{"id":5762,"date":"2013-02-23T09:17:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T16:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=5762"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:18","slug":"saturday-status-22313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/saturday-status-22313","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 2\/23\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5769 alignleft\" title=\"Couldn't help it.\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Viagra.bmp\" width=\"189\" height=\"241\">Wel\u00adcome! Anoth\u00ader snowy week here in the Rock\u00adies. \u00c2&nbsp;Luck\u00adi\u00adly I&nbsp;have remote start on my car, so I\u2019m much more tol\u00ader\u00adant about how cold it&nbsp;gets&nbsp;\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Work in Progress News ~<\/span> <\/strong>Edits for Falling Star 1.5 are com\u00adplete, and the cov\u00ader artist is hard at work. The title I&nbsp;came up with is Start\u00ading For\u00adev\u00ader. I&nbsp;real\u00adly want to fin\u00adish Ris\u00ading Heat, the next book in the Earth Scents series before I&nbsp;put it out there, but at the rate I\u2019m writ\u00ading, I\u2019m not sure how long that will be. I&nbsp;am plug\u00adging away though, and my goal for <span class=\"caps\">RH<\/span> is April 15th. Most\u00adly so I&nbsp;can go to the <span class=\"caps\">RT<\/span> Con\u00adfer\u00adence feel\u00ading like I&nbsp;did some\u00adthing to deserve it. \u00c2&nbsp;I\u2019m only about <span class=\"caps\">10K<\/span> in, and I&nbsp;expect it to be about <span class=\"caps\">50K<\/span>, so I\u2019ve got a&nbsp;long way to go. I&nbsp;think for Start\u00ading For\u00adev\u00ader I\u2019ll put it up on my web\u00adsite as a&nbsp;free down\u00adload while I&nbsp;con\u00adtin\u00adue writ\u00ading #2, so as soon as I&nbsp;have a&nbsp;cov\u00ader I\u2019ll let you all&nbsp;know.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong> Some\u00adtimes a&nbsp;week calls for some old school Floyd. This guy did a&nbsp;good job with the video. Enjoy:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xeqf6r\" height=\"276\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Back\u00adlist News ~<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/joyfullyjay.com\/2013\/02\/review-flipped-by-olivia-brynn.html\" target=\"_blank\">Joy\u00adful\u00adly Jay<\/a> gave Flipped four stars! \u201c\u2026noth\u00ading earth shat\u00adter\u00ading in terms of con\u00adflict here, but the sto\u00adry is sweet and a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle mushy with some nice heat.\u201d Sweet, mushy, and hot. Sounds a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle bit like oatmeal!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tweet of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong> Very few tweets make me lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly laugh out loud. This one got me.\u00c2&nbsp;It still&nbsp;does.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>maybe if Jim\u00admy crapped some\u00adthing oth\u00ader than corn some\u00adone would give a&nbsp;shit. I&nbsp;mean, c\u2019mon Jim, every\u00adone craps&nbsp;corn!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 twoof (@mrtruthandsoul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrtruthandsoul\/status\/303650378837291008\">Feb\u00adru\u00adary 18,&nbsp;2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/span><\/strong> Accord\u00ading to <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/02\/20\/indie-booksellers-sue-amazon-a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boing Boing<\/a>: \u201cIndie book\u00adsellers sue Ama\u00adzon and big pub\u00adlish\u00aders over <span class=\"caps\">DRM<\/span> (but have no idea what \u201c<span class=\"caps\">DRM<\/span>\u201d and \u201copen source\u201d mean)\u00c2&nbsp;A&nbsp;group of inde\u00adpen\u00addent book\u00adsellers have filed a&nbsp;suit against Ama\u00adzon and the major pub\u00adlish\u00aders for their use of <span class=\"caps\">DRM<\/span>, which, the book\u00adsellers say, freezes them out of the ebook mar\u00adket\u201d.&nbsp;Yikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005639YOY\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/saturday-status-22313\/attachment\/11867373\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/11867373.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"316,475\" 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\/2013\/02\/11867373-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/11867373.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5767 shadow\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/11867373-199x300.jpg\" width=\"139\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/11867373-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/11867373.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/strong><\/span> I&nbsp;was look\u00ading for some base\u00adball books because well\u2026spring fever. Found this one for only a&nbsp;buck! \u00c2&nbsp;\u201cAfter years of hard work and keep\u00ading her nose firm\u00adly to the grind\u00adstone, Dr. Hol\u00adly Bell has final\u00adly achieved her dream: a&nbsp;posi\u00adtion as a&nbsp;pedi\u00adatric sur\u00adgeon at a&nbsp;pres\u00adti\u00adgious teach\u00ading hos\u00adpi\u00adtal. Chil\u00addren\u2019s lives rest in her skilled hands. That means total ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion to her work and her patients with\u00adout let\u00adting any\u00adthing or any\u00adone get in the way. And a&nbsp;hot affair with a&nbsp;super\u00adstar ath\u00adlete is most def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly get\u00adting in Hol\u00adly\u2019s&nbsp;way\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" 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\/Nr54e0ebKis?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/object><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00c2&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/tessas-pride\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/saturday-status-22313\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-orig-size=\"196,300\" 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\/2013\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5768 shadow\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tessa-cinemagraph-smaller.gif\" width=\"137\" height=\"210\"><\/span><\/a>Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/strong><\/span> a&nbsp;bit from Tes\u00adsa\u2019s&nbsp;Pride:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Her habit of twirling one black curl in time with her mouse clicks made Josh\u2019s lips twitch with the need to&nbsp;smile.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Quit star\u00ading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tes\u00adsa didn\u2019t even look up, but she did stop chew\u00ading on that&nbsp;lip.<\/p>\n<p>Josh grinned. \u201cWhy should I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>You make me ner\u00advous. I\u2019m not used to peo\u00adple star\u00ading at&nbsp;me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I can\u2019t help it. You\u2019re beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She blushed. Damn, that was sexy. Even her eye\u00adlash\u00ades flut\u00adtered. He set his lap\u00adtop aside and moved onto the couch beside her. \u201cIs this better?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Are you still star\u00ading?\u201d The last word raised in pitch when he nipped her shoulder.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I\u2019ll close my&nbsp;eyes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay folks, have a&nbsp;great week.<\/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! Anoth\u00ader snowy week here in the Rock\u00adies. \u00c2&nbsp;Luck\u00adi\u00adly I&nbsp;have remote start on my car, so I\u2019m much more tol\u00ader\u00adant about how cold it&nbsp;gets&nbsp;\ud83d\ude42 Work in Progress News ~&nbsp;Edits&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-1uW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5762"}],"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=5762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}