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  • In The Army… Now?

    Long story short…

    Short story long…

    “I’m really trying my best to make it through this hard knock life. Why does a poor little sixteen-year old Me have to work soooo hard? There’s always school day in and day out, with all this homework to do and constant studying for Friday history tests. Every so often, I’ve got to keep up livin’! You know the drill, buy my groceries, get dental,appointments or even keep a roof over my head in case there’s hail.”

    “There’s only one thing I can do, and that’s is to Get. A. JOB! I could be employed as a ‘hop’ someday, but I won’t be coming to a drive-in burger joint that closed down too many years ago…”

    “Where will I apply for it? At the run-down local shopping mall that has a 95% vacancy rate. This place looks like 1989 with vibrant Miami Vice-looking colors, when it was very popular by the time those New Kids On The Block ruled the radio. That food court is reduced to one tenant serving nothing but turkey and gravy. I’m not sure why this sad and lonely place is still open, but there’s hardly an interesting store left that’s ever really open!”

    “I remember going to Patty’s Pretzels when I was six because it was my favorite hangout for a rich-tasting chocolate-dipped pretzel that would give me a very messy face requiring ten napkins. Such were the good old days! And now that they’re permanently gone for good, I was surprised to discover the U.S. Army took over that same retail space for a temporary recruitment office. Lo and behold, there was a ‘Help Wanted’ sign. I said to myself, ‘why not be all you can be and just go for it!’.”

    “I’m actually looking for a gig at the Army such as working with computers. I’ve got the literacy skills straight out of high school, you know. A-plus baby! Maybe I have the qualifications already set. I could also be working as a chef peeling potatoes in the kitchen since I have skills out of home ec class. I might have gotten a B from that.”

    “But what if… yes, what if the job position requires mandatory training too rigorous for young little Me to deal with? My teeth are chattering and my knees are crackling! Like, I’m talking about months and months of running through dangerous obstacle courses, extensive combat training and especially dealing with a drill sergeant who would make me pitch deaf. I’m gonna have to trade in my raspberry beret for a green one, and my cool street-smart ego as a mercenary in layers of camouflage and combat boots shipped off and deployed to the Congo.”

    “My mind needs to be put ‘at ease’ this very instant! I decided to phone in to Jason, but I call him Mister J. He’s my super agent and he’s a well-known TikTok influencer. I asked him to do me a special favor, and he sincerely replied. He’s gonna send me an old DVD copy of a movie called ‘Private Benjamin’ and I’m gonna watch it tonight. You know… Goldie Hawn? That way I know exactly what the Army is gonna know how to handle me. Pretty rough, obviously.”

    “Maybe I’ll get a working position as a computer expert in the Army someday, but it won’t be all that easy. I have to go through a big fat job interview before I get even the smallest chance to be hired, and usually more than half of potential employees get rejected because they don’t have the right skills. Or worse,  they can’t even act like real people. And, oh brother, I still need to learn new skills! Like, how to effectively go through a job interview by dressing appropriately and looking straight into the eye of the interviewer asking me questions.”

    “I could apply for a $100,000 scholarship instead. The Army might not wanna hire school-age kids but they sure have given away plenty of tuition money like that game show where you have to guess seven things that a soldier of fortune must do. Okay, so how do I sign up? I want one!”

    “Which reminds me… that New Kids song might have been the perfect anthem for hanging on when life got ‘tough’. Because, let’s face it kids, it’s tough out here! Come to think of it, this song was popular when this mall got built. And my wacky clothes, too! Shoutout to my Aunt Debbie!”

    * DISCLAIMER – ‘Melody’ is a cartoon girl crafted by an actual human being using digital technology and created for entertainment value.

    All Drawings Created By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

  • Dolly Was My American Idol

    “This past week was very sad for me. You would have guessed by now that I’m a serious Beatles fan, and a Connie Francis fan secondarily, but another part of me was the happy-go-luckiest little girl from ‘round the town. When I was in first grade, I recalled listening to some traditional country music on 45s that didn’t sound like dubstep. That gave me a special opportunity to participate in a school wide talent contest. I won fifth place. Sure, I was taught about, lemme see now… Calamity Jane, Gene Autry, Johnny Cash, that whats-her-name who sang ‘Harper Valley PTA’, Bobbie Gentry, Kenny Rogers, and, **sighs** Dolly Parton.”

    Melody was very emotional when she streamed Dolly Parton.

    “That last name I’ve already mentioned… I am crying streams of tears just as I’m streaming to Dolly’s joyful noise. Her warm and cheery melodies — pardon the expression — made me feel like the happiest girl in the USA. It was highly emotional at a time when she gracefully left this earth as I am sitting here at my desk doing homework, reminiscing and thinking of how there could be one and only one Dolly Parton in the whole universe.”

    “This is one of my favorite Dolly tunes. Have a listen and have a smile…”

    “As I entered a second week of the new school year, the art teacher Miss Bell gave us an assignment to illustrate a famous person that I really loved and admired, and to be shared with the class on Friday. Who knows if there are kids my age who’s ever heard or listened to Dolly Parton, that homegrown Southern country voice only their grandparents would fully understand. I think today’s kids are really into this Alabama cowgirl who goes by the stage name ‘Ella Langley’, but Dolly was so much larger than life than writing and performing everything she did by the thousands.”

    “Friday arrives, it’s fifth period, and I get to present my prize-winning artwork in front of 31 other kids. Needless to say, almost a third of them had drawn their own versions of Dolly Parton, with all of them looking like absolute rushjobs. It looks like no one took the time to think inspiration over perspiration. Two of them drew preschool level caricatures of Dolly on notebook paper — they both got zero’ed because Miss Bell thought they were totally unacceptable. The rest of the class drew their own interpretations of content creators and social media influencers, and not even the art teacher could tell the difference between Dhar Mann and an everyday Average Joe. Me included!”

    “When I was called up to present my version of Dolly Parton, it caught the eyes of the entire class. I wanted to show everyone how much appreciation I had for her by slapping on coats of many colors on the canvas, and Miss Bell was very proud, too. She graded my artwork an A-minus, saying that while it was a little bit sketchy, it had a true sense of spirit. The kids say I’m alright.”

    “Godspeed, Dolly. May your Southern spirit forever shine!”

    She gave it her all. And the entire class loved it.

    * DISCLAIMER – ‘Melody’ is a cartoon girl crafted by an actual human being using digital technology and created for entertainment value.

    All Drawings Created By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

  • Good Morning, New School Year!

    Long story short…

    Short story long…

    Well, friends, my summer vacation didn’t last very long and that’s a real bummer. It was only yesterday that I wanted to spend my last hours of it by heading over to the ice cream shop in the quaint side of town. There, I was enjoying a Chocolate Brownie Sundae Supreme with a drizzle of hot fudge. So good! I think I’ll have another!

    You see, the trouble is… if I splurge on too many sundaes on Sunday, my brain won’t function correctly when I go back to school tomorrow. That’s on a Monday. This is when the journey begins until the very last report card comes in.

    After a pleasant night’s sleep, I wake up and find myself in an overly happy mood. For once, I thought sugary desserts would impair my cognitive abilities that would help me with homework. Instead, I find myself chanting “Good Morning!” in repeat mode.

    I broke the fourth wall by saying “Good Morning” to all of my social media followers. I said “Good Morning” to my lovely cat Midnite, sitting on top of my dresser drawer. I turned on the TV and said “Good Morning” to Rosie, that weather presenter at Channel 3 — she’s my 30-ish next-door neighbor, by the way. That happy feeling burst inside of me, so I wanted to make myself happy by putting my short little red dress like a fairy tale character. I know… I think I’ll put on my wide-brimmed hat!

    I don’t need a school bus because Jefferson High is walkable enough for a few blocks away from home. The air outside is cool and not humid, so there’s no need to sweat about it. Anyway, there’s this bratty boy passing me on the left with a scooter, thinking I’m talking to a ghost. I said “Good Morning, Sunshine” when in fact the sun was riding. It looks like it’s gonna be a very sunshiney day…

    I can feel this feel-good song in my brain right now…

    Trotting to school means taking a shortcut through the woodsy park, but I couldn’t believe I was seeing things. Was the mere sighting of Captain Kangaroo just a simple hallucination? So I said “Good Morning, Captain!” and he waved back with a smile. I felt like becoming a six-year old again.

    In case you haven’t heard of this jolly fella, I think the joke with Mr. Moose is the funniest thing to happen since Saturday Morning cartoons. And if you’re not careful, you just might learn something before it’s done…

    As I close in on Jefferson High for the brand spanking new school year, I think of Bob Villa because this old schoolhouse is in dire need of renovations. Especially the air conditioning. So I said “Good Morning” to it because I’m a lifelong student here. Buildings are stationary and they don’t move muscles, so be ‘it’.

    I was walking in the hallway in search of my homeroom class. There he was, the school’s newly appointed principal Dr. Carson. He takes student discipline to extremes by initiating a zero-tolerance policy on almost every benign infraction. That includes wearing hats while being in the building.

    I gave Dr. Carson a kind “Good Morning” on Day One of the new school year. Turns out he wasn’t so kind at all. Instead, he was infuriated about the short red dress I’d been wearing since I walked out of my house. Maybe I could have worn bike shorts underneath, but it wouldn’t have mattered, either. This wasn’t a warning at all, this was a recipe for Saturday detention. Great!

    Luckily, I did receive a verbal warning after seven periods of instructional bedlam, much of it orientation. Since this was the first day including Dr. Carson’s, the administration was nice enough to be lenient, so no detention… for now. But after today, it’s a whole new ballgame. Teachers will start lecturing, pass out pop quizzes and jot down so much red ink on every looseleaf sheet of paper I’m turning in. 

    I simply can’t wait for the weekend again. Just think… dancing in the club, hanging out with my friends and havin’ a burger. These things make me daydream when Miss Rowland lectures ‘The Great Gatsby’ and I start to fall asleep.

    I hope you’ve got just a little bit of school spirit, so here’s a good listen…

  • IMAGE GALLERY is now live!

    Newly added to Melody’s webpage is a collection of images and animations! It’s almost as if you’re reading the comics or browsing through Instagram but it’s home to the best of our lovable teen queen. I sincerely hope you enjoy them. If you still can’t find it, click right HERE. And watch for more of Melody’s stories, too! – J. Atwood, creator

  • Being Too ‘Smart’

    Those voice assistants they put in smartphones nowadays… how annoying!

    Why is my phone talking to me? I tried to get it to zip its lip, but it keeps listening to every word I’m sayin’. Like… ‘serious’! Seriously! Or how ‘bout… ‘cereal’! Next thing you know, I’m pouring in a bowl of Froot Loops and then my phone wants to get even with me because it wants in on the conversation. How ‘eerie’! Alright, now what if I say the word ‘curious’ and then what happens?

    When ‘holding on’ is bad enough…

    My situation escalated when a mail order company used an A.I. voice bot over the phone. You see, I ordered a new and factory sealed Wilson Philips CD and this automated message couldn’t resist on making me hold on for one more day. To put in plain English, things don’t go your way.

    This song’s been ringing in my head ever since I was a baby…

    Expressing yourself is easy-peasy with a phone.

    And what more can I do with a crazy good-for-nothing not-all-that-smart phone other than take selfies of myself and posting them to social? On the contrary, it’s great way to gain new likes and follows… I wish.

    I remember the time when I was using a self-checkout at the supermarket. To my instantly unexpected surprise, I was ordered to scan my face just to get a receipt! I don’t understand pages of the store’s privacy policy anywhere, but isn’t it strange why everything has to be automated? As if machines wired to infinity have minds of their own and they go berserkoid!

    Life is nothing but ordinary.

    Speaking of going berserk, I recall the day I sat beside this dork who brought out his 5G phone and listened to ‘Ordinary’ and repeating rhymes every five seconds. I can’t stand it no more! Petey was right…

    Melody has heart and soul. M.E.L.O.D.Y. has ones and zeroes.

    This smart phone is not very smart, trust me. It most certainly has a virus that’s impossible to cure. Guess I’ll deactivate ‘Seeree’ and trade my old phone with a pea-brained one. Touch tones, baby! And one more thing… a smart person is smarter than a smartperson. I’m not going to let robots with exoskeletons turn me into that girl from ‘Small Wonder’ or influence my daily decision making. I just want to be the real ‘Me’ and not let Scooter Computer & Mr. Chips bother me, and that’s that.

    For those who ‘Siri’-ously like their robots to be companions, this song is gratefully dedicated, btw…

    • DISCLAIMER – ‘Melody’ is a cartoon girl crafted by an actual human being using digital technology. No artificial intelligence necessary.

    All Drawings Created By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

    ** Check out Melody’s INSTAGRAM page for more images and fun! **

  • What A Wonderful World This Would Be!

    Ring around the scholar!

    “It’s always a five-days-a-week sort of ritual, I guess. First, I have to get up out of bed at 5:30 in the morning. Second, I whip up a giant bowl of oats to gorge down for breakfast. Finally, I comb my hair, get dressed and walk the long and winding road to my dreaded high school. Rinse and repeat. I don’t like riding the bus because everyone coughs, sneezes and do all sorts of stupid stuff… even the bus driver who got reprimanded for not stopping at railroad crossings. Oh, well… life as a student has its usual ups and downs, just like everyone else.”

    Spinning nothin’ but ‘melodies’ day in and day out.

    “I have to arrive early because I’m the DJ of a top-secret underground radio station in the basement. Yes, believe it or not, the school board approved an FCC license to play hits for 45 minutes over the intercom just before the first period bell rings. Brain fuel before the big payback: seven periods of instructional torture. It’s not something like Mozart that’s being heard all over the place… what the kids really like are all those one-hit wonders like The Buggles and such and such. Actually, I did play Milli Vanilli only once. But I really thought Tony Orlando & Dawn might have worked since it’s great background filler for studying — well, too bad we didn’t get approval to play it.”

    “If only I played this oldie but goodie, then everyone would have gotten better grades…”

    A new low in disciplinary behavior?

    “English class is bad enough. Every day it’s all about Shakespeare and pop quizzes and all that. Every day it’s always about my desk. It makes too many squeaky noises whenever I squirm around in my seat and Miss Rowland is the one who keeps trying to discipline me for my actions, thinking I stepped on Ernie’s rubber ducky. Aargh!!! I feel so mad right now I could just take my seat and toss it out the hallway!”

    Class dismissed?

    “And sometimes, having to sit through a lecture about Hamlet is really enough to set off the trigger. It’s a false alarm and not a music video shoot. Like, every Monday, some brat whose nickname is ‘Flame’ keeps on instigating panic in the English hallway by setting off the fire alarm on purpose just before the third period bell rings. He’ll be wearing the Scarlet Letter when he walks out of the principal’s office. Let’s give him an ‘S’ for suspension!”

    Cafeteria food was always poorly prepared to begin with.

    “Lunch period is no better. I get a Hungry-Man type of platter — a salisbury steak with tater tots and greens — and the custodial staff doesn’t even bother to fire up the temperature to make my food warm. Tonight, I’m writing my grievances to city council, the health department, and the superintendent of the school board! I hope they listen to me.”

    There can only be one number two pencil. Share and share alike!

    “My dear classmate Yolanda from trigonometry needed to borrow a number-two pencil. I told her my red pencil was number one. I also told her there’s no such thing as a number-one pencil, so she took the green number-two pencil instead. Red is my number one color anyway, and it’s a number-two pencil.

    Hoops is right!

    “I was made a Prime Example in P.E. class today. Mr. Brass told us we were gonna do hoops. He really meant basketball, not hulahoops. He’d also penalize me for dressing out in the wrong clothes. To him, pink ain’t pretty, only blue and white is.

    Shame, shame…

    “Even worse, my history teacher (and ex-Marine) Mr. Ainsworth thought I couldn’t come up with the right facts to write a paper about an important event in American history: the War Of 1944. When he asked me about the role Schultz played, he thought I was watching reruns of ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ as factual evidence, so I sat in a chair wearing a dunce hat in front of everybody. How humiliating!”

    The best she could do is catch up on homework assignments for a change!

    “Here I am sitting here at study hall doing nothing but flipping pages of my literature textbook. If Miss Rowland can hold this good girl captive in her room for two periods a day, what gives? I wanted to please her with an apple because I’m a good student… honestly! But I assume she’s gonna toss it in the trash because food isn’t allowed in the classroom. On the other hand, she hides Folgers inside her cabinet, and I can smell it! Gross!”

    Try again, Melody.

    “We’re finally dismissed for the whole dreaded day, and I caught up with the love of my life Rick. So I put my singing skills of Bernadette Peters to the test in order to convince him to go out with me on a dinner date tonight. Well, you can’t say that I tried.”

    “It was time to head back home after a long day, but I needed to make an appointment with a fortune teller. Hopefully, she knows what the future may bring…

    The fortune teller is the one who should get an ‘F’… for ‘fired’!

    “Ha ha! Today was report card day! It’s the middle of the school year, I’m still alive and definitely not in danger of failing grade. I gyped the gypsy! And now I’m totally out thirty bucks!”

    “Hey, I like listening to Herman’s Hermits! The Beatles alternative, quite naturally…“

    All Drawings Created By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

    ** Check out Melody’s INSTAGRAM page for more images and fun! **

  • Blubba Jones

    Tummy something good!

    “I was strolling my way through the park that one Thursday after school, and I met this big boy sitting alone on a bench all emotionally challenged and everything. Looks like he needs some serious motivation. Jones right here with a soda bottle needs a little cheering up. So, I’m gonna step into Lucy’s shoes and give this good ol’ Charlie Brown some highly valuable advice…”

    MELODY: “What seems to be the trouble? You’re all down.”

    JONES: “They keep calling me Fat Boy and all the girls hate me and all that. One of them taped a sign on the back of my shirt that said ‘Wide Load’.”

    MELODY: “Okay, Jones. I’ll stand firmly by you. But first, you have to convince me how to attract girls the right way. Especially much older women who are much older than you.”

    JONES: “And what is that?”

    MELODY: “Well, here’s what you gotta do. Stop being The Crisco Kid every day by cutting out frankenfoods like red meat, pizza, peanut butter sandwiches on white bread, Jujyfruits, the whole kit and caboodle. Start by eating plenty of fiber. You know, fruits and veggies on your plate at every meal. Also, drink lots of water instead of all that Tab. Now, to reach for your girl, uh I mean goal, sorry, you must limit your calorie intake, walk five miles a day, then report back to me in about a year. Understood?”

    JONES: “That’s a long wait! I’m too young to get old! Waaahh!!!”

    MELODY: “Long WEIGHT is one thing, Blubba Jones! Being HEAVYWEIGHT is another! Slow and steady wins the race, so stop being a sorry turtle hiding under your shell and hop to it! Good luck! You’ll need it!”

    Your jaws doesn’t have to be big enough to bite into something more nutritious.

    “You know something, friends? I better stop gorging down these triple angus burger meal deals and hire Denise Austin as my fitness trainer or I won’t make it to my bathing suits this summer. Oh, the hectic life of a teenage dream queen! Full of responsibility… AND taking better care of yourself.”

    “Hey, I caught this song on playing on public radio this morning! Get a load of this…”

    All Drawings Created By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

  • Gonna Be Some-‘Bunny’

    “Easter is ‘hare’ and I’m in the spring mood for a daydreamin’. So what would you think of me if I put on a pair of those rabbit ears and this puffy little $1.95 cottontail? The Easter Bunny? Bugs Bunny? Bunny Yeager, perhaps? Maybe just another silly Halloween costume. That won’t mean I’m a ‘bad bunny’ — pardon the expression — and I’m only here to have lotsa fun. Imagine the wonderful possibilities…”

    All Original Drawings Created By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

    All written posts on this blog are fictional and played just for fun, while based on life experiences by the creator / author. There’s still some useful information, imagination and inspiration that may enlighten the reader’s desire for something unique and different.

    ** Check out Melody’s INSTAGRAM while you’re here! **

  • Getting Physical

    Umm… I don’t think this is the ‘physical’ I have in mind, folks. My story that is being shared with you today is much more positively inspiring than going to that clueless doctor. Read on, dear reader…

    There, that’s more like it! Ahem, so what was I going to say? Oh, yeah…

    What a boring day this is! Today is Monday, parent-teacher conference day and school is closed. I literally got a three-day weekend vacation out of this, so I want to put Monday to good use. Why, you ask? Because… I. Don’t. Like. Mondays. Period!

    I hopped online to find showtimes for this new movie playing at the theater called ‘The Brunch Bunch’, which is about high school teens stuck in a school library in 1980s Anaheim. Two o’clock it says. I’d better hustle before all the front row seats are taken, because I know all the people are gonna stare at my face laughing.

    When I arrived, the tickets at the box office were all sold out. Bad luck as they say. To add insult to injury, the price of one movie ticket is up in the stratosphere of fifteen dollars per person. All that yummy goodness at the concession stand is making my mouth water! Heck, this would cost me twice as much as one lousy movie ticket. Besides, who needs 3000 empty calories of nauseating stomach churning frankenfoods? I’d have tell the school to call in sick tomorrow.

    I could be streaming a movie right this instant. That’s soooo easy peasy! But I don’t subscribe to anyone. I could wait a little while longer and catch that eight o’clock movie on channel 33 right before bedtime. Except there’s one major problem… all the movies are chopped and edited for television and there are too many car insurance ads. That takes me to straight into ten o’clock when I have to go to bed and get ready for school tomorrow morning.

    Where can I go to watch a movie in peace without having to drain my tuition money and deal with losers who are constantly on their phones? On the contrary, how can I do this in the comfort of my own couch? Bingo! I think I have a solution…

    What a bargain! I hope they get a big revival out of this!

    Those secondhand stores — well, they call ‘em thrift stores, actually — have got to have some rusty old DVD players in working condition. Like, these people threw out old electronics just for nothing because movies are sorted and distributed through a pipeline. I hear some kids my age are upset about streaming stuff and are getting into collecting things. What things? Well, I suppose you could find a ton of New Kids On The Block CDs in the bargain bin…

    I found a section of the store filled with literally tons of used $1 DVDs and vinyl records that were given away by kind strangers. I’d better do some serious inspecting, though. Sometimes, the disc isn’t even in the case… OMG! So I picked up a dozen of these silver platters, which’ll cost a lot more than a dozen eggs but still way cheaper than buying new ones.

    But then, I need a DVD player… and some cables. What good are movie discs when you don’t have a gadget that uses them? Look no further! It’s a good thing the store had a refurbished one for only ten bucks… what a steal! Fortunately, the unopened pack of cables was stashed away up in my attic. Today, I gave away twenty-two bucks to a nonprofit that gives kids a higher education, and just for that, I got some free merch! Well, maybe not free, but a reward for kindly giving back to charity. Totally nice of them!

    Scaredy cat!

    One of the movies I bought today was this rom-com remake of ‘Bambi Meets Godzilla’. Don’t worry, it’s a lot more innocent and playful than that ‘other’ one. I also found this horrible horror flick called ‘Bad Bad Leroy Clown’. This one gave Midnite a shivery shock! I tried to convince my cat that it’s just a movie and that everything is make-believe. Of course, just about anything can stick out of a 100-inch tv screen mounted on a wall. I think 3D glasses would be more effective…

    But all’s well that ends well. You can thank a social media influencer for influencing me on how to ditch Cheapflix in favor of those shiny silver platters. It seems my generation of school kids are learning how to get into the act of preserving their favorite movies and music by holding onto them forever. I’d say this is far better than forking over thirty bucks a month for cheap thrills.

    Before I go, I’ll leave you with a pair of my favorite flicks that I could watch on repeat every day. Have fun collecting!

    ‘Labyrinth’ is my most favorite movie of all time!
    ‘Grease’ is the one I want! I want to be like Cha Cha, too!

    ** A big very special thanks to my creative consultant for loaning me some copies! Now I can enjoy watching movies in peace! **

    Written and Produced By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

    All written posts on this blog are fictional and played just for fun, while based on life experiences by the creator / author. There’s still some useful information, imagination and inspiration that may enlighten the reader’s desire for something unique and different.

    ** Check out Melody’s INSTAGRAM while you’re here! **

  • The Queen Of Hearts Always Wins!

    No king will ever out-ace the queen, not by a long shot.

    “Let’s make this short, simple and sweet. Let’s talk about love. And I don’t mean the both of us, including you the reader, going out on a pepperoni pizza date together while dancing the night away at some broken down club down the street.  Do you really want to know what love is? I will show you.”

    “Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, or maybe right at this moment, or even Christmas. And… right now, well, we’re sort of losing our grip with this run down low down broken down world of ours. It’s time to get our bearings straight. Why are we fighting against each other, and what’s it good for? Absolutely nothing!”

    The essence of cherry bubbly.

    “Wouldn’t it be pleasant to live in a world that isn’t brewing with darkness, mean-spirited people, or just plain selfish losers? A whole lotta negativity is going on, but we can replace that with these four simple letters: L-O-V-E. Connect with strangers even if they’re on Instagram… or me, LOL! Give back to your local community and you don’t need an employee’s salary. Plant a garden and grow some kind hearts. How about giving out a bouquet of poinsettias to that very special Someone? All it takes is a little more luvin’ to make the world go ‘round without any real world troubles. That sounds simple enough, now don’t you agree?”

    “And when there’s love, there is also R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Respect wildlife… and your family dog, too. Don’t forget the environment, school property, or even the judge. Respect your teachers, your local representatives, your doctors, your elders, your parents… do it as always. Yeah, I know, I should respect the entire student body at my school even if I see a wolf pack of bullies in varsity jackets. Not to mention a clique of girls trying to pull dirty tricks on me in the crowded halls, but still, you and I must show appreciation to all of humanity. So in a nutshell… respect the process!”

    Another Rick in the hall.

    “You know what I really love the most? Actually, it’s WHO I love the most! Rick! **sighs** He’s sooooo cute! I wanna make him mine by sending a card and some chocolate-covered cherries straight over to his humble abode! Uh, **ahem**! Let’s save my love and affection for later, okay? Naturally speaking, I’m proof positive that you have a love and affection for me, too, because you’re my number one potential human fan. And for that, I would dedicate this last musical number, performed during the conclusion of every single Barney episode ever written, to each and every one of you guys who found this blog and are enjoying my stories.” 

    “If you‘re still willing to book an appointment to have a date night with me, then here’s my card. Queen Of Hearts — it says so right there. Deuces wild. This is to remind you that Love Is 4-Ever! Anyway, I LOVE you all so much! ❤️ “

    There’s joy in every Melody.

    Written and Produced By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.

    All written posts on this blog are fictional and played just for fun, while based on life experiences by the creator / author. There’s still some useful information, imagination and inspiration that may enlighten the reader’s desire for something unique and different.

    ** Check out Melody’s INSTAGRAM while you’re here! **