Excitement Brewing in Brooklyn

I know you've all been waiting patiently for my return to the blogosphere while I was off celebrating National Don't Post Month (NaDoPoMo). Wait - you've never heard of NaDoPoMo? Well, in the spirit of NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo, which are in November because of the crappy weather, I figured April was the perfect time to take a break from the computer and spend more time in the fresh spring air. That, or I was just busy waiting hand and foot on my children, running in the park, and drinking gin whilst catching up on Battlestar Galactica, courtesy of Netflix. We'd never seen it and just started from the beginning, and hey, it's really good! I guess the rest of the world already knew that, huh?


I have such excitement to report, though. First, I tiptoed into Tom's office this morning and oh, oh, oh! Just look at the wonderful thing that is happening in there at this very moment:




Yes, that's right - after months of begging and badgering, this blog will soon have a fabulous, original T. Motley-drawn masthead. I planned to keep my mouth shut and just spring it on you in all its finished glory, but come on - when have I ever been able to keep a secret?

I know I'm prejudiced, because he's my husband and all, but he really is fabulous to work with. I had this extremely ambitious, scattered, and overreaching concept, which I drew with lots of stick figures and scribbles, and shoved at him. He teased out my main idea and jettisoned the rest, threw in a couple of his own ideas, and presented me with a sketch that was everything I wanted but could never have come up with on my own. He's good - really good. Also, when he draws me he always makes me look much cuter than I really am. I mean, I'm cute, but not that cute. He draws me the way I like to see myself in my head.

In other news, the Brooklyn Blogfest is coming right up. Blue Barn Pictures made a very short film about Brooklyn bloggers, which will premier at the Blogfest, but you can see the 30-second promo right now! It looks great, and I'll try not to cringe too hard if they used any more of my footage in the actual piece; Tom says I'm cute and funny, but all I can see is my usual spazzy self. I giggled and fidgeted my way through that interview and figured they wouldn't get any usable footage of me - I certainly didn't say anything very interesting. "I put on my makeup, I do my hair . . ." Good Lord. Could I be any cheesier?

Anyway, the Blogfest will surely be a good time, and after a couple of beers I'm sure I'll be able to mingle and meet new people and not fixate too much on my relentless dorkiness.

Tom just came and peeked over my shoulder and told me not to run myself down so much. He says people will be inclined to see whatever I tell them to see. Who is this person giving me optimistic, inspirational advice, and what has he done with my husband? Very curious, indeed. Perhaps he's right, though. All right, I take it back. I'm cute and fabulous and not at all sheepish about my giggly performance in the Blogfest video. Take that, Motley!