Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Andy Warhol & the Ex

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I'd like to welcome my latest blog follower – my ex-husband, Doug.
Hi Doug!
Not sure what I should do – stop writing about him or write about him more? 
*thinking, thinking*
While I ponder that I'd like to point out that I am making like Andy Warhol and enjoying my 15 minutes of fame this week over at Mari Juniper's site, Mari's Randomites. I, um, kinda bought my way there. Poor Mari; her computer blew up so she sent a plea out to the blogosphere asking for a little help, so I sent her a bit of cash and pleaded her case because, well, how can anyone last a day without a computer? Plus I wanted to be famous in Italy and that's where Mari lives. (Mari, do you live close to the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Does it make you nervous? It would make me nervous – I would so walk around it and not under it. Be careful, Mari. I don't want to hear you've been squished by a pisa, although I do prefer a thin crust.)
So she's saying thanks by writing about the folks who lent her a hand and today happens to be my day. I'm a little tiddly about the whole thing – everybody is saying such NICE things. 
Lou Freshwater said I have the best hair on the planet (Planet of the Apes, maybe) but she has never seen me in person and has no idea how talented I am in Photoshop.
Laura Eno said something about drafts... I never realized she was such a beer drinker. How does she drink so much beer and publish so many books? And I just finished one of her books, Prophecy Moon, and it wasn't slurred or anything.
John Wiswell called me a total sweetheart. Total, didja hear that? Not half a sweetheart. Not Canada's Sweetheart. TOTAL sweetheart. I didn't even know he had a thing for cereal. Did you?
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 Oh, and my mom commented, too. Said something about people dying for hair like mine. Maybe she meant dying. Not sure. Does anyone else have their mom AND their ex reading their blog? Does this limit you saying bad words and writing #fridayflash sex scenes? Btw, my mom is a very talented writer and the nicest person I know. Check out her blog, Me & Molly, if you have a moment, and say hi.
By the way, have you been over to GP Ching's big launch party for her new book? I purchased The Soulkeepers for my two boys, one a teenaged newbie and one a tween. (Sam sez to me, "I'm not a kid anymore, Mom, I'm a tween.") So far this YA-geared novel has gotten rave reviews from both of them. Sam actually spent a couple of quiet hours glued to my Kindle reading it – amazing, huh? Anything that keeps one of my kids reading for that long is a thing of beauty.
If you'd like to enter her launch contest and win lots of Soulkeepers' swag, drop by GP's blog, So Write.

And again, may I point out the truly excellent time I had reading Laura Eno's book, Prophecy Moon. Really fine writing, really exciting, really good. 

OH! If you haven't entered my April Fool's Door Contest, what the heck are you waiting for? Just send me a photo of your damned door. That's it! For info, click on that ridiculously pink door at the top right of this page. I've been out buying some really cool and tacky prizes, including Canada mittens. (You know you want them - send me your damned door!)

I've got a lot of people to thank for some other cool stuff but I think I'll leave that until tomorrow. My fingers are getting tired of typing and if they're tired, I can only imagine how tired your poor brain must be reading.

18 comments:

  1. I don't have any mothers or exes lurking around my blog...Jezebel took care of them.
    Everything we said, er, implied about you was the truth. Your total sweetheart has drafty hair.

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  2. YOUR DOOR, Laura... waiting for YOUR DOOR... don't tell me Jezebel ate it?

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  3. I think you did a really nice deed and deserve the applause.

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  4. Aw geez, thanks Kittie... hmm... did I see your door? Where's your door, Kittie?

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  5. I would say something about this blog post, but I can't seem to stop staring at the top picture. It's almost as if it has some sort of...symbolism or something? Weird.

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  6. I have one word for that photo, Lou: DOOR.

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  7. That's some wicked phallic symbolism...I'd joke about it, but I'm not gonna touch that with a 10 foot pole! You and the others all deserve the nice observations of Mari's. You covered a lot of ground there. A whole lotta pimpage. I'll mail you my 'Huggy Bear' outfit.

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  8. Luck for you, Alan, I already have your door - but I think I'd look sassy in a Huggy Bear!!!

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  9. Your husband looks a lot like an egg from his profile pic.

    And you do have nice hair. Looks a lot like my wife's. She has nice hair too.

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  10. Hmmm... almost confused me by the compliments... but that doesn't stop me from saying, "DOOR, ABE!"

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  11. You told your ex he should have that looked at, so he posted that picture on Google? I noticed you have more than one egg in your basket. Getting ready for your hop down the bunny trail? That would be sweet, like Toatally. Totaled cereal with a cup of Chock Full Of Nuts and Bolts is part of a complete Canadian breakfast.(I still love those wacky packages)Kudos to you for your generosity and you already have my damn door!

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  12. Anthony, Sam - DOOR, sil te plait.

    Harry - once again putting the HAR in Harry!

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  13. You ARE the nicest person on Earth, Cathy! Thanks for the tag.

    Ahem, you know you'd have free entry at Randomities even if you hadn't chipped in for the cause, don't you?

    No, I don't live near Pisa. (thank goodness) Didn't get the chance to visit it either, but you're right, I'd be nervous if I lived there. Because of the inclination you portrayed too well with the picture up there, and because there are too many tourists! Did you ever visit Venice? It's even worse!

    Ah, you won't ask me for my door, will you? :P

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  14. No Mari - I already HAVE your door! The rest of you guys, I'm tellin' ya, youse had better all get busy!

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  15. Those mittens are pretty great, Cathy! Glad I sent in my door...;)

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  16. I KNOW! They're the greatest! (Us KC-athys know ourselves good swag when we see it!)

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