~~~Lara Zielin~~~

It’s the WIN A SWEET, SWEET BLUGGIE contest!

Okay, you know you totally want a Bluggie: a Snuggie with bling.

So how do you get one? I’ll tell you!

1.) If you haven’t already, watch my Snug Life video!

2.) Forward the video to a friend, RT the link, or post it up on your Facebook page.

3.) Use @larazielin in your RT or leave a comment here to let me know how you passed along the magic that is Bluggie.

That’s it! That’s all you have to do to to be entered win. But, let me just tell you — this isn’t any old Bluggie. This Bluggie will have your name emblazoned on the front, so that it’s customized to your own pimpocity levels. It will have tons of bedazzling sparkles that will make you stand out in a lineup. It will be, in a word, the greatest Bluggie ever. It will be YOUR Bluggie.

So please, forward the Bluggie vid widely, and RT or comment here when you’re done. The contest will end on January 10, with a winner chosen Monday, January 11.

Badass needles forevah!!

FAVE LINKEY-POO RIGHT THIS SECOND: This clip reminds us all that David Hasselhoff almost solely ended communism and brought down the Berlin Wall. Watch for the firework circa 3:20.

Sarah Quigley and I were in our alumni magazine, the Carleton College Voice! Granted, it wasn’t the feature we were hoping for, but we were in it. In the back. Next to academic publications. But still. Lookey!

Okay, one more day of Kathy love. I can’t help it. Her book is awesome, AND she has a new film, which she talks about here on Jimmy Kimmel. Brilliant.

Congratulations to DeDe, who left a comment on Rhonda Stapleton’s awesome post and won a $10 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card!  Thanks everyone who participated and, never fear, there are more opportunities to win tomorrow. Why, you ask? Because DONUT DAYS is finally released tomorrow, that’s why! Aaaaa!!

In case I haven’t mentioned it enough, the amazing and incredible Melissa Schorr, author of GOY CRAZY, will be posting here on the book’s launch day. For me, it’s the perfect way to send DONUT DAYS into the world because Melissa’s book was such an inspiration to me.

I’m also doing a few guest posts and interviews on other blogs. Here’s one at reviewer Jessica Marie’s site, and I was also interviewed by the Divining Wand, which you can read here.

Thanks to everyone who’s let me ramble on their interwebs space. You guys rock.

Till tomorrow then! Squee!

We have more winners! Thanks to everyone who left a comment on Jon Yang’s awesome post. I enlisted the help of my neatoreato friend Brandon to choose the winners and they are: Grace and Elena! Congratulations!

Next week is *gulp* the actual launch week of DONUT DAYS and I’ll have not one but two more guest posts and contests. On Monday, Rhonda Stapleton, author of STUPID CUPID, will stop by. And on August 6, the book’s actual debut date, the amazing Melissa Schorr will be posting, which is a huge honor and totally perfect because her book, GOY CRAZY, was totally inspiring to me.

So much great stuff! So little time! Aaaaaa!