Talk Shop Fridays: Because Waiting in Line Blows

Okay, let’s just put it out there; we could talk about the iPhone today, again. Over and over and over. Everyone else is doing it, and hundreds (or thousands, perhaps?) of people are hanging outside of Apple stores in all kinds of weather and in varying states of sanity just dying to get their twitchity little fingers on that scrumptious touchscreen. But, as it turns out, ABC, NBC, and every other media outlet in the world is already talking about the iPhone “phenomenon,” and we’re sort of…over it. A lot, actually. Besides, in the middle of a rather intense brainstorming session that took place after our obvious option for today’s TSF was viciously chucked out the window, Heather wisely said something along the lines of, “Well, I’m not waiting on line today. I’m picking the lint out of my bellybutton and de-worming [her new kitten] Ollie.” And that got us thinking, because if Heather’s managed to find such an interesting use of her time amidst her strenuous editorial and drinking obligations, Lord knows the rest of you have as well. So, dear readers, in an admittedly rebellious TSF, we just want to know what you’re up to today. Especially if it’s really, really unexciting. Of course, if you’re making out with Hillary Duff I guess we’d like to hear about it — but as far as we’re concerned, if 1,000 journalists are writing about waiting in line, pretty much anything you have to say will win our attention. Well, my attention, anyway; Heather’s seemingly occupied elsewhere.