When I see people use "FTW", I have to remind myself it stands for "for the win" and not "fuck the world". #whostartedftw
I googled to see the origin (I use that term loosely) of FTW because I swore it was a Tupac tattoo or something. Then, this post on urban dictionary tells me its use originated by white supremacists meaning Forever Truly White. I shall never use FTW again after this very post. #banftw
As I type this, I am standing at the counter of my shop, and an older, short, petite Asian lady is looking in the window right next to our open door. She just let out the loudest fart. I looked up, and she smiled at me. #ownitsister
We took ten days off work. Remember, my guy and I work together. On facebook, he and a friend of mine were discussing the crappiness of that first Monday back to work. He posted a meme that said "The Look When You Don't Want to Go to Work"...and claimed it looked like me on our first Monday back. I found this picture of myself circa 1977, made a quick side by side comparison, and asked "whatever do you mean?" #resemblancemuch ? #pigtails4eva #poutitout
I am behind on reading blogs. I started to read some today, felt overwhelmed with it all because I couldn't give the posts the attention they deserve, and just said "fuck it". We all do it, at least most of us do. #iaintevengonnaworryboutit
Two different authors responded to tweets of mine. Jana has been recommending Dean Bakopoulus books, and I have checked bookstores and libraries here. No DB in Australia. So, I ordered some, tweeted about it, and the author "liked" it. #authorsloveme
Then...I read a fantastic thriller (I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh - you'll hear more about it in the Show Us Your Books link-up) and tweeted about it. This time, the author replied. #ithinkthismeanswerefriends
I get way too excited when authors tweet me. #booknerd4life! And that meme with you as a kid does resemble that meme! Lol
ReplyDeletelol i love your train of thought with this whole thing. it's genuine and the best! also how cute are you as a baby? the monday of the first full week is THE WORST. i need a weekend stat.
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These are real confessions! I totally get giddy whenever someone vaguely famous retweets or likes my comments. I got a band member to like my tweet once and I freaked out.
ReplyDeleteYou know Dean and I are BFFs now so I'm glad he's responding to your tweets :)
ReplyDeleteI use FTW all the time. Probably won't now.
I had no idea that was an alternate meaning of "ftw." Definitely not using it anymore. That's so awesome that they tweeted back! LOVE the baby pic- the resemblance is real!
ReplyDeleteI'm constantly behind at reading blogs. It's always overwhelming for me. I have a strategy for just reading my "friend" blogs and #hashtaghumpday posts and then letting anything else go if I'm overloaded that week. Still I wish I had more hours in the day to read them all!
ReplyDeleteWho needs actual confessions!? I'm trying to bring my book game back but I think it's shy.
ReplyDeleteHaha I said the same thing about reading all the posts..tooo many tooo many! I had no idea FTW even meant for the win. I always thought it was fuck the world. but now I wont use it anyway
ReplyDeletehaha... that lady who farted... I laughed like a 10 yr old
ReplyDeleteSometimes I get so far behind, I just have to hit the "Mark all as read" button for blogs or I get too overwhelmed. No sweat. Problem solved :)
I think it's awesome when authors respond, makes me want to go find their books now!
ReplyDeleteThe farting Asian lady cracks me up! She did own it & I dig that. Tee hee!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that those authors responded - eeek! :)
hahahaha the farting asian lady. hilarious! and omg never using ftw again. what the heck?! and oh my gosh that picture of you - the resemblance is uncanny!
ReplyDeleteFor me, when I see "FTW" I think Fort Worth, ha!
ReplyDeleteI have the hardest time trying to figure out what shortened words mean. I seriously didn't know that SMH meant shaking my head until a few years ago, I feel so old! And that's hilarious that the lady totally owned her fart!
ReplyDeleteYep, that pouting kid could be you! Hilarious!
ReplyDeletePS I have laughed on and off all day (I read your blog early this morning, but didn't have time to respond) about the farting window shopper. One of my kids farted today during speech and before anyone could say anything, he said, "That would be mine..." I was tempted to say "Own it brotha..." but knew he wouldn't quite get it so I just said, "Good to know." LOL!
The resemblance is uncanny. I think your hubs might be on to something. Interesting learning the origins of FTW, I always think of fuck the world right away too.
ReplyDeleteHahaha I always think it's fuck the world too! Before I ever knew what it meant I just assumed that's what it meant. But now I can never ever use it! I have had that falling behind feeling a lot lately. I'll comment on a few blogs, then as it gets later and later I just mark them as read or skip commenting.
ReplyDeleteI totally fangirl over authors interacting with me. It is like the highlight of my life.
ReplyDeleteI totally get all giddy when authors like my tweets. Lori Foster ending up following me and I was geeking out.
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