CHASING TABOO :: A FXXKED UP LOVE STORY :: AN ONLINE NOVEL BY LINDSAY PENN

Fundraising time! Since I know you are all dying to send me money.

There’s lots of stuff that I want to do, but as you well know, it takes money to make money, and I has none. (To be specific, I want to invest in more promotion efforts for Chasing Taboo and I also want to fly to northern California to visit my best friend and record my album.) That said, as some of you may already know, I make all of my own jewelry, and I thought it may be fun to offer this fundraising package!

For the itty bitty price of $45 (about €40 including intl shipping), you can have the following:

- A custom necklace and matching earrings — whatever color and style you request!

- A signed glossy 8×10 Chasing Taboo picture!

- A mention in the liner notes of my first CD! (Real name or screen name, your choice!)

- Free shipping in the United States — but international orders are available!

Here are some examples of the kind of jewelry I make so you know what you can request. I can do white or silver lettering.

After making your purchase, email me with:

- Your full name

- Requests for your necklace (color, words, maybe a picture of the shirt you want it to match)

- Your shipping address

Thank you so much! Email me if you have any questions!

Also, if you missed my appearance on Glass of Win (or you just want to keep it for the memories), you can download it here.

Lindsay Penn (that’s me! ) on web radio show GLASS OF WIN TONIGHT!!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/glassofwin

Pacific Time: 6PM
Mountain Time: 7PM
Central Time: 8PM
Eastern Time: 9PM

To call in and ask a question, call this number: (347) 327-9056

Hope to hear from you guys!!

Linz's Vain Cell Phone Self-Portraits, October 2009

So, yeah… about those every-other-week updates… *awkward apologetic half smile.*

When I wrote the original Chasing Taboo, I never made any promises regarding when the next update was going to come. They just sort of showed up–sometimes it took a couple days, sometimes a couple weeks. When approaching the new story, I wanted to be more professional and guarantee specific update times, but I’ve learned that this doesn’t work for me. I’m really sorry!

From now on all I can say is that I’ll update when I can.  This morning, I woke up in a bad mood knowing I was going to have to haul ass to tighten the new chapter in time for tonight, and Chasing Taboo shouldn’t make me feel like this. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seriously considered throwing my arms in the air and announcing that I can’t to this — but why give up when I can make this one simple change? In a world where so many deadlines can’t be controlled, I can’t let a deadline I made up control my life, so from now on, just stay on top of your inbox and every once and a while a nice little email will show up telling you that Olivia is up to no good once again.

On a happier note, I made a Chasing Taboo radio commercial for my audio class and I got an A+!

Chasing Taboo Radio Commercial | Mp3 | 756KB

Another happy note! I will be appearing on the Glass of Win Variety Show this Wednesday night! Please make sure to call in and bother me with questions!

I apologize for the vain self portraits at the top of this page, but I looked hot yesterday for no one and by God someone had to see me! I was totally stoked because I was going to make my debut as a vocalist at UTA, but alas, the show got rained out and it was cancelled. (Me and my friends ending up getting Korean BBQ instead. We took pictures, I’ll post them as soon as I can.) Did you guys know I sing? If not, check out my MySpace.

Linzer Dinzer’s Music MySpace

Oh, yeah, and I’m also a Twitter freak, in case you didn’t know.

Linzer Dinzer’s Twitter

Sorry about this whole update fuckery. I know I’ve really bitten off more than I can chew in my life, but I have trouble believing that I can’t make it work somehow. I know I’m on a brutal fitness routine (at the gym an hour and a half five days a week), I’m eating 1300 calories day, I’m working on an EP as a vocalist, I’m taking 12 credit hours, I help take care of a four year old, and I write Chasing Taboo–but is that really so much? My mother gave me a speech this morning about how I need to have some fun in my life and that I’m far too project oriented, something about how I don’t smile enough. But I feel like I’m not doing enough! Yes, I work out — but I’m not in perfect shape yet. Yes, I write music — but I still don’t have a CD. Yes, I write a book — but it’s clearly not done. There are so many girls in this world who are younger than me who have all of those things under their belt–is it so wrong that I want so badly to be one of them?

Alright. Rant over.

In closing: Please check out my music MySpace, my appearance on Glass of Win, the Chasing Taboo radio commercial, and follow me on Twitter. I’ll update ASAP! Thanks!