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9/19/2013

Here's the thing: I really need to get crackalackin' on the sequel to Extraordinary: Light vs. Dark, so I'm only allowing myself fifteen minutes to write this post. Therefore, it will just be a series of tidbits which will, most likely, have typos. Are you ready? Buckle up. Let's go!

First off, I want to thank Facebook for cropping the photo for my latest post about female empowerment. Here's what it looked like:

Um, yeah. Way to zero in on the goods. Oh, the humanity! Girl power, indeed.

Next topic: This morning my youngest offspring called me a terrible mom for stealing a marshmallow from his bowl of Lucky Charms. How'd I respond? By saying I'm awesome because I gave him a bowl of Lucky Charms instead of Bran Bricks. Complain again and crap cereal will be taken off the breakfast menu.

Moving on... To inspire me on the whole Extraordinary sequel, I bought a pair of glow-in-the-dark LED earrings. I debuted them at the high school's homecoming game, turning them on at half-time, and instantly felt like a moron. Nothing like a 15 year-old giving you the stink eye. I turned them off less than a minute later but did wear them the next night at the riverfront pops concert. It featured the music of Michael Jackson and the earrings blended right in since half of my friends wore silly light up fedoras. I have a photo of them but I'm not going to post it -- not because I 'm a good friend but because the photo came out blurry. Their egos were saved not by my sweet sensibilities but, rather, my ineptitude. By the way, in the dark I looked like an alien.

Take me to your leader...or the King of Pop.

But, you know, sometimes I've just gotta be me. In fact the message on the flask below, which I chanced upon while shopping, crystallizes my thoughts perfectly. Of course, I didn't buy the flask. I might have if I'd needed it. But my life is perfect, with beautiful children who not only fill my life with constant joy but also never complain at the breakfast table.

Anyway, my fifteen minutes are up. I'll end with with some business:

Click here if you want to read an interview I gave at TheWriteChris. (Thanks, Chris!)

Click here to see an awesome review I got on Book End Babes. (Thanks, Babes!)

Okay, those links took me two extra minutes. Gotta go. Ciao for now!

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Girl Power: an unexpected turn of events

9/13/2013

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This week I was set to write more tales of insanity until one of my readers contacted me. She had a story. It wasn't unusual. In fact, I'd heard ones very similar before. This time, however, it had a very different kind of ending. Anyway, I asked her if I could share her story and she was awesome enough to oblige. I've changed the names but otherwise it's straight from the horses' mouth -- only she's not a horse. In fact, I'm sure she is lovely with no equine features at all. But I digress. Here's the story:

"My daughter Anna is a really sweet kid. She is 16 and is still a bit shy and insecure but really seems to be coming into her own. And she is really blossoming in terms of her appearance and the boys are starting to take notice. She is on the cheerleading squad and a few weeks ago a boy named Jack who is a star football player approached her after cheerleading practice. After chatting for a bit, he asked her out on a date. She was thrilled beyond belief! This would be her first date and she couldn't believe he even knew who she was. But then after a phone conversation or two, she didn't hear from him, and the days went by and he never followed up on the date that he had set. She was crushed, though not totally shocked, since her friends had warned her that he was a bit of a jerk. Then, to add insult to injury she discovered he just started dating another girl named Brianne who is very pretty, popular and well, rather buxom too. Needless to say, fair or not, she was quite resentful toward Brianne and bitter over the whole situation, I did have to chuckle when she said that she hated all girls with big boobs, lol!

Well anyway, school started this week and one day during lunch at the cafeteria, Brianne stopped by Anna's table to talk to her. She asked if it was true if Jack stood her up, which of course Anna confirmed. Then Brianne told her that she wanted her to watch something. Brianne then walked over to Jack's table and told him off right in front of all his football buddies. She then came back to talk to Anna and said she did that because he stood up another girl. Then she told him she no longer wanted to date him. WOW Just an amazing turn of events. Anna was blown away by all of this and learned some very important lessons from this experience. Just wanted to share this with you :)"

How do you like them apples? I've got a say I kinda sorta liked it. ;) First off, I love that the verbal smack down came from a girl you might not expect. She turned stereotyping on its ear, didn't she? And, yes, her actions were a little dramatic but I think Brianne wanted to make a statement. She did.

I like what her statement was about. Too often we hear about girls selling each other out in the name of guys. Sometimes it's just to get a guy's attention. What a sad state of affairs. Should dating be a girl vs. girl competition where the guy always wins? Chalk me down as a "no." .What we need in the world is more girls standing up for each other the way Brianne did. I'm not saying this just for the girls' sakes but for the guys' sakes, as well. If bad boys are allowed to be bad boys they'll never learn. They'll be jerks all their lives. We've got enough of those.

So thank you, Brianne, for setting that guy straight. I hope your message sunk in with him. If not, it sure made an impact on Anna and a lot of other girls. And me

Original photo credit (I added the "Girl Power" biz):

By DeusXFlorida (originally posted to Flickr as JU Cheerleaders) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Baby/crazy mom photo above © Nomad_Soul - Fotolia.com

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Vacation is over

9/2/2013

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Alas, summer vacation is over. I must admit I am not thrilled. I had a lot of fun goofing off these past few months and I hate to see it end. I feel akin to this squirrel I saw a while back while visiting Iowa State University. He looked so blissed out as a group of us walked by him. (Confession: I had to doctor his eyes for this photo. You'll know why in a second.)

Honest, I did my best to be quiet as I crept closer in order to take a photo of him. I failed. Though the squirrel couldn't speak, his eyes clearly conveyed, "What the chiz, man? I'm chillaxin'!" Don't ask me why, but from the vibe I got I from him I figured he used the Urban Dictionary.

What are you looking at?

Anyway, it's time for me to get back to business. That means writing more and relaxing less. I'll have to curb my addiction to watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, too. I admit that will be hard, due to my mad crush on Spike. Vampires with souls really rock. It will also be hard because, admittedly, my present attitude sucks. If I were in The Matrix right now, I might choose the blue pill instead of the red. That alternate reality sure looked better than the real world, plus I don't want to know what I'd look like if I were bald and eyebrow-less. (Side note: If you didn't get that last reference because you've never seen The Matrix do it now. Seriously. Do not pass "GO" and collect $200. Drop everything and see it ASAP.)

Anyway, I'm sure my attitude will improve as I get off my butt and get back into the swing of things. Cross your fingers for me. I'm going to need all of the help I can get this time.

P.S. Thanks to my friend, jayme, for showing me how to NOT get into the swing of things. For a link to the above gif, click here.

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