And in other news… July 28, 2007

My HP interns rock my socks! Everyone turned in everything BEFORE the DEADLINE! I am so psyched, so proud.

p.s. Do you want to know something funny? Barbara Walters on “The View”, saying “shaking your booty” is really, really funny. Especially when she says it to John Travolta, who, as I’m sure the entire world knows, cross dresses in the new movie, “Hairspray”, as Edna Turnblad. I’m not sure if I’m going to see the movie because I harbor ill will to the Broadway show for a certain reason, but we shall see.

p.p.s. I also have a hankering for some “Anne of Green Gables”.

This little piggy went to market… July 28, 2007

I found the best toe nail polish color ever. It’s this perfect pink, called “Party Pink”, and it’s made by Piggy Polish (“goes on toes!”). The color gets deeper and brighter as you layer on the coats, so you have a lot of control over the intensity of the color. Anyway, I painted my toes this color for my vacation to Charleston and the color was great! I love it. The only problem was that after I went to the beach and got tossed around by the waves, I guess I scraped my toes against the sand and they started to peel So, I’m repainting them and putting a top coat of clear polish on with hope that it will stay nice for a week or two.

Okay, so maybe it’s a silly post, but this is the only color that I’ve ever repainted my toes with as soon as the other paint job went icky! It’s a milestone! I should stock up…

Three cheers for painted pink piggies! Yess!

And the boy should like the title of this post.

Whether we be old and gray or young with scabby knees… July 26, 2007

I think that’s how it goes, anyway. Do you remember where its from?

Anyway, J.K. Rowling was on the Today show this morning, and here’s an article I found on the NBC website: “Finished ‘Potter’? Rowling Tells What Happens Next”.

I hope the link works, for your sake Good stuff, my friends!

Edit: Here’s another one from NBC

HP Sneak Preview July 26, 2007

Oh, you lucky dogs, you. You cool cats. You beautiful birds. You elegant elephants. You get a hangPROUD preview!

The site (see the link bar on the side!) will update at midnight tonight, and here’s what you’ll see, come 12:01 a.m.

One of our new interns, Bliss, makes her HP debut with “In the Wake of Harry Potter, Defend Yourself From the Spoiler Brat,” a delightful piece that discusses the two different types of “spoilers”–the chatty spoiler and the spoiler brat (SB for short, a coincidentally short leap to SOB, but that’s another story).

One of my own articles will be going live in the wee hours of the morning as well, entitled “Juices Make Five-A-Day a Reality,” which is all about the benefits that the hip health trend known as juicing can provide.

And there you have it, chaps, the HP preview! Don’t you feel privileged? Don’t forget to check out our archives as well as our weekly features, articles written by contributing women and our featured PROUDgirl!

hangPROUD, y’all!

Oh, I hate to sound grumpy/But my nerves are so jumpy July 26, 2007

Hello hello!

Well, since Kathleen and Carla’s [independent] revelations, I have come to the realization that if you google hangPROUD, my blog comes up, which is at the same time both gratifying and slightly creepy. Anyway, on the off chance that my HP interns or bosses (who I love!) or any of the HP-interested googlers out there stumble across my humble blog, I thought I might throw a bit more HP-related information on here. Most of which should be taken as tongue-in-cheek and with a small pinch of salt, if you will. Sugar works too. And I can be bribed with chocolate.

[side note...there are three HPs in my life. 1. hangPROUD (obviously), 2. Harry Potter (no duh), 3. Hewlett Packard, makers of my fine though slightly malfunctioning computer. /side note]

Here’s your HP tidbit of the day:
Ten (10) Things HP Interns (and the world at large) Can Do to Make Me a Happy Editor (and person) [otherwise known at 10THPICDtMMaHE, or The List]
1. Times New Roman, black, size 12 font, single spaced, one space after the period, no justification, a full space between paragraphs with no indentation. Please and thank you.
2. Your full or published name in the word document, preferably at the very top of the page, with…
3. A headline!
4. No more articles about sports until I say so. Say, like…January. Unless you want to write about skiing, gymnastics, ice skating, horseback riding, swimming….largely because I like them…or maybe some little know sport, so long as it’s interesting and informative. Like, say, Rugby. I don’t know much about Rugby. Or…croquet. Talk to me about the athleticism of croquet. It’s rather satisfying to smack a croquet ball, did you know?
5. All articles in separate MS word documents, pretty please.
6. If you aren’t sending me articles for a week, let me know. Before the deadline. Please.
7. When in doubt, write more, not less! I can always get out the pruning shears. I think maybe I’ll up the minimum number of words…
8. Please spell my name write. It’s Britt or Brittany. You can get away with Brit too. My name isn’t Britney, though. :shiver: That’s the name on my dentist’s files though. I’m not very pleased with them.
9. Write me a quiz, poppets! I like quizzes…no more about “what kind of friend are you” and the like, though. We’ve got a few.
10. Don’t change your mind in the middle of an article. It’s not a good idea.

I bet every one’s just jumping at the bit, now! Well…what are you waiting for? As Meryl Streep said in The Devil Wears Prada: “Go…”

That is all.

An update for anyone who cares July 19, 2007

Hey guys. So, I’m in Charleston at our wonderful house right on the beach and it’s supposed to get into the 90s today and feel like it’s about 100 degrees, and our AC is dead. Wait, wait. Even worse, the AC people have been out and they insist that nothing is wrong. The company we rented the house from is…well, idk what is going on, but I don’t think they’re returning our calls as of yesterday afternoon. Mom is pissed, Dad’s ready to march into the office and start yelling at someone. And I got six hours of sleep.

So, I don’t know exactly what is going on, but we aren’t staying here. IDK if we’re going to a hotel or heading back to the airport to get on standby and go home. I don’t know. But regardless, I probably won’t have internet access, therefore I won’t be talking to anyone until, worst case scenario, Saturday night.

Ick. I’m starving and drenched in sweat and not a happy camper. I love you all, though, and wish you a very merry week. Enjoy Harry Potter!

Ewww sweat dripping down my back.

I see the moon and the moon sees me July 12, 2007

I’m on the edge of dreamland, but I had to say:

A. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix is out and I am PSYCHED. Like, beyond psyched, man. Like wow.

B. Overheard in NY is a fantasticly hysterical site. I love it. You might too. So check it out.

C. It’s 1:46 and I have to be out of the house by 11 but up by…10 at the latest. I need to go to sleep.

Goodnight!

I just can’t take it anymore!! July 11, 2007

I’m sorry. I just can’t do it. They boy tried to get me to do it, and I tried, I really did. But…but…nooooo.

I mean, this is just so much better! And I have security stuffs, so do I really need to worry about having problems? Naww. And this is prettier, too. And it has a separate section for feeds. And it loads things in a nicer way. And it’s just better! I don’t care what all of you techies say!

I’m standing by Internet Explorer!

My lonely days are over. And life is like a song! At last… July 9, 2007

Hello duckies!

Had a beautiful–and hot–day today. I think my car came very close to overheating, poor dear. The thermometer read 104 after it was sitting in the sun for a bit! Lordy lordy, that is hot. And even though it is immensely hot today, I am sitting here curled up in the boy’s sweatshirt. And I’m a little hot, but I’m going to boil before I take it off. So there.

So just what did I do today? Well, duckies, I went off wandering, i.e. shopping. Took myself off to DSF, Filene’s Basement (which I’ve never been to before), Target, Borders, and the grocery store. Picked up lovely hanes tanks to sleep in that really need a wash, a new book (Body Movers, which is…interesting), and two new CDs from Feist and Rosie Thomas. I listened to Feist in the car and I think I’m in loooove. I heart it. So far.

And, good news! The boy is coming to visit tomorrow! I am so excited. Excited excited excited. EXCITED! Mwahaha. I don’t quite know what we’ll do tomorrow, but I think it is going to involve ice cream and a movie. Woot!

A Sidenote– July 6, 2007

I’m also newly excited because I just searched Project Gutenberg for some of my own favorite childhood classics and a few I’ve been wanting to read, and I’ve found a few, which will definitely save me money and give me a lot of enjoyment!

Here’s some of what I found:
- all of the LM Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables books
- Bram Stocker’s Dracula
- Homer’s The Iliad
- probably all of Shakespeare’s plays
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, etc.
- Faust, which I really need to read (Goethe)
-Dante’s Divine Comedy

And lots of other fantastic things…

Woot!