Sonja Foust, Romance Author

Apparently I was on the cutting edge of fashion with my haircut of two months ago, which, I learned today, is called a “pixie crop.” Victoria Beckham did it first, but then, she always does haircuts first.

Now, though, she’s growing it out. Observe:

Think I might try to get my stylist to do something similar to mine at my appointment today. I like that it’s fringy, but not too short-short, and I can never quite pull off sideswept bangs like that, but I like the idea of them.

On the other hand, we all know how things turn out when I bring pictures to the stylist…

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Saw this article on ABC News earlier this week called 12 Words You Can Never Say in the Office. (Thanks for the link, @charleslord.) Thought that was pretty great, as I’d been thinking along the same lines earlier this week– sometimes you can tell how old someone is just by the terms they use in their technobabble.

So here are my additions to ABC News’ list of geezery techno-words:

• Snail mail– No one calls postal service mail “snail mail” anymore. Just “mail” is fine. We know email is a completely different thing.
• Web 2.0– Yeah, I get that you think this idea is still pretty cutting edge, or maybe you’re not quite sure what it means yet, but it’s played out now. It used to refer to a brand new way of thinking about interacting on the web, but it’s not a brand new way anymore, and everyone’s doing it. So skip calling it “Web 2.0.” No one will be impressed.

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I know, I know, you scoff at the very idea that a romantic comedy could be anything but fluffy fluff fluff meant for consumption by the addle-brained, love-crazed masses. But here are the top 5 lessons I think we can all learn from romantic comedies:

5. Misunderstandings make things difficult. Talk it out, or face the consequences.

4. There are crazy sidekicks, but you are the leading lady of your life. (Check out The Holiday.)

3. Everything will fall down around your ears at some point, no matter how cute and Right For Each Other you and your mate are. Muscle through it!

2. The woman you love is quirky. Not weird, not neurotic, not dysfunctional. Quirky. Think of it that way and life will be better for you. (Try Runaway Bride.)

1. Life is funny. Sometimes laughing at the “oh no” moments is all you need to do to get moving with your life again.

What are your favorite lessons from romantic comedies? Or do you draw your lessons from some other genre?

I’m famous! My blog got on the new 30THREADS commercial on one of my local channels, NBC17. Check it out, my blog shows up at the end of the image scrolling through a bunch of blogs, about 9 seconds in:

And in case you missed the second it was up, here’s a picture I took of my TV screen on my iPhone last night:

How awesome is that?

I read this article on Lifehack about a year ago about finding a hobby you suck at, but enjoy. (8 Good Reasons to Be a Lousy Musician) It really stuck with me. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I have a little bit of a closet competitive streak. But, really, instead of inspiring me to get really good at everything, it makes me  afraid to try things I suspect I will be bad at.

(Please ignore all the hanging prepositions in this post. “Things at which I suspect I would be bad,” just doesn’t have the same conversational ring to it.)

I recognize this pattern of avoiding stuff to avoid “losing” is unhealthy. Getting over it is another thing altogether. I don’t play sports unless I can’t reasonably avoid it, and spelling bees are in the realm of the impossible. (more…)