. I’d especially like the household spells Mrs. Weasley is always putting to good use. A wave of the wand, and dinner is ready. Another wave, and the dishes are done.
Sheer bliss.
I’d also like the ability to whip up some magical potions. Lucky elixir, for example, on the day a book is released. Or maybe a good hair-straightening remedy (I live in Florida . . . it’s really humid here).
Creating fire is always a useful skill, especially when you have to deal with hurricane-caused power outages. And the ability to open a door, presto-change-o, would mean never getting locked out of your house or car again.
But there are other powers I wouldn’t want. Like, I don’t think I’d want to be invisible. And I wouldn’t want the ability to read other people’s minds. Who wants to know that the person you’re chatting with in the grocery store is really thinking, Wow, that pimple on her forehead is freaking enormous?
And when my son grows up and discovers girls . . . I really, really don’t want to know what will be going through his thoughts then. Really.
So basically, I wouldn’t mind some magical powers that would simplify my life . . . but would be sure to steer clear of the ones that would complicate it. Because I’m already stressed out enough as it is.
What magical powers would you like to have? Discuss amongst yourselves . . .
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Posted by Whitney at 6:00 AM | Comments (9)
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I want the magical ability to keep the fudge brownie calories from attaching to my hips and thighs.
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at March 20, 2007 9:59 AM
Ability to turn back time (a la Cher's power ballad) when I'm getting too a little too close to deadline.
Posted by: Beth at March 20, 2007 1:29 PM
I would like to be able to teleport myself to wherever I needed to be at that moment in time. It would be handy for tea or coffee with friends/family in different countries/continents, plus would be the end of all my troubles with travel.
No more need for cars, trams, buses, airplanes, either, therefore oh so good for the environment :-) But I'd settle for a fast-flying top-of-the-range Firebolt broomstick (a la Harry P.)
Posted by: Michelle C at March 20, 2007 2:34 PM
Eileen, that reminds me of the line in "The Sweetest Thing" - she's having a dream and in it the guy orders ice cream and chocolate from room service and says, "I had them remove all the calories." Such a great dream!
Posted by: RandomRanter at March 20, 2007 3:07 PM
I'm with Michelle. The ability to teleport myself has always topped my wish list of super-powers. I'd take being able to fly but it would be so much easier to simply wish myself somewhere. Like Jeannie or Samantha used to be able to do.
And the ability for those household spells would be priceless. Utterly utterly priceless.
Posted by: Dia at March 20, 2007 5:10 PM
I want Eileen's power. Though I'd add any calories from sweet things to it. I have such a bad sweet tooth.
Posted by: NicoleH at March 20, 2007 7:42 PM
All of those powers sound good. I'd settle for the power of having my kids listen and obey all the time, instead of when they feel like it!
Posted by: Amber at March 20, 2007 8:42 PM
Any kind of power that would keep my house clean all the time. Something that would magically clean up after the dogs and cats--no more litter box duty or pooper scooper for me! Oh wait--there is something for that. It's called a MAID!! *giggle*
And I like the idea of a little magic to keep the ice cream and chocolate from going to my hips and eslewhere. That would be really nice...
Posted by: Sheri at March 21, 2007 12:02 AM
I would want the power to make people see me as a goddess even with unwashed hair and no makeup. Especially ex boyfriends and whoever they replaced me with. Yeah!
Posted by: Janina at March 22, 2007 12:12 AM
