I'm Just Sayin'

Today I woke up on a chilly Monday morning happy to be alive, healthy and ready to work on my new novel. I had nothing else planned for the day except dropping off some work I had done over the weekend at the studio I am currently freelancing for-hoping for more work from them later this week- and that was it. Little did I know when I logged into Facebook around lunchtime one of my favorite persons/people/friends would be in town and having lunch right down the street. I texted her and ended up having an impromptu/surprise visit with her! How awesome is that? I had no idea I was going to see her today, but I did. Then later while walking home from the studio I ran into another friend who offered me a pumpkin cupcake and an afternoon chat :0) What a great day! I also got paid to write two articles-it isn't much, but it is always nice to get paid to write and I had no idea that was going to happen. I haven't gotten much actual writing in for the novel-but I have worked out the re...

Seriously girls! Why must you act like this? I don't understand it. I really don't. It is all fine and well to be "in love", but to ditch your friends every time he calls is just plain wrong, on many levels and let me explain why. 1) You are sending him the message that you are needy 2) You are sending your friends the message that you don't care about them or your friendship 3) It is pathetic on so many levels 4) It is bad etiquette all around to blow someone off for any reason, much less a guy I have a friend who has done this to me now 3 times. The first time I let it go. The second time I brought up the first time and she "giggled" yes I said, giggled and replied "well I would understand if you did it to me." When I told he that I wouldn't do that, she defended herself by saying "last time she checked she was a girl." I thought I made it perfectly clear that it wasn't acceptable, and yet she did it again. It was bad enough...

So you've read the books and you've seen the latest film - part one anyhow. What did you think? I want to start a discussion about it. I am curious what everyone thinks? I still believe that the films are just like Cliff's Notes for the books, and I liked what this director did, but it would have been really hard to follow for people who hadn't read the books. Don't think there is anyone like that out there? There is. I think Yates has done a really good job in directing the 5th-7th, as these were clearly the hardest ones to work with in that they were extremely long books and grew more and more complicated as they went on. I happen to like all the films, but LOVE the books and believe that everyone should read them. The UK versions are better-and yes they did change things in the American versions-UGH...Go get them, read them! (Cover of the UK version (Cover of the UK version) For those of you that have read them all and saw the Deathly Hallows Part One.. what did ...

I pulled this from an article I just read. I found out that Seattle doesn’t really get that much rain compared to most U.S. cities. In fact, Seattle ranks 44th among major U.S. cities in average annual rainfall, getting approximately 38 inches annually. Cities that get more rainfall than Seattle include such as Houston Texas (48 inches), New Orleans (60 inches), Mobile AL (65 inches), Memphis (52 inches), Nashville (48 inches), and pretty much every major city on the eastern seaboard, such as New York (43 inches), Philadelphia (41 inches), Miami (58 inches), and Boston (44 inches) Here is the thing about Seattle. The weather is perfect. I lived there and while it does rain more than Los Angeles, it is not a rainy place, not like New York, or Vermont where I swear unless it is snowing it is raining. Pissing down rain actually. In Seattle when it rains, it clears up and sunshine is there. So why not call it the sunshine state? Oh cuz Florida-which actually has more ...

So here is a follow up article about the privacy issue with FB applications. I could never understand why anyone wanted a farm or be in a mafia war in the first place, but to each his own. This quote is just funny to me and I know that if and when I meet Zuckerberg in person, this is exactly why we will get along famously. He isn't trying to be a dick-but the truth hurts. "Mark Zuckerberg, the company's chief executive, apologized to users, saying that some of the site's privacy settings had become too complicated for the average user to understand." This said, I have never had an issue with the privacy settings...just sayin'; it ain't rocket science. Facebook Acknowledges Privacy Issue With Applications The New York Times MIGUEL HELFT, On Monday October 18, 2010, 12:16 pm EDT Facebook said on Monday that it was talking to application developers about how they handle some personal data, after a report said some applications had been improperly sharing the...

I don't understand people...and warning, this entry will probably offend some of you, but don't get mad at me, or Zuckerberg, just fix your privacy issues and move on. It blows me away that people give out their personal info on FB and then get pissed off at Zuck about it. I mean, use your brain people. When the app asks you if you will allow it to access everything including your first born isn't that a clue NOT to use it? As well, if you have your address, phone number, full birthday, etc..you are at risk. Don't blame the creator for your own stupidity. I mean really. I see more and more people complaining about Mark Zuckerberg for invading their privacy when in reality they are the ones putting the info up there. It isn't really that hard. Back in the day before Social Networking, did you sign each email with your name, address, location, phone number, names of your kids, your dog and what you were eating? No of course not. Did you put all than on letters before ...

So in real life the dork that is Marcus Brewer ~ About a Boy (2002) would never grow up to be Tony Stonem ~ Skins (2007) Nicholas Hoult has transformed. This kid, I say kid, even though in the UK and across Europe he has become a sex symbol-a concept that is still weird to me, because he will always be Marcus Brewer "shake your ass" dork, this kid has grown up to be a really good looking young man and he is a terrific actor. I saw him in The Weatherman in 2005 and Nicolas Cage played his father-yeah right, Tom Cruise could be, but sorry Cage, no way. In any case, he had some pretty dramatic scenes in that film and did a great job. Now I see him in Skins and it is very weird to see his character play such a wanker. That said, he is a great actor. He has been given some amazing scenes and just like in About a Boy, he delivers. He was also in A Single Man, which I haven't seen yet, I believe this guy is someone to watch closely. I am sure he will go far. I would love to wr...