So. The vet at A&M called with Dottie’s test results. You’ll want to read this. Her CT scan showed that weird thickening of the bladder but nothing that looked like a mass or lesion and there was no sign of cancer in her bones or lymph nodes other doggie pieces. The cystoscopy showed a bladderContinue reading “YOU NEED TO READ THIS.”
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Honestly I might be better mistranslated.
Furiously Happy continues to find an audience in China and that means that I get tagged in a lot of weird things that possible don’t translate well. Mostly they’re reviews but when I use google translate it’s wonderfully entertaining: Makes you wish she was your super super good friend. – Entertainment Weekly She will letContinue reading “Honestly I might be better mistranslated.”
Dead Happy World’s Brightest Leopard Depression Sufferer
Yesterday I shared the bizarre news that Furiously Happy is a bestseller in China and then I asked if anyone could translate the billboards and posters advertising Furiously Happy and it was glorious. PS. It feels only fair that the English part of the Chinese poster has a typo. Now I want this poster. ItContinue reading “Dead Happy World’s Brightest Leopard Depression Sufferer”
What did I even write?
Apparently Furiously Happy is in Turkish now because I just got a copy of a Turkish psychology article about it, but I don’t read Turkish so I put part of it into Google translate and it gave me this: I’m not sure if this is an insult or just a poorly translated way of sayingContinue reading “What did I even write?”
What’s my name again?
I consider myself very lucky that my brand of crazy is recognized so universally that my books have been translated into lots of different languages, and that means I have a whole shelf full of books that I wrote but can’t read a single word of. It’s a weird mix of feeling very accomplished andContinue reading “What’s my name again?”
Sometimes the only way out is through.
So, I got more medical bad news and it’s not the end of the world but it means lots more invasive tests and very soon I will write about it when I can find the humor in it (and there is humor in it) but today I just feel a little low and the bestContinue reading “Sometimes the only way out is through.”
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She’s finally fully vaccinated so tomorrow is Hailey’s first real day of in person high school. She’s practicing a song for musical theater class that she’s not totally confident is in her range and singing it to Dorothy Barker and these are the nights I will always remember.
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