After going through a few of my online dating profiles (yes I have them too), I have come to the conclusion that being 100 percent honest gets you nowhere. I mean seriously, in all of my profiles, I show pictures that are of my entire self, and not just the perfectly cropped version that completely ignores those pesky love handles, as well as a honest description of who I am. Every word that is written is a truth to myself and I see now that this may be the reason why my inbox is always empty. Or for the most part filled with messages from old pervs who merely want to give me a good spanking. I don't beat around the mulberry bush by a long shot. If the options are small, medium, a few extra pounds or full figured, I go with full figured. Why you ask?, because I am fat and I have no issue being honest about it and letting it be known up front. That way when me and Mr. right meet in person he wont be pissed off that the "few extra pounds" on my waist is really a cruise ship stretching from one end to the other. Whether it be that I am not a fan of children, hate cats, love reality television or that I can't go a day without Starbucks, I put it out there. By now you can tell that I am proud of my honesty, and if not..what were you reading exactly? But honesty aside, even I admit that I am growing tired of being greeted with No new messages after logging in. I thought that online dating was supposed to be different ya know. I thought that the entire point was to put your true self out there and actually be able to meet someone who was just like you. No bullshit fronts or make believe hobbies.
Maybe my friends are right...shit like that only happens in the movies.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The reject list - An aspiring writer's vent
Sooo if your reading this, than more than likely it's because you are an aspiring writer who has been rejected by yet again ANOTHER agent. Upset? Irritated? Pissed off (that last one describes most)?
well than you've come to the right place. See I have been a aspiring writer since I was sixteen years of age and well, when you get those first few rejection letters at that age, its not so bad. Fast forward six years later and a lot more rejection letters, not so bad turns into WTF? I think that for us writers, it's a blow to the ego especially if you have really put months and years into a piece of work that you just know is good. I mean, I know I have personally gone through and made different versions of a story just to meet a agents specifics. And for those of you who haven't trust me when I say it not only sucks major ass, but you feel even more like shit when said agents praise you for being one of the few to actually submit correctly and still reject you. I think I have sent out a query letter to every reputable agency on on the net (Different query letters for different pieces, but you get the point). I have compiled a list, that I have deemed the reject list. This list isn't like your normal grocery store list. No, this list is more of burn list of agents who i just know had their college interns skim over and send a reply. And you all know those replies that I am talking about. To me those rejection's are the ones that hit me the hardest because you just know that if in the right hands, you would have gotten a request for a full manuscript. But meh... what are you going to do about it right? So although my reject list is starting to grow longer than a serial killer's rap sheet, I still glance over at my small "Yes" list and contain my optimism. So to all my fellow reject writer's, Yes it sucks reading once again "Thank you for considering our agency for your submission , but at this time we regret...", And Yes it sucks buying all those stamps and envelopes for your return s.a.s.e only to get bad news returned, but do know that one day you will get that one email that for sure will turn your work of art into the next big thing!
well than you've come to the right place. See I have been a aspiring writer since I was sixteen years of age and well, when you get those first few rejection letters at that age, its not so bad. Fast forward six years later and a lot more rejection letters, not so bad turns into WTF? I think that for us writers, it's a blow to the ego especially if you have really put months and years into a piece of work that you just know is good. I mean, I know I have personally gone through and made different versions of a story just to meet a agents specifics. And for those of you who haven't trust me when I say it not only sucks major ass, but you feel even more like shit when said agents praise you for being one of the few to actually submit correctly and still reject you. I think I have sent out a query letter to every reputable agency on on the net (Different query letters for different pieces, but you get the point). I have compiled a list, that I have deemed the reject list. This list isn't like your normal grocery store list. No, this list is more of burn list of agents who i just know had their college interns skim over and send a reply. And you all know those replies that I am talking about. To me those rejection's are the ones that hit me the hardest because you just know that if in the right hands, you would have gotten a request for a full manuscript. But meh... what are you going to do about it right? So although my reject list is starting to grow longer than a serial killer's rap sheet, I still glance over at my small "Yes" list and contain my optimism. So to all my fellow reject writer's, Yes it sucks reading once again "Thank you for considering our agency for your submission , but at this time we regret...", And Yes it sucks buying all those stamps and envelopes for your return s.a.s.e only to get bad news returned, but do know that one day you will get that one email that for sure will turn your work of art into the next big thing!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Vanilla Bean and the New Chai Tea Latte
Its absoloutly amazing how randomly scrolling through youtube videos can change your current state of being. Well.... not your exact state of being, but your mood and atmosphere. See this is the coolest thing (kinda) to happen to me. Now we've all listened to music and have been taken back to a time or specific memory that makes us just melt on the inside. But for me (and I'm sure millions of other people) it has never gotten me hooked on a random (but im sure not intentional) product placement. What am I rambling about you ask? Ok well the other day, I was randomly scrolling through some youtube videos. So i came across this one video that had this one song, that was just so pretty and real and ...it just took me back to the days of being a teen and well... all the crazy ups and downs about teenage love. So anyways... I was listening to the song which I found out later was called Chai Tea Latte, by a not so known, but up and coming girl named Angel Taylor. So I'm sitting there traveling back in time to when I was a sixteen year old fat girl who was in love with who I thought was the cutest guy in the world, and all of a sudden I have this urge to go get some Chai Tea Latte. But the thing is I had never ever had a Chai Tea Latte before. And let me tell you I am not one to buy things that I have never tasted in my life unless it was reccommended. So i didnt think about it anymore. But.. just like I know so many of you have done, I kept my new favorite song on repeat, and was now urged (not literally lol but you might as well say so) to go get some Chai Tea Latte. So I did and I sure hope Mz. Taylor gets a promotional deal because my chai tea latte WAS AMAZING.. and you know you have to try it especially when its coming from a gal who prefers her perfectly made Vanilla Bean Frapp lol.
Well.... until next time.
Adios mi amigas
Well.... until next time.
Adios mi amigas
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