I have been awarded a few awards, lately. Well, two awards, but by several people. I haven't posted about them because...well first, I don't know how to make pretty links back to other people's blogs, the kind where their name is the link, not some huge actually web address.
The second is that I feel unworthy. Not as in "my blog is a worthless entity and so am I" way, but rather, that there is just no way I should have been considered for either category.
Stylish? Me? This blog is taken entirely from the pre-done options. I did add a few buttons, because Mel (Stirrup Queen) had instructions on how to do it on her site. I haven't changed any options. I don't know how. I wish I had one of those "about me" tabs that many of you sport, or maybe some different colors here and there...but no. I'm entirely pre-fab here.
Versatile? Hahahahaha! Ok, sometimes I talk about my uterus in addition to my ovaries, but this is a one-note blog. Which is what I need it to be, and what I'm comfortable with (privacy concerns of other people involved, etc), but still.
Anyway, point being: I don't deserve the awards, but want to acknowledge the spirit behind them. Which mainly seems to be "list a bunch of non-IF stuff about yourself". So I will.
1) My pinky fingers are abnormally short. People don't usually notice this until I tell them, and then they can't look away. They barely pass the first knuckle of my 4th finger. Because they're so bitsy, I type oddly, and often hold things "fancy tea style"--pinky poking out. It doesn't wrap comfortably around my brush handle, or the beer can. Not my fault.
2) I can touch my tongue to my nose.
3) I love high heels. So much so that my tendons and muscles in my lower legs started forming permanent high-heel shapes. So after tons of deep and painful massage, daily stretching and exercising, I now have strict rules about heels. (I couldn't give them up entirely!) But I love them, and own more pairs than I should. Although most of them are many years old by this point.
4) I used to belly dance. I stopped briefly due to time constraints, and now I can't start again because I can no longer afford costumes or troupe memberships or even classes. This makes me sad. I hope to get back into it at some future point. I was really good, if I do say so myself.
5) I love kosher dill pickles.
6) I have very low blood pressure. It's not funny to ask if I'm "alive in there". I will never comment "jokingly" on anyone's vitals.
7) I talk to our cats as if they were humans. I want a dog.
8) My handwriting resembles that of a 12-year-old boy. It looks incredibly sloppy, but it's entirely legible. Also, after I spent hours and hours and HOURS fancily addressing our wedding invitations in my very best cursive, one of JimDear's friends asked what small child we got to address them. I wanted to un-invite him on the spot, that bastard.
9) I have one tattoo, on my foot/ankle. I love it.
10) If I could be anything, it would be a stage actress. I love theater and acting and an audience. But I also love eating and having a house and such, so that's out.
8 comments:
First of I definitely believe you deserve any award that is given to you. Wear them proud!!! Secondly, I didn't get the link thing either at first LOL If you go in and add a link you can put their full web address in the the box where it says Web address then up above where it says Text to display you can put anything you want. Whatever is in the Text to display box is what will show on your blog page rather than the long web address. Hope this helps, and congrats on the awards :)
I love your blog as is, so I agree... wear them proudly!!! I also have extremely low blood pressure. In fact, when I went in to meet with the general endocrinologist last week, his nurse commented on it. She said, "WOW that's low!" I told her I've always had really low blood pressure. I've gotten used to it. I tend to have a lot white blood cell count and anemia off and on, so who even knows what's going on in there. She said, "Well, your heart isn't working too hard then, and it thanks you for it." Um, thanks, I think? It's not really under my control, but I guess I'll take it. ;)
The belly dancing thing is so cool!!! I wish I could learn how! Oh, and I totally talk to my cats like they are people.
hahaha! such cool facts!!! my ring fingers are shorter than they should be too! but u can only tell when i make a fist!
and i think the style and versatility attributed to your blog is the uniqueness of your voice. You are uncensored and have that incredible dry wit that makes me double over laughing.
loved learning more about you, my friend. let me know if you ever want any help sprucing up your blog. im not so great, but i can do a few things. oh, and i made this page to help people learn how to make pretty links on blogger! because i have a lot of time on my hands lol
xoxo
lis
I loved reading these! I'm so impressed about the belly dancing, I tried it once and it was TOUGH! I also have low blood pressure. I get complimented on it all the time as people think it means I live in the gym and eat really healthy (I wish). Really, all it means is I get dizzy all the time and have to try really hard not to pass out.
When you write your post, in blogger there is the bar just above your post that has the font options, etc. There's a "link" option that will help you do that if you want to.
#8 made me laugh out loud!
I'm with you on the dill pickles and penmanship. My penmanship actually sounds a lot worse than yours. It looks like a 12 year old boy's. In traction:)
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