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Sunday, November 25, 2012

The Liebster Award (otherwise known as...Do it because you love me!)


I'm very honored that CL Raven has nominated me for the Liebster Award! (I don't know what it is, but I want it!)

Liebster blog award The fine print:

  • When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer the 11 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
  • Pass the award onto 11 other blogs and let them know they’ve been nominated
  • You write up 11 NEW questions directed towards YOUR nominees.
  • You are not allowed to nominate the blog who nominated your blog!
  • Paste the award picture into your blog. I stole mine from wherever CL Raven got theirs ;)

And here are my questions from CL Raven :

1. What is your superhero name, power and costume? Mind Control, of course! If I had unlimited control over people's minds...I wouldn't have to be super strong, fast, wealthy, breathe underwater, etc. I could make other people do it FOR me, or THINK I was doing it, which amounts to the same thing. Also, I guess I'd leave my name the same. This is one of those superpowers that might be best not to go around advertising, lest some chump figure out a way around it that I haven't thought of first. Costumes...I'd have unlimited access to whatever clothes I wanted to wear, or wanted people to think I was wearing. The possibilities are endless. Now, please give me those pretty, pretty shoes in that window...

2. Who would you go gay with to save the world? Waaaaait a minute.....how does this save the world, exactly? I guess it WOULD be a good excuse to make out with Kate Beckinsale, Kate Winslet, or Milla Jovovich.

3. Who would play you in a film of your life? Hmm. I'm not sure. I'd like to see how Zooey Deschanel would do, but I'm not sure she could pull off my brooding, dark side. She'd have to try out. Open casting opportunities will be announced when it's time. Ginnifer Goodwin might be good too.

4. Name 5 albums on your death row disc list. Number #1 is Eric Clapton's 24 Nights album...technically it's a double disc album, but it still counts as one. The other four would be....U2's Achtung Baby, the special foreign edition recorded in Berlin and Dublin. The Killers, either Hot Fuss or Sam's Town-I like them equally and they are such great albums, but very different. The same goes for The Black Keys and both the Brother and El Camino albums. If I was able to bribe the Death Row guards, I'd get some Led Zeppelin, Metallica Load and Black, Adele (21), David Garrett's rock symphonies, and maybe some Jewel and old school rap like 2-Pac and Mase, just for good measure.

5. What’s your karaoke song? I've never done karaoke. I desperately want to, but they don't really have any place that does it near me, and I also need some friends who will set aside their pride and do it with me. Although, I should admit, I have performed live with a friend and we did Bad Reputation by Freedy Johnston. That was AWESOMELY fun and I would love to be able to do more performing.

6. If you had to have a hilarious, cartoon-style death, what would it be? Piano falling from a high window and crushing me flat on the sidewalk. No contest. Then I'd get up and walk around all flattened and stretched like the cartoon characters do!

7. What book/film/song do you wish you’d written? I'm not really sure. I do wish I could have stolen the title “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” by Dave Eggers. I mean, come on...who really doesn't want to call their book THAT?!! The fact that he actually got to is very, very admirable. It was, by the way, a very good book.

8. If you could be made into a wax work couple, who would your other half be? Jensen Ackles. But I also have a thing for Ioan Gruffudd and Cillian Murphy, so really, either of them would be acceptable if Jensen were unavailable for some ridiculous reason.

9. What would be your Kryptonite? Pretty, witty men with dark hair, freckles, and light eyes. Wait. That's already my kryptonite. Also, sweets. And chips. And pizza, chinese food, and dyeing my hair way too much.

10. If you ruled the world, what is the first law you’d make? I might outlaw politicians. And make animal abuse punishable by death. I don't believe in the death penalty, but if I did, animal abusers would be the first to get the chair. I'd also make some law that allows less money to public figures, like sports players and entertainers, and channels that money to schools for arts programs and allowing teachers more resources. Also, I'd make all employers treat their employees like humans, not pack mules. Happy people make good employees. I'd make lots and lots and lots of laws. I'd probably get overthrown quite quickly and violently.

11. And who would be the first person you’d execute? The first person to cut into traffic in front of me and then go 10 mph below the speed limit. Those people deserve execution, for sure.





11 random facts about myself-

1. I'm right handed but I play most sports like a lefty would.

2. I'm a trained auricular acupuncturist, and during my training, I discovered my left ear would push out most of the needles placed, while the right ear accepted the needles in a composed and well behaved fashion. My trainer stated this meant my chi was “F-ed up.” HA! He was a great guy.

3. I like figuring out how to recreate really yummy dishes at home I've discovered while eating at restaurants

4. German Shepherds scare me and I wish they would stop being bred and the whole breed allowed to die off.

5. I started drinking coffee at the age of 7. I had to detox from all caffeine at the age of 27, and I allow myself one large mug of half-caf per day now. (I get heart palpitations, major sleep disturbances, and anxiety if I overdo it. Lame, I know.)

6. I've worn high heels since I was like 7 or 8. No, I was not a child beauty pageant queen. I grew up in a church that all the girls wore big poofy hair, fancy dresses, stockings, and heels. So....kind of a pageant, actually, now that I think about it, yes...I rarely wear dresses now, or hairspray.

7. My mother made me take piano lessons every Friday for like five years. I told her I didn't want to, but she insisted I have opportunities she never did. So I simply refused to learn a damn thing. She finally realized $10 a pop to prove her will was stronger than mine was really quite wasteful. I do feel sorry for the teachers I had, though. They must have thought I was truly feeble minded for the extreme lack of progress.

8. I am petrified of being sung “Happy Birthday” to in public. Or, anywhere, really, but especially in public.

9. I had imaginary friends named Chester and Garbo as a child. At a certain point, it became apparent my father liked them more than I did, and when he kept asking about them, I finally told him they weren't around anymore. When he pressed the issue about where they'd gone, I told him I killed them off so he would be quiet about them already. I'm continually reminded by how accommodating my parents really were of my lunacies.

10. I won't eat tuna fish or egg salad prepared by someone else.

11. I once had a (short, but it still counts!) conversation with President Bill Clinton. I wish I had asked him what cologne he was wearing.




Here are my nominees for this award -Jamie Demente, London Cole, Allison Brew, Judith Sweet, Xander Buchan, Miranda Stork, Nisha Moodley, and Elise Stephens (if you've already been tagged, please feel free to ignore. ) I know I'm not supposed to tag the blog that tagged me, BUT I really want CL Raven to answer my made up questions!! Pretty please?



New questions for the nominees are -

1. If you were a Superhero, what would your Nemesis' power be?

2. Take three sentences from three of your favorite songs and make a paragraph that may or may not make sense.

3. What do you wished you had been named?

4. What is a book/song/movie you wish you've never read/heard/watched and why?

5. Let's pretend the Zombie Apocalypse is actually going to happen. How are you going to survive it?

6. Would you rather be raised by wolves or penguins?

7. If your life was a song, what would the title be?

8. Do you wake up, or open your eyes first?

9. Magic wand or Lightsaber?

10. What is the speed of dark? What is the square root of purple?

11. If YOU had to have a hilarious, cartoon-style death, what would it be?




11 comments:

  1. Haha!! Loved reading this. I'm intrigued by the Bill Clinton conversation (and his answer, for some unknown reason ;) And sadly I'm with you on the caffeine. I used to work in a/the best coffeeshop in Nashville called Fido, and for about 2 years I drank massive caramel lattes nonstop. Never bothered me. Now I get heart palpitations that keep me up all night so I limit what I drink and sometimes (sigh) have to drink decaf. I feel your pain!

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    1. Sorry Chy, I answered your question but neglected to hit the "reply" to your comment asking the question, so you may not havee seen it. Here is your prompt if you didn't. ;P

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  2. lol! I was involved with this thing called Presidential Classroom as a senior in high school,where I traveled to Washington D.C. for a week and was involved in all sorts of really cool political stuff. I attended a press conference where Clinton was speaking and met him in the receiving line after. I blurted out that I'd read his book, Between Hope and History (lie) and that I really enjoyed it (lie!) He looked at me for a second, and I could tell he was thrown, and then he said a whole bunch of stuff I can't remember and asked me a question and I don't remember what I said, because I was talking to the President, and had lied to him, and was totally overwhelmed by the situation!! Up close, he looked exhausted and you could totally see all the stage makeup he was wearing for the TV cameras. His eyes were very blue, and bloodshot, his nose was even more bulbous and red in person than in pictures, and he smelled like very expensive, yummy cologne. So that was my bizarro Clinton adventure!

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  3. This is hilarious and awesome! I like your answers! :) And your story about killing of your imaginary friend...Wow! Thanks for tagging me in this! Do you have any idea how the award is given out? (Or can we all say that we've earned it?) :)

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    1. Honestly, I'm pretty sure it's a totally made up award :D But, you know, I've been psychologically trained to want the gold ribbon, regardless of whether it's real or a digital image. In the spirit of fair play, I figured I'd better actually accept the challenge if I was going to put the image up on my blog and claim it! Ha! So just do a blog that (more or less) complies with the rules and you too can be a recipient of the Leibster Award! Yay!

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  4. ROFLOAO! This is pure GENIUS! Absolutely loved your answers! We knew tagging you would be worth it :D Don't worry about the caffeine thing - we once got a phonecall from Ryan's mum saying he'd been sent to hospital from work after collapsing. The doctor said it was a caffeine overdose. He's never lived it down. He swears he hadn't drunk much & blames us for introducing him to Red Bull :D

    Love the story about your imaginary friends! You can tell your dad we think he's responsible for your lunacy ;) And just for you, we're going to answer your questions.

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    1. Oh my God...poor Ryan! I kind of want to laugh, but man...that must have really been quite scary. I'm sure there was much laughing once he pulled through his caffeine induced blackout! I'm picturing his eyes rolling back in his head and him keeling over the second his tongue touches the drop of Red Bull...heehee...ok, now I'm laughing! Don't tell him!

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  5. My childhood sounds positively boring compared to yours!
    Great read :)

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    1. lol! I only share the hi-lites...there were many, many boring times, trust me! ;) Thank you!

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  6. I loved reading this. And, I want to do this. I just don't know if I have the energy....or the positivity at the moment to do this.

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    1. Take your time! No rush...the Liebster Award can be awarded at any time ;)

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