Subtitle 1: Too Lazy-a$$ed To Write a Real Post
Subtitle 2: Has Anyone Seen My Sense of Humour?
It’s not much of a secret that I was at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference (#SiWC2011) this past weekend. I’ll blog more about the wow factor when I become coherent. With any luck, that will occur before I start collecting my pension in 2014.
In any case, here is a slice of my weekend in bits and bytes and tweets and sights:
Wednesday: the yay version
Wednesday: the oy version
Thursday: hanging with POTUS once removed and POTUS twice removed
Thursday: hanging with Diana Gabaldon for a Nanosecond
Friday: to be elaborated upon soon
Saturday: uh oh
Sunday: return to reality, including blog stats
Sunday: return to reality, including my name
Sunday: return to reality, the good parts
Monday: the painful beginning
Monday: the dopey continuation
Your turn:
What was your weekend like?
Funny, it included a giant orange thing, lots of yellow and green things, and beating my brother through a maze made of straw bales. (Yup, Pumpkin Patch trip!)
Glad you had a wonderful time at SIWC (love Thing 1&2 pics!!) — hope to hear more of it before I turn to dust. 🙂
Beating your brother never gets old. At least not for me. 🙂
Back to Back 90 minute spin classes with the theme: “cycle overdose;” three hours of teaching to music sung by artists who died from drug overdose, suicide, or plane crash. Building a diorama based on a Magic Tree House book; a completely edible jungle scene (including green licorice “vines” and Oreo cookie dirt floor) inside a box decorated to look like a something my husband should be building in the back yard. A “parents welcome” halloween party that made me wish I was one of those featured artists from my spin class. Baking a Boy Scout themed cake . . . that started as a camping scene and ended up as a “scat identification” cake due to time constraints. A 45 minute soccer game, and the 10th straight loss of the season. A 13 mile run with the dogs, on which they also found some scat, five feet from the car. Dog washing, laundry marathon, and planning for the New Zealand food project due on Thursday. And that was just Saturday . . . not necessarily in that order. It is probably better that I don’t have a twitter account.
I’m pretty sure it’s not a coincidence that the word “die” is in diorama.
You crack me up. When are you going to guest post for me?
Me, guest post for you? Seriously? That is like being asked to eat lunch with the cool kids!
This sounds like so much fun. Can’t wait to hear more about it when you’re coherent!
Thanks, Monica. Coming sooner than you think…
How drunk were you when you took that awesome pic of the authorities with T1&T2? Because if you were sober, you just blew my mind…
Oh, I was very sober. I’m pretty sure I’m most dangerous when my blood alcohol level is 0.
I once almost got arrested for … wait for it: boating in a flooded soccer field. The police were convinced we were drunk. My next step might’ve indicated I was (but I wasn’t, promise!) – I asked the cop if he’d pose for a picture.
And believe it or not he did. And, we were sent away with a stern reminder to “remember your lifejackets” (but sir, it’s a flooded soccer field – there’s only 3 feet of water!)
I still have the picture but my friends in it refuse to let it be shown to the public 🙁
Boating in a soccer field? Brilliant. And I’d love to see the pictures. You could blur the faces…
This is a great post – I love your tweets and those pics with the Things are hilarious! *Waves to wordbitches*
Welcome home. xoxo
Thanks, Liz. It’s a lazy post but it got the job done. *Waves back!*
I hope you finished in time on Wednesday. Nice pics too. Presidents even? Too bad Bill C. didn’t see your picture. As for my weekend, I worked some 30 hours at a film festival. Thousands of people came. What a time. 🙂
Sounds like you were busy…to the point of exhaustion, I suspect.
Hope you’re resting up this week!
Hilarious post, Leanne. Entering your phone number into the microwave is something I’d probably do until I’ve had my morning tea also. Ummm, did anyone answer?
Ha. That’d be a clear sign I need to be admitted somewhere…
Hi Leanne, I may have to pick up my copy of Outlander again for a “Jamie fix” after seeing your pic with Diana Gabaldon. Love that man! Speaking of love…I got engaged this weekend! Yup! That’s right. At 40, I’ve finally found Mr. Right.
Squeee! Mr. Right indeed. Congrats, Kim. Tell your Mr. Right I’ll do an Oil Thigh to celebrate. (It’s not nearly as dirty as it sounds – but he’ll get it). 🙂 Woohoo!
You got to meet Diana Gabaldon! That is so exciting. Did she by any chance mention possibly when the next Outlander book will come out? My weekend involved my grandmother’s funeral so I am very much glad to have that behind me. Your weekend trumps mine, thankfully.
So sorry to hear about your Grandmother’s funeral, Leigh. That is rough indeed. Wishing you peaceful moments.
You never saw the Presidents because I was working security for them and keeping you at bay.
I couldn’t tell you at the time.
It’s why we call it the Secret Service.
Wait. Were you the Secret Service guy who would always quote Monty Python when I tried to get him to smile?
Went out to dinner with the hubs friday night for our anniversary. Had to wait forever for the second round of our “fusion tapas” and then after mentioning to the waiter we were still waiting, having him come out 5 minutes later and asking if we were ready for dessert. Um, no dumbass, we still haven’t gotten the rest of our dinner. Fail.
But I also got to go to the MD Ren Fest on Saturday and meet a fellow blogger, so that was super fun and made up for any silly failure of an anniversary dinner. Fun times!!
Holy bad service, Batman. Somehow those make better stories. Still, I hope you get an Anniversary Dinner, Part 2 soon!
Dying to hear from you! Girl, you know how to leave someone hanging! 😉
Soon, Raz-girl, soon!
So jealous that Thing1 and Thing2 got to be fondled by Diana Gabaldon! Love her Outlander series – one of my all time faves.
I just love Jamie…