Maybe This Time: The Collage
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The Maybe This Time collage is one of my favorites because it has such a mood to it. Also it was a LOT of fun to make. (Click to enlarge. Click again and it swallows your computer.)
Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of twenty-one novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies. She lives on the Ohio River where she often stares at the ceiling and counts her blessings.
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84 Comments to 'Maybe This Time: The Collage'
On August 29, 2010 at 1:06 am Merry said...
Um… did we*forget to include the picture, or is it going to magically appear right after I leave this comment?
*Sorry. My mother tends to use the 1st person plural case, and it’s rubbed off on me.
On August 29, 2010 at 2:41 am Amy said...
Placeholder post?
On August 29, 2010 at 3:07 am Ericka said...
further torture?
On August 29, 2010 at 5:50 am Rachel said...
Now that’s just cruel.
On August 29, 2010 at 7:29 am Sure Thing said...
Oh, i’m pretty sure its been up before. Maybe this is sunday puzzle and we have to look for it on argh.ink. Its quite a challenge for me as I’m mobile posting.
On August 29, 2010 at 7:39 am Sure Thing said...
There’s a wip version of the collage in the post titled “I can’t think of a title for this post.” 9 Dec 2009.
So, do I get a prize? Huh? Huh? Do I?
On August 29, 2010 at 7:44 am Naked Under My Clothes said...
Somebody put something metal in the microwave. We gotta wake up Jenny somehow.
On August 29, 2010 at 8:59 am Betty Fokker said...
Make sure it’s the microwave on the second floor; she’ll check there first.
On August 29, 2010 at 9:31 am JulieB said...
I have a can of Spam….
On August 30, 2010 at 9:06 am Betty Fokker said...
spam, spam, spam, eggs, bacon, and spam?
On August 30, 2010 at 7:10 pm JulieB said...
Yep.
On August 29, 2010 at 9:57 am Michelle said...
That’s just wrong. Total tease.
On August 29, 2010 at 11:10 am Kate G said...
Oh I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who forgets to finish my blogs. I wonder what a full can of soda would do in the microwave?
On August 30, 2010 at 12:54 am Merry said...
Well, if you all set the house on fire, I’m going to deny everything.
Unless the firemen who show up are extra-specially cute, which I gather is often the case in that neighborhood.
On August 30, 2010 at 1:34 am Jenny said...
Did anybody notice that the picture is there? Huh?
Jeez.
On August 30, 2010 at 8:56 am JulieB said...
Those posts were from yesterday.
On August 30, 2010 at 9:08 am Betty Fokker said...
Yesterday, when there was no collage, just 404 hell for your cherries …
On August 30, 2010 at 5:58 pm Jenny said...
But what is time, really?
On August 30, 2010 at 7:40 pm Betty Fokker said...
I know what party time is *woot woot*
On August 31, 2010 at 12:26 am Meredith B. said...
Time is an abstract concept for me at 1:30 AM, when I’m waiting for support services to call me back about restarting the server which hosts my clients’s sites and has crashed, and checking your site as a way of passing time. The image was there at 1:38 AM.
On August 31, 2010 at 1:20 am CrankyOtter said...
I considered posting that I could see it, and it would have been the first comment to say so since Pacific time let me (apparently) be the first to see the correction, but seemed a little too nah-nah-na-nah-nah so I didn’t. I just enjoyed your many single flowers in teacups and am wondering how that will relate which I will presumably find out after the book arrives. Although the free shipping seems to mean that Amazon will just not hurry to ship it.
On August 31, 2010 at 1:53 am Jenny said...
I would explain but it’s a spoiler, so I’ll put it in the comments on tomorrow’s spoiler post. If somebody reminds me.
On August 30, 2010 at 2:26 am Carol said...
Yes, I noticed the picture. I noticed when it wasn’t there and I noticed when the entire blog disappeared and I noticed when it came back, this time with picture. I notice things like that. I also noticed that it is a lovely picture.
BTW, is it a writing-and-reading-person kind of thing that we never actually sleep at night? I thought I was the only one who never sleeps when the sane people do.
On August 30, 2010 at 5:55 pm Jenny said...
No, I know a lot of people who get up at five to write.
It’s just non-sparkling vampire types who love the nightlife.
On August 30, 2010 at 7:41 pm Betty Fokker said...
you love to boogie?
On August 30, 2010 at 11:22 pm Merry said...
Not that there’s anything wrong with loving to boogie.
Exactly.
On August 30, 2010 at 3:09 am Cherry Mischievous said...
What did I miss? What did I miss? Oh… the picture is there…
On August 30, 2010 at 3:48 am Cat said...
I see it. I love it. I can not wait to read this book!!
BTW… I’m a total whore for Paul Newman.
On August 30, 2010 at 5:43 am Catherine said...
Oh I’m with you on that…Beyond the awesomeness which the collage represents (and the visual story tease) my eye keeps going back to just how hot Paul Newman was.
On August 30, 2010 at 5:56 pm Jenny said...
Paul Newman. The guy never made a wrong move in his life.
On August 30, 2010 at 4:38 am colognegrrl said...
Now this is going to be fun for somebody who was out of town for a while and tries to read the last few posts in chronological order, because in yesterday’s post, FAJ refers to the microwave comments which only reappeared now.
Must have been the ghosts. If there’s one thing they’re good for, it’s taking the blame for all sorts of stuff.
On August 30, 2010 at 12:41 pm skye said...
And NOW I see the microwave jokes that Jenny refers to yesterday. I feel like I’m in some sort of time warp. (It’s just a jump to the left ….)
On August 30, 2010 at 3:49 pm Sure thing said...
Oh. THANK you Skye, that’s my first genuine laugh of the day!
On August 30, 2010 at 5:56 pm Jenny said...
You guys have had it easy. Chronology is for wimps.
On August 30, 2010 at 8:58 am JulieB said...
That is one fab collage! You have the face from the Julia plates in the windows on the lower portion. I have some of the Julia plates, and a stamp of her face.
On August 30, 2010 at 9:08 am Lola said...
I love the people you use. They all seem so right for the characters in the book.
On August 31, 2010 at 10:05 pm Kelly S said...
You can figure them out? I keep going so who is Candice Bergman suppose to represent and who is Paul Neuman suppose to represent and who is Bob Newhart suppose to represent. I think May and Isolde are the only two I can pick out, well, and the kids. I assume too the woman in the middle is suppose to represent Andie.
On August 31, 2010 at 10:06 pm Kelly S said...
reading a post below suggests maybe I didn’t get the right image for Isolde.
On August 31, 2010 at 11:49 pm Jenny said...
Newman is one of the placeholders for North.
Bergman was Lydia.
Newhart was Dennis.
May is several different images from the net.
Isolde is the woman at the top with the big hair and glasses. I think she was plaintiff on Judge Judy or something like that.
On August 30, 2010 at 9:35 am McB said...
A now you see it, but not quite, now you don’t … oops! there it is blog post.
perfect for the book, really.
On August 30, 2010 at 11:40 am MJ said...
In your vast spare time, could you please mention one or two things that you discovered thanks to the collage?
I actually love when it takes over my computer. You start getting a hint of the layers upon layers.
On August 30, 2010 at 7:26 pm Jenny said...
The couch. I saw it in a magazine and cut it out and glued it on not knowing why. Then Dennis got stuck to it.
The Polaroids at the bottom. I saw them and then realized North had taken them on their brief honeymoon.
The dancing statue gave me May dancing.
The blue doll gave me Jessica, mottled and mildewing.
Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd gave me Mrs. Crumb.
I’m sure there were more, but I’m fried right now. Book’s out tomorrow. Promotion hell started a week ago. I’ll be chipper again in October.
On August 30, 2010 at 11:47 pm MJ said...
Thank you!
On August 30, 2010 at 11:58 am Jennifer said...
This is so incredibly perfect. With all your other collages, I looked at them and thought, “Huh. That’s not how I pictured it.” Or, “Who’s that supposed to be?” For me, this one is more like a scrapbook page, where I point and say, “Oh, look! It’s so-and-so!” Everyone is just as I envisioned them in my head. It’s hilarious, too, that I always heard Dennis speaking in Bob Newhart’s voice, and then, there he is!
On August 30, 2010 at 12:02 pm Cris said...
Okay, I’m probably the only one… and it’s probably been mentioned previously, but… who is the model for the heroine? I recognize Paul Newman *sigh*, but not Andie. I know I’m going to go “OF COURSE!” when someone tells me, but right now am clueless.
On August 30, 2010 at 7:18 pm Jenny said...
I usually use more than one placeholder because it’s more of a collection of attitudes than it is a particular personality or face. So Andie was Maggie Gyllenhaal and Sarah McLeod, an actress from Lord of the Rings, and some anonymous models in a catalog. North was James Spader and Paul Newman and somebody else who escapes me now. It’s a sum-of-the-parts thing.
On August 30, 2010 at 10:55 pm Moth said...
Could it be Cary Elwes who is on the collage?
On August 31, 2010 at 12:08 am Jenny said...
He was the placeholder for Will for awhile. And then Will just became Will.
On September 1, 2010 at 2:13 pm Cris said...
Thanks, I’m clearer on it now. I have no collage reading skills
I love the idea of Maggie G. as Andie, that’s pretty much awesome!
On August 30, 2010 at 12:19 pm Jessie said...
Fun collage. It will give faces when I finally get to read the book.
OT. Apparently lots of people create better to a music score. This one (www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpHbVi2P_g) has been being recommended for cello students and for some reason it seems similar to your creative process.
On August 30, 2010 at 12:40 pm Clever Cherry said...
Okay I’m missing something. Who’s North in the collage?
On August 30, 2010 at 2:28 pm McB said...
I’m thinking that he’s Paul Newman.
On August 30, 2010 at 7:29 pm Jenny said...
Paul Newman, James Spader, and I forget.
On September 6, 2010 at 3:11 am Karen said...
greg kinnear
On September 6, 2010 at 4:47 am Jenny said...
No, that’s Southie.
On August 30, 2010 at 12:56 pm Beki said...
I love this one. And I’m not big on collages.
On August 30, 2010 at 1:13 pm Eva said...
you really need to raffle that off and give the proceeds to something. that is drool worthy. and inspiring. I have my own I have to get moving on.
On August 30, 2010 at 7:19 pm Jenny said...
They’re really messy in real life with things falling off of them. Not auction-worthy.
On August 30, 2010 at 1:32 pm Jennifer said...
The leaves look incredibly realistic. They are fake, aren’t they? May I ask where you got them?
On August 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm Lola said...
I think they’re real. Peppermint?
On August 30, 2010 at 7:15 pm Jenny said...
The leaves at the top are photos of salvia: http://www.visionaryplants.com/salvia_divinorum_live_plants.htm
The ivy at the bottom is fake stuff that I had in a box. I have a lot of odds and ends in boxes.
On August 30, 2010 at 3:21 pm robena grant said...
That is gorgeous, so much detail.
On August 30, 2010 at 6:01 pm Lola said...
Or some kind of mint leaves. I meant to say.
On August 30, 2010 at 6:36 pm Tawna Fenske said...
Ooooh…pretty! I’m squinting hard, trying to make out the faces. I just keep going back to Paul Newman though. Not such a bad thing.
Tawna
On August 30, 2010 at 7:10 pm Jenny said...
Double click the image twice and you won’t have to squint at all.
On August 30, 2010 at 7:53 pm Deb Z. said...
What a fabulous tease for tomorrow’s release! So talented, Ms. Crusie!
On August 30, 2010 at 7:58 pm Bonnie said...
I must know what do you do with the collage after the book is finished? Is there a room of collages-that-were?
On August 30, 2010 at 8:44 pm Jenny said...
There’s a storeroom with bookcases and a lot of them are lined up on top there. And then there are the ones on the kitchen counter that are supposed to go into the storerooms. It’s a mess here. Argh.
On August 30, 2010 at 8:48 pm GatorPerson said...
Nice interview over at Writers Unboxed: http://writerunboxed.com/
On August 30, 2010 at 11:08 pm Thea said...
Guy from the bookstore called, book is in but they won’t sell it to me until tomorrow. Rectitude prevails, at least in my little burg.
On August 30, 2010 at 11:10 pm Alyssa Goodnight said...
Ooh, Maggie Gyllenhaal is on my collage too! But my collage doesn’t even compare…
On August 31, 2010 at 12:19 am Megan Muley said...
I so love the collage. I am new to your blogs and am relieved that many of my seeming-psychoses are really just hallmarks of genius (insomnia, collages of my imaginary characters, etc). All of that is great, but it is now 12:17 am on August 31 (ahem) and Amazon has not downloaded MTT to my Kindle. Does anyone have Jeff Bezos’s home phone?
On August 31, 2010 at 12:29 am Meredith B. said...
You’ll tell us when we can talk about the book, right? Because I’ve been dying to talk about it ever since I got an arc a while ago, but I hate spoilers so much myself that I refuse to spoil it for others.
On August 31, 2010 at 1:51 am Jenny said...
I’ll put up a spoiler post tomorrow (Wed.) We’ll have a full-fledged book club on the 15th, too, to give everybody time to read it.
On August 31, 2010 at 12:30 am Meredith B. said...
Also, I put the book out tonight right after we got the doors locked, so it’ll be on the shelves and ready to fly off of them first thing in the morning.
On August 31, 2010 at 1:51 am Jenny said...
Thank you, Meredith. You’re my favorite bookseller.
On August 31, 2010 at 5:36 pm Meredith B. said...
Aww! I feel the love! But you should probably reserve that position for somebody with more power and influence than me.
On August 31, 2010 at 10:02 am Megan Muley said...
It downloaded at 3:15 am. Hooray! I won’t be back for a few days while I read it. Looking forward to 8/15 for book club.
On August 31, 2010 at 10:36 am Merry said...
Looking forward to two weeks ago? The chronology on this blog is seriously askew. Definitely the fault of the ghosts.
On August 31, 2010 at 11:33 am McB said...
But what is time?
On August 31, 2010 at 11:55 am Merry said...
Okay, I’m starting to worry about all the people leaving comments like “But what is time?” Because I just know what that sort of thing leads to. Next people will start asking “What is truth?” and “What’s it all about, really, when you get right down to it, I mean really?”
And then this whole blog will descend into a navel-gazing episode of truly epic proportions.
After that, there’s nothing for it but patchouli incense and maybe a flamethrower.
On August 31, 2010 at 3:36 pm Jenny said...
The last thing I want to look at is my navel.
Besides, we don’t have that long of an attention span.
If you really want to know what Time is, read The Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett. It’s wonderful.
On August 31, 2010 at 7:49 pm Lora said...
I’m deeply intimidated by the thoroughness of your collage. It’s impressive. I do enjoy a pic of young Paul Newman anytime! Or middle aged Newman. Or old Newman. Not picky on that one–he was charming in Message in a Bottle (he was the only thing that could elevate the plot of: oh, I am sooo depressed yet attractive. Oooh, me, too. Let’s be tentative and gloomy. Oops, he drowned).
On September 6, 2010 at 4:48 am Jenny said...
I think that was Kevin Costner.
But yes on Newman. In anything.