Versatile Blogger Award!

Thank you, Kristina at Speakeasy, for honoring me with the Versatile Blogger Award nomination!! (What wonderful things happen when you’re out of town!:))

Check out Kristina’s blog—the post on the award alone proves just how funny and talented she is.

Those nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award simply thank their nominator and link to his/her blog, choose 15 blogs to nominate, and tell the nominator seven things about themselves.

I can’t possibly list all of the blogs that have inspired me, but here are some I enjoy quite a bit:

For their classic film coverage, which is witty, wise, and informative:

• Girls Do Film
• The Blonde at the Film
• Margaret Perry.org
• Backlots
• Sister Celluloid
• Cinematically Insane
• Ramblings of a Cinephile
• Outspoken and Freckled
• Mildred’s Fatburgers
• GlamAmor

Because I love her desserts: Chocolate-Covered Katie

I’m not stylish enough to get all of her outfits, but love her writing style: My Edit

For her much-appreciated assistance with #2 below: Putting Me Together

Because they make me laugh:

• It Keeps Me Wondering
• Girl on the Contrary

Seven Things about Me:

1-Festivals and museums devoted to peculiar subjects make me happy, probably because my extended family resembles this one:

Don’t miss the Spam Museum.

2-I am hopelessly fashion challenged. My taste was formed in this decade:

Once I woke up to the horror of what I was wearing, it took years to convince me into trusting color again. (The fashion blogs I mention above are helping with my affliction.)

3-My cat loves BBQ. And oatmeal, and potato chips, and pretty much anything he once found in the dumpster where he was discovered. Still today, he trash dives, like a dog.

He is named Rico after the anti-hero of this film due to his similar over-the-top personality, large ego, and shaky grasp on sanity.

4-I own two copies of Brainsmasher…a Love Story (the second was a gift, in case my original became too worn down).

5-When I’m gloomy, I go to someecards.com to cheer up. I don’t need to anymore, since my sister outdid herself on my last birthday with this t-shirt, which makes me laugh every time I see it:

6-My favorite quote is from Pride and Prejudice. The heroine, Elizabeth, is at an awkward gathering, and no one knows what to say until the food arrives: “There was now employment for the whole party—for though they could not all talk, they could all eat….” This line perfectly describes why I station myself at the buffet table at every party I attend.

7-I own a Jane Austen action figure and a Dude bobble head. They stare at each other in my office, and are equally inspiring.