To all of you with Honeys and especially all of us without, Happy Valentine's Day. I left the house today sporting my stunning new scarf (dahling) tied to the side, and I felt a hundred times more attractive than I did in my chemo beanie. Okay, well, ten times more attractive. When I finally feel well enough to put on makeup, I'll be unbearably beautiful to behold.
After I finished my errands, I swung by the local chocolate store to find out whether my taste buds still can detect chocolate. Since chemo, most foods taste flat, like there's no salt. I've been craving strong flavors like chocolate or sharp cheddar, so I bought some feta and cheddar, and thought I'd treat myself to a couple of valentine chocolates. I'm pleased to report that I can taste the tang of dark chocolate but the flavors of caramel or brown sugar are meh.
Thank you to Anonymous, who found a fun test for us. Please don't anyone be afraid to leave your name on your comments. I really like to know who posts, and promise not to cyberstalk you (unless you're into being stalked and I like you):
By David J. Parker
Additional Material By Samuel Stoddard
Ever since J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis created the worlds of Middle Earth and Narnia, it seems like every windbag off the street thinks he can write great, original fantasy, too. The problem is that most of this "great, original fantasy" is actually poor, derivative fantasy. Frankly, we're sick of it, so we've compiled a list of rip-off tip-offs in the form of an exam. We think anybody considering writing a fantasy novel should be required to take this exam first. Answering "yes" to any one question results in failure and means that the prospective novel should be abandoned at once.
Here are the first few questions of ...
The Exam
- Does nothing happen in the first fifty pages?
- Is your main character a young farmhand with mysterious parentage?
- Is your main character the heir to the throne but doesn't know it?
- Is your story about a young character who comes of age, gains great power, and defeats the supreme badguy?
- Is your story about a quest for a magical artifact that will save the world?
6 comments:
But I think you'd make a totally cute pirate! Awesome use of South Park character + Photoshop, by the way.
And congratulations for getting out and about again! That's got to feel good.
yeah, how did you get the image of the scarf? wow, you're good at photoshop hehe.
I'm excited to come home tomorrow! I bet the scarf is beautiful dahling.
Michelle, saw your comment to Jeannette and your breast cancer treatments you are dealing with. Just want to say hang in there dear, my Sis Mary Ann has gone through this twice and is going great. If you are having radiation treatments, was told yers ago to start eating things with ginger like tea, cookies on a daily basis as ginger is a good helper with radiation burning you might feel. I pass this on to anyone I hear that is going to have radiation treatment. It's worked for several folks I've passed this on. They say the sooner you start this before having radiation the better build up protection this brings....so wanted to pass on to you dear....Arlene (AJ)
That's great advice, Arlene. I lovelove ginger, and have been nibbling the sweetened form when I'm queasy. I also just found a great ginger lemon tea, so all I need now are the ginger cookies. Trader Joe's, here I come...
Hey Michelle, Twas I, Brooke, who left the comment on your site. How do I email you? We should hang out sometime.
Thanks for the tip, Brooke.
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