October 25, 2007convergence! (a contest)if you've been reading closely, or have seen me lately—i'm hard to miss—you might know that i'm eight months pregnant. when my publisher and i originally discussed dates and timelines for the release of the cookbook, we sketched out a loose timeline that would see my cookbook entering the world at least six weeks before my child. and then i was nauseated for a full month of my first trimester, and couldn't come up with recipes, let alone cook them, so we extended testing for a few weeks. and then we had things like family vacations, animal rights conferences, vegfests, gatherings, and magazine deadlines that pushed us back a little further. and then it turns out that the printer who can do the whole book in a week charges a whole lot more than the printer who takes three weeks, for the same quality of work. and here we are: it's the beginning of november; the parenting website that i check every few days chirps at me today: "only 37 days to go!" but we all know that babies don't have calendars on the walls of the womb, so that kid could show up any day now, or not until mid-december. so here is my question to you: which is coming first, the baby or the book? you have one full week from today to leave your guess in the comments section. when we know for sure which of our much-anticipated packages arrives first, i'll randomly (really and truly random, i might employ a cat paw) choose one of the correct guesses and send you a free copy of the cookbook.
posted by joanna @ 7:20 PM
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THE BABY!
(i read what your midwife said!)
<3<3<3 Foof.
I'm guessing...baby. : )
definitely baby. i'm waiting for the call any day now.
-kim
The baby comes first.
Chiatroll
I agree with the others...baby first!
PL3
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booooook
Im guessing baby
book!!
The baby!!
Love,
Bastah
I'm going against the tide and I'm going to say book!
I guess baby!
The book.
I'm gonna go with the baby also.
What is a "book", Alex?
BABY!
I'm going for book!
i'm thinking baby, too!
xo
kittee
baby
everyone knows the lady always comes first ;)
ps: baby
Baby!
Baby, it'll be the baby-creature first.
The book-creature will be stubborn and slow to arrive. (One can determine this by swinging a charm above the manuscript, and if it makes an oval, it'll be a slow-to-print book.) If it is close, I bet Fed-Ex will slow the book down enough for the baby to win.
Book!!!
bebe!
baby first!
-kelly
Baby! (But only because babies are a tiny bit more exciting than cookbooks).
I'm voting for a tie. Baby and book - same day. That's a good story.
I'm jumping on the babywagon.
Baby for shizzle.
BabybabybabyBABY! Nothing smells like baby except...BABY!!!!
Dogs don't know it's not baby. (but it is)
baby city!
Baby for sure!
eenie meenie mynie mo
which will be the first to go
book or baby
babe or book
future let me take a look.
I guess book
I'm going with book on this one.
I"m going with the book, but I think it'll be close!
I'm guessing baby!!
i'm gonna vote on the side of your tired lil ankles and say bebe come first!
I say the baby will arrive first!
behbeh!!
Baby I think, definitely baby.
Baby!
hmm.... book!?
I say baby!
book
I'm going with baby first.
Tzippy
baby!
Baby!
The baby!
Woohoo! I'm glad I found this in time... I'll say BABY!
i think the baby will come first! i'm also very preggers, so i'm hoping that MY baby will be here the firstest!
how about.....the baby!
I'm saying book. But, I'm a lil biased because I just preordered.. Either way, both arrivals will be equally exciting!
i would say baby too!
book
the cookbook?
Hmm, I say baby! My reasoning is that it can't wait to get out into the world and try your cooking.
Baby.
i say baby!
--wintermittts from ppk
Baby (This is Invictus!)
nn7ieWe'll say baby...you know, 'cause you told people to and all....
Squeak from PPK, following wintermitts example.
The egg.. no wait, the chicken.. OK OK, the baby!
My money's on the baby.
C'mon, baby! ^_^
The baby :)
The baby ;)