Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: DLD the Paperback
Here it is, the paperback cover of Don't Look Down. The closed cover is on the left, the open stepback is on the right.
The only thing that's changed on the real cover is that Lucy's pants on the stepback are denim blue instead of purple and JT is wearing black boots instead of dress shoes (Bob almost had a coronary). It jumps right off the shelf at you, much edgier than the hardcover jacket, and I'm thrilled with it. Out May 1.
And now back to cutting fifty pages--that's 12,500 words--out of Agnes before Monday. Because Jen said so, that's why.
192 Comments:
Jen, don't tell Jenny & Bob to cut words! Too wasteful.
Put them up as "advanced teasers" to whet the appetite of us poor innocent readers.
(All right, poor readers.)
It would be educational to hear Jen's reason's wanting those fifty pages gone, and then, after AATHM's out, be able to compare the published version to the pre-cut version. Maybe you could post the fifty pages on the new writing blog and talk about why you cut what?
OUT TAKES!!!
Okay went and got my copy of DLD to make a comparison. I do think the PB versions is snazzier but what I noticed is that
(a) Lucy's pants in HB are pink while J.T.'s are blue ... in the PB J.T. is wearing camo (more appropriate and complete with Moots!) while Lucy is wearing denim; and
(b) The PB is in mirror image of the HB. Even Moot is facing in a different direction.
Question: Often in the back of the PB version there will be a teaser for the upcoming HB. Will this be true of DLD?
Loving the camo-moot background.
It's ALL good.
Dress shoes with camo? What were they thinking?
Jenny (Bob too),
Love the cover. It's very cool! Stands out.
Have fun with that cutting.
Great cover!
I want one now!
Guess I'll have to wait a while.
About the "cut" parts...still have a few days left for us to read them...maybe after Xmas, post a few tidbits?
Louis you brilliant man. That's what I want for Christmas. Outtakes from Agnes. Better than an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200 shot range model BB rifle (with a compass in the stock)
Hey Jenny,
About those fifty pages, mind sending them my way? I might be able to use them since I'm actually going to be able to write this weekend!!!!! Holy crap, so F.Finn happy! You all have no idea what a wash this weekend was supposed to be.
First, family stuff tonight...Sabres on, but DH says, "Hey, Mind if I go play poker?" Me, mind? God no. Go, please, leave. I know, that's not nice, but really, I don't mind. Nine - he's out the door, kids in bed and I'm writing!!!! yeah me. Then, tomorrow I was supposed to drive to buffalo, then on to Cambridge, then home...but wait, not going now. I get to do the home game and then um, write!!!!
Something is serioulsy wrong with me.
So Jenny, why you and Bob cut 50 pages, I'm going to be writing 50 pages, I hope.
CMS: Don't you know you'll shoot your eye out? Does Scope Dope have enough eye patches to share?
Great cover, J&B! Love the bold primary colors.
Outtakes would be such a nice holiday gift. After all, it's so hard to shop for such a large group, and I'm sure you two have been stressing about this. And here you have something where one size fits all, with no need to worry about getting gloves to match or whether anyone has food allergies.
Probably no one would even want a gift receipt.
Perfect.
bw
jen t I need those 50 pages worse than you do. You have pages just dying to pour out of your fingertips. My fingers seem to be on strike. I am about to totally read through my "book" from NaNo and try to make notes on what to change. I need at least 50 more pages too and I don't know where they are going to come from.
Love the cover.
I am currently reading a book that was a gift at New Jersey from Julianne MacLean-- "To Marry The Duke" which is a historical. This is not a genre I generally read but I have been enjoying this one. Her descriptions are great. Tell you more about it when I finish it. I am fitting in a few pages a day between all the Christmas stuff and sleeping. I have to do my work before I can get to it. That is my treat each day. Besides I am a slow reader. I like to savor a book. /,D
blue rzrybf
Really Zaza read yexy business first.
i really like it.
dee: BTW, meant to mention last time, just before i left i got the book from the contest. thank you!
JJ and scope: good luck.
Fifty pages! Why? If there's anything I hate it's getting a book from one of my favorite authors that isnt long enough.
oyoncc
Over yonder our nice cats chant.
Cherry Magic Sheryl said...
That's what I want for Christmas. Outtakes from Agnes. Better than an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200 shot range model BB rifle (with a compass in the stock)
Plus which we won't put our eye out with it. Or eyes. One each I mean.
AlienEeeter said...
If there's anything I hate it's getting a book from one of my favorite authors that isnt long enough.
If its a favorite author, its never long enough. Yes, Jenny, I remember all the reasons why a book can only be so long ... contracts, pacing, etc. But that doesn't mean I stop wanting them to last longer.
Scope said ... I am currently reading a book that was a gift at New Jersey from Julianne MacLean
I've read one of hers since NJ. Portrait of a Lover, I think it was called. Historical, as you said. Very well done.
Great cover- It ought to fly off of the shelves. Of course all CB's will be back in bookstores making sure it is prominently displayed!
I keep seeing this sign on the local convenience store counting down the days until Christmas. I can handle that, it is the counting down the days until this blog goes away that makes me crazy.
Are we planning a New Year's Eve Party to say goodbye? Since my computer got fixed, I have a lot of room...you all could come here. Awfully chilly in Ohio but warm hospitality.
I can see AATH-"the outakes" as a whopping best seller to Cherries everywhere. The real story of Princess. What happened to Xavier? Gosh, I hope they don't have to cut YEX! *gasp* Especially if Jenny made Bob write it.
Let's all send Jen a nice Christmas note and see if she will let us take the words with us when we move. It will keep us busy.
Love the cover - really calls to you.
Outakes for Xmas. Cool.
Hey Erica, you there? How did you go with Hot Toy from Rosemary? I'm still waiting for mine....this from a woman who got me DLD on April 4!!! Must ring her.
We have lovely, plump, dark and inexpensive cherries in our shops at the moment. Everytime I have a bunch I think of you guys. Come Xmas Eve they'll be dear as poison but for now, we're Cherry overdosing.
Wow, nice bold colors, very snappy!
Pity it couldn't have come out for the holidays, it would look great under the tree, or Channukah bush, or whatever ...
I have to sign on as anonymous because I'm on this weird laptop at my daughters and for some reason it doesn't recognize my blogger i.d. Dang, anyway it's me ... robena grant. Heh. Don't you just love it when you're dating a guy and he calls and says, "Hi, it's me." Guys. such egos.
Anyway, when I get back home I'll go over to the new place and leave a message. Also, I never made a donation because I thought I wouldn't be able to handle three different blogs, plus my own website, but heck, what can I say you guys have grown on me ... kind of like a fungus, but you've still grown. Just kidding. I know you said you have enough funds in the account but if there's a call for more money, call me first.
rg
RG: LMAO. though, i must admit, i did wince at "Channukah bush". :)
yep, outtakes as holiday gifts. works for me. and our gift to you will be reading them.
well, ok, so we'd do that anyways but geez, i don't think they're going to want cookies we baked or anything, or at least not if that means giving out their addresses. we've already tried stalking them at hotels.
RG - so that whole plan to phase out the CBs, limit your exposure and all ... not working so well? *snort* Yep, we're contagious. I'll put you on the list of "ask them first" folks, should we need additional bail, uh, I mean should we have additional expenses for the Bar&Grill.
DUG - Sorry to hear you are still waiting. You know I'm thinking we could offer some sort of services to the CBs in other lands to get B&J's books to them quicker. Must be something we can do about that.
Ooh. Just popped in to the new place to see what's happening and it looks like things are happening. I gotta ask - was that paint on sale? Just kidding! I know its a work in progress. My own fault for peeking through the curtains.
Yes, very dark and mysterious. Apparently we haven't connected the utilities yet. It is fun to watch it evolve, though, isn't it?
OH wrote: and our gift to you will be reading them.
Um, I think our gift will be going away and not bothering them anymore, so they have more time to write all those books -- and then buying them.
bw
I kinda like the dark and mysterious look. Encourages me to settle down and tell all my deep dark secrets... I mean, it's dark and I can't see your faces, so it's perfectly safe, right? Except that you could cut that sniggering out, Miss BCB...
nmozkvz - the toast that is traditional given while drinking vodka in the dark
I've been watching a lot of Ingrid Bergman movies lately(Casablanca, Notorious and Indiscreet)If G-G is Myrna Loy, The Cherry herself is Ingrid Bergman - classic beauty.
And no I'm not sucking up because we're being kicked out of the basement. I've thought it for some time (ask Scope) and just thought today was a good day to say it. I'm off to watch The Bishop's Wife and eat a toblerone as reward for cleaning my room.
FIFTY pages?! I would have a heart attack. That's practically a novella! Did she tell you any particular 50 pages to cut?
Maybe you can save them and rerelease it later as originally intended. Agnes and the Hitman: The Directors' Cut.
Oh, yeah, almost forgot: the cover's great!
Such a cool cover (except for the silly dress shoes). Nice to take a break from the kitchen work to see such a great blog.
At times I really wish I had the writing skills many of you have. I could do so much to turn the dishwasher saga into a hilarious story. Here are the high points. You can do what you want with them.
The entire kitchen remodel started because we didn't have a dishwasher. The entire room had to be redesigned to fit one in. The cabinet people were supposed to screw it into the cabinets when they finished their work. So they finished and I called in the electrician to hook up the wires. A 15 minute job turned into 4 hours. It was not hooked up to the cabinet. There was a 2x4 brace they installed to hold up the counter that was now interfering with the back of the dishwasher. We had to cut a notch out of the bottom of the 2x4. Then put shims in the sides because the opening was too wide. Then we find out that the waste connection was too big for the sink connector. Back to the hardware store for more piping. It is actually pretty funny how much went wrong, but my DH is not laughing yet. Maybe next year. Or next century.
OH, my apologies. I hope my quick comment didn't hurt your feelings. We always had a Channukah bush, which wasn't a a pine tree, like a Christmas tree, but it had blue and silver decorations. Almost all of my Jewish friends do something similar and we all refer to it as I did. When the kids were really young then we had a Channukah bear, he was white and wore a blue yarmulke. My kids remember him with great affection.
Every family is different and celebrates in their own way but I certainly was not intentionally being flip, that's just what we called our place to position family gifts. On each of the eight nights the children would select one gift, saving of course the biggest or flashiest looking for the last night. : )
I'm still at my daughter's place, so still anonymous.
rg
I keep coming back just to look at the cover. I really do like it. Not that I didn't like the hardcover, but this really does pop out at you. I like the red - think I might paint my dinning room something similiar. And the aligators kind of look like faux painting, you know? Rag rolling maybe? yeah, that would be a good look for my dinning room.
so, how'd you do cutting those pages? I'm sure you just made it better. Tightened. Strenghened.
How'd I do with my wriring? Well I started off okay yesterday. Did like 15 or so pages and then got distracted and gave up. And thus far today, well maybe 10 pages early this morning before hockey. This afternoon has been spent putting up my pathetic fake christmas tree along with my pathetic decorations. Really, trust me, pathetic! We started with the fake tree about 6 years ago because we are always in Ottawa for a hockey tournament over New Years. This year we're not going, but didn't feel like getting a real one.
I did manage to get the lights done on the outside of the house since my kids reminded me that we are like the only ones in the neighborhood without lights and they are so embarrassed. So, since it was like 50 degrees up here, I did it. yeah me. They look pathetic. Stupid candy cane sticky thingies in the yard.
I really only have enough decorations to do the family room and the foyer. Every year i keep saying I'm going to go out the day after christmas and buy some really cheap stuff while it's on sale, but then I'd have to get dressed, put on make-up and go shopping! I hate that.
Yeah, I have issues.
rg: no worries, i know you didn't mean it disrespectful. hence the ":)". i have a few friends who have a c. bush actually.
i have to go to the mall tomorrow. *shudder* if i don't come back, well, it's been nice knowing you all. please send good thoughts to me in my new padded cell.
OH I braved the mall yesterday and a few more stores today ... I survived it, so can you. I'm in pretty good shape, actually for having been so behind.
Great cover! I like the camo pants best! don't cut any of the really good words, we like to read those. This has been mentioned before, but there should be an out-takes, cutting room floor thing to read post publishing, like at the end of movies. I'm just saying.
Jen - We eco-friendly, wallet-hurtful and got the colored LED lights for our tree, thankfully we are securely nestled in suburban hell, because otherwise I'm certain fellas with cash would be at my door. Apparently LED translates into holy-mother-of-all-things neon. It cracks me up to look at it, because these blasted lights are "forever lights", so I know from here on out I have lower west hollywood avenue at Christmas. Aaahh so homey!
Couldn't do the shopping. I have to really get psyched up for it, mentally prepared. Hopefully soon.
well, except for one person i know exactly what i'm getting and where i'm getting it so it won't be too bad, but still, glad you survived mcb.
andi: *snort*
Yeah, I completely understand the "mall hell" mindset. I like shopping, but by the time December gets here, it is mostly torture. I am getting really good at internet shopping, however there are just some things you can't do over the internet. I guess I need to start.
Jen T, is wriring kind of like the writing that Scooby Doo does? Just wondering.
I think it is time for bed.
Jen-T: I'll bet you the Christmas decorations that I took all of 5 minutes to put up last week are more pathetic than yours! I was actually laughing they are so pathetic looking. But cheery none the less.
To start, all my Christmas decorations are in boxes in Ohio (along with most of my other stuff except clothes). But wanting to get into the spirit of things, I bought a small string of lights to put on the mantel above the gas fireplace and a very, very small tree. Very small. I'll have to take a picture of it and post it. No digital camera yet, so that won't be until after Christmas.
Back to slaving away now...
Theresa
McB said (et al.)...
Ooh. Just popped in to the new place to see what's happening and it looks like things are happening. I gotta ask - was that paint on sale? Just kidding! I know its a work in progress. My own fault for peeking through the curtains.
Oh, just you wait! Lord knows what it will be looking like the next time you visit. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!
hbwzx (red)
"How bombed was Zoe, Xavier?" (Try to say that three times fast without biting your tongue.)
k.l. - wriring is what I did last night until 2:30 in the morning, but I was on a roll. Kind of afraid to open it and see what I wrote. I was kind of annoyed, so it could be very interesting, but maybe it's good. Guess I have to go find out.
Theresa - I don't know, maybe we'll have to do a contest or something. My stuff is pretty pathetic. It's pathetic every year. And I still have to do my christmas shopping. I hate shopping and christmas shopping is even worse. When I went to Circut City the other day about my computer problems, I actually got in a major fight with the sales guy and I told him to take a hike and walked out. I was very loud and very obnixious. Shopping doesn't like me either.
well, I like books shopping, and that seems to like me. I managed a trip to the book store the other day. It was nice. No problems. Even spent money. Life was good.
Jen, what are you doing getting four hours of sleep? [yawn] I thought I was the only one doing that on a regular basis. But glad you had a productive stint writing. That's always good. Though I have to say I'm glad we probably don't shop at the same mall. I've been known to get a bit surly during that process, too.
ZaZa: LOVE the look of the new place this morning! The black letters on black background in the comments is sooo much easier for me to read. [snort] Thank you! Seriously, I know it will look really good once you're done. Thanks for letting us watch you work. Let me know if you need anyone to hand you tools -- I can tell a hammer from a screwdriver, even in the dark.
Right now I need more caffiene.
bw
BCB - If I get more than 5 hours of sleep a night it would be a miracle. Actually, I hadn't intended on staying up that late. Got frustrated and decided to take it out on my WIP. Next thing I knew I realized it was like morning.
already had two cans of diet Coke this morning. Will have thrid shortly and then back to the grind.
Must be something in the air... nobody can sleep. We should've all gotten together and told ghost stories.
One nice thing (yes, I'm still trying to be nice) about the new color scheme is that no one can see any of my typos! I like it.
begit - shortened form of buggerit
Love the PB cover, despite the camo and dress shoes. Looks like we'll be winding up into a frenzy for AATHM in no time.
I started a second job this weekend - part-time retail at the mall. Yes, I checked my sanity at the door. Luckily, it's at a candle store, so it has built in aroma therapy.
On the decorations, DH left the dog out instead of crating him when he ran an errand. When he came back, the dog was in the bay window with the nativity scene. It was Mary, Joseph and one overly large and hairy shepard. LOL.
Btuda - lol at your new nativity scene.
Love the new black on black comments over at the Bar&Grill. I discovered something very cool. You can see the comments but there are those little white cartoon baloon thingies. And if you click next to one and drag your cursor down the text magically appears. Like invisible writing. Very very cool.
Cary: Any update on the cookies?
Jen-t and Theresa: I think I win on the lame Christmas decorations. I just moved into a new home, and sadly found out my Chirstmas tree doesn't fit. At least not without major furniture rearranging, and since I just finished doing that, I decided to skip it this year. So i hung some of my ornaments from lamps and stuff and called it good.
Bummer. Marcus Sergius Silus, we hardly knew you.
BTW, FWIW, Marcus Sergius Silus was the great-grandfather of Catiline. He distinguished himself by his extraordinary bravery in the second Punic war. Although he had lost his right hand an iron hand was fashioned to hold his shield. He fought four times against the Carthaginians with his left hand alone, receiving twenty-three wounds in two campaigns.
Jenny's pleased with the PB cover. Bob's pleased, or will be once they get the dress shoes off of JT.
Is Moot also happy?
And that last comment was supposed to be for CMS and the ex-lobster who is now pining for the fjords.
CMS - so sorry to hear the news. I hope they gave him a proper send off; a viking funeral perhaps, since he was a sea faring kind of guy.
DLD in Yellow and Red is awesome. I can't wait to buy my copy.
Cutting 50 pages - ouch! I'd pay to read 50 more pages!
Glad I'm not the only one having trouble with Holiday decorations. I've got the outside looking okay, but inside is pathetic. Nothing up so far. I have two little kids, and not a tree in sight yet. (Think they'll believe I was waiting til the 12 days of Christmas?
On the upside, I've finished my shopping. Now for the wrapping/sacking. I've got days til Christmas Eve!
Good Monday to all.
The new cover looks awesome. I almost missed it though, because your RSS feeds are broken! This blog is publishing 2 feeds:
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and both of them are returning page not found. Can your webmistress fix it?
Off to read all the posts I've missed since Thanksgiving ...
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Your organizer was beset with family. An 1100 sq. foot house with 1 puppy, 4 adults, and 3 kids. And my sister wanted to spend all her time shopping, since Oregon doesn't have a sales tax. (And by the way, all you shopping complainers - I have you beat: I had to go shopping with the family at 2 regular malls and 1 outlet mall, without ever being able to buy a single present, since the XMas bonus is still a week away. Nothing worse than finding the perfect gift at the outlet mall, on sale, and not having the $ to buy it.)
Back to our topic: so, since we didn't get in 'til after midnight all weekend, and since we were all sleeping on top of each other, I wasn't able to pull out the laptop and publish the list.
Due to the number of sign-ups, I need to split the list into 2 groups. I will get this done TONIGHT and e-mail all of you. My apologies for the delay.
BCB - could you please send me an e-mail at cary_sanz@yahoo.com? For some reason, the address I have for you is coming back undeliverable, and I have an urgent question I need to ask you off-blog. Thanks!
bryan I was reading your comment about Marcus... thinking that would have been a perfect name for sheryl's lobster if he hadn't gone to lobster heaven then saw your later comment when you realized he was gone. Still it would have been a perfect name.
D Phrase
"Did you know that friends are like books--you don't always use them but you know where they are when you need them."
green urbsa
Ulysses rules Bob, same as always.
It really is a beautiful cover. One of those I’ll have the uncontrollable urge to reach out and stroke gently with my fingertips as I’m walking down the aisle to make sure it feels as good as it looks.
Holiday Decorations: The Friday after Thanksgiving I did my decorating for Christmas. I put up a tree, some twinkling lights, and shiny bulb widgets on the dashboard of my computer. Then I decided I was done decorating for the year. In addition to looking pretty, my tree counts down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Christmas for me. Also, I’m pretty sure cleanup will be a breeze this year. Just so you know. This is more decorating than I did last year when I hung a single ornament from the almost dead spider plant I owned. I really think I’m evolving in the right direction.
I also don't tend to shop for presents until after the 20th of December. It might be a bad habit I picked up from being in college for a million years (give or take 999,994 years), but it usually works for me because by that day I know exactly where I want to go to buy each gift for each person. If I go too soon, I end up wandering around aimlessly picking up random things and thinking, "Would anybody other than me like this?"
mclie: What people do on Grey's Anatomy
Lori I LOVED your verification sentence, made me laugh.
If anyone finds the below offensive, I'm sorry. Really I am, but it pretty much sums up my life today, at least most of them do. I got this from my friend Barbie who enjoys making me pee my pants just because she can. And laughing today has become a moral imparative. It's better than the alternative that is for damn sure.
billboards latest top ten from the American Psychiatric Association:
1.) Do you hear what I hear? - by Schizophrenia.
2.) We three kinds disoriented are - by the Multiple Personality Disorder Band
3.) I think I'll be home for Christmas - by Dementia
4.) Hark! The herald angels sing, about ME - by Narcissistic
5.) Deck the halls, and walls, and house, and lawn, and streets, and stores, and offices, and towns, and cars, and buses, and trucks, and trees and.... - by the Manic sisters
6.) Santa Claus is coming to town, to get me - by the Paranoid brothers
7.) Thoughts of roasting on an open fire - by the Borderline Personality Disorder band
8.) You'd better watch out, I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna pout, maybe I'll tell you why - by the Personality Disorder trio.
9.) Silent night, holy-ooohhh, look at the stars, can I have some chocolate? Why is France so far away? - by the Attention Deficit Disorder band
10.) Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, JIngle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells... - by the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Singers.
Number 1 and Number 7 happen to be my personal favorites. I probably souldn't have posted this, but oh well, it made me laugh on day that I thought cracking a smile might actually make me explode.
I've lent my copy out and can't look at the old cover. So, somebody, what is Moot about to eat? A hairclip, a microphone, a fishing lure?
cpwvrnt: Can't Paint White Vents Red 'n Taupe.
They made me laugh Jen and I think #9 sums me up only too well. :sigh:
I'm baking for the CB cookie exchange. What's your absolute favourite dessert. I'll whip it up and take it over to the CB bar and grill...
Cheers Jen-t! I'm horribly offended, mental health is serious business missy. I, of course, am closely linked to 7 and 8. Where is the Rage Chorus? Deck the halls, no seriously deck 'em! That is more my mindset lately!
GatorPerson,
If I remember correctly, the original cover had Moot taking a bite out of the "M" in Bob's last name.
Hmm. I think I just had #4 just stroll through the office ...
I believe you truly haven't lived until you've gone to a comedy club with a mob of adult mental health professionals. When the comedian is talking about 5 point restraints (so you don't get bit) and everyone at your table is saying, "Hey, we had three of those today ..." Um, yikes.
GP, I've always thought it was a hook at the end of their climbing rope. Or a weight thingie. I think it was a bit clearer on the HB cover.
Okay, I just checked the cover... They are hanging onto a rope with a knotted and frayed end, Lucy's shoe is falling, and Moot left teeth marks in Bob's "M".
Jen-T: Uh, I think I should find this offensive. If only 'cuz I resemble #5....
Thanks for the laugh! (Actually, after spending 2 days locked in a car/mall/small house with my family, it's probably safe for me to say we cover the whole list all by ourselves. Especially if you add in Andi's contribution - displaced rage for 1, please....)
Jen - thanks for the laugh. I especially liked 9 and 10.
I really like both covers. I like that with the HC that it's different under the jacket and I really like the colors on this one. It's fun and really snaps out at you. But I think I said that already.
So glad that thus far I haven't offended anyone, at least here. And I'm truly number 7, really. Number 1, well lets just say all five heads are very crowded places. And they hurt.
So, I ran into my shrink neighbor friend who has been helping me with my DEATH book, the one that got rejected for being to gruesome, but then helped with the other agent - well, anyway, I had given him the first three chapters to read since he's been dealing with massive amounts of e-mails with questions about personality stuff and other weird things. Anyway, when I saw him I asked, "So did you read it?" He said, "Yep." And I asked, "Well, what did you think?" He said, "I think you need to come see me once, maybe twice a week. We can talk then." Of course he was kidding, well, maybe not so much, but then he said, "I had no idea that your sweet little brain could function like that. It's scary." Sweet little brain? Geez, nothing sweet about me.
And I still don't know if he liked it?
I am so lucky that I posted my copy of Waldenbooks Romance Reader from April with Bob and Jenny on the front in my cubie. This allows me to look at B&J whenever I want. Some people have family pictures, I have...
The hardback cover is there (smallish) and as Bryan says Moot is biting the "m". It looks on the PB cover that Moot is biting the rope which might be described as a tassle, but also could be the knot and frayed end of the rope.
You know, maybe the reason I'm not a writer is that I just don't have enough issues to resolve. Jen T, if having issues is a prerequisite to being a good storyteller, you'll just have to keep putting your neighbor off on his offer. We need you just the way you are. Scary brain and all.
Any FOMs (Friends of Margaret) out there this evening? If yes, please e-mail Cary @ cary_sanz@yahoo.com. I have a quick query.
CMS sez: If G-G is Myrna Loy
Aw. You say the sweetest things. *blush* LOVE Myrna Loy's attitude in The Thin Man.
To go with the rest of you having little or no sleep, I've joined the fray, having had perhaps a little TOO much fun Weds-Sun, including a ton of dancing (both tango and blues dancing). Tonight, I sleep. I hope. For maybe 12 hours. That would be lovely.
I am too old to stay up that late, that often and get too little sleep night after night. That's for folks like OH. Now that I'm older, the recovery is much slower.
Re the Bar & Grill
I discovered that if you click on the post title instead of the comment link you can read the comments very easily. No black on black.
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k.l. wrote: "Jen T, if having issues is a prerequisite to being a good storyteller, you'll just have to keep putting your neighbor off on his offer"
Snort. Laughing really hard right now. Thanks. I think I'll keep my issues. Kind of fun being me sometimes. My neighbor is really a funny guy for a shrink. We pick on him a lot. Probably almost as much as I get picked on. And while I wouldn't take him up on his offer to get inside my head and figure out what makes me tick (that would be scary even for the professinals), I still want to know if he thinks of the book!!!! Geez. I mean he helped me with all the research, he understands all this stuff better than I do. But he seems more more interested on why I think the way I do? Hmmmm, it all started back when I was like nine and....
Oh, and I keep forgeting to mention that this cover keeps reminding me of the plane my brother built and how he flew me over a lake filled of aligators. I asked him to send me the pictures of us in the plane and I'll have to post them. I'm still totally amazed I got in the plane and it didn't crash and we didn't get eaten by moot or her relatives. I mean, we flew pretty low over this lake, and you could see the gaters. If I hadn't been frozen in fear I would have slapped my brother.
lori: love the verification!
JJ: ROTFLMAO. loved #1, 9, and 10, and of course, andi's was great. i'm more 1, 2,5,6,7,10, andi's and...geez this list is long.
kl said "You know, maybe the reason I'm not a writer is that I just don't have enough issues to resolve."
huh. she may be on to something. ever since i got "fixed" by my latest head doc i haven't been writing as much...
Writing as catharasis: No co-pays!
Jen-T: You're pretty brave, using a shrink as a beta reader. I'd be afraid he'd commit me.
Hannukah is this friday and we haven't even taken out the box of decorations yet. i think we get worse each year.
best romance novel i ever read:
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20061210.html
i love the scene in The Village (M. Night Shyamalan) where they're sitting on the porch and *SPOILER ALERT* basically ask each other to marry one another. belongs in a book. :)
McB said...
Re the Bar & Grill
I discovered that if you click on the post title instead of the comment link you can read the comments very easily. No black on black.
This (*%(@$&! thing. This probably will mean nothing to most of you, but this particular theme has three style sheets, two which are different but similar, sometimes overlapping, and a third one to tell the blog about them. Huh? No wonder I can't get the black background on the comments to go away. Still plugging away.
spamavau (green)
There must be something great to do with this, but my brain is fried. Anyone?
zaza: you went to bed, right?
well, morning all.
hey, has anyone heard from TT recently? i feel like twinkle toes hasn't been here in awhile.
Cary Wrote: "Jen-T: You're pretty brave, using a shrink as a beta reader. I'd be afraid he'd commit me."
Snort. But it's the deal we struck when I asked him for help. He gives me all the info I need and he gets to read the book. I've got the same deal with a retired Homicide detective who is also a little worried about me since this one is a little weirder than his weirdest case.
Ugh - oldest kid just missed the bus! Any idea what that does to morning!!!!
Cary,
Here I am! See me waving? I've been here, quietly lurking; I just don't have much to say. (And I usually read the blog during work--shhhh, don't tell the boss--and I feel odd posting during working hours.) So, I'm here, am fine, and thanks for missing me!
Haven't seen TT lately, either, or Kyra... anyone??
zaza: hang in there. You know some of us would show up at an abandonned building, throw up some Christmas lights, some plastic flamingoes, and a pole and call it home.
See? Field of Dreams was right. "If you built it, they will come." They might not leave at a decent hour, but they will come.
spamavau: those disavowed by spamming someone's blog site.
jen-t: you crack me up. I swear, sometimes with kids you don't need the diet coke. Or at least, so much. Instant adrenaline. "Let me see if I've got this straight. It's 9:30 at night, and you need a white t-shirt tie-dyed with tea bags and the sleeves cut into 1 inch strips for your Native American project due tomorrow? What do you mean you're supposed to bring a ham to school tomorrow?
And I just have one part-time.
lyjmjfmo: Lola yells jeers, mostly just for mild oddity.
Totally random question:
Has anyone on this blog applied to or thought about applying to be on a reality tv show?
Discuss.
btuda - Yeah. I drove two out of three kids to school this morning and then middle kid called and said he left his planner on the dryer and would I bring it or he'd have to stay after school - um, stay after school kid! I know, that's mean, but heck, what's the kid going to do when he goes to college and mommy isn't there to bail him out. And he can study for his math test.
Christina - I have threatened the family a few times that i wanted to do Wife Swap! The rest of the family isn't so excited. Snort. I still think it would be fun.
I have a couple of friends who sent in tapes for survivor. No way would I. If I made it, I'd be the first one vote off. I don't play nice and there would be no place to plug in my computer.
Well, since something is down and I can't get to any of my work stored back in Pittsburgh...grrrr.
Yep, I semi-seriously thought about applying to be on The Amazing Race. Like a big scavenger hunt around the world. It looks like so much fun! I actually asked my younger sister if it's something she might be willing to do. But, well, with school and all, just not feasible. :(
Thankfully I know my limitations, and being on national tv is definitly well-beyond those limits.
No matter how witty or quick I think I might be from time to time, stress is not my friend. I don't do well in exotic locations so Survivor and Fear Factor are out. Unless I actually know what I'm doing, I don't do well under pressure so Jeopardy (sp?) is out. Forget about hitting the little buzzer thing!
About the only thing I'd be remotely qualified to do would be the paranormal researching shows. I could walk around a house and listen for weird sounds and look for orbs. Well, except I don't see so good at night. And there's the hebbie jebbie thing. Maybe one of those home decorating shows. I could watch paint dry. But then I'm clumsy. Maybe it could be a comedy ...
Sheesh. Maybe the heebie jeebie thing. I have no idea what a hebbie jebbie thing is. Maybe something with the Clampettes/Beverly Hillbillies.
Christina - my BIL and I applied to The Amazing Race, he is my DB's spouse, but because he is a flight attendant, Brazilian, speaks 4 languages, and they looked at his passport, they told us we would have too many advantages. But we were a "compelling" pairing, suburban mom of 3 boys and gay brother-in-law. Sooo I reapplied with a girlfriend last year and was an alternate. I love that show!
red swigl - what happens when you try to drink and dance
Christina queried thusly:
Has anyone on this blog applied to or thought about applying to be on a reality tv show?
Wait a minute. I thought this was a reality show. Didn't anyone tell you? There are people out there... right now... watching every move we make on this blog. I've heard* that "they" have websites where people regularly log in and vote one of us off at irregular intervals. That's the real reason Talpianna hasn't been back in a while.
Sheesh. Somebody should have told you guys.
p.s. Should we keep up with the nagging of Jenny & Bob for takeout? Don't want to seem greedy, just eager.
xbvdzsv - well, it means something to "Them"
*totally spurious rumors are part of reality shows
Andi--That's fantastic! Are you allowed to talk a bit about the whole interviewing/casting process or are you supposed to stay mum on the whole thing? I would love to hear about your experience. Did you get to the interview stage with your BIL too or did you find out you wouldn't be chosen with him as your partner at a casting call? If you're up for it and don't want to bog down the blog with your story, I can give you my email address. Just let me know.
Christina - no gag orders, we made it past interviews, had a video of us spliced together because he lived in Chicago and I was in Detroit then(abt 3yr ago), and put a small photo collage together, the application then was ridiculous, like 15 pages, I can e-mail you the almost gamourous details.
don't be forced quiet, extoll enthusiastically
Margaret - Thank you for checking in. We all just like to make sure that everyone else is okay. Even that lurker, you know, #1375.
As to the persons inquiring about Twinkletoes, I think she is baking up a storm for the Cookie Exchange. She probably dropped a bag of flour in the kitchen and now can't see through the dust to find her computer.
Andi - Despite my sister's protestations to the contrary, I'm convinced you and I were separated at birth (except for the whole coffee/diet coke thing). I LOVE the Amazing Race. (But would never have the guts to apply for it.) It's so funny that you applied (TWICE!).
Andi--I so want to talk to you! I have been thinking a lot about applying to the Amazing Race either with my best friend or my sister. The only problem applying with my BF Ellen is that she is in NYC and I will be in the sticks of NH for the holidays and the application, I believe, says that we have to film the video together, but maybe your way is still legit. Also, I may be ineligible because I am in the UK for 9 months out of the year for grad school, but my permanent residence still is in NH and the application states that you have to reside in the US.
Anyhoo, I would love to pick your brain more (especially as to your opinion of which partner would make the best and most compelling combo). My email is ctriant @ gmail . com (without the spaces, of course). Can't wait to hear from you.
I will now stop bothering the blog with my reality tv aspirations.
I think I have enough reality with 2 teens and a preteen at home. Reality tv would end up being an escape for me.
Christina, if you get into the process, let us know so we can follow your progress. We can slip you shovels whenever you need them.
K.L.--Thanks, but I think it is more likely that Andi will get on TAR. And of course we will all make sure to watch and support her. From what I understand, the producers of the show still hang on to applications and may be likely to contact former applicants.
CBs, TOTW one reality show at a time. :)
My good friend applied for Survivor, and they evidently liked him but not for Survivor. They asked him to be on first season of Amazing Race with his mom. Unfortunately, she had health problems and couldn't do the show. He tried to convince me to try out with him the next year. I was very tempted, but said no. School and all that.
My dad and I have talked about trying out when I finally graduate. I'd have to do some serious training to be in any shape for it. I'm not tempted to go on any other show. It's the traveling around the world that tempts me.
Anyway that would be so fun to cheer a CB on in TAR.
gqagopb: Get quarts and gallons of peanut buttter.
Lori--They will be filming TAR 12 during June-August 2007. This should fit around your academic schedule. Deadline is Jan. 16...just give it a think. :)
It would be wild to have a CB on TAR. We had a couple of local teens on American Idol a few seasons back. A set of twins and they made it to hollywood, but didn't go much past that...sigh.
Of course we have Teddy Geiger. He's cool.
I had a couple of friends who were on Who Want's to be a Millioniare. That was fun to watch. No one won a lot, but hey, they didn't use me as a life line.
My Claim to fame...don't have one.
Oh, and I forgot - one of the girls I work with at the studio was on The Price Is Right and she won both showcases. She's makes us watch the video every so often - it was like 12 years ago. Too Funny.
And, not that anyone cares, but i got my new battery for my computer! Yeah. I can take the thing with me now. All week I've had to leave it at home when I've gone to the rink - but I did read two books, so I guess it's not all bad. But this battery has extended life so I'm supposed to ger like almost 4 hours out of instead of the hour and a half I was getting from the last one.
Okay, Enough from me. I'm avoiding writing again. And I'm late getting DD from hockey practice.
And The Sabres are up by three if anyone wants to know.
So Zaza, was my "discovery" helpful or should I keep a low profile for a while.
Hey, ya'll. What a day. Early a.m. drs appt - no nothing wrong, he says I'm healthy. Of course he's an MD not a PhD so what does he know? Anyway he was backed up and it took FOREVER to get out of there and that meant the rest of the day got back up too.
But on the plus side, my floor got delivered today. Its sitting in the dining room right now awaiting installation. And its as pretty as I thought it was when I picked it out. I've been worrying about that.
Can the CBs do TAR as a group? Tag team or something. OMB would that be wild or what!
Jen, congrats on the battery. Margaret good ot hear from you. Zaza - get some sleep. If things get bad we can hang out at BCBs blog until the contractors show up at the new place.
Oh, forgot to say that I worked with a guy who got on Millionaire back in the Regis days. Not Bryan, the other one. He didn't get very far though.
Enjoying Jenny, I upset Penny.
(not really, I hope, but it rhymes so nicely)
Christina: Of course you would have to tell me that right now when it is SO tempting to just go away for a few months, but I actually have my graduate program set up so I'm a part time student all year round instead of a full time student during the regular academic year. Tried it the other way for a while, but this way I find myself having less of a persistent desire to abandon every single thing my life in order to pursue hermitage.
Right now I'm still trying to make world travel happen by funding it myself. World travel, HA! Does going to Canada twice a year count?
Lori - you come to Canada and don't visit us??? That needs to change.
My dad, being the GAM that he is, drove across the border this morning to mail all of the CB cookies. Canada Post cut off guaranteed Christmas delivery on the Friday past. Scope is concerned that those of you receiving such delicious morsels will not know the shortbread is from me, and the Nanaimo bars (a Canadian dessert of chocolate and custard) are from her. I think the Canadian return address may have given it away but just to be sure, now you all know.
BTW - the CB bar and grill is looking good. I've made myself quite at home there. Shortbread anyone? I made enough to feed the whole class. How many actually had a teacher say that, besides me?
I know we once had someone here who knew Welsh. Was it Agtigress? Anyway got this Christmas card today from an old friend in Abergavenny.
It says:
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
I'm thinking it says Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. LOL. Any ideas?
Oh this verification is soooo bad on the eyes:
muaumwwv, it's blue all wavy and makes me feel dizzy
Hey Robena
Your instinct was correct. It do say Merry Christmas.
For more info, try this site:
Welsh stuff
or for people who don't do that hyperlink stuff, copy and paste:
http://www.stdavidsga-cymru.org/Christmas5.html
yzsusev - look, for the difficult stuff, you really need to consult the Tigress ;)
Thanks Mary, the link worked beautifully. Interesting language. I remember being lost in Wales and asking a local for directions. I couldn't understand a word, but he had great hand signals. Heh.
OMG - early Xmas/B'day pressie in the mail today - Santa Baby. Love, love love Rosemary. Haiving a bookshop dedicated to romance and a bookshop owner with her finger on the pulse is priceless. Not reading it just yet - have had a huge sniff though. Too much to do before the kids break for their 6 weeks school hols. But this weekend....it's all mine Bwah ha ha ha ha.
I see a pattern here. Normally patterns are good. I like patterns.
the pattern I'm working with here is not a pattern I like and has nothing to do with books. I think this is my children's thoughts process. "Let's see here, If I miss the bus, Mom has to drive me because we live to far from the school for me to walk." This has happended to many times. And now middle child has picked up on it. His thing is don't get out of bed when the alarm goes off, forget to set it and then while I'm driving daughter to school he's fakes sleep and then doesn't have enough time to get ready for school. I warned them yesterday if this continued Mom would do something drastic. Well I did. I took the antanea off their computer. No internet for a week. No IMing anyone. I'm so cruel. Now off to be the freaking bus.
Jen-t - I drive my 2 younger ones because their bus comes at 7:02, and the deal is I don't want to get up 6:15, so we all get up at a more reasonable time and I drive them. Now, the oldest, who has never recovered from the birth of his brothers and is striving for sainthood as a martyr, well, his bus comes at 8:30, that my friend you should make everyday. Does he? of course not, taken away TV, used nice wake up tactics, mean ones, this kid has me pulling my hair out, and the bus thing is just a grain of sand in the desert of my frustration with him! Sorry for the early mornin' rant, but my DH has already heard it all and only nods his head and says,"Yeah, that kid has really embraced the moody angst of adolescense." The furrow in my brow just got deeper, botox anyone?
LMAO! Jen, that is not cruel, it's sensible. You warned them, told them the consequences, and they pushed it. They're smart kids, they'll figure it out real quick. And it sure beats the heck out of you standing there screaming at them every morning.
Sometimes the suckiest thing about being a mom is that, you got it, you have to be the mom.
Hope you make time to write today!
I had to renew my driver's license Monday and I completely forgot there is a "what sign is this?" section where they show you the shape and color and you say "stop sign" or "school zone." So I didn't study for that test. But I was doing just fine until we got to the round yellow sign. I mean, I'd seen them before, but had no idea what they were for. So, thinking I might get points for effort, I told the guy "Um, round yellow sign." He made a noise that sounded suspiciously like a strangled snort, but when I looked at him he was all serious and just said, "next sign."
At the end of the ordeal he handed me my new license with the "recently apprehended fugitive" photo and said, "By the way, that round yellow sign? It's a railroad crossing." He was grinning.
That's me, just spreading joy and sunshine everywhere I go.
bw
CMS said: Canada Post cut off guaranteed Christmas delivery on the Friday past.
Canadian mail confuses me. I've never mailed a package there and they told me standard delivery takes 4-7 weeks! I can practically wave to you from my window. Snort. So I upgraded and they said a week. So ScopeDope (and CMS, if she shares), you should get the cookies before Christmas.
I hope.
mcb: glad your floor was delivered. Hanging onto the walls can be so exhausting.
jen-t: I'll have to wait and see if I have that problem with DSS. The last few times he missed the bus, his mom decided she needed to go full scale in getting ready. Shower, dry and style the hair, full make-up and the works. According to his teacher, he hasn't been getting to school when he's late until 10:30. In case it isn't obvious, he gets himself up while she sleeps in. Heck, I live across town and I could have him at school by 9:00. He's 10, BTW. Grrrr. Good luck with your brood.
Jen-T
Here's an idea: Maybe there's trouble on the bus. Maybe the other kids at the bus stop are mean. Maybe there's no seat on the bus. Or maybe the kids just want a quiet ride to school with Mom.
Or maybe they're just trying to drive you crazy.
btuda said...
mcb: glad your floor was delivered. Hanging onto the walls can be so exhausting.
Not to mention pure hekk on the manicure.
BCB said ... I told the guy "Um, round yellow sign."
I'm flipping through my mental files and coming up with nothing. I would have said that too.
Railroad crossing??? Oh good that there's a sign for that, in case you don't notice yourself crashing through the gate, tires bumping over the rails and big-assed engine headed your way.
You can always tell the insurance guy ... well there was no sign!
Welsh - I always thought the Welsh only talked that way so that they could spot foreigners and possible spies more quickly. I'm pretty sure that in the comfort of their own home they dispense with a lot of those consanants.
BTW if anyone is keeping track, I got a year younger today.
MCB--Happy regressing-a-year day! Hope it's a good one.
McB, we have so much in common it is almost scary. Your regression day is only 3 days after mine. And we both have new floors that we can now look at in the packaging, waiting impatiently for the flooring people to come and install it. And yes, I'm as happy with the look of mine as you are with yours. I fully understand the relief at seeing it looking the way you wanted it to look as you tried to imagine it installed when you picked it out. Congrats on the floor and the regression day.
mcb sez: Railroad crossing??? Oh good that there's a sign for that, in case you don't notice yourself crashing through the gate, tires bumping over the rails and big-assed engine headed your way.
Actually, I knew this one right away. Maybe it's because I lived in a town in Ohio for a while that didn't have gates on the rail crossings: listen for the train whistles (which, if you had your radio on you couldn't hear, but could somehow hear just fine at 3am when you were trying to sleep...ahem), look both ways, see if the lights are on (sometimes hard to tell if it was sunny), and pray hard.
mcb and kl: I'm waiting to find out that you've actually both selected the same flooring, hence your happiness with your respective decisions.
Happy birthday to both of you. What, 29 AGAIN? :) I figure I'm going to keep turning 29 until I get it right...
Nominate me for stupidest injury of the year award. I was putting a fence together for my darling dog when he saw a stray running through the neighbourhood. Being tied to his chain didn't deter him in the least from jumping the part of the fence I was working on. The chain took me out at both ankles. You should see the bruises and swelling. If it's not better after work tonight, I'll go to the clinic and have it looked at. Mary and I can be a team in the one-legged race.
CMS: at least you can blame the dog. I hope you didn't hurt yourself too badly. What exactly is a "one"-legged race? Sounds like it might be a drag. Oh wait, thats the no-legged race.
Here's my stupid injury for the month (yes, there is usually more than one): DH was outside working on the Christmas lights outside our bay window. He looked up just in time to see me trying to move the tree, pulling it apart in the middle, fall into the tree, bounce off, fall on the floor and have the remains of the tree fall on me. Then the dog thought this was the greatest game ever and wanted to play. No, I wasn't hurt too badly, just broke what nails I had and a few scratches. Just call me Judy (Garland).
Of course DH can't keep a straight face thinking about it and has told everyone we know.
Don't you just hate it when the biggest injury is to your dignity? If you had gotten worse physical injuries, he would be too concerned about your welfare to laugh at how it happened. Hope you recover quickly. And hide his remote for a while just to be sure he pays for his misdeed.
Btuda ... sorry, I really am, but I keep picturing what that must have looked like as seen through the window. LOL. If that had been a scene in a sitcom, know would would have believe it! Sorry but you know you would have laughed too if the positions were reversed!
CMS: I'm glad I'm not the only one. This weekend, I let Fred off-leash in the fenced field at the back of the cemetary. That's when my usually anxious, you-aren't-going-to-leave-me, former stray decided he had confidence to spare and took off running. I think my little mutt must have some whippet, 'cuz he took off like a bullet.
And found the gap in one corner of the fence.
And ran, h**l for leather, down to the south, out of sight, into the ravine.
I'm calling his name, using the "come" command; finally he comes tearing back towards the fence.
And then he veers off to the woods north of the cemetary.
About 10 minutes later, with no Fred in sight, I decide I have to go after him. But the gap in the fence is dog-size, not people size, and they were apparently cheap on fencing supplies and didn't reinforce the thing well, so if you try to climb the chain link, it just curls in on you.
I ran back to the house to see if he was there (nope) and then dove into the woods to find Fred. Well, we'd just had a rain storm the previous night, so you've got the dreaded wet, slick, rotting leaves combination. Yep, fell on my a** in the middle of the woods. Walked home, Fred-less, limping from the (soon-to-be) giant swollen purple bruise on my hip, with mud all the way up.
Oh, and I did find Fred. Sitting in the carport, waiting, with an anxious, where-the-h**l-have-you-been look on his face.
And of course, I had just 5 minutes to clean up Fred, change into clean, dry clothes, and clean the mud we'd tracked in before my family showed up for the weekend.
Dignity? Hah. Your family never lets you have any.
Dignity? What dignity? And do you honestly think I would have posted it if I wasn't laughing at myself?
That's my job. To entertain. Heaven only knows I have no other useful skills or talents.
My poor tree. It has bendable branches and I don't think they have recovered yet. It's still kinda flat on one side.
Does anyone else think that maybe our pets are trying to secretly take over the world, one owner at a time?
yvdco: yellow vodka doesn't cheer optically.
I guess I meant three legged race but honestly, right now I'm definitely up for the no legged one. It hurts to breathe. But I can walk as long as I shuffle and don't try to bend anything. THe stupid thing is if I had just let him off his chain, he wouldn't have strayed. I am the Keeper of the Cookies.
cms sez: I am the Keeper of the Cookies.
Ah, cupboard love. Ain't it grand? :)
CMS: please take care. If it hurts that much you might want to go get checked out, to make sure you haven't really damaged anything beyond your pride.
Right now I feel like the keeper of the cookies. Two batches of shortbread and a batch of Greek Wedding Cookies in the cupboard and homemade truffles in process in the fridge. Problem: am now out of air-tight containers. So where the heck am I going to put the truffles? I know, I know: grocery store. I just don't feel like it. Sigh.
Luckily, the cookie presents start getting distributed soon. And because there are so many of them around I have NO desire to eat any of them. The concept of more sugar right now makes me feel ill.
I didn't even realize I'd been gone so long - maybe a new record. Everyone who is hurt, do take care!
I have, indeed, been baking, but not (yet) for the CB exchange. I gave a party Saturday night, with a quite excessive number of snacks (though not as many as I wanted to make). Then a church cookie bake on Monday night (I really didn't need any of those, but it's a social occasion that I always attend) - I made iced orange cookies I'd hoped to do for the party. Plus there's been some, you know, work, that I've had to get done. And catching up on sleep missed.
And this morning at the Red Cross donating platelets, while watching "The Pirates of the Carribean - Dead Man's Chest". Certainly plenty entertaining for the immobilized! The gentleman two chairs down was watching "An Inconvenient Truth", but I couldn't ask him what he thought. I was impressed that the Red Cross had it (I wonder if they bought it or it was donated?).
So, baking tonight, I think, to get boxes out before the weekend. I hope. I hadn't realized I was likely to run into trouble mailing to Canada - thanks for the heads up!
yvlual: a drunken evaluation
Wow, all you wounded CBs take care of yourselves. (((hugs)))
I've finally found the last recalcitrant bit of black and changed it. Really, setting up a blog is not that hard, if you're willing to use one of the provided themes, unchanged. I never am.
This is where LiveJournal (IIRC) has it all over the others. They have a page of all the colors in the whole thing there, and you just go through and change the ones you want different, and you can see them as you do it. Normally, you're looking at #123456 kind of numbers in the midst of pages of code and wondering WTH is that?
I'm still working on my secret toy. It works, but to get the blog to let it play is another thing. Anyway, the stripped down version is more or less there. Now I can play with the fine tuning.
And I completely forgot the final logo poll in all my color hunting down. So, hope to have that online by tomorrow at the latest.
femjpmdr (red)
something about women jumping murderers? or a Japanese woman murderer? or a woman murdering Japanese people? what goes through Blooger's mind???
ilnjh (red) geez, Blooger is sensitive
Irving loves new Jenny habitat.
Ack! Sheryl, I'm flattered by the imitation, but ouch!
I have to say Saturday and Sunday I was really hurting, but it's been easily off nicely since then. I was able to drive to work today! (Actually driving isn't the problem, braking is.)
On the plus side it's a great way to get lots of attention & sympathy. And I'm having great fun making up stories about what really happened. I refuse to tell people that I stepped off the staircase and landed wrong. That's too trite. I rescued a young child from a burning house, a young golden-haired child holding a lollipop and a little puppy. The best story is one I've spread at work. People look at me, look at the cane, look at the bandaged ankle. Wide eyed, I lean over and whisper "Whatever you do, don't ask the boss for a Christmas bonus!"
I hope you're feeling better soon! And that ungrateful mutt, tsk, probably not very sympathetic. Maybe because they've got so many other legs that injuring one, or even two, doesn't seem too awful?
p.s. This would /not/ be a good time to re-read Manhunting. It's rife with people spraining their ankles, and they are Never Heard From Again.
I happen to be a little accident prone. Have been since i was a kid. The list of injuries goes on and on. But the funniest one had to have been when I broke my leg playing hockey. Yes, ice hockey. In a men's league (what was I thinking?) Anyway, I was just hustling to get off the ice. My shift was over and well I went to stop at the boards and didn't do a good job of it. I slammed feet first and I actually heard my leg snap. When two of my team mates hoisted me over the boards and saw my leg dangling I heard, "Yep, she broke it." And I did. I said, "but I didn't break a nail." Do you know how hard it is to teach dance in a cast? Geez. I've had lots of broken bones, a few knee surgeries, stitches...all because I like to show off.
If I don't feel markedly better tomorrow I will go have the ankles looked at. Thanks for the Manhunting tip. I'm just finishing up Getting Rid of Bradley then going to crawl into bed with Charlie All Night. That Crusie - she can write. Good writing is a great distraction.
CMS - take better care of yourself from now on. And get to the doctor.
jilqciv: Jenny insisted Lucy quit crying in vain. Not that Lucy would. Lucy is not that kind of gal. It was some other Lucy anyway. Not Jenny's Lucy ... either of them. Somebody else's. And she stomped her foot too. tsk tsk. You just can't go back from that, really you can't. Lost all respect for the girl at that point. Next thing you know she'll expect to be rescued from a dark basement on a stormy night with a seriel killer on the loose. Or maybe a cereal killer. The news wasn't quite clear on that point.
Ok, this is weird. I'm starting to feel schizophrenic, talking to the same people on two different blogs at the same time. And to think that just a year ago I'd never even read a blog.
Corruptive influence, that's what it is.
bw
everyone who is hurt: ((HUGS))
and mary, re: "Wide eyed, I lean over and whisper "Whatever you do, don't ask the boss for a Christmas bonus!"" ROTFLMAO.
hi margaret. and kyra, if your lurking, hello. come back, come back. i miss stories of DH, Tweety, and Bun.
so, i visited my HS librarians yesterday, because i love them, and it turns out Chris Crutcher (my favorite author) was there last week (a few days before i got home). well, they took him out to dinner and mentioned me, the fact i am in love with him, the talk i did last year on bringing fictin books with gay themes into the school curriculum (and they now do Athletic Shorts in tenth grade so my talk did well), and he is sending me signed copies of his books. *screams with joy* my voice was slightly hoarse for the rest of the day. :)
oh, and can someone post the link to our new place? i forgot to bookmark it.
OH: I haven't figured out how to do the link thing, but here is the address:
http://bjwcreations.com/cbBarAndGrill/
Congrats on the signed books. That is always cool.
And Happy Birthday to MCB! Whose b-day is three days after kl's (felicitations to you as well!), whose is one day before mine (and to me!). Why didn't we have a party? We could have at least gone out for a drink or two. Of course, we'd never find anyone who would agree to be a designated driver with MCB in the car. [grin]
bw
So sorry to hear of the injuries. Hope you all heal nicely. CMS you should check on those ankles, feet are two important and you don't want to set up a weakness there.
I loved your comment "going to crawl into bed with Charlie All Night." That was one of my favorite Crusie's. I loved Charlie and used to even contemplate getting out there and dating again because of him. Then I said "Nah, he's fictional ... totally fictional." They just don't make guys like Charlie. Sigh.
schizophrenic? Good word to describe me on occasion as i talk to myself all the time. Well, not to myself, but to the people inside my head.
I have lots of nicknames that have been given to me over the years, some have made it here. But the two names I get called all the time by my family these days are "mommy dearest" and "Sybil". Yes, Sybil as in the movie with Sally Fields. I know, I'm not supposed to joke about stuff like that, but people do call me that. The neighbor shrink even asked me to describe the people inside my head and where they come from. I know he was being funny, but I think it's starting to give me a complex or something.
Okay, I just 50 dollars worth of ITunes, time to down load music.
blogger eat my post! Sigh, don't feel like typing it all. Just know that my neigbor calls me Sybil - as in the movie with Sally Fields. This because she caught me talking to the people living inside my head. I guess the mouth was moving, the arms flapping about and I was actually talking out loud.
thanks BCB.
and again, Happy Birthday to CBs
JJ: i talk to myself all the time. all the time. probably more than i really should, actually. and yes, out loud.
and i wonder where people got the idea i was crazy...sheesh.
also, i just found this great new word: megalomaniac (a pathological egotist)
vazfour: one of the easier phases of the game phase ten.
Blogger ate it, and then must have not liked it and spit it back out because there it is! Dang Blogger. It won't let people post on my blog either. Whats up with that? Sigh. I have issues. And people keep driving by my house to look at my neighbors decorations. It's annoying. The slow down right in front of my house, right outside my office window and it bugs me. Go away.
I'm ESTATIC! I'm done! I'm done! I'm done!
For the next four weeks there will be no more papers! No more projects! No more MARC or Dewey or Sears!
Uh, actually there could be Sears, but that's Christmas shopping not cataloging library materials. On second thought, I'm boycotting Sears the store too!
I’m now going to snoopy dance all the way to my car. Other students may look at me funny, (They still have finals. I finished early!) but who cares? I’m ESTATIC!
This is basically the same feeling I would get if I were…say…going to a mysterious tropical paradise. Really.
Also: Happy Birthday to all you Sags celebrating this week!
Injured CBs take care. Hey...is just your way of trying to weasel out of helping with the big move? What some people do to avoid lugging around a few boxes...
flrtzt: In general, what to do with cabana boys.
1) In all the joy, I forgot some Cs up there. Oops.
2) CMS: Forgot to say. I always go the wrong direction to visit you! My brother bribes me to BC with my niece and nephew. In fact, we're spending Christmas over there. I'm so excited, but I want to try to find my way east sometime soon.
3) Goodnight.
:) congrats lori. sleep well.
BUSINESS:
Hmmm. I just looked at the poll to choose the type of logo. I think I'm going to put up a second preliminary poll.
Group #2 - "Bold Lettering with a Cherry and a Bomb" and Group #4 - "Cherry/Bomb" were very close with 13 and 16 votes, respectively, the vast majority of the votes.
I'm thinking that vote is so close that it would be a good idea to see which of those two the CBs who voted for the other groups would prefer.
So, here's the results of the last poll.
And here's the Logo Type Poll revisited.
Congrats, Lori! Love that got out of prison feeling. ;+)))
Happy B'day to all this week's Sag's. I'm not until Monday. Wasn't there someone else late like me? Someone with something rude about a cusp???
CMS - I second what G-G said. There are a ton of tiny bones in your feet that can get broken. Plus you can get some painful tendon damage, too. I speak from personal experience on both counts. Ouchies. Go see the doc tomorrow.
xnjqqrd (red)
Xavier nudged Jenny. "Quit querying Robert Dougherty." Heh.
wow, I was the first to vote!
Zaza- why am having problems seeing graphics from your site? All I get are the little x's on internet explorer or geometric shapes in firefox. It says I don't have permission to see the graphics from your site, e.g., in the results. Also on your page. Do I have to set something differently in my browser?
ZAZA...
Had the same problem as kay t with looking at the previous results...boxes with small Xs in the corner....
No problem with voting and looking at results.
I voted, too. Also couldn't see the earlier results (no worries, I saw them before), but had no problem with the current poll.
bw
Yes ZaZa - I'm the naughty cusp girl. Mine's on Thursday. Can cling to 36 for 7 more days.
jen-t: Whatever does your neighbor have in his yard? Just the usual holiday overboard or Holiday UFOs on Ice? I have an idea that might help, unless you are extraordinairily attached to the view: Close the blinds. Or curtains. Just an idea to toss out there.
mcb: I loved your verification. A definite candidate for the Hall of Fame.
mary: My mom has a long nasty scar on her arm from when she broke her arm as a teenager. When people look at it, she tells them she was in a gang fight. My mother, who could teach Martha Stewart a thing or two, in a gang fight. *snort* Maybe if it was West Side Story ...
woaad: what the surfer dude crossed to get to the other side.
I voted.
BCB - ppfffllttt!
And happy birthday to you too.
Don't let your paranoia get the best of you on that mysterious vacation of yours. I'm sure there isn't really anyone lurking behind the palm trees spying on you.
Ack! Roben and Zaza, you're making me worry. Should I go to the doctor for a sprained ankle?
What foot weakness?
If I can walk on it, sorta, can't have broken bones, can I?
I looked up the treatments for sprains -- heck, I can RICE at home. Why go in?
I really hate going to a doctor and being made to feel like a hypochondriac who's wasting his time. Last time I went, I had the flu and a fever over 105, so I thought well that's a good reason to see a doctor. Nope. He shrugged, said it wasn't that big a deal. Honestly, these people can be exasperating.
CMS, now these guys are making me worry. Report back in with updates! Enquiring minds want to know!
p.s. Btuda, that was a cool verification!
sxntrei - saxon tray, a tray used for carrying saxons (ones who've lost their shields)
ukbtqlg - the sound make by a ukelele player after a dissatisfied listener finished "improving" his instrument
Many times when people think they've sprained an ankle they've damaged a tendon. If you heard a popping sound when you fell it is surely a tendon. If you're sprain is taking a long time to heal, if it is painful to walk, etc., it probably is a tendon but only a doc can tell. Tendons need to be immobilized to heal. Sometimes you can get away with a removeable cast (velcro straps) but if the injury involves several torn tendons you need an up to the knee plaster of paris cast.
I've been through this in the past and if I fall, I always sprain the same damn ankle. Trick is not to fall *wink*
Hope you are both healing well and that your problems are small, like bruising and swelling.
mary sez: If I can walk on it, sorta, can't have broken bones, can I?
Actually, yes, you can. My father walked on his broken leg for a week at a conference before we forced him to the doctor and discovered it really was a break. That said, after his walking on it that long they knew it was a stable fracture and that they didn't have to do surgery. Small favors...
Not that I think you're likely broken, but if it persists or gets no better, you will want to have it inspected by One Who Knows. Or at least One Who Can Do X-Rays.
I know that look from doctors re sprains. I fell in the garage (one step, ugg) several weeks before we went to Europe. I went online saw the home treatments, iced, etc. WEEKS later it was no better that I could tell (swollen, black and blue, painful to walk on) so I went to the doctor - I HAD to be able to walk in two weeks. They acted like I was an idiot. Treatment just the same, etc. It was still swollen on the plane on the way over and I wore an ankle stretchy thing most of the trip.
But, you know, that vacation did work wonders. You kind of forget the pain or something.
Lex was up with PJ -- !!
My DH broke both tibia and fibia at top of his ankle, and was told it wasn't the fractures that were the greatest problem, but the sprain, especially a high ankle sprain. Now, you get your booty in to see a Doc. Yes, the co-pay is worth the expense even right before the holidays. All said with love!
One of my best friends in college was a really good looking fella, who, sadly, as a kid had throat cancer. This resulted in the nastiest scar on his neck, which when he was feeling frisky, he would in all seriousness explain the shark attack he survived to the tipsy twit next to him. Yes the shark bite to his neck, because that would be a wound one could survive, you know near decapitation by shark, your neck being so sturdy and all. I would sit in wonder waiting for someone, anyone to say bullsh@#. And the girls would all ask how he made it, looking at me with complete disdain, as I sat in awe of their stupidity. And praying he always had condoms at the ready should one these morons try to reproduce!
He did go on to marry a really great girl, who did not fall for his shark story.
green hachwvg - eeew dog sneeze
Ok, I voted too. Zaza, looks like things are coming together nicely. We can form a line from the basement to the Bar & Grill, and move everything that way. So nobody has to move injured appendages.
andi: LOL. I loved the shark bite to the neck. It's right up there with my sister's rambling explanation of a drive-by hickey. Smart of him to marry one that didn't fall for the story.
Went home at lunch to let the dog out. Have determined that the dog needs a haircut. He ran into the door because he can't see with all the hair in his eyes. Should be entertaining because the last time I accidentally trimmed him a bald stripe right down his chest. Oops. I suppose that's what the attachments prevent.
I am back from the living dead. I have been sick for the past two days and nights. Had to get the GAM out of bed three times night before last to help me. He never once complained but did take last night off work so I was not alone for any time. What a guy!!! Good thing because after CMS got hurt he had to drive her to and from work. His women lead him a merry chase and it has been ever thus.
The GAM also drove me over the border the other day (Tuesday)to mail the cookie presents, even though he avoids the border like the plague. BTW we sent those things Priority Mail because they guaranteed you would have them in 2-3 days. We were worried about the Nanaimo bars chocolate melting but we were assured the planes and the trucks would be cold. Please store in the fridge or freezer or eat immediately /,D. You should have your parcels by today or tomorrow.
Have to tell you a Christmas story. I have been reading these stories on JCF and I thought you might appreciate this more here.
Major Christmas Spoiler
When Cherry Magic Sheryl and DS were just little (she was 7 he was 3)she told me Christmas Eve that the kids said we were Santa Claus and she asked if we were. We had always said that we would not lie if we were asked out right so I said "Yes, daddy and I are Santa Claus." Long pause as I continued curling her hair for midnight church. "I suppose you are the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy too." To which I replied "Yes we are." "And all these years I believed" she said very dramtically. We did explain that Santa would still bring her a gift and she was to be the Santa's elf for her little brother so she never told him the truth, I don't think. As far as I know he still doesn't know. After all I noticed Santa comes to his house. He still comes to ours too. I believe.
Finished Julianne MacLean's "To Marry the Duke". I loved it. Her characters and her story were very strong and well written. I recommend it to every one, but especially if you like historical romance.
green vhchb
Very happy Cherries hate (the) blues.
When our older kids finally got to that point of wondering if we were or not, we said that Santa only came those who believe. Santa still visits.
Scope! I'm so sorry to hear you've been so sick, but it sounds like you are on the mend. You Canadians, I just don't know ... you get out of our sight and just go to heck.
Yes the priority mail usually works pretty well. I'm not doing the Christmas xchange because I wasn't sure what state my kitchen would be in, but I think we all did priority mail for the Thanksgiving one and they seemed to arrive within a few days. And they were very yummy! We got us some great bakers. Should be able to keep the pastry shelves well stocked at the new place.
On not being able to see those graphics, I think it's just that the first one, the poll, is very large and probably slow to load.
AAARRRGH! I just looked at the CB blog. Now my header has disappeared! WTH??? It was there last night. Honest. Sigh. This is like the fifth WordPress blog I've done, and I have NEVER had this much trouble. I think I picked the wronog theme to work with. But it has so many neat things, like a Flikr gallery, which we may want when we have some CB pics to put on Flickr. That's probably part of the problem - it's an old theme they've added to and altered to get it to do new stuff. Frankentheme. /;+)
Off to play with the icons.
Scope Dope There may be a problem with my package to you (and from the others as well). The message from Cary, as far as I understood it, listed you as living in West Thorald, but the return address on the package I just now got from you (YUMMY BTW) has you in Thorold, and the street is West. SO...here's hoping the post office can figure out my mistake and get it to you anyway. If not, well, I'll make more and send them out again when it comes "return to sender." Sorry!
Zaza - I'm sorry that you're having such a frustrating time, but we're truly grateful. Imagine how pathetic we'd be if we were to be homeless shortly! In our self pity, we would have no sympathy to spare for our sick and injured (do feel better soon!), but there would definitely be wailing and gnashing of teeth. So, Frankentheme or not, Thanks!!
I didn't make it to the post office today (a little busy here!), but tomorrow, I swear.
On a depressing note, I was awakened this morning with the news that the Baiji dolphin of the Yangtze River is apparently extinct. No sightings in a recent expedition, a victim of pollution, overfishing and motor boats; the species was featured in Douglas Adams' Last Chance to See. The "drowned princess" is no more.
If I don't make it back tomorrow, Happy Hanukkah! Which I have heard described recently as the ultimate Green holiday - very impressive energy conservation.
ayxcqgfq: Archaeopteryx yodeled xylophonically, calling quirky greetings for Quetzals
btuda: LOL at verification
andi: LMAO at friend's story.
TT: green holiday? LMAO.
yes, Happy Hannukah to...well, i think it's me (not that ME) and maybe a few lurkers. but if there's someone i missed, Happy Hannukah. i have to start cleaning for tomorrow soon. already did all the shopping.
i admit, in elementary school, i got into a large argument with, well, most of my grade in my quest to tell them Santa didn't exist and the Stork didn't bring babies, they brought bird poop. whoops.
Broken bones and being a bad mother. When my middle child was like 8 or 9 he fell playing hockey. He complained when I asked him to unpack his bag, but then started chasing his little brother around and annoying his sister, so I thought he was fine. he's my little faker anyway. About a week later he was still limping on and off and I thought, well just to be sure. Well, the doc had a field day with me when he came out of the x-ray room and said, "Jen, he has a stress fracture. I'm not going to cast it, but he can't do anything for a couple of weeks and next time, listen to your kid." God, I felt like such a bad mommy. The poor kid.
Same kid, last year. I was yelling at him that he was going to cut his hand by the way he was cutting the bagel. He ignored me and low and behold, he cut his hand. I looked at it and it didn't look that bad, so I sent him to school with a band-aide. About three hours later I get the call, "I think your son needs stitches, you should really take him to the doc." I drove to school, got the kid and low and behold, three stitches. I'm such a bad mommy. Poor kid.
Same kid - sometime this summer. He fell in the driveway and sent his little brother in to get me. My middle kid doesn't cry much, so when I heard him, I thought, crap, he really did this time. I snagged the phone and ran out the door. There he was sprawled out on the pavement, blood all over his face. I'm now in a panic and ready to hit 911 when I hear a slight chuckle that doesn't sound like crying. Dang kid poured ketchup all over himself and thought it would be funny to scare his mother. And he wonders why I never believe him. Talk about going grey. Never a dull moment.
Go Sabres.
And then ZaZa said ...Happy B'day to all this week's Sag's. I'm not until Monday. Wasn't there someone else late like me?
A little biology lesson, dear. It was your mother WHO WAS LATE.
You all gotta go to the new website and see what ZaZa has animated. Hint: it's green and snaps.
bthks: But The Handyman Kissed Sally.
Wheee! I finally have DSL! This is the first time ever -- I think it may be the one thing that is cheaper over here in the UK. I am doing the Snoopy dance!
Of course this means no excuses now for not getting work done when I'm home. Sigh.
Hope everyone who injured themselves this past week is on the mend!
Theresa
Every time I try to do the Snoopy Dance my arms and legs start flying every which way and it turns into the Grover Dance.
It just occurred to me that one or two of you may not have made it over to the new CB Bar & Grill yet (tsk. shame on you) and so I thought I'd come over here to say that I'm leaving to go on vacation for a week, so don't anyone be too terribly alarmed or overjoyed at my absence. Aim for just slightly one or the other. All things in moderation. Details, um, vague descriptions are on my blog, if you must know.
I am so excited and can hardly wait to get going. Yeah, I'm doing a little Snoopy dance of my own, only it looks a lot like throwing stuff into a suitcase.
Hope you all have a terrific week. I'll be back before Christmas (maybe, probably), but only because the kids insist on being home for that. Kids these days. What do they know?
Theresa: I am still waiting for that dissertation and I have not forgotten you have some questions to answer. Let me know when you get it all done, ok?
What? Just because I'm going to go engage in a little pursuit of happiness doesn't mean the rest of you get to slack off.
bw
BCB - you have a great time, you hear? Relax, get some sun (but not too much and remember your sunscreen) enjoy the beach and the margaritas and being pampered.
We're all going with you, btw. Or I should say following I've arranged a little roadtrip. We'll just keep picking up CBs and hitting every location known for palm trees until we find you. (I'm reasonably sure we can cross off Canada this time) I figure we work our way south and then west and we should have them all covered by, um .... probably by the time your home again. Well it was just an idea.
Hey, you. Yes you, over there. Yes, I'm talking to you. Go HERE
Now.
What are you waiting for?
That slogan made me laugh out loud -- literally, not just an LOL.
I approve! Off to read the CB B&G comments.
So, McB, methinks we're on the horns of a dilemma here. Do we spend the BCB-less week having a wild party on the blog, so she'll get jealous and make a point not to leave us unattended again, or do we do a road trip? And if she's off somewhere only accessible by a boat or a plane ... um, well let's just say I see a difficulty with a road trip.
The old California DMV drivers license test had a question about what highway you would take to get from Long Beach to Catalina. (That's Catalina island, which, for the geographically challenged, is not connected by any bridge to the rest of the state.)
Hey, I limped my way through a grocery store today -- without a cane! Of course, I cursed myself for a damn fool for trying it, but CMS, it is possible to walk on two feet without shuffling! (Maybe not without cursing though.)
kaijwcf - the muttered curse of the ankle-challenged shopper, this would happen right before Christmas...
I'm not shuffling. As long as I'm not attached to anything like a leash or a purse or grocery bag, I can walk. The swelling has gone down considerably. Touching the ankle bones is still not an option but hey this is only the first day after the injuries. Inside, I'm doing the Snoopy Dance for Theresa and Mary.
CMS: glad it's doing better.
JJ: *raises hand meekly* i spent most of my second grade being picked up from school by my mom and seeing how far i could get in my stories about some kid and that white thing sticking out with all the blood and geez it was poking out and...then when we pulled up to the driveway i would laugh my head off and tell her it was a lie. not ever day, mind you, but A LOT of days.
BCB: well, as i said, have fun. *cough slacker cough* :) kidding. enjoy yourself, use protection (sunscreen, people, get your minds out of the gutter), and do a good job with the writing. see you at x-mas time.
Happy Hannukah orangehands I'll be thinking of you. Have you noticed that since Talpianna isn't with us anymore it is not necessary, so often, to have your back?
Happy Birthday to all you Sagitarii (Where are Talpianna and Tigress when you need them.
Glad you accident prone people are recovering. CMS was hobbling here tonight but she insists she is much better.
And Mcb just what is wrong with coming to Canada? Jen t does it all the time and she has survived quite well. Try starting your road trip here. Fly over and we will drive you back.
D Phrase - For all CBs
"Don't ask me to give up chocolate--I'm not a quitter."
Because I am feeling generous here is a P Phrase too.
"People who say you can't buy happiness don't know where to shop!"
When you get the time explain that one to me.
green mjgpb
Mayer, Jenny, great paper back.
Before I forget:
GO VOTE!
GatorPerson said...
And then ZaZa said ...Happy B'day to all this week's Sag's. I'm not until Monday. Wasn't there someone else late like me?
A little biology lesson, dear. It was your mother WHO WAS LATE.
Um, no, it was me. I was supposed to be whatever comes before Sag, instead I nearly worked my way into Capricorn. I was a whole month late. My mother didn't appreciate being preggers for 10 months, but she was pretty pleased to be the only new mom whose baby was smooth and pink with long hair. They had to trim my nails immediately, they were so long. ;+) Even then, I was a girly girl - wouldn't come out until everything was looking good and my nails were grown out.
xwunnntx (blue)
Xavier waltzed until nearly noon. Now tired, Xavier.
Or else Xavier wunnn Texas. Either way.
Okay, I tried to resist,I really did. I put Santa Baby on my TBR pile and studiouusly ignored it all day yesterday. But it was calling to me, like, a lot, dude, so then I stuck it right at the botom and that worked for a while but today I kept hearing "read me", "read me", "read me". I was strong, really for 4 hours you would have been so proud of me and then I became possessed by the JC bug and I just had to read it. It didn't matter that I have a zilion things to do and no time to do them - the bug made me do it!
Loved it. Loved it. Loved the deciation. Loved the sister dipping gingerbread into Gin on Xmas morning. Wont say anymore just GO AND GET IT. Treat yourself. But dont try to put off reading it. No siree. The bug is highly infectious.
uvrsag - u vill read santa baby alien girl
Downundergal wrote: uvrsag - u vill read santa baby alien girl
I think Jen T already has... :)
snacvn--the snack van with all the CBs fave treats
Dissertation. I know, I know, I know. I've been writing. It didn't help this week that the server with all my data died on Tuesday. There are backups of the data, and I had backup copies of the written stuff, but within the next day I'm going to run out of what I can write without those last few results. The server is still MIA. Aggghhhh!!!
I've decided that this is my curse. Because I procrastinate, see. I procrastinate and dig myself a hole, and then in retaliation, life or Murphy comes along and kicks me in backside so that I fall into the hole and am in even more dire straights. This has happened to me more times than I can count.
Ok, enough whining for me. Back to writing.
Theresa
bryan: funny, but my Snoopy dance tends to look a lot like Steve Martin's "Happy Feet."
I have a feeling I just dated myself, but at least the age differential is better over here than at job #2. I'm a little truamatized to discover I'm the oldest one working there, as opposed to being the second youngest at the day job. Of course, job #2 is at the mall.
And if you haven't seen the old Steve Martin stand up special, you don't know what you're missing.
Scope - we will of course cruise by the border to get you. Just saying I don't think that's were BCB is off to. You folks are seriously lacking in palm trees.
Theresa - best of luck with the dissertation. You know, we could help you with that. We did really well writing the hotel caper and Rene's adventure on the Isle of San Moot. A dissertation would be a snap. Um, did you need it on any topic in particular.
Regarding BCB ... I had this idea that while she's gone we should do something really really nice for her. Really nice. Like decorate her blog for Christmas.
Anyone want to join me? I've got all the stuff right here ... tinsel, garland, several varieties of lights - you name it.
Yes Rene looks hunky. Kiss!
Yes - I survive Canada - ever other flipping weekend. Actually I will be sending Saturday night in some hotel halfway between here and Detriot in Canada. Sorry CMS and SDCB once again I won't be able stop. I'm driving four hours for two hockey games and then four hours home. Let me tell you that prep school is starting to look good. But I'd miss her. She'll be going away to college soon enough.
Christina wrote: u vill read santa baby alien girl I think Jen T already has... :)"
Yes, this alien girl has read it. And loved it.
Theresa--I feel your pain. I do the same thing. Like now for instance. If I had not procrastinated while back at school and got most of the initial research done for one of my essays, I wouldn't have to spend most of my time here in Rome in libraries. I could have been doing fun things like visiting museums and eating gelato. For the last two days I have had to hike across the city to use the library at the French school (because a huge section of the library here is shut down for construction), but I have to leave there before it gets too dark, because on the walk back I have to go through a park that is not very safe at night. One of my friends here got propositioned twice in one day by skeezy men in flash cars...and he's a guy.
And I still haven't finished my scholarship application. Oy.
It's not procrastination if you're doing something important for a friend :)
For example, you could decorate BCB's blog while she's away, so she doesn't have to face that task when she gets back ;)
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Mary
BCB: Have a WONDERFUL time! I am jealous that you'll be warm, but I will get to see CMS and SDCB and that's pretty fabulous also, you must admit.
I've been, and probably will continue to be, a bit AWOL. Sorry about that. Dancing a lot, Christmas parties and festivities, leaving on Weds for Toronto and, to my amazement, well, I'm actually dating someone. Another tango dancer I've known for a couple of years.
Surprised the hell out of me, too. But I like him. He's fun.
g-g: Go Girl! (what?)
you know, i think those pictures of the beautiful place are decorations on BCB's blog. maybe not x-masy but it sure looks great.
i have been procrastinating since i got my first paper in 2nd/3rd grade. said i would change for college but so far i've had about seven all nighters already. and let me say, theresa and christina do not make dissertations sound fun at all. so, you know, thanks. really gives me something fun to look forward to.
ok, i have to go reacquaint myself with a peeler. later.
Christina I was feeling sorry for you and then you said "here in Rome" and I thought - poor baby ;-)
Woohoo go you geek girl. Just in time for all that mistletoe.
cojihisn - can only jenny instruct her insubordinates to share nicely?
scope: yep, i have noticed. kind of missing being thrown into closets and told to be buried alive. ok, not really, but i do miss her.
DUG: liked the verification.
Way to go G-G! a man for Christmas! That's what I want. I think I'll write Santa immediately I leave the blog. *grin*
Keep meaning to say Happy Birthday to all of the Sag's!! My daughter's a Sag. Great people.
Now have to stop procrastinating and go to the closet and find something swanky that actually fits. *sigh* I lost ten pounds which is good but it's bad. Because now the pants of the pantsuits have saggy bum and I look like I'm wearing someone else's clothes.
I refuse to buy anything new until this weight thing settles into a distinct clothing size. My daughter took pity on me and dragged me to Bloomingdale's last weekend. She bought me an outfit for the holidays, a lovely top and jeans that cost like a weeks worth of groceries, but she says they elongate my leg and make my butt look smaller. Well ... the nerve! But I wore them to lunch yesterday and must admit I did feel good. Guess I'll have to fess up and tell her she was right.
Now, off to the closet to do some more weeping and wailing. I've known about this event for weeeks, I'm just in denial. One and a half hours until countdown ...
rg: I'll tell Santa next time I see him. Put in a good word and all. I know yu've been a good girl this year and deserve everything on your wish list. I think that's true for all the CBs. The Jewish ones included (and anyone of any other denomination). :)
You look fabulous in those jeans. Really. Elongating the leg is excellent. Feeling good in the clothes you wear is even better. I fully approve. And you'll look fabulous tonight. Really.
rg: you'll look great and have fun. (or should i be asking this, since it's probably over by now?) well, hope it went great.
psst, g-g. tell Santa i always liked horses. :)
mcb said: You know, we could help you with that [dissertation].
Actually, at one point I was thinking of taking volunteers for different chapters. *grin* There are so many good writers here after all, and I'm you all could come up with something much more entertaining for my committee to read!
But, I am so close to being done now, that I might as well just finish it myself. If the server ever lives again, that it. It's being restored, but they're talking Monday before it may be back. Ugh.
Theresa
Theresa - congrats on making progress with the dissertation, and we'll pray for the resurrection of the server. Hey, when did it die? Is it spending 3 days dead? Because that's what Jesus did - and also what some folks (Buffy?) say vampires do. Your choice. Look upon the downtime as enforced holiday celebration.
I dropped over to BCB's blog and spiked the eggnog further without saying "How wonderful! Have a terrific trip and a well-deserved break!". So I'm saying it here.
I should definitely make a list for Santa, since none of the things I really need are likely to show up under the tree by mere human agency....
kkdqg: kindness kills dirigibles quickly, Genevieve
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