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June 29, 2005
Irony, author pictures, and dead, embryonic green birds
Lani, refusing to eat her vegetables...
Okay - couple of things in response to comments on my last few entries before I throw out a plea for help to the general populace.
Thing The First: I was very touched by the sheer number of you (okay... two) who came out in defense of brussels sprouts. (Oh, and I also discovered they are brussels sprouts not brussel sprouts as I said. What can I say? I suck at research.) I also have a horrible confession to make; I've never eaten a brussels sprout. I know. It's horrible to judge a vegetable that looks like a DEAD EMBRYONIC GREEN BIRD before tasting it, but you see... it looks like a DEAD EMBRYONIC GREEN BIRD. I just can't quite get past that.
Thing the Second: Yes, Scott Foley is a hunka burnin' sensitive intelligent lovin', and I now officially have yet another celebrity crush. Which isn't so bad, considering that it's pretty much James Marsters, Colin Firth and now Scott Foley. That's reasonable, right? Oh, and there's one more but... I'm not willing to share that just yet. It's a little silly. And coming from me, that means a lot. But I have mentioned him on the blog before, so feel free to guess... Whoever guesses right gets a free package of brussels sprouts, on me. A special bonus just for Literary Chicks readers. Don't you feel special?
Okay. Now for my pleas...
Plea The First: I'm thinking about updating my author photo. Mostly because my hair is different and I'm no longer wearing lipstick that dark (was that in style then? ever?) and it's another motivation to lose weight. My problem? I like my current author photo, but it's a little trite. Smiling author, wearing a jacket, arms folded. Bleh. However... I can't think of anything I'd like better. I want something that looks more candid, less posed. And yet, I don't want something that looks like it was taken with my home digital camera. So, how do I get a picture that is posed and professionally set up, and yet doesn't look posed and professionally set up? I'm thinking something outside with Gerbera daisies (love the Gerberas!) Anyway, suggestions welcome, and any author photos out there that you think are cute, send the links my way!
Plea The Second: In about a month, I'm doing the literacy signing in Reno with about half a gazillion other authors. I'll be signing both Time Off and Maybe Baby, and... I kinda hate the way I sign. "Happy Reading!" "Enjoy the book!" Bleh. My books are sassy and I want my signing quip to be sassy, too... but not too sassy, because I don't want to write something potentially offensive. Just something... cute. So far, the best I've come up with is "May the bird be with you," on Maybe Baby and that just sucks. So I'm looking for cute one-liners for both Time Off and Maybe Baby. The more the better. I can write entire books, but apparently one-liners elude me. Ah, Irony! Good to see you. How are the kids?
Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (7)
Comments
I'm so with you on the BS (how fitting of an acronym!) I don't eat many green things as it is, but with those, I firmly draw the line. Eeew.
As for the photo, I like your current one, but I've always wondered about the lipstick. (OK, not. I wouldn't know an out-of-style lipstick color if someone threw one at me!) I like the idea of an outdoor shot though. Just be sure it won't look like the daisies are coming out of your head, should you use it in b/w. :)
Posted by: Amy K ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.literarychicks.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 29, 2005 4:44 PM
Lani, Lani, Lani. You are one sick tootsie. \;+) It must be Maybe Baby making you think of bird embryos. Brussels sprouts look (and taste) like baby cabbages. They're really cool on the plant, it looks sort of like a furled umbrella with the sprouts swirling around it from apex to base. See: http://tinyurl.com/7zrww
Posted by: beejay at June 29, 2005 8:50 PM
And someone else in support of the sprouts! Next week, we take on... lima beans! Igh!
Posted by: Lani at June 29, 2005 8:56 PM
John Cusak.
I like brussels sprouts...NOW, but when I was a kid, I was with you, ICK!
I'm trying to think of something smartassed that Wanda or Dana would say (or do). My brain's foggy, but lemme chew on it ;-)
Posted by: Jen (MM99) at June 30, 2005 6:13 AM
Ah, John! Good guess, but no. I have sort of a dream thing with him, which makes me gaga over him after a dream, but not so much in between. Although I do love him.
No, this celebrity crush is not quite so obvious. But I have mentioned him here.
And thank you for trying to think up lines for me! I'm desperate!
Posted by: Lani at June 30, 2005 6:58 AM
The secret with the Brussels is only to lightly boil them--lovely, crunchy, delicious :-) And stir fried, yummy!
And I think your photo is lovely, hon! As for the lipstick fashion, um, secretly, I've worn the same red one for the past (insert high number) years!
Posted by: Michelle C at June 30, 2005 8:37 AM
I'm with you on the brussels sprouts. Did you know ... children's unwillingness to eat bitter-tasting vegetables such as brussels sprouts is actually a survival instinct? Somewhere along the evolutionary path, children evolved to know that a bitter taste meant that the plant/vegetable in question was quite possibly poisonous, and therefore, they should not eat it. Well-meaning mothers forcing them to do otherwise goes completely against thousands of years of evolution.
Plus, you know, they're gross.
Posted by: Jennifer Jacula at June 30, 2005 11:52 AM
