June 8, 2005

Stoppin’ by to Share the Joy

Things have been just a wee tense for me this week as I race to finish this book and juggle a bunch of other balls. And just when I need a bright spot, The Girl brings in the mail. OMG. I’m happy. DMB is gracing the cover of Rolling Stone…along with a pretty hot pic of David Beckham inside on some ad. But of course, Beckham pales in comparison to Matthews. See, here’s the thing. Beckham’s a pretty boy. Nice face, nicer body still, but I think it ends there. I’m not thinking I’d like to sign on for a conversation there. :cool: But, Dave (as in Matthews), he’s the man. Ultimate. Smart, talented, sexy. The face, the voice, the music, and he comes with a brain. Ya know that game you play with your girlfriends over a pitcher of margaritas or a couple of Cosmopolitans–if you had one shot, one night, no questions asked, with celebrity of your choice, who would you pick? Sign me up for Dave.

Run, don’t walk, to pick up your copy of RS today. Guaranteed to make you smile. Even if Dave doesn’t do it for you, check out Beckham and Laird Hamilton.

And I am so sure I’ve had too little sleep and waaayyyy too much caffeine. :hehe:

Jen

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June 4, 2005

Show Me the Money

Show me the money…wait, there is no money, except what I’m going to shell out. My daughter is moving into Academy U11 soccer. For all you neophytes who don’t know what this means (and I didn’t until last week), it’s one step above Recreational ball and one step below Select. Mother of God, you’d think we had the next Olympic gold player here. I’m looking around for Jerry Maguire to negotiate a deal. Oh, yeah, that’s right, Jerry Maguire isn’t real, it’s just Tom Cruise before he lost his dignity, and apparently his mind, on Oprah. But, I digress. :doze:

There are club evaluations, tryouts, phone calls from clubs and coaches, conferring with other parents. Where will she get the best training? Will she know girls at this other club? Will she learn more on the B string at a higher ranked club or the A string at a secondary club? Should she show up for tryouts more than one night at her first choice, or should she hedge her bets and attend an alternate on another night?

Let me make it clear here–my daughter isn’t the next Mia Hamm. She’s a good athlete (God knows, that didn’t come from this quarter) who brings height and a powerful kicking leg (nope, didn’t get that from me either) and she really needs to work on her skill sets.

And this isn’t just pushy parents being crazy. To quote The Girl, “Soccer is my life.” Forget pressure on these lousy kids — let’s talk pressure on the parent. Great, like I want to make the wrong decision that might ultimately ruin the game and scar The Girl’s psyche. :crazy:

Quite frankly, it’s making my brain ache — always a bad sign. :confused: For Pete’s sake, I even dreamed about this the other night. Now that is the height of annoying, when I’m dreaming about soccer clubs, ooops, gotta get this right, it’s futbol clubs, for 10 year old girls instead of dreaming about me lounging on a sunny beach being served by a cabana boy. That’s just wrong.

I’m giving my brain a futbol half-time…until tomorrow night… and getting back to work on this book where my heroine cop is undercover as a dominatrix. :P

Jen

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June 3, 2005

New Cover

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I hold my breath every time I have a new book coming out until I’ve seen the cover. Will the cover gods smile upon me or spit? IMO, they smiled! I think it’s gogeous and really reflects the tone of the book, both sensuous and romantic. I’d love to hear what everyone thinks.

Jen

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June 2, 2005

Old Rockers

I was doing some major eye-rolling this morning when I read that Rod Stewart, 60, and his latest eye-candy, model girl-friend (I can’t remember her name but it doesn’t really matter, does it), 34, are expecting…a baby. Come on. Give me a break. Rod was quoted as saying, “Of course, we wanted to start a family as soon as possible.” Puh-leeze. Yeah, maybe before senility sets in or he slips on stage and fractures a hip. And is this to add to his collection of 5 kids that he already has? With three other women? I’m not thinking he’s making all the soccer games and honor’s days at school as it stands. Ya know, if some old guy wants to prove he’s got enough jing in his pocket to attract a beautiful woman 26 years younger than he is, more power to him, but couldn’t they leave the baby out of it?

What’s up with that? Me? I hook up with a 20-something hottie, we’re not going to be talking baby. :rolleyes: We’re going to be talking…hey, I better save that for the book I’m working on. But wait a minute — I dont’ have the fame or money to hook up with a 20 year old hottie. Dang. Okay, then we’ll flip to the other side of the coin. If I hooked up with an 80-year old geezer with a fortune, we’re still not talking baby. Ow. Busted again, I don’t have the looks to attract the old guy. :crazy: I suppose it’s just as well that I’m already hooked up. :P

Rock on, Rod.

Jen

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