Amanda Helms

Category: 3 Things

  • 3 Things about my dog I don’t understand

    Why she feels the need to investigate smells that apparently scare her, as she will sniff some strange odor that makes her tuck her tail between her legs, and spend more time on the scary smell than any other thing during our walk. Her desire to bark or growl at, or, if I were to…

  • 3 Things I love about fall

    Fall foliage Kabocha squash The chance to drink hot tea while wearing fuzzy socks

  • 3 Things I wish for at this very moment, presented in an order that may or may not increase dramatic tension

     (in my best Bob Barker voice, which is to say, a rather poor Bob Barker voice) A NEW CAR! . . . except I wouldn’t want to pay taxes on winning the thing, so maybe just the cash, except I’d also have to pay taxes on the cash, so I suppose what I really want…

  • 3 unfortunate truths about myself

    It’s quite possible that when I’m old, I will turn into one of those curmudgeons shouting at children to stay off her lawn. (Maybe I should avoid ever getting a lawn.) If I had superpowers, there would be a lot of mostly good (I assume) people missing eyes, appendages, and well-functioning limbic systems because they…

  • 3 statements improved by including “with cookies”

    In what is perhaps one of my more bizarre efforts at minimizing stress and frustrations at the day job, I have begun thinking of how including the phrase “with cookies” can improve various statements. Observe: Steel cage death match–with cookies! “And wuv, twue wuv–wif cookies–will fowwow you foevah . . .”* Handle with care cookies**…

  • 3 of my favorite lines from my WIP

    Herewith, three of my favorite lines from my work in progress, in no particular order, and including only enough context for the lines themselves to make sense. 1. “It’ll be all right.” The knife-wielding shadows in his eyes said he knew it was a lie, but neither of us admitted it. 2. I waved expansively…

  • 3 things about…

    … this post from The Bloggess:   1. It’s awesome. 2. Reading the comments is invaluable in remembering that you’re/we’re/I’m not alone. 3. Reading the comments is invaluable in remembering that many of your/our/my problems are petty. And for the ones that aren’t? See number 2.

  • 3 things I love about writing, with footnotes

    Writing is work, and writing is hard, and therefore, despite those who believe that writing is this lovely thing that happens magically when fairies sneeze or angels blink, or as the result of some other event that requires no effort whatsoever (these people tend to not be writers themselves), I sometimes need to remind myself of what I like…

  • 3 of my favorite movies, in no particular order and with commentary

    1. The Princess Bride Granted, this is pretty much a requisite pick for anyone above a certain age who claims any sort affinity with geekdom. But it’s eminently quoteable and makes for a simple yet effective “Can we be friends?” test. Didn’t like the movie? Well, I suppose there’s a slim possibility that we might…

  • 3 Nemeses of curly hair

    Normally, I don’t mind my hair. I actually rather like it.   There are, however, three things I have identified as nemeses of curly hair, nemeses capable of turning a great hair day into a nightmare.