Well, to start out "Life is a Circus Run by a Platypus" has been getting some pretty sweet reviews!
Amazon user Annie_Larlee writes, "Allison is able to write so descriptively that you feel like you are right there beside her as she experiences each story! This is a must-read if you want to have a good laugh and see a snap shot of the life Allison lives!!! I would recommend it to all of my friends, family and acquaintances!"
The book has also been making it all around the country!
Here it is in Georgia (thanks to B.S. Johnson for the picture):
Here it is with the contest winner Jill JP Palmquist in Washington:
And here it is in California (thanks to Marty M. for the picture):
Well, it has been a crazy (about two steps away from psychotic crazy) week for me. In one week I got a new job, moved to a new apartment and was called "darling" by no less than four different people.
If I have seemed oddly silent, it's not because I'm dead, though, with how my life tends to progress, that is a fair assumption to make.
I am currently sitting in a coffee shop scalping internet, as my home internet will not be hooked up for a bit yet, as I very slowly drink a mocha that I am relatively sure has enough sugar in it to give a weasel an aneurysm. Good thing I'm slightly bigger than a weasel, huh?
One of the things that moving has made abundantly clear is that I am short. This point was especially exemplified when I went to hang my shower curtain in my new bathroom, stepped up into the tub (which is about 6 inches off the ground) and my friend Sarah said, "Wow, even with you standing in a tub I'm still taller than you."
I was about to protest, until I looked over and realized I was making eye contact with her for the first time ever without having to crane my neck upwards, and yes, she was still a good inch or two taller than me.
Being 5'3" (on a good day and sometimes only if I stand on my tippy-toes) means that a lot of my conversations feel like this:
O.k., so I'm short, which has its admitted downsides (no pun intended). I can't reach the top cabinets without imitating a spider monkey, I would need a pogo stick to ever compete in a hurdle race and it is much easier for people to condescendingly pat me on the head than most.
Despite these issues, I think that being short has some clear advantages. So if you are short, like me, I encourage you to bring up these points next time someone mocks your vertically challenged state.
1. Short people tend to have mad hide and seek skills. Remember that box that you never thought anyone would ever curl up in?
Yeah, we've been in that box for 45 minutes and are perfectly comfortable.
2. We are built lower to the ground, meaning that when we fall it's a shorter distance to the ground. It's also a lot less effort to get back up again.
3. We tend not to have this problem:
4. These guys are short, and they are awesome!
5. Our lives spent as short people have improved our ability to climb things.
6. We have a lower center of gravity and are built low to the ground for speed an accuracy.
See, being short isn't terrible. So we occasionally need help reaching things out of our own kitchen cabinets and spend a lot of time examining peoples' nostrils, but at least we're harder to find, thwart or push over!
Well, I had best go before the coffee shop people begin to suspect me of plotting a caffeine fueled revolt. Remember you can always follow my exploits on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads!
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