And the result ...
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Moving Update
My life can be counted in boxes.
I'm having a dilemma of having things that don't mean the world to me but I like... posted on Craigslist but nobody is buying... so either I give them away to Goodwill or something or I take them.
So they are items I don't exactly want to give away (like some Italian pottery) but I wasn't planning on taking.
So what do I do?
I'm having a dilemma of having things that don't mean the world to me but I like... posted on Craigslist but nobody is buying... so either I give them away to Goodwill or something or I take them.
So they are items I don't exactly want to give away (like some Italian pottery) but I wasn't planning on taking.
So what do I do?
Saturday, July 12, 2014
It's Hot... Let's Write
Seattle actually has a weather warning for this upcoming weekend. We're up in the 90s which is pretty damned hot for us.
Our weather tends to be pretty temperate so this kind of heat is unusual and very not welcome. (I know, I'm moving to Hawaii and endless summer but believe it or not, I don't remember it really getting unbearable that often. Of course everyplace is air conditioned. Here, nowhere is because we rarely get crazy heat.
Hell, it almost 5am here right now and I'm sweating. This is severely yuck.
On the bright side, this kind of heat guarantees that I'm spending the weekend in front of a fan expending as little energy as possible. So I plan to write.
I'm working on a series and the first book is almost done. However, I went back to the beginning and started filling in. When I write my first draft is skeletal. The story is bare bones.
As I got toward the end I saw nuances in the characters that hadn't been brought out. So returning to the beginning allows me to start adding the meat and some fat. I'm loving it because I haven't written easily ina long time and right now the words are easy. And the hard parts are already written so I get to develop the characters more and add their deeper feelings. Who wouldn't love that?
And when this is done, book 2 s an erotic romance. I'm really excited about writing that. Well, writing more since it's already been started.
Book 3 is still going through changes in my mind.
Goal is to get the first 2 books out by my birthday.
Give me the heat fellas, I'm ready to meet it head-on at the laptop.
Our weather tends to be pretty temperate so this kind of heat is unusual and very not welcome. (I know, I'm moving to Hawaii and endless summer but believe it or not, I don't remember it really getting unbearable that often. Of course everyplace is air conditioned. Here, nowhere is because we rarely get crazy heat.
Hell, it almost 5am here right now and I'm sweating. This is severely yuck.
On the bright side, this kind of heat guarantees that I'm spending the weekend in front of a fan expending as little energy as possible. So I plan to write.
I'm working on a series and the first book is almost done. However, I went back to the beginning and started filling in. When I write my first draft is skeletal. The story is bare bones.
As I got toward the end I saw nuances in the characters that hadn't been brought out. So returning to the beginning allows me to start adding the meat and some fat. I'm loving it because I haven't written easily ina long time and right now the words are easy. And the hard parts are already written so I get to develop the characters more and add their deeper feelings. Who wouldn't love that?
And when this is done, book 2 s an erotic romance. I'm really excited about writing that. Well, writing more since it's already been started.
Book 3 is still going through changes in my mind.
Goal is to get the first 2 books out by my birthday.
Give me the heat fellas, I'm ready to meet it head-on at the laptop.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Talk About Timing
I've tapered off my anti-depressants and now the only cat we found a new home for is coming back to us. The lady who took her said she doesn't think the cat is happy.
I need to find homes for three cats and so far, nobody has any interest. I don't want to give them to a shelter but I don't know what to do.
I've been handling the stress of moving and unemployment pretty well but this has pushed me over. Any suggestions?
I need to find homes for three cats and so far, nobody has any interest. I don't want to give them to a shelter but I don't know what to do.
I've been handling the stress of moving and unemployment pretty well but this has pushed me over. Any suggestions?
Friday, July 4, 2014
Flowers Will Bloom
Let us cleanse our palates ....
This is a Japanese song translated for and sung by Il Divo. It's dedicated to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. I wanted to keep this beautiful rendition. It's my Friday Video. ;-)
Flowers Will Bloom
This is a Japanese song translated for and sung by Il Divo. It's dedicated to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. I wanted to keep this beautiful rendition. It's my Friday Video. ;-)
Flowers Will Bloom
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
When Social Media Goes Hysterically Right
I'm not an Robin Thicke fan. In fact, I didn't really know him at all outside of being Alan Thicke's son (yes, I used to watch Growing Pains) and a cute music video from the Jimmy Fallon show. But a quick Google search when I first heard about him let me know that he was married to an actress named Paula Patton, that he cheated on Paula Patton and he didn't sound like someone I wanted to know more about.
Then apparently he did a song called Blurred Lines which is well, like he took a dump and turned it into a song. Seriously, go google it. It seems to be all about treating a woman as a piece of meat (like that's anything new, right?) and the Blurred Lines seem to be about consent.
Yes, nothing like a little rape to make a song more mainstream.
And in case you're wondering, Robin Thicke was the guy in the Beetlejuice suit that Miley Cyrus was twerking all over at that scary VMA performance.
So he's like in his late 30s and she's like 20 and she took all the heat for this performance and he manned up and.... oh wait, he didn't. He let her take all the heat.
And then later that night, he took this lovely pic with a fan:
If you can't see it, there's a mirror behind them and Thicke has his hand on her ass under her dress with fingers going where they most definitely don't belong.
His wife left him.
Do you think a semi-smart guy might recognize he needs to change at that point? Not Robin Thicke. He puts out an album called Paula, openly trying to get her back with songs about how she's his one true love... Okay, this is where I officially hate the guy. He's a pig. He's probably always been a pig. But his wife has finished being married to him. Obviously. If he has to write an album begging her to take him back and she doesn't!!!!!! then it's obvious that it's over.
But no. He does a video where he actually uses her text messages to him. He does television appearances where he dedicates the performance to her and apologizes on stage for being a douche.
She's moved on. He's doing big, public gestures trying to make himself look like a prince. "Isn't that what women want?" someone asked. "The big, romantic gesture?"
No.
Let me say this again. No.
There are no Blurred Lines here. A woman doesn't want to be publicly humiliated. A woman doesn't want to be used. A woman doesn't want pictures of her husband fingering a blonde after pretending to fuck a 20 year old blonde on stage.
A woman wants to say "that's enough" and have it end. She doesn't want to defend herself when she's done nothing to defend.
So what does this have to do with social media? Bless. Apparently Mr. Thicke's PR guys decided that the best thing to do was go to Twitter and open a dialogue with his fans, calling it #Ask Thicke.
Oh Twitter, how I love you.
Then apparently he did a song called Blurred Lines which is well, like he took a dump and turned it into a song. Seriously, go google it. It seems to be all about treating a woman as a piece of meat (like that's anything new, right?) and the Blurred Lines seem to be about consent.
Yes, nothing like a little rape to make a song more mainstream.
And in case you're wondering, Robin Thicke was the guy in the Beetlejuice suit that Miley Cyrus was twerking all over at that scary VMA performance.
So he's like in his late 30s and she's like 20 and she took all the heat for this performance and he manned up and.... oh wait, he didn't. He let her take all the heat.
And then later that night, he took this lovely pic with a fan:
If you can't see it, there's a mirror behind them and Thicke has his hand on her ass under her dress with fingers going where they most definitely don't belong.
His wife left him.
Do you think a semi-smart guy might recognize he needs to change at that point? Not Robin Thicke. He puts out an album called Paula, openly trying to get her back with songs about how she's his one true love... Okay, this is where I officially hate the guy. He's a pig. He's probably always been a pig. But his wife has finished being married to him. Obviously. If he has to write an album begging her to take him back and she doesn't!!!!!! then it's obvious that it's over.
But no. He does a video where he actually uses her text messages to him. He does television appearances where he dedicates the performance to her and apologizes on stage for being a douche.
She's moved on. He's doing big, public gestures trying to make himself look like a prince. "Isn't that what women want?" someone asked. "The big, romantic gesture?"
No.
Let me say this again. No.
There are no Blurred Lines here. A woman doesn't want to be publicly humiliated. A woman doesn't want to be used. A woman doesn't want pictures of her husband fingering a blonde after pretending to fuck a 20 year old blonde on stage.
A woman wants to say "that's enough" and have it end. She doesn't want to defend herself when she's done nothing to defend.
So what does this have to do with social media? Bless. Apparently Mr. Thicke's PR guys decided that the best thing to do was go to Twitter and open a dialogue with his fans, calling it #Ask Thicke.
Oh Twitter, how I love you.
Robin Thicke is getting terrible abuse on the #AskThicke hashtag. Maybe If he'd dressed less provocative & stayed sober it wouldn't happen?
Jim Sheridan - Train A leaves the station at 40mph and train B leaves at 55mph, how far is the judge going to order you to stay away from Paula #AskThicke
Tristan 
OBJECT
#AskThicke Do you have any plans for songs or music videos that don’t promote rape or stalking?
Is this brilliant or what?
100s of tweets to Robin Thicke sticking it to him for his asshattery. And the best thing? He deserves this. Not the hatred or suggestions he offs himself. But the knowledge that people see through his behavior and it's not okay.
It's not okay.
Toby Whithouse
How often should I delete my internet search history? You strike me as a good person to ask. #AskThicke
- #AskThicke if a woman says no but 'you know she wants it'. How many years in prison would you serve for statutory rape?
Wilbo - #AskThicke What's it like being the human personification of a mid life crisis?
TechnicallyRon
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