{"id":5556,"date":"2012-11-24T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:18","slug":"saturday-status-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/saturday-status-3","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 11\/24\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"5557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/saturday-status-3\/12019115_s-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/12019115_s.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,267\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12019115_s\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/12019115_s-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/12019115_s.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5557\" title src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/12019115_s.jpg\" alt width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/12019115_s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/12019115_s-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/p>\n<p>Can you believe Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading has passed? I&nbsp;hope you all had a&nbsp;great one, and a&nbsp;safe Black Fri\u00adday. We\u2019re now offi\u00adcial\u00adly into the Christ\u00admas sea\u00adson. Is it me, or did 2012 just fly&nbsp;by?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong> <\/span>Back to work on my Bad Girl short sto\u00adry. I&nbsp;real\u00adly want\u00aded this one done by the end of Novem\u00adber. I&nbsp;need a&nbsp;kick in the butt, but I\u2019ve real\u00adly only got about <span class=\"caps\">6K<\/span> left to go. I&nbsp;can do it,&nbsp;right??<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019ve begun lis\u00adten\u00ading to Christ\u00admas music which is my very favorite part of the sea\u00adson. So I\u2019ll be shar\u00ading a&nbsp;Christ\u00admas song with you for the next four weeks. This is a&nbsp;very very short song. I&nbsp;love acap\u00adpel\u00adla&nbsp;music.<br>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"480\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GF2BzUDeTkY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~ \u00c2&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>A&nbsp;few weeks ago I&nbsp;men\u00adtioned the merg\u00ader of Ran\u00addom House and Pen\u00adguin. Now it looks like News\u00adcorp, the own\u00aders of Harper\u00adCollins are look\u00ading to buy Simon <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>&nbsp;Schus\u00adter. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/news-corp-ponders-buying-simon-schuster_b61219\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>] So now there\u2019s a&nbsp;pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of the big five becom\u00ading the big four? Simon Collins <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>&nbsp;Harp\u00ader Schus\u00adter? I&nbsp;just don\u2019t&nbsp;know.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/strong><\/span>A new book by Dee Car\u00adney! A&nbsp;food\u00adie romance based on those real\u00adi\u00adty game shows we all<img data-attachment-id=\"5559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/saturday-status-3\/attachment\/15758918\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/15758918.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"15758918\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/15758918.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/15758918.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5559 shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/15758918.jpg\" alt width=\"120\" height=\"180\"> love. \u00c2&nbsp;Blurb Snippet:\u00c2&nbsp;With a&nbsp;chance to win a&nbsp;cook\u00ading com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion that will advance her career, the last thing food truck chef Pep\u00adper Joseph needs is a&nbsp;dis\u00adtrac\u00adtion. Except she\u2019s got a&nbsp;heap\u00ading help\u00ading of it in the form of fel\u00adlow chef Darien Priest, the man who broke her heart. It\u2019s been years, and she tells her\u00adself she\u2019s over his betray\u00adal, but to her irri\u00adta\u00adtion, she finds she still has an appetite for his steel-gray eyes, clean-shaven head, and sleeve tattoos.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Tweet of the&nbsp;Week:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Taco Bell bath\u00adrooms are an absolute\u00adly superb loca\u00adtion to lie down and have a&nbsp;quick nap.\u201d \u2011Alco\u00adhol<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JRehling (@JRehling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRehling\/status\/270937999158693889\">Novem\u00adber 20,&nbsp;2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Search Term of the week aka How Peo\u00adple Found My Web\u00adsites ~<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019m not sure if I&nbsp;should be insult\u00aded by this, or if I&nbsp;should start prepar\u00ading for a&nbsp;new drink fla\u00advor launch: \u201calana coca&nbsp;zero\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/fine-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/saturday-status-3\/fine-print-1romance\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fine-print-1romance.gif\" data-orig-size=\"195,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fine-print-1romance.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fine-print-1romance.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-232 shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fine-print-1romance.gif\" alt width=\"137\" height=\"210\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/strong><\/span> From Fine&nbsp;Print:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Derek closed the door behind him, and flipped on the lamp. He imag\u00adined Kara Bianchi, walk\u00ading into her own home min\u00adutes ago, and curs\u00ading him. She would be the type to throw one hell of a&nbsp;fit. Did she take off those sassy shoes at the door and throw them across the&nbsp;room?<\/p>\n<p>No, too much feel\u00ading. She prob\u00ada\u00adbly just marched into her bed\u00adroom and put those pumps right back in their tis\u00adsue-filled box, and filed them alpha\u00adbet\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly in her col\u00ador-co\u00f6r\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded closet.<\/p>\n<p>And then she\u2019d take off her&nbsp;skirt.<\/p>\n<p>Derek groaned, and land\u00aded on the couch, bump\u00ading the back into the wall with his exuberance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay folks, have a&nbsp;great week\u00adend, don\u2019t spend too much mon\u00adey, and be nice to all those retail work\u00aders out&nbsp;there!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you believe Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading has passed? I&nbsp;hope you all had a&nbsp;great one, and a&nbsp;safe Black Fri\u00adday. We\u2019re now offi\u00adcial\u00adly into the Christ\u00admas sea\u00adson. 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