Okay, everyone. I have a release coming out February first! It’s called Dare to Surrender and has already received 5 Cups from Coffee Time Romance! (See my previous post for the review!) So I’m having a contest and going to give away a signed, advance copy of Dare to Surrender! All you have to do is pick your Favorite Feisty Fact and list it in the comment section of this blog post. I’ll pick a winner on Friday. Good luck! And, to make it even easier, I’m listing all the facts right here on this post. Now I’m revealing what a freak I really am! Have fun with that! (Oh, and BTW, I often just pick a random extra winner, cause that’s how I roll. Also, you get extra points if you find the hidden masturbation reference. Cause that’s also how I roll.)
Fascinating Feisty Facts:
1) She thinks the movie Clueless is one of the most brilliant Jane Austen film adaptations ever.
2) Her keyboard frequently needs to go in for repairs do to pesky, invasive toast crumbs.
3) She shattered her leg playing roller derby and, despite an overwhelming amount of pain, still managed to make the ER doctor blush.
4) She smokes little cigars.
5) She’s had a crush on Will Smith for over two decades.
6) She can do the Humpty Dance because it’s her chance to do the hump. She also once got busy in a Burger King Bathroom. Okay, it wasn’t Burger King.
7) Her favorite band is the Pixies.
8 ) Her favorite live performance was Prince.
9) She loves the phrase “Sugar on my Tongue”.
10) She thinks the musical episode of Buffy is the most brilliant thing ever written and considers Joss Whedon a genius.
11) She keeps threatening one of her best friends, who is a tattoo artist and doesn’t understand my obsession with Buffy, that she’ll make him tattoo Spike on her right hand.
12) She’s right handed.
13) She likes sandwiches, and Joey is her favorite Friend.
14) One day she wants her house to be totally illuminated by Christmas lights.
15) She cried once while standing in front of a Kandinsky painting.
16) More than once, she’s sold the majority of her belongings in order to buy a plain ticket.
17) Once, she got off a train in Budapest and had no idea why. Turned out the city was amazing.
18) She once ate octopus at a tapas bar in Madrid at 2AM. She proceeded to get sick on a moving train the next morning, which belied the fact that she is:
19) Totally clumsy. She’s always falling down and covered in bruises. Hence, a friend has coined the phrase: Feisty Falls Down. So?
20) She will never stop saying the word “rad” and has passed on that legacy to her young son.
21) She has a habit of trying to urinate in mens’ urinals and has not quite perfected the skill.
22) Every year, on July 14th, she gets sad for no apparent reason. Then she remembers it’s the anniversary of her mother’s death.
23) Her next important birthday takes place on December 21st, 2012, a day some people believe the world will end due to a series of cataclysmic events. Lilli just hopes her friends will still remember to bring her presents despite all the end-of-the-world hoopla.
24) She likes writing when it’s raining outside.
25) Her biggest pet-peeve is when people say they “could” care less. She realizes this makes her a snob and really could not care less.
26) Thinks it’s funny when snobby people have bad table manners.
27) Enjoys cooking, but only for people she likes.
28) Is fascinated by Día de los Muertos
29) Her mother’s birthday is on Dia de los Muertos,
30) She thinks her ankles are her best feature but only the right one since the left one did not heal correctly after she broke her leg. It really bothers her that her calves and ankles are no longer symmetrical.
31) Always looks at a man’s hands.
32) Is a hopeless romantic and loves the phrase hopeless romantic.
33) Thinks Wild at Heart is one of the most romantic films ever made.
34) Her first finished novel was published and was nominated for an award.
35) She detests warm sprouts. They make her gag.
36) She thinks the lyrics, “Sometimes the tapestries of life get tangled in the loom” are brilliant, and the fact that they’re from a song called Writer’s Block make them even more brilliant.
37) She will sing karaoke anytime, anywhere, but will not speak in front of a crowd.
38) She has an uncanny sense of direction.
39) She hates exercise. Hates.
40) She loves the song “My Dick” by Mickey Avalon.
41) She can sing every song featured in The Pick of Destiny. By heart.
42) She owns one pair of jeans and approximately 100 dresses.
43) She hates shopping but likes things.
44) Dorothy Parker is one of her idols.
45) So is Peaches.
46) She likes to dance, but isn’t very good at it. However, her milkshake still brings the boys to the yard. And a few girls, too.
47) Her favorite book is Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk.
48) Eating waffles in a hotel room at 3AM is one of her favorite activities.
49) Would like to one day kiss Colin Firth, in the snow, while standing in her underwear.
50) Thinks the song “Fuck her Gently” by Tenacious D is incredibly romantic.
51) Is known for her “Magic Box.”
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6) She can do the Humpty Dance because it’s her chance to do the hump. She also once got busy in a Burger King Bathroom. Okay, it wasn’t Burger King.
I love this! Burger King has the best fries and now I’ll think of you when I get them. Which will be a little weird, but I’ll deal
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Thanks Elise! I’ll admit something else: I’m one of those freaks who likes to dip my fries in my milkshake, which, coincidentally, brings all the boys to the yard.
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this:
49) Would like to one day kiss Colin Firth, in the snow, while standing in her underwear.
But only if you let me share.
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Kate, I’d share anything with you. Even Darcy. I mean Colin.
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21) She has a habit of trying to urinate in mens’ urinals and has not quite perfected the skill.
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#8 because it’s my lucky number and Prince was my first ever life performance I went to and my favorite concerts I attended ever!
Hugs,
Pearl
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Ha, Trina. You’re funny.
Thanks, Pearl!
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Yeah, Pearl, he’s amazing in concert! Incredible energy.
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Mmmmm like many other things it’s so difficult to choose just one, but….
Dorothy Parker is one of her idols.
I am a HUGE Dorothy Parker fan. My Dad bought me a first edition collection of short stories. Brilliant!!!!!
*mwah* Baby. I’m hoping you and I can hang out a Burger King sometime and have a “milkshake”. LOL.
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I have the Portable Dorothy Parker sitting right here, I’m always flipping through it.
I can so arrange that meeting at BK…
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28) Is fascinated by Día de los Muertos.
Me too – hubs’ next tattoo is going to combine Dia de los Muertos with New Orleans symbolism – it’s gorgeous!
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#31 I didn’t know (or have forgotten) that we have this in common. I have a total hand fetish. Long, tapered fingers….mmmm.
And the not so hidden masturbation reference…”I am right handed”? It was a toss up between that and the small cigars.
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25) Her biggest pet-peeve is when people say they “could” care less. She realizes this makes her a snob and really could not care less.
Because this is my biggest pet peeve too. i see it in american books all the time and want to throw them into a wall.
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Oh, so much I could say, but I know you far too well, and have been there for about 1/4 of the list…it was NOT a Burger King, that much is true, but where it was and what it was is even funnier!
And the urinal thing…shall I let people know I have pics? *G*
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Patti, I’m in the midst of having a sugar skull tattooed on my arm! You can check it out:
http://lillianfeisty.com/blog/2009/03/02/updated-tattoo-pictures/
Tracy, yes! Long, thin hands. Yummy.
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Ayla, right?? I was watching a great movie the other day–really well-written, but they used that phrase and it totally pulled me out of it! I’m glad you understand.
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Eden, haha!! I’m not even going to respond. You know, it’s your fault. You bring out my need to use men’s urinals. What’s that about?
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#49 and extra credit #6
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#69 Nicki Hunter lusts after her, and so does Christy Canyon
But if I must choose IN the box, I like:
21) She has a habit of trying to urinate in mens’ urinals and has not quite perfected the skill.
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3) She shattered her leg playing roller derby and, despite an overwhelming amount of pain, still managed to make the ER doctor blush. – This one just made me cackle.
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The Magic Box has saved my life!
LOL
Love this and you.
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My magic box loves you, R.G.
And it can’t wait to see you in April, although I’m thinking you’re not gonna need it.
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I will always need your magic box. I mean…its magic.
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17) Once, she got off a train in Budapest and had no idea why. Turned out the city was amazing.
I’d love to one day be able to say this one.
and for bonus points #12
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Yes, but why exactly does number 12 get bonus points?
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masturbation ref is Spike on your right hand…
*rowr*
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Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner. Mel is such a perv. Meow!
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am I really perverted cuz I dip my fries in my milkshake, too? (which coincidentally always brings the boys to the yard for me, too)
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I know. I’ve seen it. Your yard, that is.
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I say #50 because I think that too. Wait! Did I just admit that?
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Fallon, you did. I like it.
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Fallon, I want a tattoo of Spike on my right hand. What else needs to be said?
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19) Totally clumsy. She’s always falling down and covered in bruises. Hence, a friend has coined the phrase: Feisty Falls Down. So?
I choose this one…cause I am always covered in bruises! I walk into things, and by things I mean all of them!
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6) She can do the Humpty Dance because it’s her chance to do the hump. She also once got busy in a Burger King Bathroom. Okay, it wasn’t Burger King. (Where was it?!)
And now I’m gonna go look up the other songs you mentioned because dirty lyrics are always full of WIN.
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DAMN! Mel beat me to the masturbation ref! But I’d say two facts refer to it:
11) …she’ll make him tattoo Spike on her right hand.
12) She’s right handed.
*grin*
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46) She likes to dance, but isn’t very good at it. However, her milkshake still brings the boys to the yard. And a few girls, too.
love it!
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Your favorite live performance is Prince? I grew up on his songs and remember singing Purple Rain by the swimming pool all summer.
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I have to say my favorite is #10 – one of my all-time favorite tv episodes (which doesn’t make any of the other 50 less hysterical).
FYI, I loved Bound to Please – and can’t wait for Dare to Surrender to come out.
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It was hard to chose but I’m going with…
17) Once, she got off a train in Budapest and had no idea why. Turned out the city was amazing.
Just wanted to add that I also really loved Bound to Please and can’t wait for Dare To Surrender!
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Feisty…you are freakin rad!!!
There, I think all your Feisty facts are fun. I didn’t see my favorite, though, but I’ll pick:
#9 She loves the phrase “Sugar on my Tongue.
LOL, really my favorite Feisty fact is (from Naughty and Spice blog): She can write a sentence like “hornier than a bread-box” and get away with it.
*smiles*
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6) She can do the Humpty Dance because it’s her chance to do the hump. She also once got busy in a Burger King Bathroom. Okay, it wasn’t Burger King.
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I can’t even tell you how many of those I like. BUT I absolutely love the Milkshake song….
So:
46) She likes to dance, but isn’t very good at it. However, her milkshake still brings the boys to the yard. And a few girls, too.
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My keyboard suffers from toast dusting too! Toast and coffee, I mean do you even need anything else?
Loved the list! You go girl!
PS: I tried the urinal thing once… Yeah, um. Didn’t work out.
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37) “She will sing karaoke anytime, anywhere, but will not speak in front of a crowd.” –Gotta love the ironics, yo
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32) Is a hopeless romantic and loves the phrase hopeless romantic.
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21) She has a habit of trying to urinate in mens’ urinals and has not quite perfected the skill.
Which has been known to lead her running around without panties for the remainder of the evening.
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er, leave her running around…
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Totally clumsy. She’s always falling down and covered in bruises. Hence, a friend has coined the phrase: Feisty Falls Down. So?
This sounds like me I can fall down when there’s nothing around to trip over I’ve fell up so many stairs it’s not funny.
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I love this fact….21) She has a habit of trying to urinate in mens’ urinals and has not quite perfected the skill.
It just makes me laugh and I’d love to see the men’s faces when you exit the bathroom.
And I say comment #51 is the hidden masturbation reference–or maybe not so hidden.
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Ha ha, KB!! And then goes to the strip club. That was a fine night!!