Thursday, May 12, 2011
Setting A Fire
Yeah. That sounds so good. Let’s set a fire. Preferably to someone annoying.
Sigh.
I know, it’s frowned upon. But sometimes the desire to pile on the wood, pour the lighter fluid and strike a match is one that needs to be indulged. (At least in make believe. )
Today, Friday 13th…let’s declare it unlucky to be _____________(fill in the blank) day and pull out those Zippos. I’ll bring the big bag of marshmallow and graham crackers. Someone else bring the chocolate. I’ll also provide the rum. (Which will help if the fire dies down a little.)
Yes, I generally advocate feeding those who annoy you, generally the inner critics, to the kraken. But since he’s on walk about and presently missing from the vicinity, I say let’s have a beach party and set our annoyances on fire.
Fireside Friday!
I’ll start by tossing the lawyers of FB on the pile. I don’t know how many there are but I’m really annoyed with them at the moment. Thirteen days into my “Where Did the Kraken Go?” contest and now I’m in danger of being deleted from FB because I may have broken some rule I didn’t know about. (Or would have understood if I did know about it regardless.) (Or is that irregardless? Hellie?)
Let’s get this party going, mean and nasty and screaming like banshees… We’ll pound on drums, vent and curse and rant and rave and indulge the batshit crazy darkness at the center of our souls.
***pulls out the fireplace matches and approaches the suits all bundled up and tied to the stake
I hope they scream like little girls.
And if you’re visiting and want to enter the “Where Did The Kraken go?” contest? Sorry for the bloodthirsty nature of today’s blog. But there are days… Feel free to grab a marshmallow, join the party and let me know where you think my tentacled friend has gone! And nominate someone for the stake. (No specifics friends…but be as concise as you need to be…)
Bwah ha ha!
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Okay, it's not really a writer's topic...but we NEED this! Make it a writer's delimma you want to toss into the flames...
Or not!
;-)
I'd like to toss the germ-ridden person who got my eldest sick with the cold... again. Though, it isn't their fault necessarily. It's the germs. I'd like to flame up some cold germs. It's May, for pity's sake. Flu season should be over!!!
What else?
I'd like to throw in my frustration with my hero last night. He said some things I wasn't happy with. Not sure if he just needed a vent but I deleted that shiz fast. He better step in line or he's going to way of the Salem Witches. (You here that Cass? I suspect Chance has some lighter fluid she's not afraid to use!)
going THE way, not TO way. Sheesh.
So this fire is not on the ship, right?
*eyes fire extinguisher*
Normally I would have something to contribute, but for some reason I'm fresh out. LOL Give me a little bit of time and I'll see what I can come up with!
Sorry about the contest being hijacked like that, Chance. Hope it gets sorted out in your favor. :)
This is soooooo dangerous today. To give me the means to light shit on fire?! Brave, lady. Very brave.
All my pyromaniac whims are going in the non-writing direction right now. I have one co-worker I'd like to light up, and another is getting really damn close. The next thing to go would be my child's wardrobe. (Ungrateful litte...) Oh, and at 3 this morning, we could have had roasted cat, but I guess I'll let him live.
BTW - I hear Blogger is down worldwide. FINALLY, that switch to Wordpress pays off.
As long as you're not talking about hot air balloons or traffic, I consider it writerly. Not sure about irregardless, but I think the "ir" is redundant--so regardless is fine and the proper term. Not sure. Janga will straighten that one out, I'm sure.
I don't blame you. That FB crap makes me annoyed and I'm not even running any contests. Jerks. But I imagine you'll find a way to come out on top--as Donna like to expound about and as Sarah Maclean said: Twitter is my new best friend. Twitter away!
Fireside Friday. I like that. There are SEVERAL things I'd like to set on fire on my desk. I've wanted to do it for a month now. Let's go!
Just as an aside, Jet-puff Marshmallows have now made special smores versions. Flat wide marshmallows that fit on the cracker. *LOL* I need to try them out.
Expound? I expound? LOL I would guess I'm not the only expounder here. :)
I've seen those marshmallows but haven't bought them before. But then somebody (on Twitter, of course) mentioned using her gas stove to roast the marshmallows for s'mores. LOL So I may have to try that now.
Okay, back to my #1k1hr
I don't expound, I expand. Unfortunately.
Marn - Sounds really good. Let's toss all the twits who are walking around with these germs, spreading them to the rest of us instead of staying home and keeping them to themselves...
And heroes that won't behave!
Cass? I got a match with your name on it!
Donna - Nothing or no one ya wants ta burn? I'm very suspicious of that...
***gazes at her with great concentration
If you go get some chocolate for the s'mores I won't toss you on the flames... Well?
On the ship? Lord, woman...I said we're on the beach...the ship is fine? See, she be out there bobbing in the bay...
Bo'sun - Sounds like we could have some serious party favors wit' yer day... Sit back and dream about all of it...turning ta cinders... Co-worker, kiddo's wardrobe (then she'd have to wear whatever was left, ashes and sackcloth! That'd teach her!)
Kitties are hard to catch and toss in without sustaining wounds of your own... We need a flame thrower for that!
Bloggers down, eh? I knew something was hinky with the Decadent blog this week...
Hellie! Special marshmallows? That is divine! Okay, no tossing the grocers into the fire...
Everyone else is fair game.
I'm hoping to just pass undetected through the rest of the month...removed the more obvious bits of the contest, but still hoping landlubbers will post ideas on my FB page...because it's fun, damn it!
Look! One of the suited twits slipped the ropes! Let's get him!
Donna - Ya never thought of roasting marshmallows on yer stove?
Where did we find her?
LOL -- Chance, you know I'm not a cook! And I don't have anybody to throw on the flames yet, but can I take a--not a rain check--how about a "flame check". The day is still young, so who knows might be deserving of a good roast later on? :)
Maybe ya needs ta leave the house and threaten any slow baristas out there...
Roasting marshmallows is cooking? ;-)
So! Feeling a little evil... I sense a conspiracy in the air... Blogger is down the same week the lawyers screw with FB... I sense a Twittiracy! It's a planned mission to force everyone to the blue side!
flame check. oh lord.
Love this idea, Chance. Though in Donna's defense, I cook on a gas stove, and it never occurred to me to roast marshmallows on it. I have used the flame to light other things on fire....
Can I set my laundry on fire? I feel like I'm bursting at the seams with laundry. It's gotten to that point where the clean piles and dirty piles have merged into one honkin' pile and the folded, clean shirts are now buried under dirty boxers. Ewwwww.
p.s. - I just realized I spelled marshmAllow wrong about 16 times in yesterday's post. Opps
I hate to say anthing to seem like I side with Facebook (Because I HATE them and refuse to be on there) but it's not really facebook that is making these changes happen. They are just covering themselves against Federal laws.
Bloggers will soon find out that they will need to re-do their contests as well to follow the regulations. Bascially there are laws against saying someone has to "like" or "follow" you to win a prize or that they have to buy something either. Lots of details I don't fully understand but it will be an issue for any and all contests online and how we have to hold them.
On a much better note - maybe - I'm kinda with Donna about not having anyone to throw in the fire.
Oh - Yes I do. My new Boss who got the job I applied for and that I can run circles around with my knowledge and skill. :(
Hal - Who needs clothes? We were born naked, let's dance naked! Throw the laundry into the flames!
Marshmallow, marshmellow...who cares? Long as they are tasty, don't matter!
Scape - I always hated when I ended up training my bosses... I say he needs to be tied to the stake, as well as everyone who promoted him over you. Or her. Whatever.
And yeah, I get what FB is doing... but I still want to light a fire. I won't hold another contest near FB from now on. Only on the blogs...I think I can point people to the blogs and the only thing anyone will have to do is comment to be entered... I already removed the option of 'liking' me. I still told people they can post where they think krakey is and I'll track them off of FB as entries.
The timing...the timing!
So, if FB is facing this (no pun intended) it will eventually catch up to Twitter, too?
RWR had a really good article a year or so back on all the various rules about contests, and what you could and couldn't ask readers to do before entering them into the contest.
Hmmmmm....maybe I can track that down.
Ya know, I have no problem with making it simple. I really hate the contests where you have to go here and do this and find that and answer something else and follow here and then there and ...
I'll keep mine simple... Comment and bam! You're entered!
So, blogger is down...which is why anyone with a blogger blog hasn't seen a change since Wednesday?
Yep. Blogger is down. Even posts that were posted yesterday ended up getting removed while they are working on it.
Sigh.
Hee. You make me laugh. I'm with you on complicated contests--I'm too lazy to go to the trouble.
I'm currently bored with Facebook and am all about Twitter. Except I don't use Twitter "right." As I understand it, most authors use it as a promo device, following and being followed by their fellow authors, et. al.
Me, I use it as a news and entertainment feed. I follow comedians, political pundits, and snarky people. I rarely reply and don't care about followers. *Shrugs.*
Since I'm bellicose by nature, finding people to chuck on the fire is easy. The list is way too long ....
Happy Friday, all!
Have I been too bloodthirsty today? Come on...must be more than just laundry and irritating heroes out there that need to be singed!
Pat...not naming names... Wait, I know how politically active you are so maybe that isn't a bad thing... ;-)
I am so highly resistent to twitter...hard to explain. Part of it is sticking with what I'm comfortable with. Another is my tendancy to blather and twitter just isn't about shortened blathering... And after seeing my tweet box full of nothing but one editor's adventure in shoe shopping one day...I just never went back...
Okay, fine...all the marshmallows are mine! And Bonnie's...we'll eat as we walk...
I have been out and about today. Given that, it's unsurprising that I have a list to consign to the virtual flames, beginning with drivers who talk on thir cell phones and ignore the rules of the road, continuing with sales clerks too busy flirting with other clerks to do their jobs, and adding snippy cashiers who ring up part of someone else's order with mine and then act as if I am responsible for the error. Oh, and I'll add the hackers who left tons of kids unable to play Playstation 2 games for what seems to be stretching into an indefinite period. And people who send junk mail and kill trees for nothing.
Pirates dancing naked. Naked Fridays could be fun. Maybe that should be our spooky drink of the day -- Naked Friday the 13th.
Oops. Italics/quote fail. First sentence was supposed to be a quote.
Janga - I know those people! Let's toss them in! I'd like to include all those who walk their dogs and don't pick up after them...
And hackers in general...playstation is still down? Wow.
I just got a message that Twitter is "over capacity" with the image of little birds trying to carry a whale. Sorry, but that's damn funny.
I didn't like Twitter for a long time but if you learn to a)skim, b)follow a few reliably interesting tweeters, and c) get even one good bit of info out of it a day, then it's not so bad. I like that it moves faster than Facebook, which is nearly at a standstill these days. And many of the status updates I see are just tweets carried over.
Pat - One of the authors in my local RWA tweets like that and is hugely popular. I don't get it...
Dance naked Frodays... Or Firdays... Or however you want to mistype it. Sounds good to me...
Little birds carrying a whale...I bet I don't want to know...
You see the pic of FB with the sleeping beauty stuff next to William and Kate?
The best Twitter account was the escaped cobra. Otherwise I don't find the authors I follow there very interesting either. *LOL* They're better on Facebook.
It's raining here--but it's so muggy I only feel hot. Ugh. Back to folders.
I cannot believe only Chance & I are the only pirates who've thought to roast marshmallows with our gas stoves. Seriously. *shakes head*
Ah, well...lonely day at the bonfire...
Hey! Hi! Yeah, I know...I used to do it... I also bought a s'more entertainment tray... Had one of those little canned fire doolios, came with trays for graham crackers, chocolate and skewers for the marshmallows...
I gots to try these new ones though. And... I no longer have a gas stove. But I do have a propane torch...
Do not get between a pirate determined to roast marshmallows!
The best Twitter account was the escaped cobra. Otherwise I don’t find the authors I follow there very interesting either. *LOL* They’re better on Facebook. The cobra was a hoot! I follow lots of funny accounts like that.
Pat – One of the authors in my local RWA tweets like that and is hugely popular. I don’t get it… I got added to a couple of lists recently via the Carina. I snooped around the lists and found that most aren't--there's no diplomatic way to say this--even remotely interesting as tweeters.
Oh, I forgot to mention that when I first saw your post I just had to play Hollywood Undead's "City," a song about burning down ... a city. Seemed so apropos.
Terri, that is known as the "fail whale", just so you have the lingo. :)
Nominations, well from the teenage me, all the guys who think they're so good-looking, so adorable. Well, maybe they are, but they're not very nice. Maybe being toasted a little will give them better manners.
Terri, that is known as the “fail whale”, just so you have the lingo.
Or a whale of a fail? Gosh, they're so darned witty.
P. - I was thinking Burning Down the House...but if ya gots a song that works, use it!
Fail whale...Oh, yeah...want to get involved with a social media that involves whale failure...
Leanne - I was a very idealistic teenager...I'd burn all the polluters... And maybe the teenybopper boys that smiled at me from my sister's side of the room...
Hel - What you said!
Julie...great. I just used the last shamwow on the ship.
Don't worry, Jules, I'm sure the Bronx Zoo's Cobra's recipe for Jail Cake is around here somewhere. I'll get right on it.
Good thing, Cap'n! I'm fair between paydays and raisin' another bit a' bail would 'bout break me!
Plus I gots ta pay fer the new case of shamwows I jus' ordered...
There's more to my rant.
Of course.
But? I'm going to give the suits an opportunity to make this right. I have faith ... God only knows why. But I have faith that they will make this right.
Then again ... I really could have fun with this!
Since we are talking about good Ol’ Facebook here’s a bit I posted there eons ago:
"An enlightened person knows …
One wo/man's Fair is another wo/man's Injustice.
What is ethical to one group? Can be unethical to another. Therein lies the problem.
So let us strive for Balance. Accountability. And of course Civility.
Not so hard to do if we take the time to remind ourselves that …
To Judge and To Be Judgmental are not the same thing."
Dear Mr Suit. Let us strive for Balance. Accountability. And of course I will be Civil ... as long as I get my Way! LOL
This is me "being quiet" btw!
Eeewww... I think that I pulled something (& I'm not talking about someone's finger)is it possible to sprain your quiet-mood?
Ah, Jules... I swear, if I could understand suit jargon I'd probably not be so irrate. And the timing!
I'm a selfish pirate...why couldn't they wait for my contest to be over to get all strict and enforce the rules?
Why, pray tell, would you be quiet? This is burn it Friday...toss the quiet into the fire and dance!5485
I’m a selfish pirate…why couldn’t they wait for my contest to be over to get all strict and enforce the rules?
They're trying to keep you occupied while they kiddnap The Kraken! Those Evil Krappy Kraken Krooks!
Ah! Well, he could make a wonderful data entry tech...all those tentacles.
If they come up with shamwow slime remover first!
Funny, rum makes me blather more and more...
Why, pray tell, I could be quiet ... IF I had More RUM! :)
JustDanceeeeeeee!
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