Thursday, May 1, 2008

Tag...I'm It!!! (part 4)

Well, I've gone and done it. With the help of Miss Alie Ward, I've snagged my very first paid writing job. Not long from now, Alie and I will toast my good fortune over BYO bottles of wine and delicious vegetarian fare at Elf, when I take her out to a "OMG, thank you!!!" dinner...but I'm getting ahead of myself. Lately I've been doing quite a few guest-posts for various blogs and websites. It's been so much fun, and only takes me an hour or two to write up something I'm really proud of...but this assignment?, this is way different. This is the conversation Alie and I had yesterday while I was having a bit of a freak-out over the whole thing, after I received the email detailing the project:


Me: This is like a real...like, well...I can't use curse words in it, ya know??? This isn't some blog entry about things I hate or my childhood! Adults will be reading this!!! It isn't something I can just whip up and be all "Georgia" about!! It's like a real-life, ya know...a real, um...

Alie: It's an "article", Georgia. Is that what you're trying to say? It's what we call an "article".

Me: Yeah!!! Oh my god, I have to write an "article".


I'm sure I'll do a great job, I'm confident I will. But in the mean time, I'm scared and excited. Anyway...If you know any amazing places to eat or fun things to do in Anaheim (not Disney related), please let me know.

On to "Tag...I'm It"

Five Bad Habits
1. I'm a huge procrastinator, and it drives me fucking crazy. Case-in-point: today I need to finish two projects for work, start researching Anaheim and plan a Sunday trip there, write something for a This Recording project, and I started this post this morning and still haven't finished it. Instead, I've caught up on a bunch of blogs, and read the archives of my new blog obsessions, Awkwardly Social, Confessions of a College Call Girl, and Waiter Rant for an embarrassing amount of time...I've also checked my email about two dozen times.

2. Making excuses not to do things. A couple examples:

the logical me: I really need to practice the drums
the excuse maker: What the hell for? It's not like you're in a band.

the logical me: I really shouldn't eat that [mini kit kat, bag of mint Milanos, second half of a corned beef on rye, etc].
the excuse maker: Curves are sexy! Besides...you've been meaning to go to yoga...I'm sure you'll go tonight.

the logical me: I need to go to yoga!
the excuse maker: Curves are sexy! You'll go this weekend...I'm sure of it. Plus a nap would be so nice right now.

3. I make up crazy scenarios in my head and kinda just run with them. Whether it be someone I love dying, being dumped, or even good things happening...they affect me emotionally, and it's really not healthy. It's also why I'm an insomniac...or I'm an insomniac because of it, I'm really not sure. Anxiety is fun!

4. I always forget to take my vitamins.

5. I don't wear a helmet when I ride my bike.





3 comments:

Tamara said...

Your excuse maker sounds an awful lot like my excuse maker.

Anonymous said...

You should always wear your helmet when you ride your bike. How many times do I have to tell you?

becky. said...

way to go!!! you're like a freakin reporter.

i went to the sonic drive-in and roscoe's chicken and waffles the last time i was in anaheim. the sonic was disappointing, but i really liked that they had tater tots. and i had fried chicken and grits at roscoe's. it was amaaaaazing.

as you know, i'm all about time waster #3. i tried to switch it up and only have outlandish fantasies about nice things happening. it's surprisingly difficult.

oh, and i totally agree with your dad.