BULLET-STOPPING, AXIS-FOLDING ACTION (WITH SATIN TIGHTS)

If you had asked me on Monday night, when I first posted the costume poll, I was sure that Tonks was going to win. I started resigning myself to the idea of temporarily dying my hair pink.

The more I read about pink hair dye, the clearer it became to me that the temporary spray would not be good enough. I was going to have to have my hair turned pink professionally, and then I would have it until I changed it back. This, I was pretty much okay with. One of the many perks of being a writer is that you can turn your hair pink, and no one can say a word to you about it. In fact, they kind of expect you to do something like that.

Then, out of nowhere, came the Wonder Woman army . . . and by the power of Hera they put up a fight. It was brutal. It was Tonks, Wonder Woman, Tonks, Wonder Woman . . . And then, rushing out of the sidelines, came the Leia Bikini people.

Here is something I have learned.

Some of you have very strong . . . feelings . . . about the Leia bikini. I only suggested the Leia bikini in the first place because it was the only scifi costume that popped into my mind. I knew it was famous—but I didn’t know how important it was to some of you, and what kind of a role it played in your personal development.

Lesson learned!

It was a passionate battle, very occasionally verging towards the creepy. Good arguments were made on all sides.

Here were the votes when I stopped counting (more have come in since):

Tonks: 28 votes
Leia Bikini: 15 votes
Bellatrix LeStrange: 9 votes

Magenta got three and the devil struggled in with one vote, and astonishingly . . . NONE of you voted for Classic Leia.

But the winner, with a total of 46 votes, was WONDER WOMAN!

Yessssss!

I can confess now that I was rooting for Wonder Woman all along—although I think I hinted at that pretty clearly. I had to watch this to get ready:



HOW GREAT IS THAT?

Although, I confess, I remembered the song . . . but not how insane the lyrics are. “In your satin tights/fighting for your rights/and the old red, white, and blue”? Really? “Make a hawk a dove/stop a war with love/make a liar tell the truth”? Or, perhaps my favorite, “Stop a bullet cold/make the axis fold.”

And was there really a guy named Lyle Waggoner in it? How did I miss that before?

I am already practicing my spinning, and I am getting real Wonder Woman boots! This must be done Right. Do you know why? Well, for a start, the Weasley Twins are going to be there! Yes! The ones from the movie!

Ah may faint.

And if you remember by post about TV crushes, you may recall that I had a childhood obsession with William Katt that caused me to develop a condition called William Katt Love Hangover and a terminal attraction to curly hair.

WILLIAM KATT IS TOTALLY GOING TO BE THERE!

Seriously. Four year-old mj is not going to be able to take this.

The videos of this event—what with the Wonder Woman, William Katt, the Weasleys—and my excellent company (Scott, Justine, Holly, and Cassie) . . . they should be something very, very special.

MORE WINNERS!

If you get my newsletter (and if you don’t—why not sign up now?), you’ll know that I put a challenge out there for the best photo representing Girl At Sea. The prize: signed copies of Girl At Sea and Devilish, in a limited edition Harry Potter bag, swiped from the prime Scholastic stash by my editor, Emma Lollipop. (See, it pays to read the newsletter.)

I very much enjoyed this photo:



Also, I was completely fascinated by this.

But a winner had to be chosen. I’m terrible at picking winners, but fortunately . . . FREE MONKEY CAME HOME!

I didn’t tell you guys that he actually got lost for a while. I didn’t want to worry you.

Believe it or not, he vanished after leaving Bartlesville. Ten entire days went by with no word. I feared the worst and was on the verge of making the announcement that he was missing . . . when all of a sudden, a box appeared, and he popped out of it.

Anyway, I showed all the entries to him, and he ended up picking these artistic photos of Girl At Sea, taken by Ally B.





Thank you to all who entered! I have one more of these bags to give away, along with more copies of Girl at Sea. I’ll have to think of another good summer contest. Or maybe I’ll just give one away at random to whoever leaves the best comment.

Yes. I’ll do that. Leave a good comment, and on Sunday, I’ll pick one and send you a book! I don't care what it's about. Just speak your mind! Why not? I’m WONDER WOMAN! I can stop a war with love, and I fight in satin tights!