blates, happy hours, and my new calling

Happy Friday!! Today's a particularly happy one because it begins the week-plus of daily Starbucks Frappuccino Happy Hours! Half price frapps? I think yes. Naturally my co-workers and I will be there the minute happy hour begins today. A fantastic way to finish off the work week slash begin the weekend!

Yesterday's blogger lunch date (blate!) was fantastic (as though there were any doubt)!

So far my 'are blog friends as great in real life as they seem on their blogs?' experiences are 100% positive. Matt's like what do you TALK about? Isn't it WEIRD? and it's like...no! It's NOT weird at all! I mean, it's not like a blind date or meeting with someone you barely know...it's merely a formality that this is the first time we've met face to face...but we've been friends and regularly in touch for quite a long time! We know what's going on in each other's lives! It's just a different medium, but the relationship carries on just the same! So anyway. Once again I prove that all people you meet on the internet do not turn out to be serial killers. Shockingly.

At any rate- Amanda's having surgery today (same surgeries and doctor as me!) so if you have a minute, say a prayer that a) she doesn't freak out, and b) she doesn't die. Those are her main concerns, which seem pretty reasonable to me!

So yesterday I came across the best thing ever (for me): an entertainment webpage hiring freelance writers/bloggers to write episode recaps of summer reality shows. Wanna know a few of the shows they're specifically looking for? Oh, how 'bout The Bachelorette and Real Housewives of New Jersey?? I KNOW! Have I or have I not basically spent my whole life preparing for this honor??! Here's the tricky part, though: to apply you have to send in a cover letter (not hard), link to recent writing samples (haha, not hard), and resume (possibly hard). Obviously I have my normal resume I use(d) when applying for full-time jobs. But this is different...this is for a freelance writing gig. I don't have any writing gigs on my resume, nor have I ever written professionally or in any capacity that would make sense on a resume (unless we're listing small-beans personal blogs on resumes now, which I assume we're not...)...so...what to do? Any ideas? I mean, I have a very good idea of what kind of writing they're looking for (duh, you can just go read their current stuff, current show reviews, etc) and the job description/'application' makes it clear it's just freelance, no-contracts, pay-per-episode work...so maybe the resume is just a formality and they don't really care what's on it as long as you can prove elsewhere (in your cover letter and writing samples) that you can get the job done? Who knows. But if you know, then help a girl out. Because clearly getting paid to blog about reality TV for a legit webpage is my calling.

Alright. Only six more hours til Frapp Happy Hour. We can do this. Happy Friday!