GK's Trauma-Rama and The Blue Screen of Death

Do you remember those features in magazines like Teen, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue--the embarrassing moments section, where you get to read all about how another teen (somewhat implausibly) tripped, fell, and landed on a plate of spaghetti in front of her crush? While wearing white pants? And just after he'd said that he thinks spaghetti is gross?

Well, GK had one of those moments.

See, last night I was taking part in an online chat for agents and editors. I'd gone over to my friend's house, one of the other agents on the panel, because--well, because there's only one company in Brooklyn that provides internet, and they're well aware of that fact--it would seem that it's company policy that everyone goes home at the sighting of a single raindrop.

So I lugged my laptop in the rain over to her house. Then it was time for us to practice the chat beforehand, and my wireless wouldn't configure. I was getting really nervous.

I hijacked my friend's computer, wrote, "Hi! This is GK! We have gingerbread, gummi bears, and chocolate-covered espresso beans!" (We did. They were delicious. But the gingerbread was, at that writing, still just a mix.)

My internet still wasn't connecting, and I started to worry. After all, I'd gotten the Blue Screen of Death just a few hours before. What if I couldn't connect at all?!

"And my INTERNET WON'T EFFING CONFIGURE!" I all-caps yelled.

"Um, GK?" one of the moderators said. "You do realize everyone can see this?"

Oh.

Oops.

So, 400+ attendees now know that 1) I eat too many sweets, and 2) I say "effing"--yes, just like that--when mad.

Good times, good times.

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* For a good gingerbread, call--no, just kidding. Make the TJ's gingerbread mix, then sautée some sliced strawberries with sugar and cinnamon to taste. Be sure to use enough butter that there is a sort of buttery, sugary, cinnamon-y liquid left over. Pour over gingerbread while it's still warm, and serve immediately.