I am a crotchety old woman in a coming-up-on-middle-aged-woman’s body. I like semi-colons, the seagulls in Finding Nemo, and books both with and without pictures. I do not like raisins.
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Thank you for commenting! I love your comments and I love you. No, not YOU. Yes, you. If you leave a comment full of jackassery, I'm either deleting or publicly mocking that sucker - so, stop, think, and don't be a douchecanoe. Otherwise, gold star right at the top of your paper! Good job! Kisses!
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November 26th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
1. Why do you dislike raisins?
2. Do you like grapes?
November 26th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
No. I hate both. Raisins get stuck in your teeth and pretend to be chocolate chips and that’s just mean; and grapes are fruit that aren’t strawberries, and I hate most fruit except strawberries. I’m a big weird weirdo.
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Hey! I am wondering whether I will approach being a douchecanoe with this comment….. I am slightly worried. However. First of all, I’m English and, being a true Anglo-Saxon, am DELIGHTED to have found a new word of saying ‘arsehole’, so brilliant work there, thank you! Second, I like raisins, but I feel your pain when they pretend to be chocolate chips. And third, I am drumming up support for the book (both with and without pictures.) I want to create a gentle and largely imaginative revolution until the recent move to ban books in favour of electronic devices is stalled. The manifesto can be found over at http://thepollyannafragments.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/the-history-books-forgot-about-us-and-the-bible-didnt-mention-us-not-even-once/
and I hope I was right in thinking you may be a perfect supporter!
Cheers,
‘Pollyanna.’
December 4th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
I love this. *LOVE.* You are not at ALL a douchecanoe. I am violently anti-ereaders. I get their function, I do, but I am petrified of what they’ll do to the publishing world. Happily publishing this comment and encourage people to click on the link!
December 5th, 2011 at 6:57 am
Thank you! Yeah, unfortunately I get them too, but I fear we are distilling our world down and away from the material and the tactile. I can’t hug a pixel!!
December 18th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
I agree. On all counts.
December 18th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
I’m glad. If you didn’t, I would change it until you did.
April 14th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
I’ve been wandering around your site for a few days… or has it been a week already? My goodness, time flies when you’re having fun! The point being, I can’t really remember how I got here in the first place. But anyone who loves semi-colons and hates raisins gets my vote. It doesn’t even matter what I’m voting for… you have mine. And that was before I saw the post with the AquaDuck truck-boat, and read on your FAQ page that you’re in New York, and saw that All Over Albany is on your blogroll! That’s when I thought, “Holy Cannoli, Batman! This woman is probably my neighbor!”
So, howdy neighbor!
April 14th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Hi! And thank you, and welcome! I AM probably your neighbor! I’m right here in the Capital District (and I love it so much here, I’ll never leave! Best decision I ever made, moving here!)
Glad to have you here! :)
July 7th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
I adore semi-colons but I must admit–are you ready for this? I like raisins better than chocolate chips. I know. I know! Major character defect. But I like almost all fruit and fruit-derived things. I like all books and am not in favor of e-readers, except I caved and downloaded the Kindle app on my iPhone the last time I traveled because, hello! books are heavy! And I am a crotchedy old woman in a crotchedly old woman’s body so I don’t need to be lugging ten tons of books around on trains and planes and such. I do not like seagulls, however. Not. At. All. Nor any birds, really, they creep me right the fuck out, except penguins, but they hardly count as birds as they can’t even fly, right?
July 9th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
I actually downloaded the Kindle app for my laptop, so I understand. There are some books (especially as a book reviewer) I can’t get in paper, so I needed it. I still like paper better, though.
Raisins? AAHHHHH! (I’m weirdly anti-most-fruits. It’s an odd thing that drives people insane about me.)
And I also hate birds, except for animated birds. Because they can’t poo OR peck.
July 21st, 2012 at 9:41 pm
I’m sending a blog award to you! http://enchantedbybooks.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/blog-awards/
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:46 am
Thank you!
September 3rd, 2012 at 2:40 pm
I have nominated you for the Inspiring Blog and One Lovely Blog awards. Here: http://wp.me/p1jL9y-i9. You can pass the torch by giving me a shout-out, then stating 7 facts about yourself and nominating 15 bloggers whom you find inspiring or lovely. Or just skip it and post whatever you’d like. :) And now I’m off to see if dumb cat has posted anything recently.
September 3rd, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Thank you so much! I saw that and will respond one of these days, promise! Just trying to get myself together!
September 25th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
I’m digging this blog. “You Knew What I Was When You Picked Me Up” is brilliant.
September 26th, 2012 at 12:42 am
Thank you so much! I like yours too! RSSed it tonight – will be reading! Welcome to the insanity, so glad to have you here!
January 19th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
I don’t like raisins either. In fact I hate them. I think we’re going to get along well in our mutual distaste for them.
January 19th, 2013 at 8:31 pm
THEY ARE TERRIBLE! And sometimes they pretend to be chocolate chips, that’s totally false advertising! It makes me so mad!
March 26th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
I am so glad to see someone standing up for semicolons. I can’t take Vonnegut seriously anymore because he hated them.
March 26th, 2013 at 9:53 pm
I have a semicolon necklace. They are the most regal of punctuation marks, aren’t they?
I’ve…never read any Vonnegut. Oh, wait, maybe a story in high school? But nothing on my own. I might get my library card revoked for that. But if so, I’ll just say it’s a choice, because of the semicolon thing.
March 26th, 2013 at 10:48 pm
He has some good stuff. Slaughterhouse-Five and Mother Night are pretty much all I feel compelled to read by him. Here’s the semicolon quote though:
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.”
March 26th, 2013 at 10:50 pm
I remember reading that quote. I’m going to hope he was joking. Semicolons are beautiful, and if I see one used properly, it makes me so happy. (And used properly in personal correspondence? Friend for life. Friend for LIFE.)
April 2nd, 2013 at 8:02 am
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April 5th, 2013 at 4:42 am
Wait, you have a semicolon NECKLACE?! Where in the name of all things grammatical and perfect did you find it?!
xoxo,
your new follower ;)
April 5th, 2013 at 7:31 am
Etsy! It’s an old typewriter key with the colon and semicolon on it, set in this lacy silver setting. I love it. It makes me feel very grammatical and writery all at once. :)
April 23rd, 2013 at 9:24 am
You just qualified for my list of ‘women I look up to’. It’s unwritten up until this moment, but you’re most definitely on it. Your blog is great and I really love this page. The raisins line really tickled me. Keep on being you :)
April 23rd, 2013 at 9:38 pm
Aw, thank you! I’m glad you’re here!
May 5th, 2013 at 9:51 am
http://wvtallchic.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/versatile-blogger-award/ You’ve been nominated
May 5th, 2013 at 6:26 pm
Thank you! I’ll respond one of these days…I’m very slow about awards! But it’s much appreciated!
May 5th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
No problem. I enjoy your blog though
May 8th, 2013 at 5:18 pm
I wanted to let you know I have nominated you for a versatile blogger award on my blog today.
Find out more here http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/vba-rules/
May 8th, 2013 at 7:52 pm
Thank you! I’m a little behind on replying to awards, but I will, one of these days! I appreciate it!