{"id":6099,"date":"2013-10-26T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6099"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:17","slug":"sometimes-saturday-status-102613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/sometimes-saturday-status-102613","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Saturday Status 10\/26\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"6102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/sometimes-saturday-status-102613\/5498278_blog-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5498278_blog.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 data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5498278_blog-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5498278_blog.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6102 alignleft\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5498278_blog-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5498278_blog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5498278_blog.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">Howdy! It\u2019s been a&nbsp;beau\u00adti\u00adful month here on top of the moun\u00adtain. Mild tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adtures and falling leaves, World Series (damn Sox) on tele\u00advi\u00adsion, and my elec\u00adtric lap blan\u00adket to keep me&nbsp;happy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Work in Progress News ~<\/strong><\/span> Had a&nbsp;cou\u00adple good days on my friends-to-lovers sto\u00adry. It\u2019s got a&nbsp;Christ\u00admas fla\u00advor, so I\u2019d like to get it fin\u00adished up before the hol\u00adi\u00adday sea\u00adson hits! I\u2019ve got to buck\u00adle down before 2013 ends as a&nbsp;big ol bust. I\u2019m at the point in this book where I&nbsp;need to fig\u00adure out who\u2019s writ\u00ading it. Such a&nbsp;weird prob\u00adlem to have! &nbsp;I\u2019m open to any suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong> I\u2019ve been lis\u00adten\u00ading to Mika\u2019s newest album on repeat this past week. This song is very mov\u00ading. Sor\u00adry there\u2019s no offi\u00adcial&nbsp;video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8c0ks2NeXlk\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back\u00adlist News ~Retreat, Fine Print, and Falling Star are now avail\u00adable at expand\u00aded loca\u00adtions such as Barnes and Noble, and libraries, where\u00adas before they were only avail\u00adable through Ama\u00adzon. The down\u00adside to that was that the price had to come up about a&nbsp;dol\u00adlar. When all is said and done, and still I&nbsp;only make a&nbsp;whop\u00adping nine cents for every paper\u00adback sold through this expand\u00aded dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion, but I\u2019d rather get it out in front of peo\u00adple than make a&nbsp;bun\u00addle on each sale. (If you\u2019re think\u00ading of buy\u00ading my paper\u00adbacks (oth\u00ader than Wyoming Solace which is han\u00addled by Samhain Pub\u00adlish\u00ading, I\u2019ll hap\u00adpi\u00adly direct you to the store that shares the most with&nbsp;me&nbsp;\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tweet of the Week ~<\/span><\/strong> I&nbsp;swear, every time I&nbsp;read this I&nbsp;laugh out loud. Even days lat\u00ader. Might be my favorite tweet of all time so&nbsp;far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Beat it. Beat it. No one wants to be defeat\u00aded. Shon\u00adg\u00adda hup\u00adfucky. Hom\u00adga shuntvight. It doesn\u2019t mat\u00adter who\u2019s wrong or&nbsp;right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ahm 76 (@Ahm76) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ahm76\/status\/392327184196444162\">Octo\u00adber 21,&nbsp;2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019ll try to sum this lat\u00adest ker\u00adfuf\u00adfle as con\u00adcise\u00adly as I&nbsp;can. Last week, ebook dis\u00adtrib\u00adu\u00adtor&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">WH<\/span> Smith dis\u00adcov\u00adered some \u201cbare\u00adly legal\u201d con\u00adtent, and took the sweep\u00ading action of clos\u00ading its entire web\u00adsite down&nbsp;until \u201call self pub\u00adlished eBooks have been removed and we are total\u00adly sure that there are no offend\u00ading titles avail\u00adable.\u201d (<span class=\"caps\">ALL<\/span>!!) So then Kobo jumped on board and did the same. Twit\u00adter explod\u00aded, and the hash\u00adtag #Koboged\u00addon was born. Today it looks as though most titles have been replaced at the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span> Kobo store, though I&nbsp;can\u2019t say if mine are, since I\u2019m only able to see the <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span> store from here. Barnes and Noble and Ama\u00adzon did a&nbsp;few key\u00adword search\u00ades and unpub\u00adlished some titles that seemed to be ques\u00adtion\u00adable as well. Detailed sto\u00adry at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-digital-reader.com\/2013\/10\/13\/amazon-bn-whsmith-now\/#.Umr3sEDE0ms\" target=\"_blank\">The Dig\u00adi\u00adtal Reader<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/span><\/strong> I&nbsp;am strug\u00adgling through a&nbsp;book. Seri\u00adous\u00adly. Not sure why I&nbsp;haven\u2019t just delet\u00aded it off my Kin\u00addle, but at this point I\u2019m 65% invest\u00aded, so I\u2019ll read it. I&nbsp;hate when this hap\u00adpens. I&nbsp;hope I&nbsp;did\u00adn\u2019t spend much on this. I&nbsp;also pur\u00adchased Stephen King\u2019s newest, and I\u2019m try\u00ading to psych myself &nbsp;up for start\u00ading it. I&nbsp;usu\u00adal\u00adly read before bed, and King usu\u00adal\u00adly isn\u2019t good for that kind of&nbsp;thing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader:<br>\n<\/strong><\/span> <object width=\"425\" height=\"279\" 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=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/cnettv.cnet.com\/av\/video\/cbsnews\/atlantis2\/cbsnews_player_embed.swf\"><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\"><param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\"><param name=\"background\" value=\"#333333\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"si=254&amp;&amp;contentValue=50155042&amp;shareUrl=http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-18563_162-57602945\/after-taking-to-the-streets-s.c-man-finds-kidney-for-wife\/\"><\/object> <a href=\"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/books\/for-a-price\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/sometimes-saturday-status-102613\/for-a-price-olivia-brynn\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/For-a-Price-Olivia-Brynn.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 data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/For-a-Price-Olivia-Brynn.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/For-a-Price-Olivia-Brynn.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6100\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/For-a-Price-Olivia-Brynn.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><br>\nBook Snip\u00adpet ~<\/span><\/strong> From For a&nbsp;Price:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Ah, Mau\u00adreen,\u201d he groaned. She felt him swal\u00adlow before he con\u00adtin\u00adued. \u201cI know you think I\u2019m only after sex. I&nbsp;bun\u00adgled it when I&nbsp;touched you that first night. And then I&nbsp;couldn\u2019t keep my mind out of the gut\u00adter when we talked on the phone, and I&nbsp;can\u2019t seem to keep my hands off of you now\u2026\u201d He swore, then tight\u00adened his arms around her. \u201cJust know that I\u2019m hap\u00adpy sim\u00adply hold\u00ading you like this. Don\u2019t feel like you have to do any\u00adthing else. I&nbsp;don\u2019t want you to wor\u00adry tonight, or when\u00adev\u00ader you\u2019re with me. I\u2019ll nev\u00ader force you to give more than you\u2019re will\u00ading to share, and I\u2019ll nev\u00ader be dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded. Understand?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it for me, guys. I\u2019ll try to catch up more often. Have a&nbsp;great Hal\u00adloween, be safe, have fun, save the choco\u00adlate for&nbsp;me!<\/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>Howdy! It\u2019s been a&nbsp;beau\u00adti\u00adful month here on top of the moun\u00adtain. Mild tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adtures and falling leaves, World Series (damn Sox) on tele\u00advi\u00adsion, and my elec\u00adtric lap blan\u00adket to keep me&nbsp;happy.&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-1An","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099"}],"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=6099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}