Perverts read this blog.
How do I know? These unique searches brought people to Amanda’s MsAdventures in the last 24 hours:
I’m Amanda. I’ve got wide eyes, a smart mouth, and a MetroCard. And I’m not afraid to use them.
The trouble with having a blog is that it gets to be a garden that needs maintenance. The blogger has to fill the roles of plant, soil, shovel, etc. Anyone who has read far back enough knows I’m no good at that manual labor stuff, especially when it involves dirt. Even when it’s completely metaphorical labor involving completely metaphorical dirt.
I write this blog in a most delinquent fashion, and most people who read and actually know me like to tell me this. Especially women who breastfed me. If the blog comes up, my mom loves to pointedly mention that she no longer reads. She says this like one might say, “I quit smoking,” when offered a light. Almost arrogantly.
I chuckled when I saw this puzzling writing gig on Craigslist:
I am in need of a transgendered proofreader capable of editing a novel over the next six months. English must be your native tongue and you should be specifically good with spotting where commas go because my computer’s comma key is broken. In my estimation the work will take you 4-5 hours per week. You can do it at home or I have a kitchen. Pay commensurate with experience. You will need to sign a traditional non-disclosure form about the book’s plot and me. The book is about a Spanish boy and his adventures being elsewhere.
I found the excerpt below during my recent online identity search. I don’t know the person who wrote it, but I believe she may be writing for a college course. Don’t confuse these words (or spelling or grammar) for my own. This is by a person called meggiman, a name suspiciously close to my nickname for my sister. (She assures me it is not her): 