Jarring Something Loose

So I've got a teeny tiny, weeny wootie case of writer's block currently rocking my world.

Usually when this happens I just throw my hands up in the air, whistle and read magazines until it goes away.

This weekend I decided to be proactive about it.

The first thing I did was to spend $50 at a craft/hobby store buying construction paper, glitter, colored pencils, sketch pads and fancy scissors that cut zig-zags and wavy lines.

My thinking was that any act of creativity, no matter how small or ridiculous the attempt, might jar something loose.

The second thing I did was read How To Be Creative at Gaping Void.

Gaping Void is possibly one of my favorite websites/blogs on the whole internet machine. It's clever, it's funny and it's much smarter than me. Hugh, the author, spends a lot of time talking about the internet and blogs and marketing and what it all means, and, to be honest, for the most part I have no idea what he's talking about... but, hey, he draws some great cartoons (on the back of business cards), and it makes me feel smarter just for having tried to be so engaged.

Here's to you Hugh MacLeod... and your marvelous blog.

I name you The Awesome Blog Internet Person of October 2007.

Tallulah Bankhead

Last night I was watching Lifeboat starring Miss Tallulah Bankhead, and I started thinking about what a ballsy broad she was.

A sometime lesbian/coke addict/nympho who was a member of the Algonquin Round Table and hated to wear underwear.

Basically, I was thinking that she's pretty much exactly the kind of friend I would like to have.

And then I came to my senses and realized that she's actually the kind of friend that you think that you would want because any association with her would make you feel like a worldly bon vivante, but in reality you would mostly just be mortified every time she walked into a party and lifted her skirt to show off her hoo-haa or said something in the realm of this delightful quote: "I was raped in our driveway when I was eleven. You know darling, it was a terrible experience because we had all that gravel."

Ahhhh... Tallulah. Such class and elegance. I nominate you for most Awesome Person of September 2007.