13 Thursday: The Ink is Still Wet
1. Printer’s ink is to a writer what gas is to a trucker. And it costs almost as much.
2. If you wake up and get on the computer too early, your typing might look like this: Mpr of ujt uo,t hpy d;; jpg ,tm up bp,t up ujtog dog ph ujt bpimuiy/
3. Ever since Joe got me an Ipod for my birthday, he’s been wanting to have one of our “Dance Parties,” (that’s when we play loud music and dance around in our living room), but I’ve been too busy or tired. Early Memorial Day morning, he was sleeping in. I woke him, saying, “Wake up, Joe. It’s time to have the dance party!” He laughed, turned over, and fell back asleep.
4. I really want THIS for my next birthday.
5. I recently discovered that posting photos of a new baby is good for blog traffic and comments. When I posted some of my first grandchild, Bryce, I got 36 well-wishing comments. Thank you everyone! 
6. This week I sent my niece a letter. She lives on Batman Thumper Road. No kidding.
7. THIS is my favorite Youtube video as of late. I found it after posting THESE Fun House photos (taken at the mirrored elevator at Roanoke Memorial Hospital) and then doing some google research on glass elevators.
8. I had a game of Scrabble with Mara yesterday. Usually when we play, I take notes of things we say — ideas for poems or blog posts. But this time we talked about sex and crushes and subjects that begin with, “Don’t repeat this to anyone, but …” I never wrote a thing down, not even the score. Mara did that.
9. Joe and I finally had our dance party last night. We danced to My Favorite Mistake by Sheryl Crow, Higher Love by Steve Winwood, Tomorrow People by Ziggy Marley, It’s in the Way That You Use it by Eric Clapton, and What’s the Frequency Kenneth by REM (three times).
10. I got tagged by Greenish Lady for this 1-2-3 meme: 1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Turn to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence and post the next three sentences. I picked up Bruce Weigl’s 2000 memoir (still on my desk after meeting him HERE), which deals with his service in the Vietnam War and his later return to the country: I want to tell you how it feels to stroll in a common zone among the people of your life after war. I want to tell you about the faith that it takes to come back and be among the sweetly uninitiated and to live as if calm or sane. Coming back to America, which I still loved in 1968, was like returning to a foreign land. (Let me know if you try this meme so I can come read your page 123.)
11. Claudia from Open Grove audio magazine and Out on a Limb blog has put out a call to book authors to share their experiences with publishing and marketing. She’s interested in collecting information on mainstream publishing, self-publishing, or e-book publishing and hopes to publish a resource guide sharing first hand accounts of what works and doesn’t work when selling books. Details are HERE.
12. My answers to some of Claudia’s questions can be found in these past posts: The Power of Print, Drive by Sales, and The Book: Fulfilling its Higher Purpose. Click on the titles to read more.
13. I feel bad that the photos of my new grandson just went off the front page, which is why I posted the new photo above of Bryce in blue. THIS is my bluest poem.
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May 28th, 2008 11:54 pm
Hey thanks for the mention! I appreciate it and will research what you have written. I do like Joe. He’s seems so honest and fun. I’m glad you have him.
Happy TT
May 29th, 2008 5:05 am
I love the way you write about your life. Good for you having that dance party and living it up! And that baby is beautiful.
Today I wonder: toner or gas. Hard to know at 5:05 a.m. how the decision will go!
God bless, Colleen.
May 29th, 2008 7:03 am
Don’t you love your ipod? I received one for Christmas. They are great little inventions. Happy TT! I knew yours would be great; I even said so on my blog.
May 29th, 2008 9:02 am
Well I could stare at his little face forever. How do you get anything done when you are with him-? oh heck who needs to?Really a charmer..Good dance choices. Tomorrow I shall attempt to do the meme..thanks sandy You are so blessed little blue.
May 29th, 2008 9:12 am
Enjoyed your post! I go to Hollins with Mara – she’s a talented poet too.
May 29th, 2008 9:23 am
I love that you have dance night with your hubby. I love it when my girls are in a crazy mood and we all end up dancing to music I swore I’d never play LOL Happy T13!
May 29th, 2008 11:31 am
It hurts that both gas and ink costs so much!
Great TT!
May 29th, 2008 3:41 pm
Re: #2 — Is this pre or post coffee? If “pre”, yup… If “post”, switch back from decaf.
May 29th, 2008 3:52 pm
Love the blue poem. My favorite blue-related word is “azure.”
And I love the painted girls. Not everyone would look that good blue.
It’s been too long since I’ve heard the song “Higher Love.”
~S
May 29th, 2008 3:59 pm
Love the baby’s photo…and your 13! I always learn something from you. I’ll do the book thing – probably on Saturday…
May 29th, 2008 4:23 pm
That carnival mirror seems fantastic! hope you get it and take many pics 🙂
I love Steve Windwood songs!
Bryce is adorable, babies mean hope, happiness, and proud grannies 🙂
May 29th, 2008 5:13 pm
That’s one gorgeous baby! And you found a great quote too! Thanks for playing along.
May 29th, 2008 5:37 pm
Bryce looks so cute. He reminds me of Josh. xo
May 29th, 2008 5:41 pm
I was told that Batman Thumper Rd. got its name from the names of a the dogs of a person who lived on the road …. true??
May 29th, 2008 5:46 pm
Batman Thumper Road, what an awesome address. Glad your energy was up to a dance party. 🙂
May 29th, 2008 6:04 pm
Yes, Jeff. The names are for someone’s dogs. I was told that too. About ten years ago we were able to submit names for our streets. Before that it was farm road numbers.
She, he has reminded me of both Josh and Dylan. I see the Copus but not the Redman much.
May 29th, 2008 9:43 pm
Such a beautiful baby! Blue is definitely his color. 🙂
May 29th, 2008 11:13 pm
Beautiful stories and pix!
I did the meme. 🙂
May 29th, 2008 11:35 pm
He really is an adorable baby!!!
May 30th, 2008 12:01 am
I wish mr. kenju wanted to have a dance party, but he never wanted to dance at all – ever! I said I’d never marry a man who didn’t love to dance, but I did. :-/
Michele sent me tonight!
May 30th, 2008 9:40 am
My ipod is like another appendage to me; I can’t live without it. Traveling as much as I do, I often find myself having solo dance parties in my hotel rooms!
May 30th, 2008 3:51 pm
Every Friday night we are home- aka Friday Night Fish Fry- I have to dance with Martin or he drives me crazy begging. It is zydeco or who knows what each week. Last weekend I had Herb Albert and then K C and The Sunshine band. You just never know. So girl you cut up that stereo and dance with your man!
May 30th, 2008 3:52 pm
And Bryce is beautiful. I hit my button too quickly!!!
May 30th, 2008 5:45 pm
Oh gosh, Bryce is JUST gorgeous and he looks SO cuddly and hugable. What a handsome boy he is. Enjoy!
May 31st, 2008 6:22 am
I did that meme a l-o-n-g time ago and it turbed into qyite a long post because of the particular book I was reading at the time…I have no idea where it is in my archives, though…lol….OR, I would lead you to it. (If I find it, I’ll let you know, Colleen.)
It sounds like your iPod is being put to great use with yout Dance-A-Thon with Joe….
DARLING picture of your new Grandson….I know you are in Heaven about this dear little GrandBaby.