{"id":5610,"date":"2012-12-22T08:53:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:18","slug":"saturday-status-122212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-122212","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 12\/22\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"5616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-122212\/2048417_s\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2048417_s.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,321\" 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\/12\/2048417_s-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2048417_s.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5616\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2048417_s.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2048417_s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2048417_s-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">Wel\u00adcome! Can you believe it\u2019s almost Christ\u00admas? I\u2019m not even sick of Christ\u00admas music yet! For all my loy\u00adal read\u00aders (mom) I&nbsp;apol\u00ado\u00adgize for skip\u00adping last week, but after what hap\u00adpened in Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut, I&nbsp;just could\u00adn\u2019t make myself \u00c2&nbsp;post anything.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong><\/span> I&nbsp;fin\u00adished! My short bad-girl sto\u00adry should have tak\u00aden me two weeks to write, but at least I&nbsp;fin\u00adished by the end of the (world) year like I\u2019d hoped. It\u2019s off to my cri\u00adtique part\u00adners. We\u2019ll see what they say. I\u2019m read\u00ading through it again myself. I&nbsp;plan on send\u00ading it to my favorite pubs only. If they don\u2019t bite, I\u2019ll self pub\u00adlish it. As soon as I&nbsp;fig\u00adure out a&nbsp;title, I\u2019ll make a&nbsp;book page on Olivi\u00ada\u2019s web\u00adsite. Wish me&nbsp;luck!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong>I know I&nbsp;post\u00aded this last year, but it\u2019s tru\u00adly one of my favorites. So much bet\u00adter live. Please Enjoy:<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Fe11OlMiz8?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Tweet of the Week ~<\/strong><\/span> It\u2019s real\u00adly been two weeks, and some of the tweets were tear-jerk\u00ading. This one is on the lighter side:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>West coast\u00aders, be pre\u00adpared as usu\u00adal.  If there\u2019s an Apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse, the east coast will most like\u00adly spoil it all for&nbsp;you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Tracey (@scott_tracey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scott_tracey\/status\/281928091390078978\">Decem\u00adber 21,&nbsp;2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/strong> <\/span>Pen\u00adguin has set\u00adtled with The Depart\u00adment of Jus\u00adtice, leav\u00ading only Apple and Macmil\u00adlan left to answer to the col\u00adlu\u00adsion charge. It\u2019s pret\u00adty inter\u00adest\u00ading to watch this unfold.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Heart-of-Texas-ebook\/dp\/B004MDLQDG\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/saturday-status-122212\/attachment\/9959170\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/9959170.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"317,475\" 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\/12\/9959170-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/9959170.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5612 shadow\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/9959170.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/9959170.jpg 317w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/9959170-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~\u00c2&nbsp;<\/span> <\/strong>The Heart of Texas by <span class=\"caps\">RJ<\/span> Scott.\u00c2&nbsp;Imag\u00adine Dal\u00adlas with an m\/m fla\u00advor. This book has a&nbsp;lot going on. It moves quick\u00adly, and has lots of\u00c2&nbsp;char\u00adac\u00adters. We\u2019ve got an arranged mar\u00adriage (the two heroes, <span class=\"caps\">GFY<\/span>) a&nbsp;secret baby, mil\u00adlion\u00adaires, bad blood, adultery\u2026you name it. This might be one of my fave books of&nbsp;2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Search Term of the week aka How Peo\u00adple Found My Web\u00adsites ~<\/span><\/strong> I\u2019m sure this is a&nbsp;typo, but I\u2019m a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle mad that I&nbsp;did\u00adn\u2019t think of this spelling when com\u00ading up with my pen name. It looks a&nbsp;lot more exot\u00adic. \u201colyvia brynn\u201d. That would have helped with the recent baby-nam\u00ading&nbsp;trend.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/span> <\/strong>From my new\u00adly fin\u00adished yet still unti\u00adtled&nbsp;book!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Do you know what I&nbsp;think?\u201d His voice. God, his voice. Low and rumbly, it washed over her skin to tease each nerve end\u00ading with a&nbsp;gen\u00adtle&nbsp;lick.<\/p>\n<p>She swal\u00adlowed. \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I think you do a&nbsp;lot of hid\u00ading behind that dom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtrix fa\u00c3\u00a7ade you\u2019ve built.\u201d His cof\u00adfee-tinged breath was warm on her cheek. \u201cI think that\u2019s prob\u00ada\u00adbly how you get through your time iso\u00adlat\u00aded in your glass palace. Prob\u00ada\u00adbly how you get through your day-to-day life being ordered around by direc\u00adtors and agents and\u2013\u201d he dropped his focus to her mouth when she licked her lips \u201c\u2013boyfriends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>You don\u2019t know a&nbsp;damn thing&nbsp;about\u2013\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I know every\u00adthing there is to know about you. Your whole life is an open book. You nev\u00ader used that mute but\u00adton in all the time I\u2019ve been dri\u00adving you around. If I&nbsp;were any\u00adone else I\u2019d&nbsp;blush.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Every\u00adone, have a&nbsp;very Mer\u00adry Christ\u00admas! I&nbsp;hope you\u2019ve all been very good boys and&nbsp;girls.<\/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>Wel\u00adcome! Can you believe it\u2019s almost Christ\u00admas? I\u2019m not even sick of Christ\u00admas music yet! For all my loy\u00adal read\u00aders (mom) I&nbsp;apol\u00ado\u00adgize for skip\u00adping last week, but after what happened&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WdCY-1su","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}