Criminal Misrepresentation

Posted by mimi on Nov 14, 2007 in dish | 1 comment You know, it always seems that when Florida is featured on a TV show, the Hollywood folks get it wrong. Like the TV movie of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Most of the book is set in Eatonville, about a mile from my house. At one point, Janie is heading down to a lake for a swim–not that would any self-respecting Floridian go for a swim in a lake at twilight, when it’s gator feeding...
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Snip, Snip

Posted by mimi on Nov 8, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Today, a haircut. This isn’t earth-shattering news, but it’s been a while. A bra-strap length while, actually. Hair with my kind of curl doesn’t need to go that long, especially since my favorite shoes are a variety of Birkenstock–Tatamis, the cute ones, but Birkenstock nonetheless. Add the streaky going-back-to-natural hair, and you have a recipe for granola girl, which...
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NaNo Update, Week #1

Posted by mimi on Nov 7, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Week One of NaNoWriMo is ending, and I am already seriously behind. My first two days I was ahead of the curve, mostly thanks to a complete synopsis that I’d typed out and divided up amongst the twenty planned chapters of the book. So the word count is including the synopsis words, which will be replaced by text words as the weeks go on. Fair enough.As usual, my problem is that damned...
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Tuesday Ten: TV Shows on DVD

Posted by mimi on Nov 6, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Drat that wench Macy O’Neal. She knows what a procrastinator I am and tags me anyway for a Tuesday Ten. She’s probably figured out that once I get started, I must continue–pretty much my OCD limit, but there you have it. *sigh* So now I have to come up with Ten TV shows I’d like to have or already have on DVD. Kind of a problem, since I’m a big cheapskate and...
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