No trick or treating or partying for me this year. With the holiday season running in full mode now, my body is calling for every bit of rest it can get (even though I’d much rather be out shaking my booty). But not to worry, I have 3 boxes of Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars and another tub of Oreo ice cream in the fridge to keep me company :)
good times…
There’s so much to talk about, where should I start?! It was good times at Kat’s place last Saturday when we celebrated Anna’s birthday. Plenty of food, booze, and fun. Too bad a few peeps were sick and couldn’t make it. Kat was an awesome hostess who made sure everyone had their drinks. We also all got raped by Ray’s brownies; as Anna said, “it was like intercourse with every bite” lol

for you hockey fans…
The authors of “Leafs Abomination” stopped by our store yesterday to sign copies of their book. I happened to help them and was surprised that they were such nice guys. Though our conversation was short, it was pleasant chatting with them. Check our their book if you get a chance!
magic in the house…
The Orlando Magic are in town to play against the Raptors tomorrow afternoon, and guess where they are staying? In my hotel of course! It’s always interesting seeing basketball players at my store. Standing next to them makes me feel even more minimal than I already am because they are so darn tall. I think it was Dwight Howard who walked by today, nodded and said hello. I thought that was a really nice gesture. Although I don’t really follow basketball, I’d put my money on the Magic for tomorrow’s game. We’ll see what the results are.

artistry at work…
So you may have heard that I’ve recently started a small side project, a project that puts my artistic eye and 7 years of book-selling experience to work: I am helping a client design the cover of his book. Before you’re mistaken, let me clarify that I’m not exactly the one designing the cover. I am more so the consultant who critiques and suggests the changes or ideas for the cover. This project utilizes much of my merchandising, marketing, selling, artistic and design skills. Probably shouldn’t reveal too much of the details yet, but I can tell you it’s a political book that can stir up quite a bit of controversy. 14 years, a billion-dollar deal, political BS. It should be interesting.
I really value this opportunity to take part in the production side of things for once, after dealing with SO MANY books in these past 7 years. More importantly, I value the fact that the author agrees with what I have to say, respects and trusts my suggestions. For someone of his status to say, “Meeting with you is important, I want to finalize what we are doing with you” means a lot to me. I’m really looking forward to meeting with him this Wednesday to further discuss the details of this project.
Speaking of books, it wasn’t until just recently that I found out my picture is featured on the Chapters/Indigo website. I totally forgot that months ago, a photographer came to our store to take pictures of employees at work. Didn’t think they would actually end up using my pic :p
Alright, I’m saving the rest for the next post. This girl’s out!