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In My "I-Love-Me" Room © 2004 dawg, BMI

We all have one somewhere, tucked around the house.
Could be called the "den" or just a shelf behind the couch;
filled with plastic trophies and plaques from where we work,
souvenirs of our life' journey, that the company calls a perk.

In grateful appreciation for the hard work you have done,
your committment to our goals helped us reach Number One.
Words cannot express our gratitude ... it'd be cheaper if they could;
so accept this engraved metal plate on a polished slab of wood.

(Chorus)
In my I-Love-Me-Room, no gold records on the wall.
No Rolex Watch collection, no autographed baseball.
No antique dueling pistols, no pirate's treasure chest.
But it's filled with the memories of times I love the best.

Now some folks have an ego that's completely out of line.
When you see their walls of photos, you may wish you were blind.
He's standing with the President, hand on the "big red phone" ...
there he is with all four Beatles and two of the Rolling Stones.

Signed by Michael Jordon, "with greatest admiration".
and one from Warren Buffet for "exceeding expectations".
I am confident they're real ... he's not the type to lie;
but wouldn't you think a guy like that, could afford more than one tie.

(Chorus)
In my I-Love-Me-Room, no gold records on the wall.
No Rolex Watch collection, no autographed baseball.
No antique dueling pistols, no pirate's treasure chest.
But it's filled with the memories of times I love the best.

(Bridge)
No Oscars, No Tony's ... no golden statuettes
No mounted taxidermy of any of my pets.
No life-sized cardboard cutout, to help sell my cd's
just a picture of a pony that my daughter drew for me.
There's a worn out pair of leather gloves; my daddy's epitaph,
My mama's family bible and my dear wife's photograph.


(Chorus)
In my I-Love-Me-Room, no gold records on the wall.
No Rolex Watch collection, no autographed baseball.
No antique dueling pistols, no pirates treasure chest.
But it's filled with the memeories of times I love the best.


[This message has been edited by greydog (edited 07-13-2004).]

Dawg:

I hear music (again), but I really am trying to restrain myself after what I did last time. Good material, sir. Couple questions:

What *is* in your (or your protagonist's) "I love me" room? Just the Bible? (Thought you'd have at least a stuffed cat by now<g>.) And why? Obviously, our guy is down on the fellow who sold more widgets than the Enemy and got his picture taken standing between Loni Anderson (jes' had to say that)--but is there a way to elaborate more on what *is* important to him?

Me, I guess my "I love me" room is the garage. Not sure--ain't been able to get in lately past all the junk... What does it say about a person if their "achievements" (measured by the stuff they saved) is all half-finished or broken things?

Joe

Geez Joe,

That is a tough one. My office is pretty eclectic. A pair of snowshoes hand made by an Ojibwae Indian, a pronghorn antelope skull (which will become a Jersey Devil skull if I think you might be gullible enough), a clock, a calendar, couple guitars, a few model ships, a piece of carved wooden, chain, some rocks and stones, a few minnie balls from the War of Northern Aggression, four of five overflowing bookcases, three computers, etc.

The plaques and pictures I gave up on years ago. When I was on the pro ice-sculpture circuit, I cut a deal with a local trophy shop who furnished the trophies to a poor, rural high school. I gave him all I won and he changed what needed changing and recycled them for the local high school.

Yeah, there is a bible in here, a dictionary, a usage companion, thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, couple of shelves of songwriting books.

I will leave the stuffed pets to Seigfred and Roy Rogers.<g>

To me, the interest in this one is that at one time or another we all have an "I-Love-Me" room, which takes on much less significance as we age.

dawg

something about giving away those trophies, would solidify the religious angle of this song. Would rather not divulge what's in my love me room, somehow me thinks Sherman memorabilia wouldn't go over too big.

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Mornin' Joyce,

and thank you. It does look like I will have to make some changes to this for clarity.

Thanks for the read and comment.

dawg

Hey Dawg,

Really nicely done. The only thing I would comment on is the title- it makes it sound like a really egocentric guy, and he's any but that.

Bill

Mornin Dawg

Yep everyone, no one's exempt except liars. Used to be "I Love Me" rooms is what you're going for isn't it?

The title does throw one off a little until you get into the body of the work then it clears up quite nicely...
I got fearing for poor Stump's life when I read Joe's post.

Stump has an "I Love Me" memory bank in his mind and I think you're in all of the albums.

Ain't that nice!?!

Eric

Mornin' Bill,

"I-Love-Me" rooms are what dens are called in the Marine Corps. Since other services dispense medals as if they were PEZ (John Kerry, 3 purple hearts in a week and never missed a day's work ... puhleeze, freakin' paper cuts, the Marine Corps prides itself on giving plaques that are different and generally very heavy.

I remember getting plaques made from pieces of extruded aluminum runway matting, the hyrdralic actuator from an A-4 nose landing gear, a coffee table made of an A-6 windshield (which had to weigh 300 pounds) and the crab gear of a rough-terrain forklift.

After a while you really get tired of hauling the crap around and putting it up and you just toss it out.<g>

Regardless, I think most everybody has had an "I-Love-Me" room at one time or another.

Thanks for the read and the comments.

dawg

Hey Dawg-

Appreciate the education. I'd never heard of them before.

Bill

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We too often throw the word "great" around like it was a frisbee, instead of the manhole cover it should be

Eric,

If you will give me your address, I will ship you a surprise...<g> It will be something you ssem to like a lot.

dawg

Whoops! You're onto me Dawg.

I kinda wanted to have some fun without all the care that goes along with looking after the source of the fun.

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Eric backing off