Today is our stop on the Demon Eyes Blog Tour!
Demon Eyes (released October 8, 2012) is the second book in the Witch Eyes Trilogy. We are celebrating the release of Demon Eyes with an awesome guest post by author Scott Tracey and a giveaway of Witch Eyes AND Demon Eyes!
We have been following Scott on Twitter almost as long as Bibliojunkies has been in existence. In addition to some wonderful fun and snark, our favorite Scott Tracey tweets have been those that contain the hashtag #actualhouseconversations. Scott has graciously agreed to share with us the history and hilarity of these conversations and at the same time makes us wish that we could hang out with him and his friends.
DON'T TWEET THAT!
by: Scott Tracey
So for those of you who don’t know, Leah Clifford and I started this game a few years ago on Twitter, called #actualhouseconversations. Basically, what we would do is take our actual conversations out of context and tweet them. Because there are so many times where we say things, and one of us realizes just how that sentence sounds out of context. Here’s a few examples:
"You can wiki-wiki-wiki down the stairs." #actualhouseconversations
“I think you’ll feel much better after you have some sleep. Or slaughter.” #actualhouseconversations
“Stop tazing your boyfriend!” #actualhouseconversations
And my personal favorite:
“Don’t tweet that!!!” (which gets said ALL THE TIME around my house – and basically just ensures that whatever it is WILL get tweeted).
This is actually something that started between Leah and I almost *mumbles an inarticulate number* years ago at college. We’d randomly hear things that people were saying, and be captured by the beauty of the sentence, and be forced to write it down for posterity. We had sheets of legal paper filled, both sides, with these choice quotes, many of which are not safe for work. ;)
Unfortunately, not many of those overheard quotes are fit for public consumption (mostly because many of them aren’t PG-13), so I can’t give you many of them, but here’s one memorable one.
“Wow, it looks like someone sneezed in your pile of blood!”
Which honestly is just better out of context.
Anyway, it’s something we’ve done on and off for years. It’s probably one of the best games we have, next to “the best band name ever” in which random phrases are always deemed“the best band name ever.” A bonus #actualhouseconversation for you. We were staying at a friend's lake house, and got to talking about horror movies or something, and someone said, "Now is not the time for lake house slaughter." And then the other one said, "Lake House Slaughter would be the best band name ever." And thus, two weird games were born.
So there you have it, the origin of the #actualhouseconversation. Just know that we’re not actual crazy people, we just have crazy conversations. ;)
Scott Tracey
Thanks for stopping by, Scott! We will be keeping an eye out for more crazy #actualhouseconversations on Twitter :-)
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I think the #Actualhouseconversations are my favorite tweets from him and Leah because they're typically hysterical. Thanks for sharing, Scott!
ReplyDeleteI adore the #actualhouseconversations tweets. ^_^ As for band name, Poisoned Kitten. ^_^
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ReplyDeleteLol don't tweet that is my dads motto :)
ReplyDeleteMy Guitar Hero band is called "The Zephyrs". So I guess I'll go with that. ;)
ReplyDeleteMr Kwikie!
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