I am so fucking evil, y'all.

I just had an interview with one of the big review magazines for a multicultural feature in their January issue and she asked about my audience and how I saw myself being marketed and presented and I said something to the effect of rather than seeing myself marketed at Latina audiences, I saw myself as a Cuban-American author-- someone who's as much Latina as American, in as much as anyone can be considered an American these days and that I saw my audience as anyone, adult or YA, Latina or not, who enjoyed good contemporary fiction. That I thought we all did ourselves a disservice if we limited ourselves in terms of who we might appeal to.

::blinks innocently::

(Crazy Pants had made a point of saying I'd been marketed exclusively to a Latina audience which is a blatant lie, among all the other bullshit the twatwaffle was attempting to spin.)

OK, putting my damp pants back on to go to the store. My car seat's wet so no point in wearing dry clothes. I do have dry feet and it's a great excuse to wear my cute red rubber boots! Got to get bananas for the new hanger and brownies for which to be birthday cake.

(Crazy Pants had made a point of saying I'd been marketed exclusively to a Latina audience which is a blatant lie, among all the other bullshit the twatwaffle was attempting to spin.)

You mean Crazy(C)(R)(TM) Pants(C)(R)(TM)?

(Yes, I'm still hung up on just how much she has plastered (C)(R)(TM) all over her entire everything. I half expect her to tattoo (C)(R)(TM) all over her vajayjay next, and then send out a C&D letter to all 3.5 billion women on the planet.)

Hey Sean, email me or hop onto IM.

I forgot, my iPhone has my "Weather" playlist, filled with songs about storms and rain. Somehow, it's making me more happy, despite the grey weather, that is so not SoCal.

Caffeine-free Midol, man. It's a diuretic and it really helps with menstrual backaches, for me.

I will be trying this next time, thanks!

It's not that I don't like being a girl, but Universe, can I be a guy next time, please? Just for variety?

I half expect her to tattoo (C)(R)(TM) all over her vajayjay next, and then send out a C&D letter to all 3.5 billion women on the planet.)

snerk

Day has taken a turn for the slightly distressing as my sister once more brings her babysitting work home with her and a neighbor decides to rehearse his teen band at volumes loud enough to be heard many yards away through closed doors and windows. *twitch*

I think I'll saddle up the bike and visit a local (plant) nursery.

I half expect her to tattoo (C)(R)(TM) all over her vajayjay next, and then send out a C&D letter to all 3.5 billion women on the planet.)

If I need to replace my laptop it is entirely Sean's fault.

One of my classes was observed today, and I got a fantastic evaluation! The only negative comment was that I could possibly speed up a bit, which was weird, because every single other teaching evaluation I've ever had has told me to slow down. I've been focusing on trying to slow down this year, and maybe I went too far.

Also, it was the class with the iPod people, and I tried your suggestion of announcing "No electronics" at the beginning of class, and it worked! Which was great, because another one of the positive comments on my eval was that the students seemed to all be taking notes and not texting.

I also got a positive comment for addressing my students by name. That one's kind of amusing me -- I have horrible face recall, and it usually takes me much further into the semester to know all my students' names than it takes other instructors, so once I do know someone's name, I make of point of using it every time I address them so that it will stick in my head.

Hah. That's awesome, Hil.