Once upon a time, a much simpler, more stressful time…a darker time, even…I got nominated for another blogging award!!! It made me happy, and I said thanks, but then I entered a whirlwind of hard work directly followed by immense joy and haven’t really surfaced since.
Now’s the time to properly give thanks where thanks is due.
Without further ado, a huge thank you to Food Stories for ve’s Illuminating Blogger Award!!
A comment on me being nominated for this blog:
I think it’s hilarious. For several reasons.
1. Ve’s blog is called Food Stories. I assume this refers to the making of food, which I loathe. It takes too long, it’s messy, I am not that good at it, and it takes too long. I’m hungry. I do like telling stories about eating food, though, so I guess we’re good. I’m also once of those people who takes pics of yummy food whilst on vacation (hint of future blog posts to come, perhaps?).
2. The blog award is for “illuminating, informative blog content,” and I was awarded it through a comment on my post about how I used my investigative journalistic skills to expose a 20 year old lie I had been told by ruining the ending of a movie for all those who are seriously behind in their movie watching. How’s that for illuminating, informative content?! Take that, Brian Williams! Next, I plan on single-handedly getting my ass down to Cuba and closing Gitmo. Full report and book deal to follow.
….apparently “several reasons” turned into just two, cuz I can’t remember any more.
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Now I must share one random thing about myself:
Since settling into a more sedentary lifestyle after college and grad school, I have made more deliberate attempts to stay active. I have been doing yoga for 9 years now, and it has become close to a religion for me. It’s how I take care of my mind and body. I hate more rigorous types of exercise that are just exercising for the sake of exercising, most of all running. It’s boring, it’s hard, and it brings back horrible, traumatic memories from middle school PE. Running can go run right off a bridge.
Interestingly enough, exercising has suddenly taken on a whole new meaning now that I am engaged. I’ve never, ever had a goal of wanting to lose weight and that won’t change now, I just suddenly have more motivation to look even more awesome.
Brian is a great motivator for me, and we run to the gym once a week together. When mental images of me looking kickass in a wedding dress are no longer doing the trick, you know what does?
Zombies.
I imagine having to run from fast moving zombies (think 28 Days Later) and it actually gets me to keep running and to run faster.
Not only am I gonna be The Hotness in my dress, but I’ll also be ready for The End Times. Booyah.
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Now it’s time to nominate some fellow bloggers!!
My first pick is the best, most awesome blog in terms of actually being illuminating and informative: Let Life in Practices This is the kind of blog that I wish I had the time and patience to write.
I am also nominating the blogs that I look forward to reading the most, and that makes them illuminating to me:
Please check out these amazing women’s blogs!!!!
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Loved your acceptance post … Congrats & Good luck with that Gitmo thing :-)
Thanks!
For the running from zombies…there’s an app for that! Seriously. Found it in this month’s Chatalaine Magazine: https://www.zombiesrungame.com/
I know! I listened to the report about it on NPR, where the reporter was recorded while using it (hilarious!). I have yet to use it myself…Maybe I’ll save it if I ever lose my motivation (read: when I inevitably lose my motivation).