So, you know how I told you that I was distracted from NaNoWriMo by a shiny contest? And I entered my post about pumpkin pie and World of Warcraft? (Two things, strangely enough, that are rarely written about at the same time.)
Well…
I won!
Well, me and one other person. The judge couldn’t decide between our two posts. Because one was funny, and one was serious and heartfelt. So, y’know, apples and oranges. (And mine wasn’t considered the “heartfelt” one, in case you didn’t catch that. Although I was completely serious about all of the events chronicled in my post.)
So we are splitting the grand prize! I am now the happy recipient of 6 months’ worth of yummy-smelling Suave products. I’m not sure exactly how much “6 months’ worth” actually is, but I’m stoked to find out! And with any luck at all, something in there will smell like pumpkin or nutmeg or something.
But now, back to NaNoWriMo. Have you been lookin’ at my word counter over there? I’m over 13,000 words so far.
My secret? I draw my writing stamina and strength from pie. And I’m thinking that having nice smelling hair can’t hurt, either.
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Hilarious….but congratulations!!! Hope you like Suave products. Just think, you can set your winnings alongside your food storage…or you can put them on ebay…or….
Sam said you can send the “Daily Clarifying Shampoo” to him if you don’t want it.
Anyhoo…happy smells!!
Comment by Joan — November 22, 2008 @ 9:25 am
You are an award winning writer, my friend. The products won’t smell like pumpkin or nutmeg. The smell is called WINNER. Congratulations to you! That post was hilarious.
Comment by Leslie — November 22, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
You are an award winning writer, my friend. The products won’t smell like pumpkin or nutmeg. The scent is called WINNER. Congratulations to you! That post was hilarious.
Comment by Leslie — November 22, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
Dagnabbit. I didn’t hit stop soon enough and comment#2 published. I didn’t know it until after I submitted #3. Comment #3 is my real one. Ignore the words in comment #2! You can see I was grappling with the way “smell” versus “scent” changed the tone of the comment. “Scent” gave it the feeling I was going for.
Ugh.
Ever have a day when you just KNOW that no one is getting your jive? That’s me today.
Crap.
Comment by Leslie — November 22, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
I never win anything, so if you had won outright would it have been a whole year of yummy fruity smelling hair stuff?
Oh - and I am home - next street over. Tom just took MY laptop to work - my lifeline of everything to everything other than 4-5 year old world. Our desktop is from the 80’s and it doesn’t have a wireless router. How are the contractions? I’m telling you - little guy wants out for his own stinkin pie!
Comment by shahara — November 25, 2008 @ 6:01 am
Congratulations! Lucky - talent, pie, shampoo. Sigh.
Comment by stephanie (bad mom) — November 27, 2008 @ 12:26 am