So, when I was a wee couch potato (tiny spud! on a sofa!), I was out-of-my-head obsessed with this Canadian teen soap on Nickelodeon called Fifteen. This show had everything: Romance! Drama! A baby Ryan Reynolds! There was a bad boy named Dylan who played guitar and wore leather jackets! And a breathy, blonde girl named Ashley, whose style and shy charm I was dying, just dying, to emulate. About a year ago, my friend Jade and I ordered DVDs of the show off ebay, which turned out to be, both, disappointing and great: poor quality VHS to DVD transfers… but! complete with early 90s cereal and toy commercials! Eeeee. Anyways, this morning I discovered the show is suddenly, finally, available for download on iTunes. So! In honor of Fifteen’s 2010 release — and for those of you just itching to see what the fuss is all about — a treat:
Oh, and! Today I’m giving away free stuff! Chloe & Ant , congrats! You’re getting signed paperback copies of Nothing Like You!
My upstairs neighbor has been playing Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison on repeat, nightly, for the last six months. Sad, twangy, heartbreak music! Which i adore. And too, i adore Van Morrison, but it’s taken me a good, solid hour of deep investigative work to finally figure out which album she’s been playing. iTunes didn’t have it. Google wouldn’t recognize any of the lyric possibilities i entered into its search engine. And then there’s allmusic.com — where i spent forty-five minutes of my weekend listening to thirty second clips from every single song VM put out between ‘67 & ‘79. But! Finally! I’ve found what i’ve been looking for. And it’s awesome. It makes me feel moony and inspired so THANK YOU, upstairs neighbor! You play your music loud and late, but hey, you’ve got great taste.
If you’re still interested in winning a free copy of Nothing Like You,you have until tomorrow at midnight. Just leave a comment somewhere on this blog and you’re officially entered to win.
What better excuse to start blogging than the paperback release of Nothing Like You?! Hello, Paperback! In stores today! Happy birthday, book! Again!
So! What to expect from me blogging? Posts about writing, the process, the thrills and spills of publication? Long, thoughtful essays on essay-ish topics?? Photos of food, stray cats, blades of grass??
No. No. And possibly!
Look to this blog for a wee window into my non-writing life! Discover just how shallow i really am! Books aside, what do i love? Clothes! I will bore you with endless photos of clog platforms and vintage 90s florals. And television! Perhaps, in future posts, i’ll talk about my psycho obsession with Kara “Starbuck” Thrace from Battlestar Galactica, or how Effy Stonem from the British TV series Skins inspires me to line my eyes with kohl, wear black, not talk, behave insanely, and stay out all night.
So much to look forward to, reader (okay, who, truly, is reading this blog? My dad? An ex-best friend??! Some boy i adored many years ago, who, crippled by anxiety and shyness, couldn’t bring himself to love me back?? Hello, ol’ friend! Enjoy! I’ll probably embarrass myself on a weekly basis).
So! In honor of me blogging & the paperback release of my book and all that, i’m giving away two signed copies of Nothing Like You! If you want one, leave a comment with your email addy below, & next Tuesday, the 10th, I will pick two winners at random.
Leaving you with the promo clip from Skins series 4, because i mentioned it earlier and because this show makes me want to scream and tear out my hair, it’s so good. The track is ‘I Knew’ by Lightening Dust. Wunderbar.
