tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post7943127761662028368..comments2024-02-09T10:55:50.410-06:00Comments on Jess Riley Writes: Monkey Business and the Filthiest Jacket EverJess Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06987689969282168406noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-76075480050306202202007-04-24T00:30:00.000-05:002007-04-24T00:30:00.000-05:00You so do not have a muffintop. hahahahaYou so do not have a muffintop. hahahahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-55123658762665999112007-04-21T21:19:00.000-05:002007-04-21T21:19:00.000-05:00Dear Jess, Thank you for explaining why people eit...Dear Jess,<BR/><BR/> Thank you for explaining why people either march right up with a confident smile and push a book toward me to sign, or give me a berth as if I had a placard reading, "Catch Diptheria Here!" on my table. I had wondered. Doing two signings in two days this weekend, and now it is all clear.Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-19401865836226172812007-04-17T08:14:00.000-05:002007-04-17T08:14:00.000-05:00You're not really slacking until you wear your paj...You're not really slacking until you wear your pajama shirt out (because you think you're only going through a drive-thru and don't need to get out of the car until Pookie (or, you know, *your* husband) calls to say you need to pick up milk on the way home), and you don't have a jacket on and you try to act like you always wear little pink tops with lambs and clouds on them. <BR/><BR/>I just count myself lucky if I have a bra on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-14227494138703463162007-04-16T17:55:00.000-05:002007-04-16T17:55:00.000-05:00A bell-shaped jacket!?You are hilarious!!Glad to s...A bell-shaped jacket!?<BR/>You are hilarious!!<BR/><BR/>Glad to see you turned around to go support "one of your tribe". We authors do have to stick together, don't we? :)Holly Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336717023482533615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-79170092553020485222007-04-16T16:02:00.000-05:002007-04-16T16:02:00.000-05:00You are good people Jess. I'd have done the same.....You are good people Jess. I'd have done the same...and also not bought a marketing busiiness whatever lameo book. Still I feel bad for them all alone. Even Kathy Griffin had no one go to her book signing. And she's on tv!Mom101https://www.blogger.com/profile/15468524489744839899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-1010147899017688902007-04-16T08:59:00.000-05:002007-04-16T08:59:00.000-05:00Your jacket...I love clothes like that!Your jacket...I love clothes like that!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862496090402365429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-70711389151441109252007-04-14T15:20:00.000-05:002007-04-14T15:20:00.000-05:00Nothing wears me out more than the damn mall....si...Nothing wears me out more than the damn mall....sigh.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11464465779161315273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-72277399854094931722007-04-14T08:40:00.000-05:002007-04-14T08:40:00.000-05:00Hello, I am blog hopping. I am glad that I found y...Hello, I am blog hopping. I am glad that I found your blog. Your ramblings are hysterical. He,he...gifts from your employer. Did you also receive the book about fish? No, wonder American business is in trouble; we take our cues from animals. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to your novel.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588693337401747260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-75613357734994348942007-04-14T00:28:00.000-05:002007-04-14T00:28:00.000-05:00Stacy and Clinton! Ha! The mall wears me out now, ...Stacy and Clinton! Ha! The mall wears me out now, I swear. I look at all the 13-year-old girls and I feel ancient.xxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348725618072239708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-81318100562787637462007-04-13T17:32:00.000-05:002007-04-13T17:32:00.000-05:00Sounds like an exhausting day...I avoid malls...Th...Sounds like an exhausting day...<BR/>I avoid malls...<BR/>They suck the life force right out of me...<BR/>Just as do business books..Pendullumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11833881250780345533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-60532911719004400382007-04-12T19:13:00.000-05:002007-04-12T19:13:00.000-05:00I stumbled on an old high-school pal one time at a...I stumbled on an old high-school pal one time at an art fair who was selling his book. I tried to walk away but was eventually overcome by guilt and had to buy one on the way out. That was 5 years ago and I still haven't read it - although I'm assuming it has to be better than <I>Who Moved my Cheese?</I>Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-50230686440475054582007-04-12T11:37:00.000-05:002007-04-12T11:37:00.000-05:00Hysterical - long live your bell-shaped jacket (pe...Hysterical - long live your bell-shaped jacket (perhaps you should wear it at author appearances, to give you that distinct look...)<BR/><BR/>The author table in bookstore is SUCH a dilemma! I long to support my fellow authors (and am rather horrified by how many people will come to a reading, chat up the author for fifteen minutes about their own WIP, and then leave without buying anything.) That said, the last three books I've purchased out of author solidarity haven't exactly been my cup of tea, and it feels so wrong dropping something off at the used book store that's inscribed "To Trish..."Trish Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038324441006141430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-64938546139284094602007-04-12T08:26:00.000-05:002007-04-12T08:26:00.000-05:00LOL. You are just so freaking funny. and I can s...LOL. You are just so freaking funny. and I can so relate.Kari Lee Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11120605314368256963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-35550894783163218842007-04-12T08:12:00.000-05:002007-04-12T08:12:00.000-05:00Tiff--cool, thanks! Late January or early Feb, pr...Tiff--cool, thanks! Late January or early Feb, probably at Quail Ridge Books first... Updates will be on my blog (and website if it ever gets launched!).Theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915740239016736614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-79987310348308414212007-04-12T07:38:00.000-05:002007-04-12T07:38:00.000-05:00Many times while I'm driving down the road without...Many times while I'm driving down the road without make-up, and sporting cowlicks on my crown, I am thinking, "I'm only dashing in and out of the store, God, I hope no one sees me." Running and hiding behind racks of clothes adds to the sight!<BR/><BR/>You crack me up. The bottomwear and concrete bricks made me scream.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-91732842294524834582007-04-12T06:44:00.000-05:002007-04-12T06:44:00.000-05:00You kill me. Really. And who knows, a few years fr...You kill me. Really. <BR/><BR/>And who knows, a few years from now you could have your own pity fable/management allegory, complete with book and speaking tour. You could call it "Growing" Business and equate the whole thing to fostering seedlings during winter, etc, etc. It'll be a huge hit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-2459731342042452032007-04-11T19:09:00.000-05:002007-04-11T19:09:00.000-05:00Oh god, I had to read "who moved my cheese" for a ...Oh god, I had to read "who moved my cheese" for a job once. That book made me want to play lotto.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-9197389170873148322007-04-11T16:29:00.000-05:002007-04-11T16:29:00.000-05:00I wear an absolutely horrific men's barn coat when...I wear an absolutely horrific men's barn coat when it gets below freezing. It's awful and shapeless and comfy.<BR/><BR/>It's the comfy that keeps me coming back to it.<BR/><BR/>therese - I'll come to the raleigh book signing - just tell me where and I'll motor over from RTP!tiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351692108818152561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-11388000488682242242007-04-11T12:38:00.000-05:002007-04-11T12:38:00.000-05:00Well, when your book comes out, come to Raleigh, w...Well, when your book comes out, come to Raleigh, with or without your jacket and jammies, and I will make sure you don't end up a lonely author sitting with...hmmm, a stack of organ donor cards next to your stack of books.<BR/><BR/>Except that won't happen to you anyway because I bet the book's as funny as this post!!!<BR/><BR/>Now I have to think about what I could give away at MY signings...the very title (<I>Souvenir</I>) sort of demands it, don't you think?Theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915740239016736614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-73765772411780894872007-04-11T09:22:00.000-05:002007-04-11T09:22:00.000-05:00Tsk, tsk.Stacy and Clinton would tell you that if ...Tsk, tsk.<BR/><BR/>Stacy and Clinton would tell you that if you chose a jacket that "hits" you at juuuuuust the right spot, you wouldn't have to worry about your muffintops. Yeah, they suck. <BR/><BR/>Not that I watch that show or anything.themikestandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078767474543020235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-25962002272593137412007-04-10T23:16:00.000-05:002007-04-10T23:16:00.000-05:00Is it olive green with a hood, a pseudo-windbreake...Is it olive green with a hood, a pseudo-windbreaker that couldn't break wind if it tried?<BR/><BR/>I have the same damn jacket. Stacy and Clinton who? Something I should be watching?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-8731737333957443292007-04-10T21:51:00.000-05:002007-04-10T21:51:00.000-05:00I go out in my pj top often (under my coat, of cou...I go out in my pj top often (under my coat, of course!) You can't pull that shit in the summer. <BR/><BR/>Well, at least not without looking insane. ;)Webmiztrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365475789228230445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-43913853222250608222007-04-10T20:52:00.000-05:002007-04-10T20:52:00.000-05:00We must be communicating via some sort of mysterio...We must be communicating via some sort of mysterious airwaves. I just wrote a post today about venturing out in my pajamas, hidden beneath a jacket no less.<BR/><BR/>Slacker moms unite!sweatpantsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501471972355692992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-59250297297187012162007-04-10T19:43:00.000-05:002007-04-10T19:43:00.000-05:00The mall sucks.'Nuff said.The mall sucks.<BR/><BR/>'Nuff said.Chicky Chicky Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18056206889322232109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050282.post-53339375933395858712007-04-10T18:00:00.000-05:002007-04-10T18:00:00.000-05:00Hah!Well, off to Orange Julius!And again:Suck it, ...Hah!<BR/><BR/><I>Well, off to Orange Julius!</I><BR/><BR/>And again:<BR/><BR/><I>Suck it, Stacy and Clinton.</I><BR/><BR/>I wish. I wish I could stop hanging on every word they say. Not that my wardrobe has changed one bit since I started worshipping them, but at least now I know how pathetic my clothes are.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.com