Cecily just tweeted:
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I am going to probably cross 10,000 followers in the next week or so. Can I just say that's kinda fucking insane?
Dude.
Insane? Yeah, probably. But also? Coooooool. In my wildest dreams. I have FIFTY NINE followers. And about 15-20 hits on this little blog a day. So. In terms of the blogosphere, I'm so far from the "A" list I'm not even assigned a number of the alphabet. But honestly, that's not why I blog. I blog because I like to write stories. I like having an outlet for my life. I'll be very honest, if I had the chance to really make a living blogging, as some are fortunate to do, I wouldn't complain. I'd love every second of being able to support my children and my life by sitting here writing words that thousands of people read every day. And really? NOT LIKELY.
But.
Yesterday, one of my fellow bloggers who comes here all the way from Poland awarded my blog with this:
Mine was one of seven blogs Michelle selected to pass this along to, and I am feeling really thankful for the love. Really, really touched and thankful.
The "rules" that come with the Kreativ Blogger award are as follows:
1. State 7 things about yourself.
2. Pass the award to 7 amazing bloggers. *
*I failed #2. Read on to see why.
Yay! I get to do a meme AND tell you about other blogs I enjoy.
Trying to find 7 things I have never posted here on my blog is an exercise in determining just how many brain cells I killed in college with all that tequila.
- Once in college I got in a drinking contest with a guy at a summer frat rush party. After 11 shots of tequila he was passed out on the floor. After 14 shots, I was still standing and managed to walk home by myself. Needless to say, tequila and I are no longer friends.
- My favorite stress snack foods are garlic stuffed green olives and cheddar cheese.
- Weddings, movies, some books and sappy commercials make me uncontrollably weepy.
- After working in dog rescue for several years I actually have a hard time liking people. But I try very hard. After all, not everyone can be as awesome as dogs are.
- I maintain an extremely prickly exterior to repel the unsuspecting away so that they won't notice my soft, marshmallow filling.
- I have taken (and passed) the Mensa test. But I refuse to join. I want nothing to do with a club that walks around thumbing their nose at people with lower IQs. I detest elitism.
- I sing in my church choir. Really.
There you go.
And here's the second part, except its not really correct because, well...just read on and see.
1. Heathenly is my friend Jackie. She almost never updates this blog, but I note she actually posted something this week after a painfully EXCRUCIATINGLY long hiatus. So drop by, give her a smooch and laugh at her smart-assedness. Maybe if she gets a little traffic she'll dust off the thing a little bit and start entertaining us more.
2. Eternal Lizdom. Liz is compassionate, articulate, inspiring. She sings in her church choir too! She helped inspire my own running program.
3. Haiku Mama blogs here about her crazy life with her three kids. She has high readership and probably doesn't need any attention from little old me to draw readership to her blog, but hers was the blog that started it all for me. Hers was the first blog I really started to read online and she makes me laugh on a regular basis.
4. Audrey probably also doesn't need any help from me to drive traffic to her asylum at 'Barking Mad' but I'm going to include her anyway because I adore her. I love her writing voice, I love her introspection, I love the way she bares her soul and most of all I am constantly awestruck by the strength that enables her to keep smiling, keep parenting, keep blogging and keep moving forward in a world that has been harder and less kind to her than any woman should have to bear.
5. Secret Agent Josephine is another blogger who really doesn't need the two people who read my blog every few days to help her stat counter, but I'll send you there anyway. I found her through a site that existed only to trash other bloggers, over a slightly controversial issue. Because I like to be fair, I read more than just the one post that excited the hullabaloo, and guess what? I really like her. She's funny, creative, *really* artsy and I like reading her.
6. Just Linda posted a comment to a BlogHer article I was also commenting on, and I read her blog from there. She is funny as hell. Articulate. I imagine she is the kind of gal that doesn't giggle behind her hand like all the genteel ladies do, but like me, when she laughs, she rocks the room with it. Check it out.
And now a confession. There are only 6. Why? I FAIL at this.
Many of the blogs I read are big-name blogs. And because I work full time and have kids and dogs and cats and horses and am doing all of this as a single parent, I don't have a lot of other small blogs on my google list.
So my goal over the next weeks is to rectify that situation. Find other bloggers to read who are not A-listers. Or even B-, C- or D-listers.
While a lot of the A-listers are there for valid reasons - they are funny, they are timely, they are observant, and attractive and they write well - there are a lot of bloggers out there who SHOULD be A-listers but aren't for the simple fact that there's just hordes of bloggers out there. I should be able to find them, yes? And if you're reading this, and you are a blogger, please leave me a comment or send me an email so I can go check out your blog. Pretty please. I might even send you an award.
