My poem is a finalist! (and there are memes)

This week’s update will be short, because as I lamented last week, my day job is kicking my butt. Also, I’m trying to get a whole bunch of stuff done before next Friday, when Long-Suffering Husband and I are escaping to the White Mountains (the ones in AZ, not NH) for 3 days of forested fun to celebrate our 32nd (!!!!!) anniversary. That said, I do have some exciting writing news to share this week, plus a fresh batch of memes, but first: welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Natalie the Explorer! Grab a treat, have a seat, and let’s get to it.

Writing News

My poem, “The Future Held in Store,” is a finalist in the Arizona Authors Association annual literary contest! Winners will be announced at the awards banquet in early November, and all finalists will be published in the association’s annual literary magazine. I’ve never had a poem published before, so I’m over the top excited.

I still have 2 short stories on submission, so I’m still obsessively checking my Gmail. Oh, well. Everyone needs a hobby.

Skeleton sitting on bench with text, "Me waiting for responses to my submissions"

The Memery

No theme this time, but I found some good ones.

First, an oldie but goodie that popped up in my Facebook memories:

Yup. My plan for the zombie apocalypse is to eat *all* the brains.

Long-Suffering Husband does this every. damn. time.

That feeling when you realize that somewhere out there, a meme-maker can see into your soul:

This next one made me literally LOL, which tells you all you need to know about my classiness and sophistication. But hey, at least I got the joke.

A couple of weeks ago I shared a meme about raising a teenager. Here’s another one:

Also sighing, random swearing, and wandering through the kitchen to stare into the fridge (which is full of food) and demand to know if there’s anything to eat.

Since we’re on the subject of bad attitudes:

Science fun

I mean… it’s true.

Also true.

And that, kids, is why you should pay attention in science class.

I keep rereading that one and giggling, mostly because I love octopuses (or octopi or whatever the hell the correct plural form is).

Some years ago, someone disproved the Five Second Rule. Clearly that person had never dropped their last piece of chocolate.

Speaking of chocolate:

Home Ec

(Is Home Ec still a thing? Damn I’m old.)

Here’s another great home cooking project:

And another one:

Here’s one for fall:

On that note, brace yourselves, because it’s time for:

Potty humor!

You don’t know how much I want to do this:

Not potty-related, but I also really want to do this:

Welcome to the supermarket from hell:

And finally:

(Want more memes? Check out my IWSG post from earlier this week fpr a batch of writing memes.)

On that classy note, I’m going to sign off, go to Michael’s, and hope they have one of those “Lick the Bowl” signs in stock. Spoiler alert: it will not be located in the kitchen.

How about you? What kind of classy activities do you have queued up for this weekend?

23 Comments

  • rawsonjl

    Congrats on your poem! That’s fabulous. I hope you have a great time in the White Mountains (we LOVE the ones in NH and try to get up there each year).

    • Janet Alcorn

      Thanks! I’ve been to Portsmouth but nowhere else in NH. Would love to explore the White Mountains sometime.

  • Carolyn S Graessle

    Congratulations Janet! Wow. Hope you enjoy your anniversary trip. It has been 32 years. Another wow! 🙂

    • Janet Alcorn

      Thanks! And yeah, 32 years? How are we old enough for anything to have happened in our lives that long ago? *sigh*

  • Natalie

    Janet, Congratulations on your poem! I hope you have a fantastic anniversary trip to the White Mountains. Look forward to your post-trip pics.

  • Bobbiem91

    Congrats and hope you win. The White mountains are a wonderful get away. I went over this road that went up over a mountain with a river below. I know it was through one of the reservations. Totally adored that road. Like you, my job is kicking my butt.

    • Janet Alcorn

      Ooh, rivers with actual water in them? I’ve heard of such things 🙂 We’re staying in a cabin that’s a 15-min walk from Rainbow Lake. It’ll be wonderful to be in the presence of water.

      Thanks for the good wishes!

  • trentpmcd

    People may start to question my masculinity, but I have never once done that with a stud-finder. I hope guys who do it always keep change in their pockets so as not be too embarrassed that it never actually beeped…
    Congratulations on your poem!

  • Gary A Wilson

    LOL Janet,
    In my first apartment in San Jose, I found and posted a poster of some new-age Gumby guy sitting on the toilet surrounded by unrolled waves to toilet paper. It was a early, poster size meme which read, No job is finished before the paperwork is done.” Of course I hung it on the wall right where anyone sitting on the pot was face to face with it. Many did I get feedback on that.
    Your “lick the bowl” meme was better . . .

    Again I laughed too much as your meme-mining for the weekend.

    • Janet Alcorn

      Ahahahahaha! That’s awesome! I should hang a funny poster on the back of our bathroom door, i.e., in full view of whomever’s using the facilities.

  • Kathleen Howell

    Congrats on your poem and 32 years!! Now I have to go Google the White Mountains.. And! If not at Michael’s I bet you could find that sign on Etsy. I folded last Christmas and ordered a painted wooden box that sits on the toilet tank that says Shitter’s Full! I had to have it.. LOL

  • leannelc

    Glad to hear that you’re getting away for a lovely break with your husband to celebrate and have some respite from the job. Congrats on the poem being a finalist – that’s pretty darn fabulous in my humble opinion.