339. Modcloth, Glimmertrain, Weird Deer, Dweebing it up
July 6th, 2010 § 8 Comments
Yesterday was sad, but today I woke up happy and sang along to a Vaselines record in bed and danced to Aaliyah (miss you, girl.) I’m sorry to encroach on Meggy’s day to post, but I had a little time to write a quick post, and I thought I’d seize it because pretty soon, I’ll be teaching a fiction workshop at a creative writing camp for crazily precocious and talented high school students, and I probably won’t have many opportunities to post in the next few weeks.
I’ve been having a run of good luck lately. Fashion stuff first since Fashion comes before Writers in our blog name (but not in my life?) My sticker adorned face was featured on the Modcloth blog as part of their Favorite Finds feature. You can check out my silly tips on accessorizing and thrifting right here.
One of my stories, “We Love Crispina,” is being published in Glimmertrain and I wrote a little essay about ‘the truth’ in fiction for their monthly bulletin. You can read it here if you are so inclined. I phoned in a poem to Weird Deer, a pretty neat site that publishes poems (visual, written, and oral) and interviews with poets like Eileen Myles and other wonderful things. They have a Weird Deer hotline that anyone can call in to and leave a message (anonymously, if you prefer) that does not exceed three minutes. I called in with a poem called, “Gluing Sprinkles on My Hangbags” and you can listen to it here.
I feel weird and icky after all of that self aggrandizing and self promotion, and now I feel like taking myself down a notch or two and showing you what a dweeb I am. By the way, the kind of joke that I am always laughing at are scatological ones and any situation where there’s an arrow pointed at my crotch and also I’m usually the one laughing hardest at my own jokes, which this boy in my 7th grade French class once said was, ‘just sad.’ Dweebette, at six o’clock, below you:
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Thank you to everyone who read my extra long San Francisco post! I wholly recommend every single dining establishment and bookstore I mentioned in the post, with the exception of El Farolito, which I think stinks.
ahh i need to catch up on your san francisco post, but congrats on all your recent success jenny! you’re such a cutie!
Congrats, Jenny! How can you be a dweebette with such cute style? I love your hair- and that arrow is hilarious!
My dear you are so lovely it hurts.
Loved seeing your face at Modcloth– and the arrow is awesome. I am very glad you took that grand opportunity to show us your inner dweebette.
Ahhhhhmazing.
:: so excited :: Can’t believe I *just* stumbled across this blog. I’ve linked you in my blogroll already. APA female fiction writers in pursuit of their MFAs who love fashion.. exactly my kind of people! I want to leap through my computer screen and give both of you hugs!
Congratulations on all the success Jenny! You really do deserve it more than anyone else I know. I just think you are the most beautiful things inside and out. Love the dorky photo of you too. In fact, I think the outakes are always the best!
PS thanks for reintroducing me to the word dweeb. I love it! Greg Cartwright reintroduced me to the word cruddy, and I’ve been using it ever since. Speaking of, I need to send you a mixtape of his work. Jake put a huge one together, and I think it’s just about one of my favorites mixes of all time. Send me your address m’dear! starrcrow@live.com
Glad you posted, it’s good to do it when you have the time. The lighting here is so gorgeous, you look elegant in the first pics and yes the last made me giggle
Congratulations, Jenny!
I too love a crotch-pointing arrow when one is so lucky as to stumble upon a stray arrow to so position, and congrats on those awesome placements for your work (which I’d love to read, by the way). I rock the milkmaid braids often, JZ! You look lovely, and your photos are gorgeous!
xo