Short Hiatus

If prime time shows can do it then so can I!  I'm taking a mini-hiatus from the blog to refresh my brain.  And write. And read.  And maybe spend some time with those strangers who live in my house.

And maybe do a little of this:

Wait...not that. More like this:

Oh, yeah.

But it won't be for long and I'll still be visiting your blogs! and Twitter.  So if you're stopping by for the first time, feel free to browse the archives till I get back.

The Aftermath...

To those who gave their all to increase our enjoyment of the holiday:

Let us give thanks for their sacrifice.  Hope everyone had a great Easter!

April 1st To-Do List

Don't let Easter distract you from one of the most important days of the year.

My To-Do List

Office:

Hide food in a trash can and when someone comes by grab it out and eat it.
Bring multiple sets of clothes to work, change every hour, and act like nothing’s different.
Cup water in hand and pretend to sneeze on the back of someone’s head.
Take something from someone’s office and leave them a ransom note.  
Conference call two people then don’t say anything, just listen. 
Buy some underwear, write a co-worker’s name in them, and then leave them on the floor of the office bathroom. 

Home:

Fill someone’s hair-dryer with baby powder. 
Hide an alarm clock in teen's bedroom and set it for 3:00 a.m. 
Cover toilet seat with plastic wrap.
Take the door knob off bathroom door and put it back on backwards, then lock it and leave the door open.
Hard-boil all the eggs in a carton and place them back in the refrigerator.
Remove the shower head and place a chicken bouillon cube in it, then put the head back on.


I'm not going to lie...some of these I do at least once a month anyway.
Keep it funny, peeps.

The Right Words

Sometimes it's hard to find the right words...

And yes, this is what you end up with when you're too busy to compose a decent blog post.

Pleasing Punctuation

Punctuation.  The bane of my writing.

I tend to write like I speak so I'm a big fan of the dramatic pause...(ellipses).  It might appear unassuming...just lying there...but it serves it's purpose quite well.

I also like the exclamation point! It captures your attention like nothing else.

But as my friends can tell you...I am not a fan of the comma.  It just dangles there, teasing me, and interrupting my flow.

Do you have a favorite, overused punctuation mark?  Come on...share it!


I would like to add if there was a symbol that stood for elaborate hand gestures it would be my favorite.  I may have to invent this.  Like little jazz hands.

IWSG-Am I the Bomb?

Sometimes I worry my writing might be the equivalent of the photo-bomb.

But then I remember I have awesome friends who won't let me get caught with my pants down...or in a Darth Vader suit...or even riding a bike.

This post is a part of the Insecure Writer's Support Group hosted by the incredible Alex Cavanaugh.  Join us, and let's be insecure and paranoid together. 

Life is an Ad-Lib.

Some of the most famous scenes in many popular movies were the result of a spontaneous ad-lib.

The Godfather-1972

No one knows where the hell Brando got the cat come from.  It was never in the script.
The Fugitive-1993
Tommy Lee Jones famous answer to Harrison Ford's plea in the sewers that he didn't kill his wife was simple but perfect, and entirely ad-libbed. "I don't care."


The Dark Knight Rises-2008
The slow clap of a creepy clown was never meant to be but only the dark brilliance of Heath Ledger could make it so.

Pretty Woman-1990
Snapping closed the lid of the jewelry box was a playful spontaneous move by Richard Gere but Julia Robert's reaction was so perfectly honest, they decided to keep the scene.

To see a much larger and mind blowing list hop on over to Screen Rant.

And remember...life is meant to be ad-libbed.