Today Is Rant Day

Because I said so.

And you can rant along with me, because I'm telling you to. And you don't have to go into detail.

Here are my rants for today:

1) This happens all the time. Why do some people have to tell others their SAME opinion over and over and over in a thousand blogs if there happened to be one subject of interest that's making the rounds? Esp. if it's in disapproval of the subject. I get it. You don't like. You want people to know how much you don't like. But man. It gets to the point that you're having the same conversation ten times over. It's like a yappy chihuahua that just won't stop.

2) What is it with these tall books? I don't get it. It doesn't save paper. I can't hold it comfortably. It doesn't fit in my purse. And when I'm done, it doesn't go with the other books on my shelves! Argh.

3) If the windows and doors of your air-conditioned house is closed the majority of the day, where do the dust come from? How do they settle on top of furniture and tables without your permission?

4) Ya think tattoos are that sexy on those male shoulders, wait till you see them on 40+ year old roofers with no teeth. Big blobs of faded green over wrinkled freckled skin. Oh yeah.

5) Elastic pants? The Curse of Womankind. Esp. those who like to eat cookies and chocolate. Because, sooner or later, the woman will have to put on nice pants and jeans that don't have elastic...and they don't fit anymore. CURSED CURSED ELASTIC.

***grin***

Your turn. Come on. I bared my soul!

Scents of Spring

I like my garden at this time of the year. It's just starting to get out of control, like its owner ;-).

Here is my angel's trumpet tree with its little angel birdbath. It's right outside my bedroom window so I can catch its strong perfume at night. I think you can click on the pic to make it bigger.



This is a side view. I wanted to show off the first blooms starting on my gardenia tree. This is the pride of my garden and I wait for the show every year. You can see the buds on it. By next weekend, the tree will be white with the fragrant flowers. I'll try to remember to take a pic then.

Why Mothers Should Be Given a Standing Ovation Everyday

Happy Mother's Day!

STEP ONE Towards Preparing To Run With The Bulls In July

Practice running? Nope.

Second thoughts? Nope.

Reading more about event? Nope.

Looking for more insurance? Nope.

First thing to do when July's running of the bull event is coming up:

TAN THOSE WHITE ROOFER'S LEGS, BABEEEEeeeee!

Help. I saw the ugliest pair of snow-white legs in rolled up roofing pants today. Heeeelllllllp. My eyes, my eyes. When I declared my horror, Ranger Buddy looked at me and said, "Exactly. I wouldn't want the bulls to laugh at me instead of run."

That's the trouble with roofers who have 30 year old tans on their faces and arms but legs that look like they belong to vampires. Me included, but MINE AREN'T THAT UGLY!

Post #2: Good Times II

Have to start another post. Vimeo Videos (previous post) are hard to embed and I don't feel like messing with them now that they're working.

Here's author Eliza Gayle's video montage of her experience at RT. The Asian girl you see is Su, aka SUNAMI, who always have a great time at RT.



Heehee, and here's Fabio, who nearly kicked My George Clooney's ass not too long ago ;-). He snuck into the SOS Military Mixer, which honored military personnel (RT runs a special operations to send things to military in Iraq). Also present was a World War II veteran, who came in his uniform. It was an honor to shake his hand.




Here's the Ellora's Cavemen performing their rendition of Greased Lightning for Ellora's Cave's Hollywood Party, which was held on the first night.

Good Times

Some of you, planning to come to 2009's Romantic Times Convention in Orlando, emailed me for more details about what to expect, so today, I'd like to post some videos I found on the web so you guys can see for yourself.

The first one is of the Faery Ball. This is part of the contest. No need to panic if you hate costume stuff; not everyone went in costumes. There is usually a dinner and you just sit back and watch. Some of the costumes are stunning. Besides, every time I see a man walking past me with a set of giant wings, I grin. Oh, the things Ranger Buddy would say about that....

The man accompanying the lovely lady onto the stage is my wonderful model friend, Rodney, whom I've known for five years. Rodney is very popular at the convention and is a gentlemen, so he was a perfect choice for Mr. Romance 2006 (in Daytona).


Faery Ball, RT BOOKlovers Convention, 2008 from Romantic Times Book Reviews on Vimeo.


The following is a sweeping camera of the madness that's the Saturday Book Fair at Romantic Times. There were readers walking around with rolling suitcases, looking for their favorite authors! There were readers from Australia, New Sealand, England, Germany, and Sweden. The noise level was so loud at times one could barely hear one's own voice! If you look at the far end of the video during the first few seconds, you will see TALL and BEAUTIFUL Marjorie Liu standing up, towering over me (hidden because I'm four feet four).


Book Fair, RT BOOKlovers Convention, 2008 from Romantic Times Book Reviews on Vimeo.