Guys, my first official-like book signing is next Sunday! It’s happening in my hometown of Lansing, Michigan, at a lovely bookstore in the spiffy new mall that they built right after I had graduated and moved away (which I try not to be bitter about, even though my friends and I would have really appreciated that mall when we were in high school and looking for stuff to do).
My dad and stepmom stopped in and snapped some pictures of the preparations:
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I’m going to sign books and everyone is going to eat pizza. You should totally come by if you’re in the area!
Back-To-School Pizza Party with Band Geek Love by Josie Bloss
Sunday. September 21. 3 p.m.
Join us in celebrating the release of Band Geek Love, the debut young adult novel by East Lansing native Josie Bloss! This charming, geeky love story stars trumpet section leader Ellie Snow, who thinks she’s got it all figured out until hunky trumpet player Collin Higgins shows up and throws her world upside down.
Schuler Books & Music
2820 Towne Center Blvd.
Lansing, MI 48912
Phone: 517 316 7495
Fortune Telling…Wikipedia-style
Date: Friday September 5, 2008Posted in: Band Geek Love!, Cool Stuff
Check out this awesome review of Band Geek Love by Abby (the) Librarian! I especially liked the part where she admired my use of sarcastic humor. Some people (like my parents and ex-boyfriends and former teachers) have told me that sarcasm wouldn’t get me anywhere, that it’s the lowest form of humor or whatever, and to them I say psssht. Obviously you guys TOTALLY knew what you were talking about, huh? (/sarcasm) (also, I’m just joking).
Thanks Abby! Cool blog, too!
I’ve discovered the fun and highly productive habit of telling my own fortune through clicking on “random article” on Wikipedia. Recently, for an important personal question that I was pondering (let’s just pretend that the question was “Should I open this bag of Haribo gummy bears even though it is likely I’ll end up eating the whole thing?”), the article that came back was this one:
Viratanagari was the capital of king Virata of Matsya Kingdom. It was here that the Pandavas spent their 1 year (out of 13 years) of exile. The modern name of this city is Bairat.
Which…didn’t help at all, actually. I’m pretty sure they didn’t have Haribo gummy bears in ancient India.
So I tried again!
The Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) is a large salamander, native to North America, which inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms. Vernacular names include “snot otter”, “devil dog”, and “Allegheny alligator”.
Which was slightly more instructive, considering that at least gummy bears and salamanders are animals. Well, one is a candy, but it looks like an animal…a delicious animal (the gummy bear, that is. Please don’t try and snack on a Hellbender.)
Also, “snot otter” might be the most hilarious juxtaposition of words I have ever seen. It is also my new all-purpose insult (”Stop being such a snot otter!”) So that was worth it right there.
But I figured I should give it one more shot, just in case, and got this:
“Hänschen klein“, has been a traditional 19th century German folk song telling of a boy who ventures to the world and returns a man to his family. It is the theme song of Cross of Iron. The title translates to English as “Little Hans”.
Which settled it. Haribo gummy bears ARE from Germany after all.
Clearly that was permission to eat the whole bag, too.
