Oh, hi!
Hey, hey, hey…
That’s supposed to be Fat Albert greeting you to another long-overdue post on the nearly defunct-ness that is my blog, Tappity Tappity. Thanks for stopping in.
Truth be told, I’m feeling like Fat Albert these days. Raising these kids is really knocking me off my working out gameplan. Really. It’s sooo dang tough nowadays to get out of the house for a little bit and do that whole Gold’s Gym thing. But…it’s only a matter of time. Laura and I are gonna work out a gameplane that’s gonna let both of us rotate and go…somehow, someway.
But enough about me, how are you?
Hey, that’s great!
Well, a few things have happened as of late and I’d be a complete d-bag not to at least touch on some of ’em, so here goes.
Library Visit – Wouldn’t it be funny if this was just about me going to the library and checking out a couple o’ books? Well, maybe not. But, I had my first author reading/library visit a few Saturdays back. It’s been in the hopper for a while, but it just never came to be. So…about a year and a month after the release of Patrick’s Super Socks, I hit the ol’ Woodbury library and did a good ol’ fashioned reading. I had some copies of PSS to sell, along with my newest release, Mount Rushmore.
Apparently the library put an ad in the paper and everything. I’m just glad I put an event thing in Facebook. I had a bunch of peeps from my family along with friends and firefighting pals show up with their kids. It was a good thing. Otherwise, it would’ve been like Spinal Tap doing their record signing.
Well that’s nit-picking, isn’t it?
Anyway, it went pretty well! I got to read the book to a bunch of little people, I sold a couple and I don’t think I made a complete b-hole out of myself. The best part? My mom recorded a good chunk of the reading with her digital camera. Thinking it worked like pictures do, she turned the camera on its side so that 75% of what she recorded is sideways. Ah, technology in the hands of my mom…
The best part? That’s Travis in the light blue sweater.He’s tired of Patrick and his dumb super socks.
Two TKTs for the price of…one?
Our meaty little man.Books, Y’all – In other exciting author news, I’m done with my 3 newest books, which will be released with the If I Were a Firefighter book next spring. They’re the ones tenatively titled Fairy Tale Stars and there’s a Trolls, Elves, & Dragon installment. Pretty crazy. I still find it hard to believe that I’ve got two books out now and that by this time next year, I’ll have 8 out. Good times! They’re fun to do, but a part of me is pretty stoked to have them done so I can get back to work on my other projects.
Twitter – I’ve joined what I used to call ‘Blogging for Lazy People’ (look who’s calling the kettle black!) and I thought I’d give Twitter a try. Find me, uh…twitting at www.twitter.com/tktroupe.
Movies and such – As I mentioned a few posts back, I’m INHALING movies and shows. It’s all one can do when you’ve got a big ol’ baby to cool out with at night. So, I won’t bore you with details, but here’s some crap I’ve been watching.
Pan’s Labyrinth – Stellar! My first movie on BluRay. After seeing this I’m confident that ‘The Hobbit’ is going to rock the pants right off of me.
Storytelling – I like controversial movies, but this one was a turd of the highest caliber.
Quarantine – I really liked this movie. Not for the easily squeamish or people who get motion sickness. Zombies, face-biting and just plain awesomeness.
Persepolis – Eh… I think it won some awards and it was visually pretty cool, but overall it didn’t do a whole heck of a lot for me.
Spellbound – A documentary about the National Spelling Bee. Well done and oddly riveting!
Zombie (also known as Zombi 2) – A crappy old zombie movie that was done in the late 70’s. Absolutely hilarious for all the wrong reasons. Over-acted scenes, gratutious nudity, and people getting their faces eaten. Also, shark vs. zombie. I’m not even kidding. So, naturally, I loved it.
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Dude. Maybe I’m a simple man who likes simple things, but I REALLY dug this flick. It’s all time-twisty and awesome and also has Albert Finney in it who is the closest thing to god in my book.
Website – I think this is the year I get a website built. I sort of need to do some research and see what I want to have done, but I’m putting the feelers out there. I know a couple peeps and if I can round up a few dollars, I think something wicked cool is on the horizon. I’m hoping for a GOODHALO-esqe site, chock full of zombies and such. It’d be one part promotion, another part awesome. How can it lose?
Anyway…I’m going to do my best to be more post-er-ific. Maybe having that dumb ol’ Twitter thing going will sort of give me the atomic kick in the pants I need. Plus, these long-winded ‘hey everybody here’s what I’ve been doing all month’ posts are for the birds.
Thanks for shopping! See you in the emergency room.
Ha ha ha! *trip*