I have been busy re-working a YA book I’m pulling together, so I haven’t had alot of time for the regular funny. Sorry!
Here are some tidbits. Mostly, things start out this way, then get developed into whole posts. Sadly, right now they are just sitting in my brain, waiting in line behind "go to the eye doctor," "finish new novel," and "walk the dog." Because you know, the dog requires alot of attention.
**Over the weekend I was in CVS picking up a prescription, and I noticed this little item:
Yeah, that’s a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, Elvis Anniversary edition. It’s got bananas, and peanut butter, and chocolate. You know why? Because Elvis loved peanut butter and banana sandwiches, because he was fat. FAT! And I’m just here to be the one person to point out the fact that on the 30th Anniversary of his DYING OF A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE HE WAS SO FAT, Reese’s has put out a candy totally dedicated to his fatness. Next, they’ll be issuing a Kurt Cobain commemorative shotgun.
No, really— these might be delicious. I just don’t care for room-temperature fruit filling anywhere near my chocolate desserts. And I wanted to point out that it’s a little sick to have a commemorative candy dedicated to someone who died from being so gosh darn fat. Maybe it’s just me.
*** I had a great time doing the panel at the West Hollywood Book Fair. I also met this writer, who was also on the panel and was cool. Now I am reading her book, Party Girl. Good stuff!
*** A couple of years ago, I didn’t get a flu shot because some insane woman at my doctor’s office told me that if I was young and healthy, I should "save the vaccine for the old people" (her words, not mine. My mother always thought ‘old people’ was a disparaging term, so she trained me to say ‘older people,’ which I still say to this day). As a result of not getting the flu shot that year, I had a fever of 103 on Christmas. So now, every year I am the very first person in line to get the shot. Like, I will push an ‘older man’ out of the way to get it. That’s how much I hated having the flu. I am only mentioning this because now every place I go to get the shot has a waiting list, which I think is just stupid. Why don’t they ever make enough? I mean, can’t they just reasonably assume that no one wants the flu? You better believe I am getting that shot, even if I have to go to another state to do it.
*** Did I mention that some crazy people at NowLive have given Stephan and I our own radio show, based on this blog? Oh yeah– it’s called "Funny Strange Live," and you can listen to it on your computer on Fridays at 1pm Pacific Time, right here, which would be great, because then you could call or text in, and that would make the show much funnier. This week’s show is called "Pull Yourself Together," and it’s based on the fact that I recently had to tell a woman to keep her voice down in Costco because she was SHOUTING ABOUT DIARRHEA MEDICINE. Good Lord.