First, Happy Mother’s Day to all, especially to my mother. Thank you, Mom, for being so wonderful!
Second, it’s weird how after talking about Harvest Moon, I find myself nominated by the generous and prolific William Louison for the Shine On award. (In case you’re staring blankly at your screen, wondering what I mean, check here for the lyrics to “Shine on, Harvest Moon.”) Isn’t that award beautiful? Thank you, Will! He has two great blogs: What If It All Means Something? and Messages, so head on over and check out his poetry and prose. And his maps! I love a story map! He was nominated by the wondrous Patty at Petite Magique.
I am supposed to list seven things about myself. Hmm. Let’s see:
1. I was born in Chicago—the middle of four kids: two brothers and a sister who died.
2. I skipped from fifth to seventh grade, which made me socially awkward until, well, now. I was involved in more fights that year, mainly because some of my classmates were under the impression that someone younger and punier wouldn’t hit back when provoked. Sometimes, ya gotta prove people wrong. I’m thankful my older brother pulled me into the backyard one day and said, “This is how you box.”
3. Robin McKinley is one of my favorite authors.
4. My family has this weird quirk: we like taking things apart and putting them back together again. Unlike my brothers and nephew, I’m not always good at putting them back together. (Speaking of which, I need to take my computer apart and dust it. Be. Afraid.)
5. Back in the 90s, I kept trying to get a writer’s fellowship at Disney with the same tired screenplay that I never revised. Failed miserably.
6. I have never been to Europe, but would like to head to Italy as fast as money provides.
7. I don’t like to wear shoes.
8. Decided to throw in an extra one: I love driving late at night, like around 1—3 a.m.
I can’t say I know the criteria for this award or how many blogs I’m supposed to nominate. So I’ll just do what I want! Mmmmwwwwhahaha! Here are the blogs that make me go
From LOL Cats
My nominees (who are under no obligation to accept this award, but they’re cool regardless) are
• Random Acts of Writing and Other Tidbits of Thought
• Dreamland’s Insurgents—Declare War on Reality
• Lavender Moon Girl’s Blog
• Shooken: Just ask me 😉 I don’t bite. . . Much
• Disregard the Prologue
• Tim Neath—Emerging Artist
• Novel Conclusions
• When I Became an Author
• The Savvy Senorita
• The Animation Commendation
• Time to Write—Ups and downs while writing my first novel:
• Pigtailed Bandit—It’s not crazy. It’s passionate
• My Random Muse
• A Keyboard and an Open Mind
• Destiny Allison
• Legends of Windemere
• Bite Size Canada
Please check out these wonderful and deserving blogs, if you haven’t yet done so. And thanks again, Will!
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Hey ! Thank you very much !! 🙂
You’re very welcome!!! 🙂
**grins** I think I might even post the facts about me this time!!! I don’t usually… (shh, I like to be a rebel) buuut hey… it sounds kinda fun!!!
Yes, I totally understand! Seeing what facts you provide will be fun. As for me, I wish I had those awesome “And I climbed K2 and am writing a script with George Clooney” facts about my life. Wait. I do. I climbed K2 in my head and am thinking of a script George and I could possibly write.
*grins* Right!!
Without the fantasies in my head… life would be soooo boring! (actually for me that prolly isn’t true, but I prefer the fantasies!)
I definitely prefer the fantasies. So, I hear ya!
Aww, thanks!
I like the complete randomness of your facts. Please don’t ever drive that late if you come out here. We has the mooses that stalks the roads in the night. O.o
Ah. Thanks for the warning, Kate. 🙂 I once hit a deer. (Yes, that was another random fact about me.) But that occurred in the middle of the day.
Yikes. I guess I’m lucky to never have hit anything larger than a rabbit. I fear the moose, though. Giant goobers. -_-
*tries to think of more ways to squeeze random facts out of you*
My favorite ice cream is cookies and cream? I like Patrick O’Brian’s books? Love Disneyland? Love rollercoasters? Am lactose intolerant? Fantasize about being on the talk show that Oprah no longer has?
Congrats for your nomination – greatly deserved! Thanks too for nominating ‘The Savvy Senorita’; I do appreciate it!!! Very kind of you to think of me and my little ole blog!
Bex
Thanks! You have a great “little ole” blog, Bex! 🙂
Awwww, that is kind if you – I appreciate your faith in my blog!!!!!!! Obviously you too have a good thing going – your award is deserved 🙂
Thank you, Bex! 🙂
My pleasure 🙂
Congrats and thank you. I’m honored. 🙂
Thank you, Destiny! The Lamp Cat is pleased. 🙂
Congratulations!!! 🙂 One of my favorite blogs.
Aravind, thank you! I enjoy your blog as well! Still curious whether or not you were inspired by Rembrandt for that portrait you posted about.
Congrats and Happy Mom’s Day!
Thank you, Andra! 🙂 Happy Mom’s Day to you, your mom, and mom-in-law (the Butcher of Milwaukee–I’m still giggling over that).
I’d love to read your rejected Disney screenplay!
It is 144 pages of pure genius. 🙂 Maybe I’ll post parts of it someday. Sadly, I had no idea what I was doing. I checked a screenwriting book out of the library and had at it. I cringe whenever I look at it, which is as infrequently as possible.
Lol, I’ll still love to read it or parts of it with your permission! I’m thinking of writing a screenplay for an animated version of “Moby Dick”.
You’re better off reading the first Pirates of the Caribbean screenplay (http://sfy.ru/?script=pirates_of_the_caribbean), but if you’re determined to read the screenplay, I can send you the first ten pages if you provide your email address. Beyond that, I haven’t really cleaned up the file. I scanned the pages of the script, because of a corrupt disk. The OCR text has typos. Don’t blame me if you totally lose respect for my ability to write a sentence!
Cool, my email is aloysius.zimmerplotz@gmail.com
Okay.
This is Wonderfully humbling and inspiring! I appreciate your nomination more than you know! I enjoy and respect your blog so much! I will Shine On! Thank you again!
It is a much deserved award! You keep shining, then, with you poetry!!! 🙂
Thank you L. Marie! I appreciate all of your support and feedback! 🙂
You’re very welcome. 🙂
Congrats!
Thank you! 🙂
Congratulations and thanks for the nomination. Thanks for sharing your facts. Who needs Disney anyway! Much better to do your thing, your way.
Thank you! Really, they were wise to avoid that screenplay. It is pretty bad. Back in the day, I avoided revising anything. Silly me.
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Congratulations. It’s always good to read facts about fellow bloggers, get to know each other better! Anyway, out of curiosity, why do you think we bloggers keep handing each other these awards?
Daniel, I wondered the same thing. To encourage and connect with each other, probably? When I started blogging, I didn’t know if anyone besides my family and friends would read my blog. After all, there are so many blogs. So, it’s nice to have a virtual pat on the back. 🙂
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