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Due to my Oscar enthusiasm yesterday, I completely forgot to congratulate the winners of the Newbery, Caldecott and Printz awards, which were just announced at the ALA midwinter conference. Good books all, but of course I have to send a special shout out to John Green, who received a Printz honor for An Abundance of Katherines. This is after WINNING the Printz last year. Step back! It's so impressive: that's like getting an Oscar for your first film, then getting nominated for your second. I mean, hello! Even more fun, on the Brotherhood 2.0 site, you can see John just after he received the news, in all his disbelieving glory. So awesome.

Meanwhile, I was feeling kind of low the other day, like the world was kicking me when I was down. You know the feeling, I'm sure. (Or maybe you don't. In which case, I salute you. And want to know your secret. Seriously, what is it?) Anyway, I was slumped on the couch, about to commence a pity party in earnest, when I realized a few weeks back I'd Tivoed a couple of episodes of A&E's Intervention. So I put one on. Five minutes later, no joke, I was completely cured. Maybe the one I saw was particularly bad---I think it was, in fact, a girl who was really beyond help, it seemed---but it provided some much needed perspective, stat. It's entirely too easy to get caught up in your own stupid dramas, especially when you spend much of your day inside your head anyway. Good to have something to remind me that life is not so bad, not at all. Even if it is January, and gloomy, and I feel like I can't please anybody. At least I'm not addicted to meth and half naked in my driveway. And for that, I am grateful.

Finally, how great was it to have a new Gilmore Girls AND Veronica Mars last night? It seems like forever, and it's nice to have my Tuesday nights back. Although I do have one thing to say about VM last night----and this is a SPOILER so don't keep reading if you haven't watched it yet!----which is, didn't we all learn from the whole Ross and Rachel "We were on a break!" thing? There should be some kind of rule that if you break up with your one true love, you CANNOT sleep with anyone else for, like, at least a week. Just to make sure the breakup sticks. Because those impulsive things are always followed by said OTL showing up, ready to reconcile, and then you're in a real pickle. Logan clearly should have taken my advice and stayed home to read the dictionary, or something. Oh, well.

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On January 24th, 2007 02:25 pm (UTC), [info]shelley_kaye commented:
Sarah, did you notice the Kingsbury Manx song playing at the end of Veronica Mars, when Veronica, Piz and Logan are in the cafeteria? I couldn't belive it ... I suddently heard Bill singing, and it was very surreal.

Have a great day!
Shelley

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On January 24th, 2007 03:28 pm (UTC), [info]writergrl replied:
I THOUGHT that was the Manx! I actually spent time this morning trying to find out for sure, but couldn't. So exciting! Thanks for clarifying...
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On January 24th, 2007 02:27 pm (UTC), [info]moowithme113 commented:
hee hee hee "we were on a break!!" That was quite funny. I miss Friends.

One of my professors was just talking about the way people are so wrapped up in their own stress and drama that they don't realize how good they really have it. I mean, it really is all relative. My biggest stress is school, so when I have four papers due, I'm ready to declare that mine is the hardest life to live. And then I have to remind myself that I could be starving or homeless or addicted to drugs or something equally horrible and to consider myself lucky that I can even go to college and have something to stress over. But it's hard to do that when all those papers are due in 2 days.

Oh, and I just thought I'd let you know (because I thought of you right away), I'm taking a creative writing class this semester. I'm so excited. It's in workshop format, where we come in with something written and the class discusses and critiques it and the author can't talk, just sits and listens to see what needs to be changed. It's nervewracking but also quite exciting.

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On January 24th, 2007 02:31 pm (UTC), [info]lisa_schroeder commented:
I haven't watched Intervention that much, but I did see THAT episode - the girl who ran around naked outside! I agree, I think she was beyond help.

This is the blah time of year for sure! If I could, I'd buy you a bouquet of pretty flowers to cheer you up. Flowers are just so cheery, don't you think?

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On January 24th, 2007 02:59 pm (UTC), [info]bttrflyk8 commented:
Not to nitpick, (And I completely think Logan is a dumbass for being with that "hot enough" surfer girl.) but this episode of VM was six weeks after Spit and Eggs. So given Dick's statements about Logan's funk, he hasn't been with any randoms for that six week period. In his position, I'd probably think the break-up was going to stick. A month and a half is a pretty long time. But he's still a dumbass.

But poor Veronica. And you know next week's episode is going to be really rough on Logan. He knows he screwed up.

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On January 24th, 2007 03:05 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Love You Book
Hey Sarah!!! My friend KaLeigh and I love your books. I love all of them but my favorites are "Someone Like You" and "Just Listen." They are awesome.
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On January 24th, 2007 03:25 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
OTL
What does OTL actually stand for? I feel like an idiot because I'm probably missing something here...
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On January 24th, 2007 03:27 pm (UTC), [info]opheliandreams replied:
Re: OTL
hum, I am not sure, but after rereading that section my first guess is:
One True Love
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On January 24th, 2007 03:26 pm (UTC), [info]opheliandreams commented:
haha, i loved that video.
i loved GG last night... took it forever to get back here... but I am more excited after the previews and then this morning I read spoilers (i really need to stop doing that) which has me even MORE excited....
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On January 24th, 2007 11:19 pm (UTC), [info]rhea123 replied:
I missed GG!!tell me what happened plz!!!
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On January 25th, 2007 12:54 am (UTC), [info]opheliandreams replied:
Sure, sorta. I suck at making recaps, but here is general:
Rather than celebrating Christmas while Rory is in London over the holidays, Lorelai and Christopher decide to put their holidays on hold.Once Rory returns to Stars Hollow, they decorate several Christmas trees, do their shopping and even bake Christmas cookies for the first time as a family. Turning up unexpectedly at the inn, Luke asks Lorelai to write a character recommendation letter for his custody battle over April. Lorelai struggles to write the letter until she and Rory run into Luke and April at the mall and Lorelai suddenly remembers how important Luke has always been in Rory's life. Inspired, Lorelai writes the letter and mails it to Luke's attorney. Rory decides she will write an apology letter to her friend Lucy, explaining why she and Marty kept their past friendship a secret.

But, I do highly recommend visiting http://www.tv.com/gilmore-girls/santas-secret-stuff/episode/916835/summary.html
THey will probably have a full summary up within a day, and there is tons of dicussion already going on with quotes, trivia, and notes.

But then again, I am a huge fan of that site :)

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On January 25th, 2007 08:33 pm (UTC), [info]rhea123 replied:
Yay!Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On January 26th, 2007 01:04 am (UTC), [info]opheliandreams replied:
glad to help :)
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On January 24th, 2007 04:59 pm (UTC), [info]csigirl723 commented:
I'm personally kind of mad at Veronica because I think she realizes that Piz likes her, but she has yet to say something about it. I know it might hurt his feelings and all, but when someone is that puppy dog in love with you then you need to tell them that it isn't going to work before they get their hopes up, only to have them squashed by seeing you with your ex.
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On January 24th, 2007 07:09 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
i am doing a huge report for you for my class and i really need 2 know the names of your parents and husband please post on next blog please n thabks britani
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On January 24th, 2007 07:24 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
i cant believe the network is considering cancelling gilmore girls after this season- i think it got sooo much better after they switched writers- anyway, im in the middle of one of your books and it is AMAZING! i love it !
-lauren
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On January 25th, 2007 12:57 am (UTC), [info]opheliandreams replied:
although i am not sure how much i agree with the better thing....and it was executive producers, not writers... but wow, i know too much about this show.

It is because the contracts are up. Both Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel's contracts are up. There is still discussion about whether or not one or both will return.

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On January 25th, 2007 03:03 am (UTC), (Anonymous) replied:
yea but they always have the option of renewing thier contracts (hopefully!!!) i would just die if they dont- all my favorite shows are being cancelled (oc...) pce =]
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On January 25th, 2007 03:20 am (UTC), [info]opheliandreams replied:
yeah...but do they want to. i dunno. there was some possible spoilers being talked about would they renew, what if one would renew and the other doesn't... etc.
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On January 24th, 2007 08:10 pm (UTC), [info]arielsong commented:
I totally agree about the Veronica/logan thing! I was all like yay they are back together! and then previews for next week, omg what?! no! sucks! stupid logan. by the way anyone know what the radio guy's name is? i haven't been watching season 3 that long and i never seem to catch his name. by the way, we can all tell he loves veronica.
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On January 24th, 2007 08:43 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
veronica mars
i'm so glad that there was a new episode of veronica mars last night. and the whole car scene i think that it was one of those scenes that aren't what they appear to be and the cw promos are always misleading and taken out of context. but anyway, i'm a huge LoVe fan, so i was happy about the ending last night. i was glad that we got to see that they did miss each other over the last month. i can't wait till next week.
i love your books, Sarah. i've read almost all of them and i can read them over and over again. i can't wait till your next book.
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On January 24th, 2007 08:46 pm (UTC), [info]zeisgeist commented:
Oh! Oh! I'm addicted to INTERVENTION (no pun intended). It's such an emotional rollercoaster. Like, when the people get clean and start living their lives fully, I get teary eyed because I'm happy. And often, when they screw things up worse, I cry because I feel for them. It's so cathartic. And of course, if you've ever had a close relationship with anyone who's suffered from addiction, watching it can be healing as well.
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On January 24th, 2007 09:14 pm (UTC), [info]jelly_bean_847 replied:
I'm the same way!
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On January 24th, 2007 09:36 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
gilmore girls!!!
i love gilmore girls soooo much! the episode last night was really good!1 ...i love ur books...they r sooo good and i have only read two soo far!1 but i loved them and have encouraged me to read the rest of your books even more...i also saw the movie how to deal...i thoguht it was cool how the two books were mixed together! =)
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On January 24th, 2007 09:49 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Veronica Mars forever! lol "As in grab my monkey" favorite line.
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On January 24th, 2007 10:05 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
HOW is it that author's who have blogs ALWAYS KNOW WHAT SUBJECT I'M BROODING ON AND MAKE IT BETTER??? Thank God for u guys. Thanks

Vicki

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On January 24th, 2007 10:39 pm (UTC), [info]fallgown commented:
I'm glad to hear John Green won! I loved An Abundance of Katherines. :D
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On January 24th, 2007 11:06 pm (UTC), [info]allisonp123 commented:
Ive heard really great things about Intervention. My friends tell me that they just cry and cry every time they watch it.
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On January 25th, 2007 01:44 am (UTC), [info]inlovewithused commented:
Well it had been six weeks since the rape, and whatever Logan did to Mercer in that jail cell. So you he does deserve some credit for waiting that long. I was just disappointed because I thought that Veronica and Piz were finally going to get together
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On January 25th, 2007 03:41 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
I love VM, but personally I think GG has been going downhill ever since Rory left Yale, even though she eventually went back. Plus I'm far from Logan's number one fan (I'm a Jess girl). Hey maybe it would put you in a better mood to know that someone (just yesterday) was reading one of your books for the second time and loving it (Someone like you - my third favorite). The Truth About Forever was the book that really got me interested in your writing. I also love This Lullaby, in fact the name of my blog has to do with that book, hope you don't mind. Whenever I read your books it makes me want to sit down and write (my drug of choice), once I've read at least two more chapters of course.
Okay, sorry, I'm babbling.

P.s Can't wait for another book!

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On January 25th, 2007 04:41 am (UTC), [info]toomuchtv37 commented:
What's your opinion on a GRAPHIC NOVEL winning the Printz this year? I'm not amused.
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On January 25th, 2007 04:44 am (UTC), [info]lashes_ofhope commented:
Hey, Sarah!
I know you must absolutely HATE this question by now, but I was wondering if you have a new book coming out soon??? And, if so, any details....?
I've read every book you've written, and I'm totally hooked.
I just can't wait for the next one!!!!
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