I am so obsessed with Twitter, Goodreads and checking for new reviews on my books, that it’s literally consuming me in an ocean of cruel and unforgivable distractions. It’s got to stop. I thought I had decent enough willpower, but apparently not. I’m thinking I’m going to have to TURN OFF the internet to my computer just so I don’t feel that anxious urgency to check stuff. It’s frickin’ ridiculous! I know I have a few scheduled interviews and such on several book blog sites, so no worries to those book bloggers – I have a calendar marked and will pop on to check those and make a quick comment. But other than that, if anyone really needs me for anything, just email me. It’ll be the only online guilty pleasure I take advantage of until further notice.

Thanks!

-Jessica

“Those whose last names begin with A-L can begin calling today! Those whose last names begin with M-Z can begin calling tomorrow!”

Bullshit! Just another advertising ploy to trick people into believing what they are selling is limited, in high-demand and you must ‘act now’ (or tomorrow, pfft!), or you might miss out. Trust me, they don’t care if your last name begins with F and you call next Saturday at 3 in the morning; they will be there to take your money. Sad thing is, so many people actually fall for this.

I’m sitting at home alone on Christmas Eve because my apartment complex has flooded and I can’t get my car out to go anywhere.

Basically, every time it rains this stupid place floods. Seriously. And not just when it rains a lot. When it rains period. But it started raining early yesterday and did not stop until about 2 hours ago.

How about a visual?

Everywhere you see water there’s supposed to be a road or a sidewalk, and keep in mind this was taken earlier in the day long before it stopped raining.

Just like that one.

Some people drive through it, but I refuse to. #1, it’s unsafe to drive through water like that! #2, the car I had before the one I have now DIED not long after I drove it through this flooded complex in the past. Really though, does it take a genius to realize that driving through a lot of high water can screw up your vehicle? Especially if you’re in one lower to the ground than a truck might be. I’m still paying my damn car off. I’d like it to LAST a few years after I finally do!

On a different note get this, while we had floods in the center of the state, at the same time there was winter weather advisories in the northern parts of the state and TORNADO WARNINGS in the south! That’s Arkansas weather for you. In The Natural State you get a bit of everything.

So, that’s really all I have to say, other than Merry Christmas to everyone. :-)