Showing posts with label everyday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label everyday. Show all posts

Thursday, June 30, 2011

When this is all over, I’ll need a goat...


It is day four of my house entrapment (otherwise known as finishing a book), which means that as I’m writing this I should really be finishing a book. But, here’s the deal, four days of non-stop writing (preceded by about four weeks of mostly non-stop writing) really kill the brain cells. And, can I tell you, it is hard editing a book without a brain. Actually, it’s hard doing anything without a brain. Earlier today I went into the bathroom to pee, but forgot what I had come for, so I ended up taking a shower. Here’s a tip: never shower when you need to pee, it is all kinds of excruciating.

The up-side of my situation is that this particular book happens to be about bachelorette parties, which means I’m really building up my knowledge of cocktails, drinking games and strange exotic party customs (all of which I intend to use once I’ve finished). That reminds me; where can I buy a goat?...A live one?

Right...what I actually popped on here to do, was to share the most inventive cocktail site on the internet (there is really no way I can back that up). It draws inspiration from artworks and people and is all kinds of fancy: http://pourmesamis.com.br/

Friday, September 3, 2010

The fanciest part of my day

When you’re working from home – like I’ve been working from home – style goes down the shitter pretty much immediately. Sorry about the language, but it’s true.

I went from girl with socially-acceptable standards to sloth-like creature in Mark’s track pants faster than you can say “can you train your pet flies to stay in your room when you come down for dinner?”

My transformation happened on my first day as a commissioned book author. Not that I’m blaming my publisher – I’m pretty sure she’d be as horrified as the rest of the world if she saw what I looked like on a daily basis. I’m just saying that when you imagine Jane Austen penning her delightful works, you should be aware that she was probably wearing giant pantaloons and using quills to keep the hair out of her face.

I can’t back that up. It’s probably not true.