Finally!

Finally a day of good weather here. Woo hoo!

You Don't Love Everyone, So Stop Saying You Do

I'm tired of people coming out and saying something stupid and offensive and then apologizing for their ignorance with the classic line "I love everyone" thrown in. Why can't people just stop the charade and admit the truth: that they don't like certain people and they don't love everyone. If these bigots/homophobes/whatever are so honest in admitting what they hate about people different from themselves, why can't they show that same honesty when confronted with that hatred?

Scrub Daddy

Being the Shark Tank fan that I am, I broke down today and bought my first show item: the Scrub Daddy. It's so cute that I hate to use it!

Lurking

I'll admit it, I like to lurk on various sites. I largely enjoy reading what people are saying about various topics: celebrity gossip, writing, life in general. As I stated in my previous blog post, there is a lot of garbage on the Internet, but there's also a lot of entertaining stuff. I lurk on all kinds of sites: DataLounge, DListed, Celebitchy, Gawker, Jezebel, NPR, and the list goes on.


I was lurking earlier today on the Absolute Water Cooler site and came upon a thread about writers dealing with safe sex issues in their work. If you write sex scenes (whether they're between a monogamous couple or not), should safe sex practices be included? I feel like they should. I think having a man put on a condom won't detract from a sexual scene that follows. But, in reality, safe sex isn't always practiced and I think it's fine to have characters who aren't über responsible also. However, I believe those irresponsible characters should have to deal with the ramifications of their irresponsibility.

Per the Internet, My Babies Are Not Cute

As most of us know, the Internet is pretty much an essential part of our daily lives now. So, for all of the good information and helpful services provided via the World Wide Web, there's also a lot of anger and hate out there to be posted and shared. My current beef with the Interwebs is with the low rankings of some of my books on Goodreads. I normally don't even bother reading reviews anywhere, but I clicked over to see the ratings for two of my books and they both were around two stars. Oy! I didn't read any written views because, frankly, seeing the low starred ratings was enough of a letdown. However, I am a big girl and I know that when you put your work out there for the public, you have to take the good and the bad. If you didn't want people to judge your work, you wouldn't put your work on display. I review many books I've read myself on Goodreads and Amazon and while I do try not to be particularly nasty, I do write what I think: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Still, when you work hard and put out a product that you're proud of and someone comes along and shits on it, it's hard not to be annoyed. It's like someone saying your baby is ugly. If someone doesn't like my work (aka my baby), I feel like screaming, "But I birthed that baby and I love that baby! Why don't you love it, too???" But we're all different people who like different things, so I guess we have to agree to disagree.

Ciao, New York

My short trip to New York is over and I have no idea when I'll be back, but I had a great time seeing friends and coworkers in the city. I didn't make it back to Brooklyn, but I'll certainly try to get there the next time I visit. For now, I must bid farewell to NYC.

Back in New York

I'm in New York briefly for work and I can't believe how great the weather is here. I got into town Thursday so I missed the monsoon that happened Wednesday.