I don’t know what kind of week you’ve had, but mine needs another unicorn chaser. I found one: the ULTIMATE UNICORN CHASER. And its sheer awesomeness is such that it has to be hidden over the jump: Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Quiz: Is your life boring?
I just wanted to get this on the record; it’s not as if anyone who has been reading the blog doesn’t know how this one will turn out already.
You Live an Exciting Life |
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You have an adventurous spirit, and you don’t like to sit still for too long. If you feel like doing something, you don’t think about it. You just do it. There’s no way you could ever live a boring life. There’s too much to do and not enough time. |
A little interlude of complete boredom would be quite refreshing, really. Can hardly wait to be bored out of my skull!
Fabio Unicorn Chaser
Fabio was in a pirate movie? How did I not know this?
Love the fact that on YouTube this is tagged “Porn for secretaries.”
solidarity in solitude
Stolen from My First Dictionary.
I know just how Mary feels lately.
Please do not email, phone, text, leave comments, message me on Facebook or @ me on Twitter if you are going to ask for a response, because you will not get one right now or possibly ever. And if you’re thinking of threatening to commit suicide this week, most ESPECIALLY do not email, phone, text, leave comments, message me on Facebook or @ me on Twitter, because those are my least favorite kind of messages of all, and the way I’m feeling lately, I’d probably just tell you to go the fuck ahead and jump. Remember: the Burrard Bridge isn’t high enough to do more than break a limb.
There, don’t say I never did nuthin for ya.
OLD PUBLISHERS HAVE NEW THINK COMING
Yes, that’s deliberate ALL CAPS!
(cross-posted from the Shebeen Club)
Who: Monique Trottier, Shebeener.
What: Old Publishers Have New Think Coming call to arms!
When: Monday, April 20th, 6pm-9
Where: The Shebeen, behind the Irish Heather, 210 Carrall Street.
$15 cash admission includes dinner and a drink.
Call to action: I’m going to organize a panel in Vancouver. We’re going to create a model for publishing and marketing books. We’re going to move forward as an industry. Leaders will be identified. Roles will be assigned. If you’re not open to totally change everything you’re doing, then you are not ready for this revolution. Don’t come.
Who’s in?
Monique Trottier is the owner of Boxcar Marketing, an internet marketing company in Vancouver, BC. As the former internet marketing manager of Raincoast Books, she spearheaded major online marketing campaigns, including online promotion of Harry Potter and the creation of the first Canadian-publisher podcast and blog. Her thoughts on marketing and technology can be followed on Twitter at “somisguided” or on her blogs at http://www.boxcarmarketing.com/blog and http://www.SoMisguided.com.
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