Dear The Bangles: You Really Should Change Manic to Panic But Then You’d Have To Make Monday Into Punday And That Just Sounds Stupid
Things are getting crazy over here at The FYM! Clubhouse as I prepare for my trip to BlogHer ’10 in New York City. If you haven’t heard, the Romy to my Michele, Alex at LateEnough.com, and I pulled out a last minute miracle and won the Carpool to BlogHer ’10 with Chevrolet contest. What that means is we are lucky enough to be driving a brand new Chevy SUV up to New York (one tank of gas, OnStar service, and valet parking at the hotel included)(wow, I’ve never gotten anything awesome enough to need a disclaimer)(but here it is)!
Just a few hours before being notified, we had a conversation that went something like this:
Her: Okay, we REALLY have to decide how we are getting to BlogHer.
Me: I know. Later, though.
Her: TONIGHT!
Since I am the procrastinatinest girl in the wild wild west, I figured that would buy me just a little more time to not think about it because the whole thing was overwhelming. Then, out of the blue, I got the email from Chevy. I think we can all agree that the message here is never do something until you are absolutely under the gun and, even then, wait one more day.
Also, it’s Monday, which means you should go check out my latest column. It’s about kooky celebs and their crazy religions and, you know what? Nevermind. You probably shouldn’t check it out…
HeatherVonsj@gmail.com
The problem with Anne Rice’s de-conversion is that she wrote a couple of know-it-all books about Christianity and how it’s hot stuff and everything. She denounced her vampirish roots and was all about God and such. Suddenly she wakes up from the coma and realizes that Catholics are major hypocrites (I can say that, I was one). Sheesh.
Anyway, congrats on winning the use of the Chevy for your trip. Have a wonderful time and don’t forget to write.
Twitter: vanillanorth
/ Aug 3 2010
l am so looking forward reading all the funny – and not funny – stories from NYC
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Twitter: BettyFokker
/ Aug 3 2010
Congrats on the Chevy Win! I am really happy the procrastination finally paid off for you :0)
Tell the truth, you had to get one of the kids to “spell check” procrastinatinest, didn’t you?
Twitter: alotofnothing
/ Aug 3 2010
Considering the fact that I have NO idea what you look like, I was just heart-attacked into thinking that picture was you. And I was all confused. And then I read on to see that it’s Anne Rice. But I wasn’t convinced until I went to her Facebook page.
Whew.
You’re not old and gray.
Are you?
Congrats on the win! Now the ever important question- have you ever driven in NY before? If not, I offer my tried and true advice to all newcomers: Think back to when you were about 10 years old and at an amusement park. Remember driving around in the bumper cars? You were fearless, went as fast as you could, except when you got stuck in those stupid traffic jams for absolutely no reason in which case you yelled and made annoyed gestures, tried to sneak around other drivers, and frequently drove in circles. Fix that image in your mind…. Now go!
How is Punday, a day of puns, not the most awesome thing in the fucking universe? And Panic Punday? A day of puns when you’re under pressure to perform them? Even better.
Twitter: adhocmom
/ Aug 3 2010
Congrats on the Chevy win! Awesome!
Can you stay in the Chevy all of Blogher? Just drive it on to the Hilton, they won’t mind, then I’ll know which woman is you. Since, for a few minutes anyway, I was going to be looking for an older woman with a bob wearing magenta and hot pink velvet.
Twitter: L8enough
/ Aug 3 2010
is romy the cool one? i dont remember.
dont answer that because im pretty sure you’re the cool one since i made my one and only pop culture reference in my blog post today. and now i can go back to the nineties in peace.
Twitter: OHmommy
/ Aug 3 2010
How in the world am I gonna be able to recognize you? This is my biggest #blogher10 dilemma thus far.
Twitter: kdb1204
/ Aug 4 2010
The Chevy has a GPS or something, right? If you thought the traffic and roads were f-up in DC & Balto, just wait till you get to NY. Just sayin’. Have a great trip!
Twitter: BestofFates
/ Aug 4 2010
Man, I just *knew* procrastination was the way to go.
Now that’s an important life lesson.
Megan (Best of Fates) -
I’m passing the lesson on to my children. Look for a long time, and take a nap, before you leap.
Kathleen -
I am lucky enough to be equipped with both OnStar and a superpretty co-pilot.
OHmommy -
I made it a bit less complicated. now it’s up to us.
Alex@LateEnough -
they are both cool, duh.