That Just Happened!

So maybe I haven’t showered for a day or two  a while and I was wearing MPW’s hat to go to Starbucks.  Maybe being clad in blue jeans and an army green jacket was the reason for the barista’s confusion.  Perhaps it was because I was somewhat hidden behind the customer in front of me, but the fuzzbucket  barista called me “Sir”.

Um, last I checked I am not a “sir”.  Last I checked the long hair in a ponytail (which was pulled up in a hat, in all fairness) and the unmissable boobs were kind of a dead giveaway.  Oh, and I sound like a seventeen year old girl, you dink!

Once the barista got a good look at my face he had the courtesy to turn a bit pink and then self corrected himself.  “Oh, sorry ’bout that.  What I can get you ma’am?”

Ma’am?!  You think I look like a ma’am?  How old and manly do you think I am you little meanie.  If I wanted my feelings hurt I’d go to open mike night at Yuk Yuk’s!

Of course, being the mature woman that I am I replied, “Decaf, Grande, Non-fat, No-whip, Mocha.”  Yeah, not exactly a scathing reply, but I did repeat it twice because obviously this guy has issues.

That Just Happened!

Two years ago I signed up to participate in the Book Blogger Holiday Swap.  I successfully sent off my package and it was received, but my own never did come.  Cue sad face emoticon…    There you are, sad face!  Last year I didn’t participate because I had a few other things going on, including participating in the 2010 Holiday Reading Challenge.

This year I am Secret Santa-ing again and it is going to be awesome!  I signed up just before the deadline (which is today at midnight, so head on over to the sign up page)  and am well on my way to sending and receiving mail that isn’t bills!  And again, I will remind you how much I looooove getting suprise mail, so it is something to look forward to.  Plus, it is a great way to kick off the holiday season and connect with other bloggers!  I’m already cooking up ideas on what to send my Secret Santa recipient, so we’ll have to wait and see who I get!

That’s all for now.

That Just Happened!

I haven’t been posting much to this blog, because as I mentioned before I am participating in NaNoWriMo.  So far this year I am already doing better than last.  I think the main thing that helped was having an idea and writing out an outline.  When I wonder where it is going I just look at the outline and it keeps me on track.  I have found that I started to make it a little complicated for myself.  I think that my storyline right now requires me to remember a lot of what I had written before, which I wasn’t counting on.  Do I remember what I wrote a week ago?  Not exactly, so I do have to go back and re-read what I wrote.  However, I remain optimistic about this year.

If you haven’t checked out their site I suggest you do.  They run a few events through the year, including a young writer’s program.  Perhaps you might think about participating in the next NaNoWriMo, or the April Script Writing Frenzy.

As for now, all I can do is look at the word count of this post and think that I wish I could add it to my word tally for the novel.

That Just Happened!