I sat down to write an entry, because it’s been a few days and it was time to write another blog entry. Well. First I started writing some nonsense about the fact that there’s more snow on the way and I’m sick of snow and sick of winter. Yeah, yeah. Fascinating. Then I deleted that and started writing about how I ordered more Peace Fleece so I could do the hand finishing on the machine-knit cardi. Yawn. If I’m boring myself as I write the entry, chances are you’ll be bored too. And I would never want to bore you folks. You deserve better than what I can muster at the moment.
Perhaps I should dance for you? Did you know I studied dance from age six until seventeen? Jazz, tap, and modern. How about a little tapping, then?
tappity tappity tap
Generic blog tapping not doing it for you? Okay… how about the Buck Time Step?
stomp hop step fah-lap step stomp hop step fah-lap step…
That’s not especially interesting either, is it? So here’s the truth. I’m taking a quick sanity break from an editing job at the moment. I’m listening to the LifterSteady playlist on my iTunes (that’s every song by The Hold Steady and every song by Lifter Puller, on shuffle, in case you were wondering). I’m wishing I was in SF tonight, where The Hold Steady is playing and where I could maybe give Rach a hug in person. (And where it won’t snow tomorrow.) In a moment I’ll be going back to my editing job. Billy and the dogs are already asleep. Wish I was.
Are you sick of endless references to The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller? Are you worried that I’ve developed an unhealthy fixation? Never fear. I do listen to plenty of other bands on a regular basis. It’s just that I’m spending most of my waking hours poking around in the reality of my novel. (I’m up to my elbows in revisions now. I’m thinking about it no matter what else I may appear to be doing. If you’ve attempted to have a conversation with me in the last few weeks, I apologize. There’s an excellent chance that I wasn’t entirely…umm…listening to you.) There’s a secret door between the notes in quite a number of HS and LF songs that leads to a corner of my main character’s brain. I love the music for itself, but I use it shamelessly to get my head where it needs to be for my writing. Oddly enough, I can also sometimes get there on the Q train…
Wait…this is a knitting blog, right? The only knitting I managed this weekend was the bit I got to do while Billy and I met with our accountant yesterday. Oh yeah. And then we saw the Gates. Eh. Underwhelmed. The scale was disappointing and the color was NOT saffron and the park was lousy with people.
I’m still bored. You probably are too. Shall I just shut up and get back to work and let you move on to the next blog? Probably. I feel like I should give you something for having shown up, though. You wonderful, clever reader, you.
How about this… a little something to look forward to if winter ever ends:
You’re really listening to Milli Vanilli and George Michael’s Careless Whisper on endless replay, singing along to the lyrics using your hairbrush as a mic while wondering whether Billy will ever learn to tango properly, sweep you off your feet and do a karaoke duet of I Will Always Love You at TGIF this week. Lifter Puller my rear end, it’s George who really talks to you about your characters.
Daffodils=spring=warmth=no more snow for Cari.
Posted by: Alison
love the dancing!! well i always like your blog. i just wanted to say good luck with the novel.. i will definatly buy a signed by the writer copy when it is print 😉
Posted by: michelle
I love this post…I didn’t find it boring at all…in fact, I related. I feel like I have been posting nonsense lately.
Posted by: Sarah
If you really want to bore me, well….you’ll have to try harder than that.
😉
Posted by: claudia
I can relate, hence more than a week again between entries for me. I concur with the sick of snow sentiment as well.
Posted by: Faith
I was less than impressed with the gates too, but mainly because of the ridiculous amount of people that were All In My Way.
Good luck swimming through your edits – maybe when you reach land, the snow will have stopped.
Posted by: melanie
ah. spring flowers…that is something to look forward to as i gear up for the 10 inches of snow we are supposed to get here. happy editing/writing/tea drinking!
Posted by: rebecca
Well – the Gates will bore anyone. It’s really not your fault.
Posted by: stephanie
You’re really listening to Milli Vanilli and George Michael’s Careless Whisper on endless replay, singing along to the lyrics using your hairbrush as a mic while wondering whether Billy will ever learn to tango properly, sweep you off your feet and do a karaoke duet of I Will Always Love You at TGIF this week. Lifter Puller my rear end, it’s George who really talks to you about your characters.
Daffodils=spring=warmth=no more snow for Cari.
Posted by: Alison
love the dancing!! well i always like your blog. i just wanted to say good luck with the novel.. i will definatly buy a signed by the writer copy when it is print 😉
Posted by: michelle
I love this post…I didn’t find it boring at all…in fact, I related. I feel like I have been posting nonsense lately.
Posted by: Sarah
If you really want to bore me, well….you’ll have to try harder than that.
😉
Posted by: claudia
I can relate, hence more than a week again between entries for me. I concur with the sick of snow sentiment as well.
Posted by: Faith
I was less than impressed with the gates too, but mainly because of the ridiculous amount of people that were All In My Way.
Good luck swimming through your edits – maybe when you reach land, the snow will have stopped.
Posted by: melanie
ah. spring flowers…that is something to look forward to as i gear up for the 10 inches of snow we are supposed to get here. happy editing/writing/tea drinking!
Posted by: rebecca
Well – the Gates will bore anyone. It’s really not your fault.
Posted by: stephanie
I live near St. Louis. My boss was just in New York with her daughter and they went to see the Gates, they were also not impressed. She stated the color is construction zone orange, definitely not the wonderful spice saffron.
Posted by: Rebekah
I love the expression “lousy with people” — it just doesn’t get used often enough these days. Thanks for reminding me that under all this snow there are flowers waiting to bust out! Tappity-tap.
Posted by: alison
Hey, dancing and spring flowers are good enough for me today! It’s been so gray and gloomy here…
Posted by: kelli
i have been listening to Bloc Party recommended by jessica (vix girl), three songs of whose you can download at
http://www.blocparty.com/go.php?object=downloads
why does no one give love to winter. winter has my birthday, snow, christmas, snowboarding, hot chocolate, snow, cushy mittens, snow, frosted windows. loads of my favorite things. 🙂
funny that you are dancing when i just listened to harry chapin’s “dancin boy” 7 times on the way to work tonight. i too am of the obsessive listening for weird reasons club.
Posted by: carolyn
Someone asked me if I was going to see the Gates. I said, “They’re gates, right?” Yeah, probably if I trek 5 hours to get to NYC, I’m not going to go see the Gates. Pfft.
I’m starting to wonder if spring will ever come this year. Boston’s expecting a foot of snow tonight. Pfft again.
The daffodils are lovely, though!
Posted by: elisa
OK, the Gates did look pylon-orange on other people’s blogs, but in person, I didn’t see that shade. I assuredly didn’t see saffron, but it didn’t strike me as overly constructionesque and garish, either. Overall, I give it a shrug.
And I’m with Carolyn. I will adore winter right up until the end of March–you know, when chronologically it’s not supposed to be winter anymore. And February has been full of lovely surprises, so…
Posted by: Em
Oh don’t be so hard on yourself. I’m not that easily bored. Revisions, now that’s why I don’t write 🙂
Posted by: Vicki
I liked the dancing! More of it, please. I’ll always prefer Fred and Gene over …. uhm, whatever the boys are called in boy bands.
Posted by: valentina
*clap clap clap clap* Bravo!!
nice dancing! I always wanted to be a dancer. I can sing, I can (kind of) act, but I am a HORRIBLE klutz and an awful dancer.
I have also never heard either the Hold Steady or Lifter Puller. Maybe I should go check em out!
Good luck with revisions!
Posted by: Carrie
I live near St. Louis. My boss was just in New York with her daughter and they went to see the Gates, they were also not impressed. She stated the color is construction zone orange, definitely not the wonderful spice saffron.
Posted by: Rebekah
I love the expression “lousy with people” — it just doesn’t get used often enough these days. Thanks for reminding me that under all this snow there are flowers waiting to bust out! Tappity-tap.
Posted by: alison
Hey, dancing and spring flowers are good enough for me today! It’s been so gray and gloomy here…
Posted by: kelli
i have been listening to Bloc Party recommended by jessica (vix girl), three songs of whose you can download at
http://www.blocparty.com/go.php?object=downloads
why does no one give love to winter. winter has my birthday, snow, christmas, snowboarding, hot chocolate, snow, cushy mittens, snow, frosted windows. loads of my favorite things. 🙂
funny that you are dancing when i just listened to harry chapin’s “dancin boy” 7 times on the way to work tonight. i too am of the obsessive listening for weird reasons club.
Posted by: carolyn
Someone asked me if I was going to see the Gates. I said, “They’re gates, right?” Yeah, probably if I trek 5 hours to get to NYC, I’m not going to go see the Gates. Pfft.
I’m starting to wonder if spring will ever come this year. Boston’s expecting a foot of snow tonight. Pfft again.
The daffodils are lovely, though!
Posted by: elisa
OK, the Gates did look pylon-orange on other people’s blogs, but in person, I didn’t see that shade. I assuredly didn’t see saffron, but it didn’t strike me as overly constructionesque and garish, either. Overall, I give it a shrug.
And I’m with Carolyn. I will adore winter right up until the end of March–you know, when chronologically it’s not supposed to be winter anymore. And February has been full of lovely surprises, so…
Posted by: Em
Oh don’t be so hard on yourself. I’m not that easily bored. Revisions, now that’s why I don’t write 🙂
Posted by: Vicki
I liked the dancing! More of it, please. I’ll always prefer Fred and Gene over …. uhm, whatever the boys are called in boy bands.
Posted by: valentina
*clap clap clap clap* Bravo!!
nice dancing! I always wanted to be a dancer. I can sing, I can (kind of) act, but I am a HORRIBLE klutz and an awful dancer.
I have also never heard either the Hold Steady or Lifter Puller. Maybe I should go check em out!
Good luck with revisions!
Posted by: Carrie
Hey Cari, non-sequitur question here…If I’m pitching my book to find an agent (fiction) do I need to have the entire book completed or just an outline and 5-6 chapters? Thanks
Posted by: LeAnne
Nothing here but a kiss for you. MWAH.
Posted by: Rachael
Hey Cari, non-sequitur question here…If I’m pitching my book to find an agent (fiction) do I need to have the entire book completed or just an outline and 5-6 chapters? Thanks
Posted by: LeAnne
Nothing here but a kiss for you. MWAH.
Posted by: Rachael