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November 13, 2004

He's So Lovely

Lani, writing from lovely Syracuse...

Had a great day today. Went to the movies with a girlfriend and saw Lovely Colin in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Many people don't like this movie, but I loved it because Lovely Colin was in it and I lurrrrrrv him.***

Oh, and we've officially re-named CWaP from Lilly....

***I don't know what it is about that man that regresses me to the mentality of a thirteen year old. I'll ask his picture when I kiss it goodnight.

Kidding, kidding, I'm kidding. I don't actually kiss the picture goodnight. I learned that lesson the hard way when my C. Thomas Howell picture was ruined by my Bonne Bell Dr. Pepper lip gloss in the seventh grade. With Colin's picture, I just kind of wave goodnight...

Kidding! I don't have a Colin picture.

I have a blow-up doll.

Kidding... okay, enough of this... even I know when a joke gets old...

... to Tobey. Named for a cat I was forced to put in Time Off For Good Behavior as part of a Nano writing challenge, and then was forced to take out when my editor said, "What's the deal with the cat just suddenly showing up here?"

So... Tobey it is. Sweetness and Light don't quite understand. They keep asking me why I've started calling the cat Tobey.

"Her name is Lilly!" Sweetness (the older daughter) will say.

"Not a he," I reply.

"Stop calling Lilly names!" Light will say.

"Stop calling Tobey Lilly," I shoot back.

It's nice to be able to talk to your children on their level. I should be able to continue doing that until their maturity outpaces mine. Sweetness is 5 now, so I give it... maybe a year or so. Wish me luck.

In other news, I'm making fine progress on TBTAKL (The Book That Almost Killed Lani, otherwise known as MAYBE BABY, due out in June 2005). I call it TBTAKL (little pet name) because it hasn't killed me yet. Yet being the operative word here. I tell you this because if it does kill me, I want the police to know where to look. That's all I'm saying.

Posted by Lani at 8:44 PM | Comments (3)

Comments

I had a friend (it was a friend, honestly!) who kissed a picture of Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot of Curiosity Killed The Cat (don't ask) so much that the entire mouth area wore away.

Posted by: Keris Stainton at November 14, 2004 10:19 AM

HEY -- I have a four line cat in my WIP. Does that mean Lewis will get the Editorial Axe and I will have to get an ACTUAL cat and name it Lewis. (Or Louise, should "Lewis" pull a backwards CWaP?)

Posted by: joshilyn at November 15, 2004 7:17 AM

I kissed Ben's lips so many times, i think they themselves have faded!!! Trust me- they're still red hot......Comments?
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Posted by: rebecca at November 24, 2006 6:18 PM