Excuse me miss, are you our waiter?
Life is so much more productive when one decides to give up the sauce. I have picked up a few unfinished projects that have been begging to be resurrected for the past few years. One of which is a book written by myself and a friend years ago. After pulling it out and rereading it I came to the conclusion that I am damn funny and she is even funnier. She also is way better at grammar and doesn’t use words like funnier. The book is begging to be published, which is leading me down the long road of finding an agent. The problem with this, being my patience is equal to that of a three year old sitting through a formal Catholic Mass. The idea of throwing our shit out there and waiting weeks and weeks and even more weeks for what will inevitably be a string of rejections is enough to send me into a full blown panic attack. I am just simply not a waiter. Which, is in fact funny to think about as I type this because my profession is called Waiting. Which, actually is even funnier as I write this because there is really no “waiting” involved at all in serving tables, unless you count me waiting for you to get your ass up and out of the restaurant.
We have also begun the planning of a large fundraising event involving many of my favorite local comedians and performers. Mostly, because I have a huge knack for involving myself in work that does not pay the bills. It will be a cold day in hell when I figure out how to keep doing what I love and actually make enough money doing it that I can dump a pitcher of Ice Tea on an unsuspecting subject while simultaneously shoving a hamburger up some jerks ass, therefore making myself a retired server FOREVER!
I am working on the idea that I perhaps, need to set some goals that perhaps, do not have instant gratification. Or at least get used to the idea that sometimes in grown up life you actually have to WAIT for what you want.
Perhaps I could start with leaning how to grasp the proper use of a comma. Because, let’s face it unless it follows the words however or although or is found breaking up a list of items I really have no idea what I’m doing.
Katie Lauren
We have also begun the planning of a large fundraising event involving many of my favorite local comedians and performers. Mostly, because I have a huge knack for involving myself in work that does not pay the bills. It will be a cold day in hell when I figure out how to keep doing what I love and actually make enough money doing it that I can dump a pitcher of Ice Tea on an unsuspecting subject while simultaneously shoving a hamburger up some jerks ass, therefore making myself a retired server FOREVER!
I am working on the idea that I perhaps, need to set some goals that perhaps, do not have instant gratification. Or at least get used to the idea that sometimes in grown up life you actually have to WAIT for what you want.
Perhaps I could start with leaning how to grasp the proper use of a comma. Because, let’s face it unless it follows the words however or although or is found breaking up a list of items I really have no idea what I’m doing.
Katie Lauren
posted by KatieLauren at
12:34 AM
3 Comments:
Miss Katie:
At the tender age of 41 I still have problems with commas sometimes. The only thing that saved my butt in my writing classes in regards to commas is this:
If you think you need to use commas around a phrase in a sentence, lift it out of the sentence and see if the darn sentence still makes sense. If it does, put commas around the phrase. If it doesn't then you don't put any commas in that particular sentence.
Haha it is so funny you say that, thats is a rule I also learned in my grammar class, only sometimes it doesnt work!
as far as commas go - that's what editors are for. no worries there.
send that stuff out dude. Other than me, you're the most funny person I know. (that sounds dumb, is that right? or is it really funniest?) You can wait. I'll help you by telling you funny stories for your next book while you're waiting.
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