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Questions for you:
Grindhouse or Spiderman 3?
In the sidebar: Blogher ads or no-cost ‘featured artist’ ads?
Crab cake entree or, like, all the appetizers?
Loop or cut pile carpet?
Diet Coke or Diet Coke Plus?
GTD or a general distrust of cultlike organizational methodologies?
Blake Lewis or Jordan Sparks?
Sigma SD14 or Nikon D80 (for when I win that there Lotto, mm-hmm)?
Try to pitch silly parenting poetry to publisher as funny gift book type thing, or focus on writing nonfiction humor essay memoir parenting book type, uh, thing?
Biking or running?
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Regina Spektor's "All the Rowboats".
She's almost unrecognizable in this video, but wow, what a song.
Smashbox brow tech.
Utterly foolproof eyebrow groomer/filler-inner.
Prada Amber.
My favorite perfume: sweet and exotic without being overpowering.
Blinc mascara.
I have tried all the mascaras and this is the very best one. Trust.
Laughing my a*& off!!!!!
What did JB say?
CREEPY
Halrious… if he weren’t a college student.
hilarious!!! mega-corny, too ;-)
oh, and i vote for *both* book pitches!
Hot Fuzz (so awesome, I’m telling ya!); need examples to decide; all appetizers; cut pile; Diet Coke; GTD; watch The Amazing Race instead; Nikon D80; memoir; biking; hilarious and creepy.
That was easy!
Go for it… get an appetizer AND the crab cake entree. Delish!
I’m all for Blake Lewis myself.
Oooh… one of the most “bangable blog chicks”? I think it’s hilarious and creepy and maybe a little flattering???
Spiderman
Featured artist
They all look amazing – scoff the lot
Cut pile carpet
All diet coke has enough chemicals to eat you from the inside out.
GTD looks less kitchy than http://www.flylady.net
Men = bad
Nikon
Combine the two
Biking
I just don’t know what to say…… hilariously creepy?!?!?
Grindhouse, cause Superman will be around longer in theaters.
Like the featured artist ads, but why not make some money with Blogher ads?
Everything on the menu at Dahlia.
Kinda like loop.
OG Diet
general distrust of organized people in general
Blake Lewis only cause he is from Bothell and that counts as local.
And Canon D30 is my vote. Heart my D20.
Both writing options
biking is more fun once you get your bum used to it.
And Creepy since it is the only thing his blog is about. But also hilarious!
- Grindhouse, as it will make you grow more asses in non ass areas, which it will then kick
- No opinion
- Appetizers
- Cut pile
- Neither, Coke Zero
- General distrust
- Could care less
- Please don’t allow my wife to see either of those cameras. As far as I am concerned they do not exist, so I cannot render an opinion.
- Do both, as they are not mutually exclusive: pitch the poetry gift book while working on the other one — if the pitch succeeds, do it!
- Biking (speeeeeed!!!)
- Neither, awesome.
Spiderman 3 – pass – appetizers – neither, with a dog. pergo or wood if you have the $ – gah! specific distrust – pass – nikon D80 (maybe used…?) – whatever the NOT POETRY answer is – running – hilarious
answers:
both — the robert rodriguez part of grindhouse is supposed to be awesome. come on, you, it’s got zombies! but spiderman is cool too.
ooh, crab cakes…but the mussels are ALWAYS a safe bet. make sure you get some bread to sop up the broth.
no idea about the carpet. im a young single dude.
i say diet coke, no plus. eff that crap.
distrust!!!
that nikon is lookin’ pretty sweet.
pitch the poetry — i have a bunch of poetry too that i’ve put up on my website. miss sundry, if you have any luck with the publisher, please let me know…i was thinking about trying to get mine published somehow. the latter project, i think, already seems to be building itself.
biking is fun, but running feels…so much more hardcore.
creepy. with a twinge of funny, but in that creepy way.
grindhouse, fo sure. nikon d80, fo sure. you should order everything on that menu, i’m pretty sure.
Creepy. No, hilarious. No, creepy! No, wait!
And I would buy 1358901724 copies of a book of silly parenting poetry to give to my friends. Not kidding, those entries are the best on your blog.
wait. now that i saw the website…it’s not creepy. it’s hilarious. i’m retarded…i just assumed it was one of those people who blog about that kind of thing seriously.
I was in Seattle for a conference in March and wandered into Dahlia’s for dinner one night. It doesn’t matter what you eat there–the food was amazing!
The waitress brought over an appetizer from the chef–a pea pod with scallions and truffle oil. I swear if you could possibly serve up spring on a plate that was exactly what it tasted like!
Now I am drooling so much I can’t answer any of the other questions.
OH MY GOD YOU ARE A BANGABLE BLOG BABE.
Linda, that’s the best thing I’ve heard all day. Also, very true.
I am alllllll for the parenting poetry. Dude, the possibilities are endless, and I cannot believe for one second that a publisher wouldn’t pick that thing up in 2.5 seconds. Also, likely less work, and gets your foot in the door ASAP, then you can pitch parenting memoir and more later on.
And Jesus CHRIST, Blake Lewis. He listens to the Cure! Keane! 311! NO MORE POWER SINGERS PLEASE.
Jordin Sparks annoys me (wait, is that who you meant? I just read it again and don’t know who you meant, as I am dumb), if only for her a) name, which sounds fake; and b) She was glaring and enjoying the music last night post-eviction or…whatever, sans tears UNTIL she saw the camera look at her and she FAKED IT. SHE FAKED IT. Heartless little teenager.
Um, creepy. But also a little bit hil– no, the “hobbit in my pants” comment pushed it back over to completely creepy.
Jonniker: what was I smoking? Yes, it’s Jordan Sparks, not Jordan WhateverTheHellName I wrote. I edited the post so no one else notices my dumbassery. Well, on that particular point, anyway.
- Spidy
- Featured artists
- Dunno, I’m vegetarian
- Clueless.
- Don’t drink coke or pepsi
- Put off for today what you can do tomorrow
- Blake Lewis
- Nikon D80
- poetry
- Niether
- Hilarious, absolutely!
Blake Lewis any day. Jordin Sparks? Really? Seriously? She’s so…always trying to be cute and comes off as being really annoying. Blake? He’s hott just standing there.
I don’t know if I would be advertising a ‘Hobbit’ in my pants. I’m more of the ‘Cave Troll’ type myself. ;-)
I found Grindhouse hella-fun to watch in the theater. And I usually hate watching movies at the theater.
I have no opinion on the rest except the last – Hilarious! In a creepy sort of way.
- Spiderman 3
- BlogHer
- Appetizers (?)
- Dunno
- Plus is always better.
- General distrust. Of EVERYTHING.
- Who? (Does this make me old?)
- Nikon D80, unquestionably. The Sigma has a nice sensor, but it does NOT have Nikon lenses. Follow the lenses…
- Nonfiction humor essay memoir parenting book. The poetry is a firecracker, but your humorous non-fiction is The Bomb.
- If you have an unlimited supply of time and money: biking. If you don’t: running.
- Hilarious AND creepy
- Grindhouse
- Either one; I’d never consider you a sellout, so don’t you worry about that. Although it would be pretty kickass to help the starving artist types. Use thy power for good and all.
- All the apps, baby.
- Uh. There’s a difference? Cut pile, maybe?
- Regular old Diet Coke. I just saw the DC Plus for the first time this past weekend, and I about laid down on the grocery store floor and died laughing. Come on now. Vitamins? In diet soda?
- The GTD thing makes me want to hide under the bed. I am too OCD already; I can only imagine what the introduction of numbered folders would to do my neurotransmitters.
- BLAAAAAKE. Aww yeah.
- Too jealous to respond.
- Both. Start with whatever comes most naturally, and use that to put together a proposal and get your foot in the door. You can get a two-book deal right out of the gate!
- Running. Or both, really. Whatever you like better.
- BEST THING EVER. And, as Jonna said, well deserved.
Spiderman 3. Can’t deal with the uber-violent movies like that. We actually walked out of Sin City, which I had NEVER done before.
I like the featured artist ads, but I’m sure they’re more work for you. I wouldn’t object to the Blogher ads.
All the appetizers followed by the crab cake entree! Dude, seriously. The man published a cookbook specifically for crabcakes, but I’ve never had a bad bite of anything at his restaurants.
Me no understand carpet talk. Me wood-floor kind of girl.
Diet Coke. The “Plus” creeps me out.
Meh. General distrust, although it seems to me that something might be a perfectly good system until it gets assigned a name, then it assumes cult-like qualities.
Blake Lewis.
Nikon D80. I have the D70, and I kiss it goodnight.
Both! Both! I would read any of it. More importantly: I WOULD PAY MONEY FOR ANY OF IT.
Biking. Running hurts my chest, frankly.
Both, definitely both. Flattering, but, uh, weird. How’d JB take it?
BlogHer ads will make you mo’ money. And you deserve it.
Don’t the loops get caught in pet fingernails? I think so…
Diet Coke. Why mess with a good thing?
Nonfiction humor essay memoir parenting book type, uh, thing. Except, actually, I think both.
Running is cheaper, but I kind of like biking because at least I’m still sitting down.
At first I thought the bangable thing was funny, but then after about 30 seconds it seemed pretty ick. Plus, what’s up with you being #5?!
I ran BlogHer ads for a while, but I’m not sure it was lucrative enough to be worth exposing readers to stuff I might not endorse. Does that make sense? My morals have no qualms if there is enough money, but for $70-or-less-per-month it seems better to run ads for cool people selling cool stuff instead. OTOH, if no one looks or cares . . .
Grindhouse
no-cost ‘featured artist’ ads
all the appetizers
cut pile carpet
Dr. Pepper
First Iv’e heard of GTD…sounds interesting
who?
Nikon D80
BOTH!
Biking
Hilarious and what the hell! Do you know that dude?
Oh, MAN! That restaurant menu looks so damn good right now. I would be in a total panic from not being able to choose if I want there. And the blogbabe link? Um, creepily hilarious?
Poetry is a really hard sell, no matter how funny it is. If you were able to sell a nonfiction book, you might have more luck selling poetry later. Then again, what do I know, you could always try both.
Have you ever read Miss Snark’s website? It’s very snarky and can be mean, but has some good tips.
Your poetry = very funny!
I don’t know too many people who know what a gastropod is. Do you like fossils?
If you win the lotto and wanna buy a new camera, always buy a Nikon or Canon. Personally, I shoot Nikon (D70), but Canon makes a great product too. Any other brand is a poor substitution. I’m a photographer and one of my many jobs is “camera pusher” (I work at a camera store) and after looking at so many different cameras for so long and using some of them myself, those two win every time.
1. Grindhouse. Toby Maguire…dude. How does he have a career?
2. BlogHer ads
3. Make JB get the crab cakes, then you order all of the appetizers.
4. Gotta go loop, although I’m not sure the Roomba can handle the loop.
5. Diet Coke
6. Don’t drink the Koolaid.
7. Jordin. Me no likey the beat boxity.
8. Um, just give me your old camera. Go Sigma. Then tell us about it. In detail.
9. Although I heart every single thing you type, overall, I hate poetry. I’d still buy any book you write, but I’d prefer to spend money on the essays.
10. Biking. Preferably one of those big ass front wheels, super tiny back wheels versions.
11. Can I vote hilarious yet pathetic?
All the appetizers, cut pile, and humor essay.
On the last question–he is kind of cute, in that knit-hat wearing, way-to-young 20-something way.
Doesn’t matter what you order, as long as you get the doughnuts for dessert. They could be the best thing I have ever eaten in my life. I love that restaurant!
spiderman
blogher
appetizers
cut
diet coke
gtd (just use it, don’t talk about it)
no opinion
nonfic
biking
featured artist – goes better with the product review theme
definitely go for multiple appetizers/small bites rather than main course. More variety.
nikon, then you can use your existing lens, right?
nonfiction humor essay memoir, but put a poem at the beginning of each chapter.
I forgot the most important one….
HILARIOUS. totally hilarious.
it is the internet after all.
I can only help on the first one: GRINDHOUSE, all the way baby!
blake = my boyfriend.
i’ll fight you for him.
Spider-man because Grindhouse makes me a little sick to my stomach.
Regular Coke (sorry).
Biking.
Definitely creepy.
Oh, also, HOT FUZZ if you haven’t seen it. Please do. I have not laughed so hard in a long long time.
Grindhouse.
Not creepy, not hilarious, but sad. However, Good for you! You made some asshole’s bangable list! Does he make yours? (I think it’s a fair response-like “Thanks for the mention dude, but you have no chance.”)
I’d say Spiderman 3, but I’ve heard Grindhouse is melt-your-face awesome.
Uh, featured artists?
Mmm, crab cakes
Cut pile – it’s super comfy and doesn’t cause throwbacks to shag
I honestly didn’t believe there was such a thing as Diet Coke Plus. I don’t trust it.
Don’t trust the man!
Who?
Nikon?
Humor essays are so much better to read than poetry – besides, if I had a book that read like this blog, I think I’d die laughing.
Hmmm…biking might be easier on the knees, but running’s probably better
Hilariously creepy
Melinda Doolittle
spiderman
i like the featured artist but maybe alternate them?
all the apps sound great…especially the sound of ALL
i never bought a carpet…so no help
no soda… no help
folders – yay (but numbered?! not enough OCD for that one)
wow – i had to google those names…so no help
nikon
not crazy about those little poetry books, they are nice…but that’s it…nice
try biking – it’s better for your joints and it’s good for people with short attention span – things are moving around faster
last one: haha – awesome, creepy and flattering at the same time! what a mixture
1. grindhouse
2. BlogHer Ads (hmm. wonder why?)
3. crab cake entree. does it come with delicious dipping sauce? I am very into delicious dipping sauce.
4. loop. also: how the hell do you keep carpet clean with a dripping, oozing, spewing toddler around? I am all about the hardwood.
5. I am not a fan of diet drinks, sorry, no opinion.
6. general distrust, there is a reason paranoia is so popular.
7. who?
8. what?
9. memoir. definitely.
10. running.
11. hilarious and creepy and is it wrong that I think that guy is kind of hot in a dirty, dirty way?
1)Grindhouse, because the whole machine gun leg looks hilarious, and the girls are way sexier.
2)Featured artists.
3)Appetizers! I want the samosas.
4)Yuck. Carpet. I have no idea, I hate carpet.
5)I’m woefully inept today – again no idea. What the hell’s diet Coke plus?
6)No cults!!
7)Inept again, no cable.
8)I like Canon.
9)I love the silly parenting poetry, myself. Maybe as part of a book of essays?
10)Biking
11)Hilarious, also flattering, and a lot creepy. Go you! The crazy internets wants you.
Grindhouse (be sure to use the restroom before the movie)
I don’t really pay attention to ads, so no opinion.
Crab cake entree is pretty good, but Dahlia Lounge is actually not as good as his Palace Kitchen (I just had dinner there, yum!) which is only a block away, serves amazing wood grilled fish, and will bring over whatever desert from Dahlia Lounge if you ask nicely.
Don’t know anything about carpet.
Water
general distrust of cultlike organizational methodologies – I own GTD, one of these days I’ll get around to reading past page 2.
Who they?
Nikon D80?
memoir
Biking – I hate how running makes me feel.
Get a restraining order!
I vote with Maria: the fun nonfiction essays – but short ones, and a poem at the beginning of each one. If the essays are short enough, that means more essays, ergo: more poems.
Sorta pathetic (the bangable blog site), and as Leah says, what’s with #5?
Biking all the way. (Well, actually it’s “cycling” because, depending on the crowd you’re in, if you say “biking” some people may assume you mean on a Harley!)
1)Nothing else is playing?
2)What ever can bring in the most money for you.
3)Something from the bar.
4)Hardwood floors.
5)Rum and Coke with a vitamin while biking. Best of everything.
6)GTD, as you get older you will discover there are fewer brain cells left to remember thing. I am saving all of mine for internet porn.
7)Who?
8)Depends, are you going to take pictures of shiny red lips?
9)Poetry if you can get some good illustrations to go with it.
10)Biking. Your knees will thank you later in life. Running is for people without a sense of balance ;-)
11)That’s just cool. Are you disappointed with the #5 spot? If so are you trying to do better next month?
Have a good anniversary!
Grindhouse
No preference
All the appetizers – why limit yourself to just one!
Eeew. Diet anything, bleh.
GTD ok. Just don’t go totally whack on it.
Jordan
D80. I LOVE LOVE LOVE mine. And similar enough to your D70 you will feel right at home with it. Plus: You already have lenses for it!
Oh God, the poetry. Too much. PUBLISH!
Biking.
Creepazoid. Totally.
damn. I forgot the carpet.
No loops. They are hell to clean
GRR my comment just disappeared apparently without posting. BTW, I say the last thing is awesome. And go to Grindhouse.
Grindhouse – Because what would we do without Tarantootie?
‘featured artist’ ads – they’re interesting….
all the appetizers, all the time!
cut pile carpet
Coke? – neither
GTD or a general distrust of cultlike organizational methodologies – DON’T DRINK THE KOOL-AID!
Jordin all the way. Cute in a jailbait kind of way…
Why not do both books, they both have their pros and cons…
Biking, definitely biking.
Funny but, eh, ewww. If I was JB I would be proud and pissed at the same time…
I don’t know about all the rest of those options, but I MUST tell you that loop carpet is insanely difficult to clean. As in, “maybe I’ll just leave that steaming pile of dog vomit there because I would rather live with it than have to dig it out of the damn carpet again” difficult. Go with the cut pile.
Spiderman 3
Blogher Ads
All Appetizers
Loop Carpet
Diet Coke
General Distrust of Cult-like Organizational Meathodologies
BLAKE
Nikon D80
Publish the “Silly Parenting Poetry”, but also work on other projects
Biking
Hillarious, but kind of creepy
I don’t have an opinion on all the things you noted, but —
If you are going to have sidebar stuff, why not maximize your gain? If the Blogher ads do that, then go for it! It hurts no one and might bring you closer to realizing your fancy camera dreams. :-)
Defintely Blake. Jordin can sing but she’s annoyingly full of herself and lacks originality.
As for books, cast as wide a net as possible and try for all genres, but I have to say that I think some of my favorite entries of yours are about JB — when you wrote about how you met; when he travels (that fanciful one about spinning the stars, or whatever, for him to see so far away); even that one that you took down, about your fight the weekend that Riley was sick. How about a relationship memoir? At the very least, I think you should submit a JB one to the NY Times for their Modern Love section.
Running, without a doubt. Did you know that you have to bike twice as far as you have to run to get the same benefit? So a 5-mile run = a 10 mile bike ride. Who has the time?
Memoir! Memoir! Write a memoir. You have the most interesting and multi-faceted life and you have something meaningful to say about even the most mundane/daily things. Even if I don’t agree with everything you write, you present your arguments clearly and respectfully and without apology. People would buy this book. I know it. Not sure if everyone in the world (you know, except for your faithful blog readers) would die for the poetry book as much as for the memoir of a smart, successful and oh-so-express-ful American mom.
Spiderman 3 – saw it last night. LOVED IT!
In the sidebar: Neither
Crab cakes are good all the time
cut pile carpet
Diet Cherry Coke
GTD – generally speaking
Who are Blake Lewis or Jordan Sparks?
Sigma SD14 or Nikon D80 – BOTH!
Try to pitch silly parenting poetry to publisher as funny gift book type thing, or focus on writing nonfiction humor essay memoir parenting book type, uh, thing? More answers of both! Spread the love. :)
Biking or running? Driving. Road trip.
Hilarious unless it’s you then it’s a little creepy.
Thank you for starting my day with a smile!
Blake
Nikon
Diet Coke
book / memoir
“Try to pitch silly parenting poetry to publisher as funny gift book type thing, or focus on writing nonfiction humor essay memoir parenting book type, uh, thing?”
BOTH!!!!
GRINDHOUSE! It was awesome. How could you pass up Rose McGowan with a machine gun leg?
You know what’s creepiest, and yet also funniest about the last point? Isn’t that your wedding photo he’s chopped your head off for the banner?
Grindhouse – haven’t seen it but anything is better than watching another insipid installment of Toby and Kirsten.
Artist ads – nice to see what people are making and what we can spend our dough on.
Appetizers… and I would go for the rack of lamb, as well. Yum.
Does berber carpet count as “loop” carpet? I am a huge fan of the berber.
No Diet Coke or Pepsi – can’t stand the diet cola for some reason. Diet A & W Root Beer is hands down the best diet soda I have ever had.
GTD sounds interesting – not too culty.
Blake – for some reason I am not crazy about Jordan.
Nikon all the way.
Hmmm – I would buy your non-fiction but I think you should write about other issues in your life (you’ve mentioned several) – there are a lot of mommy/parenting books out there, it seems. I doubt I would buy a poetry book of any kind – just not a big fan of the poems. I think you could do a great fiction as well.
Running, although both will give you kick ass quads.
Um, creepy! I realize that it is probably just for fun but still – weird.
Hope your anniversary weekend is fun and relaxing for you and JB. We don’t get to officially start our anniversary weekend until Sunday but hey – we’ll take the break! Have fun.
- Oh, you definitely need to see Grindhouse, and be sure to hit the washroom before the movie, because the trailers that they show in between the two features are priceless!
- Ads? Go for the ones that make you money. Although my hubby would miss your work blogs if you ever made enough to quit. :)
- Make dinner out of the appetizers! Then you get to try everything. The samosas sounded good to me!
- Cut pile all the way.
- I’m not sure what Diet Coke Plus is, might not have it yet here in Canada. Coke Zero is pretty awesome though, tastes like real Coke with no calories.
- Heh, the funny thing with that one is hubby got the book for xmas two years ago, isn’t getting things done yet because he hasn’t read the dang thing. I’m all for getting things done in whatever way works for you.
- Barf either way, but will the beauty queens be the first all girl team to win?
- I’m with the camera guy, Canon or Nikon. I’m a bit prejudiced towards a Canon, but that’s because my father-in-law was a camera collector, and has all kinds of lenses for Pentax, Nikon and Canon. Well, my sister-in-law got the pentax, and brother-in-law did the Nikon, so if we buy a digital Canon SLR we get a whack of lenses for it.
- Pitch both, you could always have a chapter of poetry inside a humourous memoir…
- I’d say running for fitness, cycling as family fun once Riley can ride (unless you’ve got the baby seat for the bike and he likes that).
- Hilarious. Hobbits are short, overcompensating much?
Have a great anniversary weekend!
G v. SM3 = tough call, I will again recommend Hot Fuzz, but given those choices, probably Grindhouse, SM3 will be in theaters for awhile. No preference on the sidebar issue. Get ALL the appetizers. Generally like loop carpet, but the cats won’t stop scratching it, so cut pile. I’m a Diet Pepsi person. General dislike of cultlike organizational stuff. Cannot choose bewteen Blake and Jordin – too hard. Don’t know enough about cameras. I think either the silly poems or the nonfiction memoir would be great by you. Running. And hilariously creepy.
The fact that you’re considering Grindhouse tells me that you should absolutely see Grindhouse. It’s one of those you’ll either appreciate it or you won’t kind of things, but I’m betting you will. I haven’t laughed so hard at the movies in a long time.
Grindhouse
In the sidebar: no-cost ‘featured artist’ ads
All the appetizers
Cut pile carpet
Diet Coke
A general distrust of cultlike organizational methodologies
No idea …
Nikon D80
Try to pitch silly parenting poetry to publisher as funny gift book type thing — I would absolutely buy this
Running
Creepy — I feel like it’s sort of related to that whole ugly blogging-commenting scene where people think it’s okay to talk about sexually threatening/assaulting/critiquing women bloggers in a way they would NEVER think of doing for men.
OMG, Sundry–creepy. But also kind of hilarious, since it’s not me up there.
Also–all the appetizers. Holy god, squab and octopus!
Totally biking. It is so much more fun and you get sexy biker legs pretty damn quickly.
Did you notice Lena of Cheeky Lotus is on there too somewhere??
CREEPY. But I laughed…
1. Both
2. Whichever pays better (camera camera camera!)
3. EAT EVERYTHING
4. ??? I have dustmite allergies so I avoid carpets
5. Diet coke
6. Definately general distrust
7. probably the Nikon
8. Pitch both.. because you never know
9. Biking, you will get kick ass leg and bum muscles and it won’t hurt your back and knees like running. Plus is way fun when you go downhill.
10. Funny… but WRONG!
ill answer those which i actually have an opinion on….
Grindhouse or Spiderman 3? spiderman 3
Crab cake entree or, like, all the appetizers? all the apps, duh!
Loop or cut pile carpet? loop because speaking from experience…cut pile carpets SHRED
Diet Coke or Diet Coke Plus? the plus wasnt as bad as i thought it would be….
Blake Lewis or Jordan Sparks? a couple weeks ago i would have said jordin sparks, however…blake’s version of ‘you give love a bad name’ TOTALLY blew my socks off. that and i cant help but vote for the guy who has more or less the same hairstyle as me. HA.
Biking or running? biking [and spinning!] you get where youre going faster and biking is less pounding on your joints.
Hilarious or creepy? how about a little bit of both….
-no opinion on grindhouse v spiderman
-blogher ads
- 3 appetizers: samosas, potstickers, octopus AND crabcakes
-cut pile
-diet coke
-a general distrust of cultlike organizational methodologies
-who?
-focus on writing nonfiction humor essay memoir parenting book type
-not sure
-both biking and running, alternately (biking is healthier on the joints than running, but all running requires is you, some good shoes & the proper jog bra)
-hilarious & sorta flattering in a creepy way. : )
Re: the lens issue. Don’t Sigma lenses work with Nikon cameras? I have a Sigma zoom, and it’s interoperable with my D70. Just saying, lenses aren’t the lone reason.
Though I have to say, if you have a D70, I don’t know that you need a D80 unless you are SUPER DUPER FANCY. We have both at work, and I prefer the D70, as I am not fancy.
Grindhouse
no-cost featured artist ads
all the appetizers
loop
water
general distrust of cultlike organizational methodologies
Don’t make me choose between Jordin and Blake. . .ok, Blake.
I am a luddite when it comes to cameras
Use the silly poetry idea as a door opener and first book. Then, once you have your publisher falling all over you in appreciation, write the nonfiction memoir as a follow-up. The market for that type of book is a bit more crowded. Yours would be the best, but the poetry would be an easier sell as a newcomer to the world of book publishing.
biking
creepy. Not that you aren’t hot, like if I was into girls, and I’m sure this was meant well, but in general, objectification of women in this regard is a slippery slope and doesn’t end well. (It’s like a wolf whistle, which is not limited in time or space.) Consider the following excerpt from a 3/7/07 Washington Post article (sorry, linking luddite here):
“Another Yale law student learned a month ago that her photographs were posted in an AutoAdmit chat that included her name and graphic discussion about her breasts. She was also featured in a separate contest site — with links posted on AutoAdmit chats — to select the ‘hottest’ female law student at ‘Top 14′ law schools, which nearly crashed because of heavy traffic. Eventually her photos and comments about her and other contestants were posted on more than a dozen chat threads, many of which were accessible through Google searches.
‘I felt completely objectified,’ that woman said. It was, she said, ‘as if they’re stealing part of my character from me.’ The woman, a Fulbright scholar who graduated summa cum laude, said she now fears going to the gym because people on the site encouraged classmates to take cellphone pictures of her.
Oh, and by the way, I do that GTD thing but I’d never heard of it. I just list everything constantly, because I love lists, and I find it easier to stay organised.
I’d like to point out that with a small child and your married status, you’re not exactly bangable, but more ‘bang-worthy’.
He’s a college student, he ought to have caught that ambiguity.
I think I’d go for the Nikon as it’s tried and true.
As for the bangable blogs guy…if it was satire it might be hilarious. Since I can’t be sure I’ll go with CREEPY.
oh yeah, and Spiderman.
all the appetizers and then some.
1) Spiderman!
2) Blogher ads. But if you can throw in an occasional artist ad too, do it!
3) ALL the appetizers. YUM.
4) Cut pile, definitely.
5) Diet Coke. How “Plus” can it be, really? It’s diet soda. WTF?
6) GTD, hands down. It’s not inherently culty; I don’t know why people are so nuts over it. It’s really just a very simple and helpful way to get a grip on your workload. No Kool-Aid required!
7) Blake.
8) Nikon D80. Now go buy that lottery ticket!
9) BOTH! Although I would guess that the silly poetry gift book would be a lot easier to sell after the nonfiction book had done well (which, of course, it will, because your writing is AWESOME). It seems like it would be harder to do the other way around.
10) Biking. No question. Running suuuuucks.
11) That last one’s a tie!
You’re #1 in my opinion.
Okay, I don’t know about everything (in fact I’m damn confused about the carpeting question) but I’d go with Grindhouse – come on, Spiderman is getting old – and biking. Biking is way better than running. Oh, and do the nonfiction/humor parenting book. I just started reading this blog two months ago, and I love it so much I went back and read the archives from start to finish. You kill me. I love your sense of humor, and I think the parenting book would be a huge success.
Thanks for blogging, and please keep it up. I’ll totally buy your book, by the way, and I don’t even have kids yet.
Grindhouse
Ads: Whatever works for you
All the Appetizers
Cut pile
No no diet coke.
Totally GTD. I do this anyways although I had never heard of this guy until you posted the link.
Who?
Nikon D80, and can I have one too if you win the lotto?
Both please. I love your poetry, but you are a super talented writer who could do either!
Biking
So, so creepy with stalker potential, yet kinda funny if you’re sure he doesn’t have a way of tracking you down IRL.
I heard you had to give that guy a blow job to get on his list.
tell me you had tom’s world famous creme caramel
tell me, dammit!
Hi
Very interesting information! Thanks!
G’night