I have the same camera as Jodi Picoult (and a giveaway!)

Posted on Wednesday~March 18, 2009

I met Jodi Picoult.
Yup, here's proof, right here in this picture.
That's me on your left.
Jodi Picoult is right there in the middle.
And The Amazing Auntie Kay is on your right.
(My Aunt, not Jodi's.)

I'd like to tell you that I had a very eloquent exchange with Jodi P., like the one I had planned.
In that daydream, the one I had while I was standing in line, I said,
"You rock!" And she responded excitedly with, "Why, thank you!!!"

(See? Totally eloquent.)

But no, that's not what happened. Instead, I just stood there and smiled like a big freak.
Even when she looked right at me and said "HI" real nice, I still just stood there and smiled.
Yeah, I did that until the person who was taking the photo of us couldn't figure out my camera.
Then I said (so eloquently) "You have to look through the hole, just regular, not on the screen."
(The HOLE?)

And then Jodi asked what kind of camera it was.
I somehow found words and responded.
And then she said that she has the same camera.
I smiled. (Yeah, that's all I did.)
Then Jodi continued the one-sided conversation,
"You can't take a bad picture with it, and I need that," she said.
To which I responded (with eloquence),
"Me too."
(smile. smile. smile. cheesy, cheesy smile.)
(Yeah. That's it. Just, "Me too.")
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Let's move on, shall we?

Here is Jodi's (yes, now we're on a first-name basis) newest book:

"When Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe’s daughter, Willow, is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, they are devastated – she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. As the family struggles to make ends meet to cover Willow’s medical expenses, Charlotte thinks she has found an answer. If she files a wrongful birth lawsuit against her ob/gyn for not telling her in advance that her child would be born severely disabled, the monetary payouts might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. But it means that Charlotte has to get up in a court of law and say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she’d known about the disability in advance – words that her husband can’t abide, that Willow will hear, and that Charlotte cannot reconcile..." - taken from Jodi Picoult.com

This book begs the question,
What constitutes a valuable life?

Oh yeah, I know you want to read it!
So here's your chance:

Leave me a comment and you'll be entered to win a signed copy of Handle with Care.
(Yes, I purchased TWO. One for you and one for me.)

That's all you have to do. Simply leave a comment. Then I'll use random.org to choose one of you to win this book. (Signed by Jodi Picoult herself right in front of my very own eyes.)

(If you don't have a blogging account, don't worry, just hit 'Post a Comment' and choose Anonymous. Then sign your name and leave your email so I can contact you if you win.)

I'll leave the comments open until Saturday, March 21st at 9pm central.
(Contest not limited to the United States.)

Good luck! Go for it! Let's read together. It'll be a little book club of sorts.
You, me, and The Amazing Auntie Kay. Good Luck!

**Comments now closed! The winner will be revealed in Monday's post!