"THEN I'LL TELL YOU THE STORY OF MY LIFE"

Stop! Click! Hook sistahs up then check out Stirred to Action, a pomegranate booze thing that donates to the Young Survival Coalition with each purchase. We've only got a day and a half left of Breast Cancer Awareness month, and that hopefully means that all month you've gotten in the habit of clicking sites that you'll click all year and that you've maybe stumbled upon a few new organizations to support all year and that maybe you've gotten a system worked out to remind yourself (or a rack you love) to stay on top of mammography and self-exams.

Now.

What does it mean when a fictionista suddenly starts pouring poetry? I don't know anything about poetry. But, I'm writing this free-form stuff today and I think that's what it is. Poetry.

Of course, my first thought was, fuck it, go with it, send it out. But, then I realized I have a sense of confidence with fiction and essays-- I feel good and un-intimidated about sending it out because I don't think it sucks, and I feel like I know what I'm doing. But, as soon as I thought to send it out, I realized I don't have the lit-sack with poetry that I have otherwise. Hmm. I'll just keep catching it with pens as it comes out. I like what I'm writing. It sounds good. It feels good to write it. So, I'll just keep writing it.

What are you kids doing for Halloween? I think this might be the first year evah that I'm going costume-less. In my life, I've costumed myself (or been costumed as) a witch (no offense to my wiccan readers-- I was six, in my defense, and had no idea), a mouse (x3), Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, a bad Jewish stereotype, a nerd (x2), sleepy, an I-Don't-Care-Bear (I was Junkie Bear), an old French whore, sleepy, a cat, Rosie the Riveter, Madonna (circa Blonde Ambition tour), Bride of Frankenstein (x3, one of my faves evah), a vampire (x2), whitetrash, June Cleaver, a Girl Scout gone bad, a brownie Girl Scout, a chef, a butterfly, a "wizardess princess" (alsoshutup! I was five!), and a ballerina. And probably a few others I've forgotten about. I'm just not feeling it this year. I don't know if I'll get any trick or treaters, but I'm feeling good about staying in, chillin' out, making a nice dinner and watching something spooky. That sounds perfect.

"HOW I LOVE ALL OF THE VERY SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE"

You guys, this is totally how I wake up. Only instead of clubbing me over the head, he goes with more of the claw-Guthieroo's-feet approach. Equally effective.



Hi, today in rack-talk:
Click for free to donate a mammogram because it's the nice thing to do.

Three and a half days to raise $900 for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

Zoom in on The Breast Cancer Fund, an awesome organization that focuses on eliminating the environmental factors that contribute to breast cancer. (Not that it's all environmental, obviously-- there are tons of contributing factors, but if we can eliminate something dangerous, we should. Hello?) Check out their action center with important issues for you such as asking Nalgene for water bottle made without bispherol-A, and their giving page with many ways for you to support theorganization. And, check this out! Right now, eBay is hosting an event for them. Hoof it on over and check it out, and scroll down to see the Climb Against The Odds fundraiser that involves climbing Mt. Shasta. Now that is awesome.

"SING YOUR LIFE...?"

I woke up with that song from that Gilda Radner sketch Jewess Jeans in my head...

Designer nails and a designer no-ose!
She's an American Princess and a Disco Queen!
She's the Jewess in Jewess Je-eeeaaans! The Jewess in Jewess Je-eeeaaaans!

So, today is off to a funny start. I am going from thing to thing to thing today. Busy, busy, B-U-S-Y, bizzay.

But, you know the drill:

Click for free.
Click to give. (Final week!)
Click to buy nail polish called pink ribbon and pink toothpaste to clean your filthy-ass mouth.

"THEN I'LL TELL YOU"

My favorite blog today is Ice Cream People: A Survey of Ice Cream Entities. Hilar!

Anyway, so today in October's Pinkyroo, check this out. It's a yearly mammogram reminder. You fill out the info, then you get an email once a year to remind you to get screened. Ba-da-bing! Easy peasy.

I'm caught up on my work today, or I will be in by tomorrow. Then, Ill be ready to dig up some more projects and such. I think that's all I know for now.

(Chicagoans: Are you so excited for the chilly weather?)