Waiting is the hard part
Mar. 29th, 2008 05:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shalannaI'm waiting to see whether I won anything . . . think positive! (Although that's never worked BEFORE)
* Elton John concert tickets! Yes, I "might win" a trip to hear "Hercules" live. If this happens, I must call my high school best friend, Ann. She was completely wack over Elton for years. We were both fans, but she was the bigger fan of his. (I was more crazy about Paul Simon. I managed to get us front row seats for his SMU concert, even.) I could not resist tracking her down and telling her, "Get a babysitter--we're going to see Elton." There would be a "thud" on the other end of the line. But we'd get to go! *wack* The most unfair thing the Universe could do would be to award that trip to someone who is vague about exactly when the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Captain Fantastic" albums came out. . . .
* That MWA/St. Martin's Press First Crime Novel contest is supposed to be decided "by the end of March." Logic would lead us to conclude that the winner has already been called . . . why would they wait until the last day of the month? Probably there's already celebrating in some house somewhere. The unfair bit would be if it's a youngster who would've had plenty of other chances over the years, and not one of us old-timers who see the years tearing off the calendar like in one of those old movies. . . .
* My humorous fairy tale was held over for consideration for an anthology. The editor liked my "Splatterfairies" tale, but it wasn't a fairy tale retelling, so I wrote a Fractured Fairy Tale pastiche of "Hansel and Gretel." *However*, I know of several others who have sent in their stuff, and they know the author who will be writing the counterpoint story for the book, so I don't hold out much hope. I tweaked the story the other day just for fun, but I don't see any point in re-sending it before the deadline . . . though when/if it gets chosen, it's ready.
* I called the toll-free number and took that Jack-in-the-Box survey. You can win 1,000 just for telling them if the restaurant was clean or had banana peels falling from the ceiling! I lied on every question.
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[EDIT: P. S. I used to collect coins as well as stamps, so I already know that a numismatist is a coin collector; that's why I followed that with, "*Worse*, do you love numbers?" I was riffing on that crazy TV ad that the government is running about coin collectors. Have you seen it? It starts out with "Are you a numismatist?" and implies that it's something dirty, showing all these scenes of people picking up coins, etc. It's hilarious. So I just thought that would be a funny lead-in that would tip people off that I'm doing a riff on those TV offers. That particular one from the U. S. Mint is one of the silliest, IMHO. *grin*]
* Elton John concert tickets! Yes, I "might win" a trip to hear "Hercules" live. If this happens, I must call my high school best friend, Ann. She was completely wack over Elton for years. We were both fans, but she was the bigger fan of his. (I was more crazy about Paul Simon. I managed to get us front row seats for his SMU concert, even.) I could not resist tracking her down and telling her, "Get a babysitter--we're going to see Elton." There would be a "thud" on the other end of the line. But we'd get to go! *wack* The most unfair thing the Universe could do would be to award that trip to someone who is vague about exactly when the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Captain Fantastic" albums came out. . . .
* That MWA/St. Martin's Press First Crime Novel contest is supposed to be decided "by the end of March." Logic would lead us to conclude that the winner has already been called . . . why would they wait until the last day of the month? Probably there's already celebrating in some house somewhere. The unfair bit would be if it's a youngster who would've had plenty of other chances over the years, and not one of us old-timers who see the years tearing off the calendar like in one of those old movies. . . .
* My humorous fairy tale was held over for consideration for an anthology. The editor liked my "Splatterfairies" tale, but it wasn't a fairy tale retelling, so I wrote a Fractured Fairy Tale pastiche of "Hansel and Gretel." *However*, I know of several others who have sent in their stuff, and they know the author who will be writing the counterpoint story for the book, so I don't hold out much hope. I tweaked the story the other day just for fun, but I don't see any point in re-sending it before the deadline . . . though when/if it gets chosen, it's ready.
* I called the toll-free number and took that Jack-in-the-Box survey. You can win 1,000 just for telling them if the restaurant was clean or had banana peels falling from the ceiling! I lied on every question.
This post has been sponsored by the number 3427.
Are you a numismatist? Worse, do you love NUMBERS?
If you like NUMBERS, you, too, could own your very own collection of digits! ONE, TWO, even THREE digits could be yours!! But wait, there's more !!!!
FOUR, FIVE, SIX -- even SEVEN -- all these will be included _free_ for your enjoyment. And if you reply before April 8th, I'll throw in an EIGHT and NINE !!!!
Yes, all of these _great_ numbers could be yours for the mere price of one book contract. (Certain restrictions apply.) Join now and you will receive a beautiful bouquet of the primes from 1 to 17! Hurry! Sign up for your favorite numbers TODAY!
*Not available in the state of Confusion. Prohibited by law in the state of Euphoria. Do not expose to open flame.*
[EDIT: P. S. I used to collect coins as well as stamps, so I already know that a numismatist is a coin collector; that's why I followed that with, "*Worse*, do you love numbers?" I was riffing on that crazy TV ad that the government is running about coin collectors. Have you seen it? It starts out with "Are you a numismatist?" and implies that it's something dirty, showing all these scenes of people picking up coins, etc. It's hilarious. So I just thought that would be a funny lead-in that would tip people off that I'm doing a riff on those TV offers. That particular one from the U. S. Mint is one of the silliest, IMHO. *grin*]
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Date: 2008-03-29 11:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-29 11:26 pm (UTC)So I know it's been in the running. That should be enough . . . I know . . . I'm trying to lower my expectations so I can be happier. But it's tough.
Generally, when you don't hear back, that's not good. My grandmother used to say that people who went steady for years and years never got married, and she kinda had a point--generally, you fall in love with something right away and quite irrationally. If you "almost" love it and hang on to it, the magic was never quiiite there. It's always more heartbreaking when things happen that way. I think it's the same with art. First time I ever heard certain songs, I said, "Play that again." (R. E. M.'s "Losing My Religion," the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville," the Beatles' "Twist and Shout" and "Paperback Writer.") Sometimes I've known that I should like a song better than I do . . . but it's only once in a while that it grows on me and becomes a favorite.
But we can always hope!!
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Date: 2008-03-29 11:32 pm (UTC)Maybe I'm just slushed :) ((wouldn't be the first time))
Ahhh - everything in my world is in limbo at the moment...
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Date: 2008-03-30 09:02 pm (UTC)Good luck! (But don't you dare beat my story out. *GRIN*)
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Date: 2008-03-30 09:20 pm (UTC)Well, I wouldn't worry if I were you - I had problems with the POV thing :sigh:
Thank you for the tip :))) and GOOD LUCK!!!
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Date: 2008-03-30 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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And upstairs from 4 on the keyboard, a GOOD sign:
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Maybe the Koreans are wrong!
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Date: 2008-03-30 07:38 pm (UTC)Definition no problem--it was mocking a TV ad!
Date: 2008-03-30 08:57 pm (UTC)