Tuesday, June 26, 2007

 

Thursday Thirteen #35 -- Susan Proves her Worth

So that way cool wench herself, Rhian, honored me with the Rockin' Wench Blogger award, formerly known as the Rockin' Girl Blogger award. You should think I'd be used to all the honors you guys show me, but nope. Not yet.

At the same time, Red, Wylie, Sophisticated Writer and Xine all made me nuts by tagging me with the same frelling meme! Didn't last weekend's acceptance of the tag teach you anything -- or are you guys clever enough to tag me, knowing I'm going to turn it inside out and upside down and prove how worthy and deserving I am of that Rockin' Wench Blogger Award???

Clever women… All of you.

Instead of going to Wikipedia and following the rules of the Birthday Meme, I'm going to give you thirteen ('cause this is my Thursday Thirteen post) things instead.




Hey, wait one fucking minute here. Susan wouldn't have come up with this blog if it hadn't been for me. This fucked-up thing she's doing needs to center around me. Trevor Fucking Wolff. (And if that's not enough to save her from the shame of not being an R-rated blog, I'll call my dealer and have him come liven the party up some.)

Without further ado (I've always wanted to say that), here's a list all about me and that day in November.

1. Trevor Fucking Wolff was born. Are you dumb enough to believe that anything else important happened?

2. Other shit happened on that day, too. Like the day when Pam came up to Rusty and told her that Mitchell would like her better if Rusty wore a push-up bra. I knew I'd have trouble hating Rusty properly when she kept calm and said, "Why mess with perfection?"

3. Then there was the night the band played this show and Walter Cicewski jumped up on stage. Turns out he and Mitchell were buddies. The big idiot never bothered to tell any of us he'd buddied up to someone like Chi-Chev.

4. It was the first time I bought anything from Lyric's shop. Mitchell told me to. Like I listen to that dork; I was going to before he told me to.

5. The band landed in Japan for the first time. Two days later, I ran up a sushi bill I couldn't pay. Remind me to tell you that one.

6. On my nineteenth birthday, Harry's Hoagies went back to using the good meatballs. They'd been using this piss-poor recipe before that and if you ate them, you'd have the runs for two days. Three if you were lucky.

7. Chelle LaFleur claims it's the day she said, "You heard it first, and you heard it here. Fat chicks with dark skin do like metal! You sit down and watch 'cause I'll prove it." I'll be damned, but she's doing just that.

8. It was somewhere around my birthday that I hooked up with Amy and started my whole thing with the Voss family.

9. Boomer, the KRVR DJ, played ShapeShifter for the first time. It was our demo, but that didn't matter. It was ShapeShifter. On the radio. On my birthday. I thought life didn't get any better than that. Fuck, I was a fool.

10. Mama Voss actually fed me turkey on Thanksgiving. Okay, that wasn't on my real birthday 'cause Hank knocked eight of my teeth loose the day before when I asked for a day without him drinking, but Sonya put together a holiday dinner once I could eat solids again.

11. I got stoned with Daniel and Eric for the first time. I don't think Eric had ever gotten stoned before. He liked it.

12. Other famous birthdays: Who fucking cares? It's all about Trevor Wolff.

13. Famous people who died on my birthday: Like I care? Life goes on with or without you. So long as it's going on with me, nothing else matters.







Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!


The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!






Now that Trevor's lost interest in this and has gone to gaze at his reflection, I thought I'd nominate a few folks for the Rockin' Wench Blogger Award.


First off: my blogging road crew: Karen and Janelle. They've put hours into the Summer's Hidden Treasures Contest, so be a sport and join in the fun!

And then my writing blogger friends: Amy Ruttan, Wylie Kinson, Thomma Lyn, and Sophisticated Writer.

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# posted by Susan Helene Gottfried @ 10:16 PM 55 comments

Saturday, May 05, 2007

 

Tag! I'm it -- twice!

It seems I can't turn around and write some fiction without you guys tagging me for things. I'm flattered by this; it's a good feeling to be important. Just remember to bring your friends around for a visit or two -- whatever it takes until they get hooked.

So, first off, Andrew tagged me with a new (to me) one: the goals meme.

I can't say that I have between five and ten crazy goals or dreams I want to achieve in my lifetime. I only have one: to be a successfully published author of Trevor and his friends. (What? You thought I was done with these guys once Trevor's Song gets published?)

Therefore, let's turn things over to Trevor...

Five goals, Trevor Style
1. World Domination by ShapeShifter, of course. I mean, why else form a band? I didn't need those wankers to get girls.

2. Get Rusty permanently out of Mitchell's life. Not to mention mine. Not in that order, though.

3. To love back every woman who already loves me. Maybe I'll love her front, too. And sides; why stop when you're on a roll?

Rolling's fun, too.

4. To be called "Mr. Wolff" when I check in at some hoity-toity hotel, and not get eyed up 'cause they think I'll trash the place. Why does everyone expect me to do the cliched shit?

5. Respect.


Ahh, poor Trevor. Above and beyond all else, he only wants one thing in life. Just like me; it's our goals that are different, though.

Which brings me to meme #2. The way cool Amy Ruttan tagged me with my third Thinking Blogger Award. Wow! Three of them!



Here are the rules, for you newly tagged folk...

How participation works:

If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.

Optional: Display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.

Okay, time to tag some new friends...

Ready?

This is loooooooooonnnnnnngggggg overdue, but it's time to tag a few of my book blog friends:
Karen
Breeni
and
Janelle

Have fun, guys!

Oh, and lest you think the kudos have stopped there, just a reminder again... go vote...

And because the voting's not closed yet...
And if you've missed it somehow, Just a reminder... go vote for me!
My site was nominated for The Blogitzer! My site was nominated for Best Blog Design!

My site was nominated for Best Blog of All Time! My site was nominated for Hottest Mommy Blogger!

Yes, I'm totally going to torture you with this until the voting closes on May 22. So go vote, will ya? If you've already voted, why not register under another e-mail address? You'll get to vote again that way!

(So when do literary agents and publishers catch on to what you guys already know and give me THEIR awards in the form of contracts and advances against royalties?)

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# posted by Susan Helene Gottfried @ 8:18 PM 12 comments