My blend Heather has a funny YouTube of a comedy sketch on her site that I keep listening to as I work at a frenzied pace, as I tend to do. You read that right. My “blend” Heather. It’s short for “blog-friend.” Yeah, I invented it. I believe it’s better than “blomie,” which is short for “blog homie” and also a directive. It’s for blog friends you like to get snarky with. And this is why I have to work at a frenzied pace. I’m trying to get to the good ideas.
Blends don’t differ in any way from friends. It’s just that in-the-flesh-friends get confused when I suddenly have a friend they’ve never heard of or met. Especially since all I’ve been doing is “working.” Blend will cut out the overly long explanation. Wait, then I’ll have to explain the word. But it’s worth it if possibly one day a word origin entry will read “first used by American writer Julie Luongo in her blog of 11/30/06.”
Enough of that. Here’s the funny YouTube. I’ll post it for your convenience since I know some of you (Goldy) won’t watch if you have to link to it. That’s fine, I’m here to help.
Another blend of mine wrote a book and I’m going to mention it now since, you know, my birthday’s coming up. Behold Gary Mckenzie’s Gingerbread Kingdom:
Discouragement Kitten said,
November 30, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Will it blend?
julieluongo said,
November 30, 2006 at 2:42 pm
You shouldn’t inhale glass dust. (Nevermind the disclaimer that you shouldn’t try blending marbles at home.)
I like the pens. I don’t know why. They’re not more interesting than marbles.
Discouragement Kitten said,
November 30, 2006 at 4:35 pm
I liked the cochicken.
Heather said,
November 30, 2006 at 8:55 pm
“In-the-flesh-friends”? What kind of crazy shit is that?