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Monday, June 30, 2014

Listed Tuesday: Ways To Find Your Blog Voice

So friends I have been having a heck of a time this summer being excited about blogging.  I have enjoyed being outside, working out, and reading books for fun and blogging has definitely taken a backseat in my life.  I also think that I am looking for a new things to blog about or a different way to write.  I haven't totally worked through that yet, so I continue to write and look for what I want this space to be.

As I have been looking for ways to find what I want to say and what I want this blog to be I have come across some things that have been helpful for me finding my writing voice that I thought I would share with you today.

I also thought I would resurrect So You Want To Start a Blog, cause I miss it!

5 Ways to Find Your Blogging Voice


Finding Your Blogging Voice

1. Have a clear head. 

When I am clear on what I want to write and do not let a ton of things distract me from my writing I tend to like what I write 1000% more. If I sit at my computer for too long not liking what I am writing or moving between facebook and twitter I know it is time to put the laptop away and just do something else and come back later to see what I came up with.

Perhaps this should just be for published posts, there is something in just writing and getting things out there.

2. Turn off the TV

How can you find your voice when there are 10 others on your TV telling you what is funny, relevant, or interesting?  Answer: you can't!  Don't get me wrong I love me some TV viewing, but I never like what I write when my TV is on.  I am not engaged in my writing and it usually is weak.  The only time this works is when I am actually writing about what I am watching.

3. Find music that does not distract

When I am trying to find things to write about I cannot listen to my jams, because I will jam!  Writing is harder when I am jamming to a song that I love cause I just want to sing that song.  I have found that writing with music that has words in another language really works for me.  I know it sounds a little snobby, but I like to have music while I write and if I cannot understand what I am hearing it works.

Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni on Grooveshark

4. Go out and do something new

Putting yourself in new situations totally helps me feel fresh about life and in turn about my writing.  For example on Thursday I am doing something that really scares me and I have been so creative for that event.  I will tell you more about it later, but in short I think I am going to do a little stand up comedy at an open mic.  Oh my God I just said it I guess it is real.

5. Write for an audience

This is just a good writing tip.  Know who your audience is or who you would like you audience to be and write for them.  If people not in your audience do not read you blog do you really care?  Maybe a little but you will get over it.  If the people you want to read your work are reading it and loving it mission accomplished.
Erica Jacquline

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- Shower, rinse, repeat each week.
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Listed Tuesday: How To Kill A Bug

This weekend I had one of the most horrific experiences of my life.  The largest bug in all creation decided to make his abode in my abode around 11pm Saturday night. May and I were chatting about something and she looked at the wall and screamed.  Being the ever cool person I am I told her I would kill it.  Then I saw it and all bravery left me. I will tell you that the bug did die and that one of these is how I killed it.


1. Make your pet kill it.




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2. Call the Helpful Honda People to do it.  After all it is their job to be helpful.


3. Squash it with a shoe you will never wear again.


4. Call the police or fire department to come. Don't tell them what it is for.  Instead tell them it is for a domestic disturbance, cause it is true.  That bug disturbed my domestic tranquilly.  My tax dollars should pay for at least one bug removal a year.


5. Post a plea on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/EricaJacquline/status/480226489640570881


6. Post an ad on Craigslist for a booty call then when they get there have them kill the bug and then kick them out.  (This one sounds pretty risky, only use it as a last resort).


7. Join Tinder and have the first non-murdery person that is within a mile come over.  (This is the second lest safe option).


8. Move.


9. Call your newly married friend and ask her husband and her to come over and kill it.


10. Call your dad, uncle, mailman. Warning they will make fun of you the whole time, a small price to pay.  Did you know that june bugs will only be around for the next six days? After that they will be julybugs.


11. Find a can of Raid you forgot about and spray the heck out of the kitchen cabinet the bug locked itself in.  Sit back for 15 minutes.  Then listen to the bug fight for life for about two minutes and go to bed. Do not open the cabinet until 2 the next afternoon and gently and quickly move the dead bug from the cupboard with an empty Swiffer box.  Run as fast as you can to a neighbors trashcan outside and throw that creep away.


I am sure you are having a hard time figuring out which of these amazing tactics I used on Saturday to get rid of unwelcome roommate.

Erica Jacquline


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- Shower, rinse, repeat each week.
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Monday, June 16, 2014

Listed Tuesday: 9 Reasons I Won't Quit Facebook

Another Tuesday, another list.  I am telling you I think in lists all the time.  I was making a homework assignment for my summer school class and I just kept adding things to it because I wanted the list to grow longer and longer.  I then realized innocent children actually had to complete the work on the list and I deleted half of it.  You're welcome, students who do not even know I have a blog.

As I was thinking about what to post today I wandered my pretty little eyes over to Facebook to check out the haps.  I actually do not like Facebook that much anymore.  I am pretty bored with it if I am being honest with you.  I also long for my junior year when Facebook became a thing.  It was so simple, so fun, so private from my family.  But the moms have found the book and they have changed it forever, and it ain't all bad.

As much as I complain about the book I do not think I will shut it down, like I did to myspace.  Remember myspace?  Gross.

9 Reasons I Won't Quit Facebook


1.  Sometimes my mom's friends post really inspirational things that I need to hear to get me through my day of grading, writing, working out, and dog training.  I just logged on to Facebook and here is the first inspirational thing I found.  It too 3.892 nano seconds to find it.

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2.  I really want guys I dated that are still on my Facebook to eat their heart out at my grainy selfies from Instagram.  If a Walden filter doesn't scream, "I am so over you!" what does?

Erica Jacquline Jamba Juice


3.  I need to know what I believe politically.  I know a lot of you have unfriended or removed your politically active friends from Facebook.  I personally love reading what they post.  I need to know what I do not believe.  I have just taken to believing the opposite of what my politically active friends post on Facebook.  It has actually panned out pretty well and I have a lot of free time to not watch the news now.

4.  I need to be able to delete ugly photos of myself that people tag me in.  If I was not on Facebook 5 ugly photos of me could be out in the world for you to look at.  Just kidding I always take the prettiest pictures this is just something other people have told me they like to use Facebook for.

5. My coworkers remind me when I can wear jeans to work.  They are so nice and will take a photo of a pair of jeans and tag me in it.  It is the little things people.

Ducks Fans

6. So my mom can have a friend.  Just kidding mom that was so mean!  I love you and I will never put you in a home

Mom

 

7. To keep up with BuzzFeed Affairs.  How else would I know what emoji I am or what it is like to turn 30?

8. So all my friends can know what my grandmother looks like.  No joke my grandmother will ask us to take photos of her and then post them on Facebook so our friends know who she is. I get my narcissism from her and my charming quality of having to pee every few hours.

Grandma

9.  To have another avenue to clog the interwebs with links to this here blog. On that note you should probably like my page here if you haven't already.
Erica Jacquline


Please join me for Listed Tuesday and make sure to check off each item on the list below:
- Write a post about anything you want that includes a list of sorts
- Add the Listed Button to your post
- Come by Erica Jacquline on Tuesdays and add your link
- Read other posts, comment, and make new friends
- Shower, rinse, repeat each week.
- Follow your hosts! 


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Monday, June 9, 2014

Listed Tuesday: Summer Goals

I am on day two of summer and I thought it would be important to come up with some summer goals. Maybe it is just me but it is so easy to get nothing done during the summer.  If I do not set goals I would sit on the couch and just waste away.

` Wake up by 6 to take Penny on a walk every morning

- Leave work by 12:15 every day (this is super important considering I am teaching summer school and will not be paid for any extra time I spend working)

- Work out for an hour at least five times a week.  I am really committed to getting in better shape and feeling better about myself.

- Write a blog post each weekday.

- Write for my book for an hour every weekday.

- Get more tan.  Perhaps the most important goal of all.

- Keep my hair the same color for a season.  Yesterday's post will prove how hard that one will be.

- Relax.  I am telling you I taught one summer school class so far and I am already exhausted.

Penny's Goals

- Learn to swim.  DONE!

Penny The Puppy Swims

- Settle the heck down.  OK maybe that is my goal.

May's Goals

- Get As in her summer school classes.

- Go to Raging Waters.

We are a wild bunch around here.  What are some of your goals this summer?
Erica Jacquline


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- Write a post about anything you want that includes a list of sorts
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- Come by Erica Jacquline on Tuesdays and add your link
- Read other posts, comment, and make new friends
- Shower, rinse, repeat each week.
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Monday, May 26, 2014

Listed Tuesday - So You Wanna Go Out?

Today I thought it would be fun to make a list of actual pick up lines the fine gentlemen of the world have used on me in an effort to go on a date.  They are all 100% real and I am not making any of them up.  I also should clarify I only went out with about half of these guys I do have some discretion but not a lot cause I did go out with some of them.

So You Wanna Go Out?

- So wanna go out tonight.  My wife will have my two kids and I am free to do whatever I want.

- Did you know I had my nipples pierced?

- If you don't care that my nipples are pierced, did you know that I had a Prince Albert? (wink)

- If I was 25 years younger I would totally date you.  Actually, do you want to get dinner tomorrow night?

- I was just sitting here drinking alone and wanted to know if you wanted to get coffee next week.

- So wanna get dinner at Denny's?

- Holy crap, you're tall for a white girl!

- Wanna come over and watch Indiana Jones tonight?

- Your favorite beer is Blue Moon?  I guess this means we should get married.

- I am looking for a woman that I can be the boss of.

- Have you ever been to the three dollar theater?

- Can I come over to your house and watch the latest episode of The Office?  I will bring cup of noodles for a snack.

- I am training to become an ultimate fighting champion.  My cage name is Prince Of Pain.
Erica Jacquline



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I would love it if you guessed which of these guys I actually went on a date with.  What is one of the best lines you have heard to get you on a date?





Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Things I Would Break My Toe To See

So last night I had every intention to sit my cute butt down and write a post for today.  But first I had to take Penny on the longest walk known to dog and make dinner.  While I was making dinner I of course had I to have the TV on for background noise.  The perfect show for this is Fashion Police.  I would check in now and then and see the fashion from The Billboard Music Awards and whatever else celebrities were doing this last week.


I was almost done with dinner and I heard Joan Rivers say they were going to pick the worst dressed of the week.  Of course I had know who looked terrible despite the thousands of dollars they spent to look great.  In my hurried rush to see people look silly I ran to the living room right into my coffee table with my middle toe first.  I felt pain like never before and fell on the table.  Of course I sat there and saw Shakira win the worst dressed award and then went on to make dinner.




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By the end of the night I knew my toe was broken.  In case you wanted to know if you have a broken toe it will feel fluffy and like it is disconnected at the knuckle and it will bruise pretty fast.


Today I decided to post about all the things I would break my toe in order to see it.


- Any worst dressed list.


That is all I got.  In fact I would have never had this list to begin with if last night did not happen.  Silver lining I say yes!



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- Shower, rinse, repeat each week.







Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Listed Tuesday: Instead of Writing a Post

I have really been enjoying my little hiatus from blogging the last few days.  I am telling you I do not know what I would do if I had to blog every day.  I am sure after next week things will calm down and I will want to blog more, but for now I really had a hard time sitting down to write a post for Listed Tuesday.

So because I am beyond creative I am going to tell you everything I did in order to avoid writing a post today, cause that sounds like a rip roaring good time!

1. Went grocery shopping for the first time in three weeks.

2. Had a little counseling session about teenage relationships (cause that is fun)

3. Made a real dinner, like on the stove and everything.

4. Ate my dinner with May and had a real good conversation.

5. Took Penny for a long walk.

6. Called my mom.

7. Watched the Ducks rock the Kings in Game 5!

8. Walked in place during the second period of the game.

9. Ran a mile on my elliptical.

10.  Cleaned the living room.

11. Played ball with Penny.

12. Did two loads of laundry.

13. Wrote drafts for three other blog posts.

14. Watched one too many Farmers Only Dating Website commercials.



15. Alienated all my Ross loving friends on Facebook and Twitter.

https://twitter.com/EricaJacquline/status/465964852607844353

16  Alienated all of my Ross hating friends on Facebook and Twitter.

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- Read other posts, comment, and make new friends
- Shower, rinse, repeat each week


What are some ways you avoid writing?


Also go on over and check out my post for Ember Grey today!  I love Emily and was thrilled she asked me to guest post this week!





Monday, May 5, 2014

6 Ways to Get Retweeted

I was so touched by your sweet comments yesterday about my taking a little step back from blogging for May.  You all were so sweet it made my day!  As I promised I am sticking with Listed Tuesdays and today I am bringing you something no one asked me to do a how to about.

Six Ways to Get Retweeted by Celebrities


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1. Be A Dog - I tell you people love dogs and celebrities are people so dogs get a ton of celebrity retweets.  Penny is still looking for her big break. I have a feeling Zooey Deschanel will be the one to come through for her though.  That girl loves her pups.

Example:

Penny The Puppy loves watching @zooeydeschanel in New Girl and wishes she lived in the loft with all that awesomeness.

Penny The Puppy

2. Be Ellen DeGeneres - I mean come on.  If you do not know about her Oscar selfie retweet, you were probably in a coma, but even coma patients who woke up recently know about this selfie.

Example:

https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432

3. Be a Hottie - Proven fact people who are hot or think they are hot are retweeted more than people who do not think they are hot.

4. Be On The Verge of a Breakdown - You need to make it clear that if so and so does not retweet your desperate attempt of twitter connection you will probably die of distress.  Also include your marital status and number of dependents you care for.  And of course include the words, "Can I get a RT?"

Example:

"ILY @leodicaprio!  Can a single mom of six get a RT?  I work 60 hours a week at Walmart and a RT from you will give me the will to live."

5. Be Relentless - If at first you don't succeed keep on trying again and again.  Only stop when twitter shuts your account down for the third time.

Example:

@annakendrick47 I know you have reported all 534 of my tweets to you and my twitter account was disabled, but If you RT me I will leave you alone forever.

6. Be All Things - If none of these work I suggest you just combine them all together for a be all and end all of all tweet.

Example:

@zoeydeschanel @annakendrick47@leodicaprio can Penny get a RT. She is so sad and depressed you have not respond to her 9869 other tweets. @TheEllenshow said you should.

Penny The Puppy

Don't Forget to link up your Listed Tuesday Posts!
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- Read other posts, comment, and make new friends
- Shower, rinse, repeat each week





Tuesday, April 29, 2014

12 Things I Am Afraid To Tell You About Penny: Listed Tuesday

I feel I need to warn you that this post may not be as funny as I think it is right now.  I have been awake since 3:30 am and the time is now 9 pm.  I am funning on caffeine fumes, peanut butter cookies, and crystal meth.  In case you missed my announcement earlier today crystal meth is my pet name for Chipotle.

I actually went to bed and then had  like 11 million ideas and got back up to write this post.  Today I decided to go the more vulnerable route and share 12 things I am afraid to tell you… About my dog, Penny.

12 Things I am Afraid to Tell you

 

1. Penny is afraid of some people.  She actually will get out of her collar and run away if she gets a bad vibe from another person. This only happened once, so pretty much she met Hitler.

2. Penny is a beardist.  Again I cannot believe I am telling you this but Penny hates people with beards.  She does not discriminate either, man or woman, black or white, you got a beard she has a problem.

3. Penny has eaten two pairs of reading glasses.  I can't even handle this one right now. My glasses are so expensive it is not funny. She found both my regular pair and back up pair and destroyed them. So far new pari is holding up just fine. You can read about Penny The Punisher here.

4. Actually, Penny will eat anything and everything.  I have to leave my laundry basked on my night stand so she can not get another pair of underwear or socks.  I am running out of essentials!

5. She likes to bark at hot guys who are not wearing shirts as they run by our house or car.  It has become a problem inasmuch as they never even give her a second look. You would think her self esteem would be low, but she is surprisingly resilient and just keeps going.

6. She is most afraid of her own reflection.  On a walk around the neighborhood she will want run away if she catches a glimpse of herself in a neighbor's newly waxed car.  The mirror in my bedroom is aways a place of constant angst as she looks at her reflection and tries to pick a fight with the other dog she sees.

7. Homegirl can poop. I actually think you guys already knew this one.

Penny The Puppy

8. Penny HAS to be the center of attention for the whole world.  If she is hungry or needs to poop (See #7) no on in the world will be able to do anything until her needs are met. She also created her own Instagram.  I guess you can follow her if you dare @penny_grams

Penny Grams

9. Penny has strange sleeping habits.  She sleeps under my bed until about 1am and then jumps on my bed and sleeps on my hair for the rest of the night.

10. She is the least helpful blog assistant ever. At this very moment she is biting my hand so I will pet her.  Shesh she is so selfish. Doesn't she know I am writing about her?

11. Ever since I compared her to Matthew McConaughey, here, she has been unbearable.  Demanding home cooked dinners, threatening to pee on my new rug, and wanting me to hold her donut rawhide so she can chew it at an elevated level.

12. She is one spoiled puppy.  Her days consist of laying around on the couch watching Harry Potter.  When she is hungry she walks around the house with her empty plate as a way of telling us she would like some more.  She knows what she wants and she knows how to get it.

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Penny The Puppy

Whew that was a load off.  I am so glad i was finally able to open my heart and share theses things about Penny with you.  I can go on with my day feeling lighter and free.
Erica Jacquline

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Listed TUESDAYS and A Giveaway, Yay!

Happy Sunday friends!  I hope you are having a great weekend.  I just wanted to pop in for two extremely quick announcements.

1.  Listed Fridays is now Listed Tuesdays.  I am not a competitive girl and I realized there are so many Friday LInk ups I needed to mix it up.  So come back here Tuesday to link up your Listed post! Here is a reminder of the rules and the mission.



Please join me for Listed Tuesday and make sure to check off each item on the list below:


- Follow Erica Jacquline  on Bloglovin (It is only polite)
- Write a post about anything you want that includes a list of sorts
- Add the Listed Button to your post
- Come by Erica Jacquline on Tuesdays and add your link
- Read other posts, comment, and make new friends
- Shower, rinse, repeat each week





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