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amy*skf said... |
I think coolness is being comfortable in your own skin--who you are, how you act...I'm not saying it's not okay to bettah' yourself or change something you don't like, but it always has to come down to *liking* yourself in all your stages. |
I grew up with a mother who firmly believed in affirmations (and fairies, Emma)and the affirmation we used the most was: |
--I love myself unconditionally-- |
Now sometimes my sisters and I would flit about the house singing this in a falsetto voice and then fall down in hysteria, but I think it stuck. |
amy*skf said... |
Hey Valeen, I have to add a comment about Indiana Jones--sorry Emma--make a day of it, rent all three, pop some corn and just surrender to the moment. |
Emma Holly said... |
Oh, pish-tosh, of course I wear the latest fashions, Stacy . . . in plain, colored T-shirts *g*. |
If your kids think you're cool, Amy, I think you really must be. They're a tough audience! Glad you liked Strange Attractions. |
Rachd: "Finger-scorching good" - I'll have to remember that one. |
Valeen, you're a baby and it's much too soon to rule out your chance to try out that big group of friends thing, smarty-pants or no. Who knows? You may be in the process of building it right now. One of my best friends is a smarty-pants, and she is one of the biggest people persons I've ever met. I think the openness o... |
Eve, I believe it is your God-given right to embarrass your children with your clothing choices. If they want to be individuals, they have to let you be one, too! |
Monica Burns said... |
Cool? I've ALWAYS been cool. The problem is NO ONE else realized it. *sigh* So I've always been on the outside of every "Cool" inner circle. As a kid that hurt, but now?? I don't care, I love who I am. Of course, I'm a bit of a sham, no one really knows the real me. I'm not willing to open myself up that much. I'm open... |
My kids think I'm cool too. I'm still very much a kid at heart, so I enjoy a lot of the same things my kids do, PS2 games, Harry Potter, goofy games, roller coasters, scary rides, acting like a goofball or whatever. |
God Forbid I ever grow up, that's the day I die. *grin* |
Monica <-- who's looking at her word verification and thinking hmmm what sort of acronym could this be??? BESFVG Don't ask! LOL |
Michelle Buonfiglio said... |
Oh, but I must ask, Monica, for it could be added to our Lexicon, could it not? |
Now, how cool is it that Emma Holly just pranced over here to say hi? Would she have done that if we weren't hip and with-it? |
It pains me, ah say, PAINS me to hear my Bellas talk as if they're not cool! Are we not cool merely by association? Well, not your association with me, but I've been feeling kinda cool lately cause you guys let me hang with you. |
I like to imagine I'm cool, and I guess we do own a certain cache if we embrace it. We read about love and sex all the time. And most of the people we know don't. It's our fun little secret. |
When I'm at neighborhood cookcouts with Miss "I do 300 situps a day" and Uber-moms galor, I love stopping the convo dead with my answer to the "so what do you do?" question. Even if I get the "I don't read that trash" answer (to which I'd love to respond, 'Honey, My guess woulda been you didn't even know how to read,' ... |
Emma Holly said... |
Well, it's much better to believe you're cool yourself than to wait for somebody else to convince you that you are, because I'm not sure that ever works. Not to get too existential here, but who is the "real" anyone? Most people, to a greater or lesser degree, keep parts of themself strictly to themselves. That doesn't... |
Emma Holly said... |
How cool is it that michelle and I were posting at the same time? Like, synchronicity, man. My previous response was for Monica. |
Lucy Monroe said... |
Emma...I love your writing. I've read all the upyrs and demon books and enjoyed every one. :) My ed at Berkley sent me the first one and then I was hooked. LOL Won't get into listing faves, but will say that the sub story between Carolyn and her gardner in "Courting Midnight" was fab. I liked both of those characters..... |
As for cool? Life *is* cool and if you enjoy living it, then're cool. Does someone else have to agree? Heck, no. What's the point? Cool people do not look for approval, they assume it. I love life, no matter how hard it gets sometimes...every day is an adventure and I want to live it to the fullest. I guess that makes ... |
And Michelle, darling, that must be why you feel so cool. Because you are so passionate about life, about romance, about good sex...those gouys who think your dh is lucky are *right*. :) |
Speaking of, mine decided to work from home today and I'm loving the extra face-to-face time without teens. He's so darn snaxy. ;) |
Hugs to all, |
Amanda said... |
So cool we're talking about coolness today. Way, way, cool;) |
I've never been one to think of myself as cool--unless nerd chic is cool. I too shop at Target (love those colored tees, Emma!) and was the brainiac in school. Hmmm...I think I see a pattern here...Maybe we are cool and just don't know it--maybe that's the new cool... |
My RBTB sisters, you are all cool to me! Though since I'm not cool, I don't know if that *counts*. |
Emma, just recently read the Beyond Innocence and Beyond Seduction combo and was very impressed. You are my hero for the way you used the Pre-Raphaelites (and freaky Ruskin and his fear of female pubic hair) in Beyond Seduction. Which probably makes me a total nerd, but there you go... |
Anyway, you not only worked the historical angle but also the romance angle...brilliant. |
And your glasses in your pic are way cool... |
Michelle Buonfiglio said... |
OK. This is way uncool, cauwse, as usual, I'm like 3 hours past deadline and I'm blogging instead of writing. |
So. 2 yrs ago my husband gives me Emma's In the Flesh for xmas. And I am blown away, disturbed, turned-on. I'd never read her before, and was intrigued by the Asian am heroe, cause I was fleshing a Chinese am guy at the time and wanted to know how white audiences thought about the int.racial thing. Anyway, the psychody... |
So. That's my EH story. Other than she also created the CosmoChix martini glass logo you see here and on the CosmoChx site. |
Emma Holly said... |
Lucy, who is your editor at Berkley? (I can't help it. I love to know who likes me at my publisher *g*) I believe you're ultracool, absolutely. Passion is excellent. |
Mandacoll, glad you liked the "Beyonds". I don't know who can read that freaky Ruskin story and not have it stick in their minds - maybe because we've all been through a time when the reality of naked people quite surprised us. Hopefully, for most of us, it wasn't our wedding night! |
I'm sure by the end of the day we'll all be convinced we're completely cool. |
So, Michelle, you started with In the Flesh . . . One of my more challenging early erotics. A few readers mentioned they couldn't get into an Asian hero, and I'm, like, hello! Have you seen Bruce Lee with his shirt off? But I choose my own kinks to write about, and cross my fingers that other people will like them. If ... |
Michelle Buonfiglio said... |
Oh, Emma, say it ain't so! There are so many hot Aisan guys. Also, I'm kind of a connoisseur (and this is a dubious interest, at best) of great descriptions of penises. David's from ITF is definitely a memorable one on my shortlist. You know what I mean. Oh, and that thing he does, touching the jawline of the geisha wh... |
Amanda said... |
I don't get why readers weren't into the hot Asian guy either (note to self: buy In the Flesh). B.D. Wong on Law and Order SVU is a major crush for me (think he might be gay, but it's not like I'm going to meet him!). |
And since you are being frank, Michelle, I'll say that I have a major thing for hot Indian (as in from India) guys--especially when they have a British accent...hello, post-colonialism! |
But when it comes down to it, a hot guy is a hot guy, no matter what his race or nationality. I'm an equal opportunity objectifier of male beauty;) |
Monica Burns said... |
Here's the reason so many women think they're uncool. It's because Madison Avenue trys to make all of us think we have to be something they fashion out of thin air a Tyra or whoever the latest supermodel is. It's also because we're so busy being caretakers for others we forget to take care of ourselves. Trust me...the ... |
As for me, I'm rather plump, but the DH says "Do you hear me complaining?" and I've got an attractive face (no Marilyn Monroe - glad I didn't have HER angst), but I'm learning to like my physical self as much as I like my inner self. I still look at Michelle's picture and go *sigh* to be that young, sexy, brilliant and... |
As for coool, It's DEFINTELY COOL to be here on the RBTB. Emma is already in on the mix. She sounds like she's been part of us for AGES!! Totally cool that is!! BTW, Emma, I LOVED your story in Fantasy. I'm lousy with titles - sorry! I'm huge into spiritual type of things, and the Tibetian monk angle was FANTASTIC. And... |
I think we need to come up with a tagline.. Something like RBTB-Be Cool and Discuss the Heat of Romance |
I's lousy, but someone had to write it! LOL |
As for our lexicon, Michelle, BESFVG = Best Ever Sexy, Fun-loving, Voluptuous Goddess |
Monica <---who's getting all the good word verifications today! nqduh |
no quip duh! |
Lucy Monroe said... ed at the time was Louisa Edwards (a wonderful ed if there ever was one), but when she got married and moved away, I got assigned to Kate Seaver. Who is also absolutely LOVELY to work with. :) |
I'd chat more, but um...I did mention GG is home (gorgeous guy)? :) |
rachd said... |
You know something, guys, as I'm reading all our posts, we all were so not cool like the "cool kids". Um, can anyone remember why they were so cool anyway?? |
I like hanging out with all you cool people. You're my chillin' place at the end of the day. =) |
Emma Holly said... |
I love the spiritual stuff, too, Monica. Sometimes I forget how long I've been putting it in my books until someone reminds me. |
Thanks for letting me know, Lucy. Have fun with the GG :-) |
Rachd, I think most of the "cool kids" weren't sure they were cool. It's a rare human being who really knows who he or she is and doesn't give a rip what other folks say. |
rachd said... |
Yeah, you're right, Emma. And the thing is, the things they were cool for really just don't count in adulthood. The things that are cool now are those that you mentioned, knowing who you are and not caring what anyone else thinks! I strive to achieve that someday. My mom's there now and she seems so at ease with everyt... |
Michelle Buonfiglio said... |
Let me disabuse you of the notion, Monica, that I am either young or pretty. Emma can vouch for this. I think my cats find me attractive, however, cause they rub up against me a lot. |
I have to say that Emma is one of those writers who always amazes me. She pushes the envelope in so many ways: style, topic, theme, erotic content. She speaks to the woman in me, the reader, the writer, the flippin intellectual wannabe who can't turn off the analysis of character psychology. |
But, her books are always sit-back-and-enjoy. |
Can I tell you how cool I think youz are, and how proud I am that you write such wonderful, smart and funny stuff here? Now, Emma will tell all the rest of the CosmoChix that RBtheB is the place 2 B, and they'll all be fighting to be the next Chick posted here. |
I've just been laughing like a lunatic all day. |
And, Manda, I love the EOO, Equal Op Objectifier. LOL. |
Emma Holly said... |
Oh, Michelle is so young and pretty. I'm not letting her off that hook. (And why must she imply that her cats' opinions matter less? I'm sure they think their opinions are the *most* important.) I just want to thank everybody (and Michelle!) for welcoming me as your guest blogger today. I had a great time! |
As Ahnuld would say, "Ahl be bahck!" |
Monica Burns said... |
I knew better. *grin* Even if she wasn't gorgeous outside, her inner beauty shines really bright on the blog here. So I'm delighted to be a part of the CBs of RBTB - that's Cool Bellas of RBTB |
Thanks for being here Emma, you were a GREAT guest blogger. |
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 |
The Campaign for High Speed Rail |
David Begg (pro) and Jerry Marshall (anti) discussed high speed rail on the Today programme this morning. |
Professor Begg wants to dispel myths about high speed rail - the most significant being that 'Britain is too small for high speed rail'. He suggests that the world's 'most successful' high speed rail line runs between Frankfurt and Koln. This may be true, but as my colleague Gabriel Ahlfeldt points out Frankfurt-Koln c... |
Professor Begg thinks the costs of HS2 are being overstated by focusing on the total costs ignoring the split between revenues and subsidies (fares reduce costs to the government from 30bn to 17bn). The who pays question is important, but it is still the case that the total cost is 30bn. |
These costs need to be compared to benefits. Mr Marshall, thinks that these benefits (estimated at 44bn) are being overstated because they are (partly) calculated by turning time savings on HS2 in to money by 'valuing' the time that people save. Mr Marshall thinks the number used to value the time savings is too high b... |
Personally, one point in the argument summed up the whole thing to me - Begg's observation that he and Marshall sit at opposite ends of the spectrum on HS2. To my mind, this is precisely the problem. Both the costs and benefits of HS2 are large and uncertain. I prefer instead to focus on the opportunity costs: are ther... |
[Disclosure: I sit on the Analytical Challenge Panel for HS2] |
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The OTHER President in Hot Water over Firings (and I don’t mean Nixon) |
I usually write about our nation’s economy, but I could not resist this subject. |
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