Absolutely knackered Fresh from the frantic typeathon that was NaNoWriMo 2008, my overworked, tired little fingers have limply grasped enthusiastically snatched the Dollymix Guest Editor baton from Siany and are twitching to get stuck in to the job at hand - entertaining you crazy people for two weeks. So, how the hell are you?
Me? - I'm pretty good thanks. National Novel Writing Month was a blast, and though I gave up on reaching the official target - writing 50,000 words in 30 days - a few days before the end of the challenge, I'm not at all disappointed that I wrote 33,685 words, made up a whole story and feel so good about it that I actually want to make it in to a proper book that, you know, actual people can read, rather than the pile of random mush it is at the moment. So, yeah, I'm Laura Kidd: musician, writer, videographer, photographer and novelist. Mmm, I like the sound of that!
But that's enough about me for now - unless you fancy reading my very own blog or following me on Twitter ;). In my best posh newscaster voice, I bring to you...drumroll please...the very finest, Shiniest, news of the day:
- Makeup could melt your face - well, your baby's, possibly. Pregnant women are being advised that certain cosmetic products could cause birth defects. Lovely! We all know there's aluminium in deodorant as well, right? Yes, that's aluminium. METAL. Sighhhh.
- Free flip-flops for pissheads - because sliding around in insubstantial plastic footwear is preferable to having to "stagger home in high heels", apparently. At least the pubgoers of Torbay will have something to read on their journey back to bed - the shoes are decorated with information on alcohol limits.
- Gordon Ramsay lookalike heckled in the street - lets get this straight: Gordon Ramsay may or may not have had an affair, yet professional lookalike Tony Simm is fending off angry ladies in the street because of it. Yup, we live in a crazy world, my friends.
Until tomorrow...
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