{"id":6809,"date":"2014-09-20T09:41:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T15:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2014-09-19T13:53:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:53:07","slug":"saturday-status-92014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/saturday-status-92014","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 9\/20\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/saturday-status-92014\/3788625_s\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3788625_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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3788625_s\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3788625_s-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3788625_s.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6815\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3788625_s-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"3788625_s\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3788625_s-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3788625_s.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/span><\/strong>Hel\u00adlo! We\u2019re sneak\u00ading up on what some of you call \u201cAutumn\u201d, but it\u2019s just pre-win\u00adter to me. &nbsp;Hop\u00ading the weath\u00ader stays mild enough for the leaves to change col\u00adors before they freeze and drop dead. &nbsp;(Why do I&nbsp;live here&nbsp;again??)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Work in Progress News ~ <\/span><\/strong>Dean start\u00aded talk\u00ading to me! I&nbsp;feel so hon\u00adored. I\u2019ve been able to focus on him for a&nbsp;few days now, and it feels&nbsp;good!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Favorite Song of the Week ~ <\/strong><\/span>97&nbsp;year old Fred Sto\u00adbaugh wrote a&nbsp;poem about his late wife, and the good folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenshoestudio.com\">Green Shoe Stu\u00addio<\/a> put it to music and made this very cool video. Please feel free to sup\u00adport Fred by pur\u00adchas\u00ading this on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/took-her-home-ep\/id912981992\">iTunes<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Took-Home-feat-Fred-Stobaugh\/dp\/B00N35181O\/?tag=alannacoca-20\">Ama\u00adzon<\/a>. If you can see through your tears to click. This is so good, it dou\u00adbles as today\u2019s tear\u00adjerk\u00ader! Okay, I\u2019m cheating.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KEQYMxawO20?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>No thanks, I\u2019m veg\u00ade\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u201d is a&nbsp;fun thing to say when some\u00adone tries to hand you their&nbsp;baby.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Schmall (@tylerschmall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylerschmall\/status\/236981368242978816\">August 19,&nbsp;2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~ <\/strong><\/span>A&nbsp;new Kin\u00addle! The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/High-Resolution-Display-Adaptive-PagePress-Sensors\/dp\/B00IOY8XWQ\/?tag=alannacoca-20\">Kin\u00addle Voy\u00adage<\/a>, which is a&nbsp;lighter, thin\u00adner, and sharp\u00ader Paper\u00adwhite. There are a&nbsp;lot of pret\u00adty cool fea\u00adtures on it, but my favorite is the etched glass, which gives it the feel of paper. Seri\u00adous\u00adly! You can have it all for a&nbsp;dol\u00adlar under $200. At this point, I\u2019m hap\u00adpy with my Paper\u00adwhite. Just like I\u2019m not camp\u00ading out for a&nbsp;new phone this week either. I\u2019ll just caress a&nbsp;paper\u00adback as I\u2019m reading.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lifeguard-Geek-Jamie-Urban-ebook\/dp\/B00N86WX94\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/saturday-status-92014\/attachment\/22428748\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/22428748.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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"22428748\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/22428748.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/22428748.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignleft wp-image-6812 \" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/22428748.jpg\" alt=\"22428748\" width=\"166\" height=\"249\"><\/a>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~ <\/strong><\/span>A&nbsp;new one by Cameron Dane\u2019s alter ego Jamie Urban! Jamie writes a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle less intense scenes than Cameron, but I&nbsp;love her both ways. This is a&nbsp;friends to lovers GFY-ish.<\/p>\n<div id=\"outer_postBodyPS\">\n<div id=\"postBodyPS\">If a&nbsp;sexy, straight life\u00adguard and a&nbsp;clos\u00adet\u00aded, vir\u00adginal geek can get past their fears they might have a&nbsp;shot to turn their unlike\u00adly friend\u00adship into a&nbsp;scorch\u00ading-hot chance at true love. <i>The Life\u00adguard and the Geek<\/i> by Jamie Urban proves that some\u00adtimes best friends make the best lovers!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/books\/retreat\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5758\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/saturday-status-21613\/retreat-cinecover-smaller\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/retreat-cinecover-smaller.gif\" data-orig-size=\"200,323\" 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=\"retreat-cinecover-smaller\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/retreat-cinecover-smaller-185x300.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/retreat-cinecover-smaller.gif\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignright wp-image-5758 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/retreat-cinecover-smaller-185x300.gif\" alt=\"retreat-cinecover-smaller\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Book Snip\u00adpet ~ <\/strong><\/span>From Retreat:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I don\u2019t trust myself around you Andi. You come near me, and I&nbsp;for\u00adget every restric\u00adtion I\u2019ve forced on myself.\u201d His voice turned husky, like the low voice of a&nbsp;sen\u00adsu\u00adous jazz singer. His breath in her ear was the&nbsp;music.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I\u2019m sor\u00adry. Do you want me to go?\u201d Her eye\u00adlids were sealed, and she couldn\u2019t seem to lift them to&nbsp;his.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Yes. I&nbsp;do. I&nbsp;want you to get far away from me.\u201d His state\u00adment was belied by the actions of his mouth, his hands, his hips. \u201cI want you to start dress\u00ading in long heavy robes and veils so I&nbsp;can\u2019t see your sweet body and gor\u00adgeous face. I&nbsp;want you to stop using that per\u00adfume that dri\u00adves me to dis\u00adtrac\u00adtion when you walk past me.\u201d He pressed his hard arousal against her, and caught his breath. \u201cI want you to make me for\u00adget what it was like with&nbsp;you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so it\u2019s a&nbsp;short report this week. You guys have a&nbsp;great weekend!<\/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>Hel\u00adlo! We\u2019re sneak\u00ading up on what some of you call \u201cAutumn\u201d, but it\u2019s just pre-win\u00adter to me. &nbsp;Hop\u00ading the weath\u00ader stays mild enough for the leaves to change col\u00adors before&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":"summary","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-1LP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809"}],"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=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6817,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions\/6817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}