This and that...and the other thing.

1. So ...I posted how I want to give up on my most recent novel on Facebook. (This is the novel I wrote in 2005 and have revised five times. Not to be confused with the novel I wrote and revised ten-fifteen times between 1996-2004, before I finally gave up on it and wrote the latest one. Yes, I write a novel every five years...I'm not kidding, I do. Then I make the mistake of telling people. They are quite impressed. OMG! I can't believe that you wrote a book! And I'm thinking...oh if you only knew.)

Anyhow...old college roommate suggested I shouldn't give up and have a really good friend read it. And my mother who is also on Facebook reads this comment, which is amusing considering she is amongst the 6 people who has read the book (along with at least three others on FB). Approximately 6 people have read the book by now. 3 liked the book (M, former best buddy, D's editor), 3 didn't (D, former acquaintance/friend/with connections in publishing world, and former work colleague/director of contracts at small publishing company). I don't know, I think six people are enough.

Hee...sort of like the Amazon.com reviewers - there's always an even number of haters and lovers. I've been cheering myself up at work by reading reviews of trashy romance novels on Amazon. They are hilarious. The trashier the novel - the funnier the reviews, although Gone Girl's reviews were quite funny as well.

2. Watching Bunheads - which I am struggling with in much the same way I'm struggling with Glee. I like the dance scenes. I like a couple of the characters. But the writing makes me crazy. It's like they've sped up the vocals or something - the people talk like they are on meth or a lot of caffeine.

3. Yesterday reading lj...the funniest thing...two people one on top of each other wrote posts about buying a new car.

It looked like this:

Arizona LJ user: So I bought a new car. 2012 Prius..black.....(length of post)

North Carolina LJ user: Saturday, I bought a new car. 2012 Prius.

And I did a double-take. Is LJ suddenly trying to sneak car commercials into people's posts? Or is there suddenly a Prius buying spree going on in LJ? WTF? I mean I get the fact people need to buy new cars, but two different people in two different states buy the same car, on the same day, and commenting on it on a post on the same day around the same time, right after each other? What are the odds??? Also why Prius?? Why not a VW bug or an Infinity, or a Jeep? (I know zip about cars - but have a fondness for the cute little bugs). Are we certain someone isn't hacking into lj and depositing ads? Yes, their posts seem genuine. I burst out laughing.

This has actually happened before - my favorite is two reviews of the same movie or book or tv show on top of each other - one hates it, the other loves it. You feel this overwhelming desire to introduce them to each other - and see what happens. Or better yet? They review the same book or tv show in exactly the same way - twin posts.


4. Nashville is getting better, but still is quite on the soapy side. But oddly, I like Juliette's storyline and characterization better than Rayna, who comes across as bit smug at times. Scarlet/Avery/Gunner subplot is still not working. Although they all sing very well. Wish we could focus more on the songs and music industry plot threads and less on the interpersonal relationships and mating habits of advanced primates.

5. Forgot...read in the paper that President Obama, a huge football fan, has decided that football is too violent and we need to make it less violent. Apparently 100 concussions a year, and a lawsuit from brain damaged football players has attracted the President's notice. (Seriously doesn't he have more important things to worry about? Rugby and European Football is actually worse. For that matter, so is Ice Hockey and Boxing. Grid-Iron American Football is actually fairly tame in comparison. The President needs to watch a wider variety of sporting events.)