Kreativ (no, really)

I got a blogger award, y'all. It's no Oscar, but it's still pretty cool for someone doing the thing you do to say "hey, I like how you do it too". So I accept.

We all know that along with great power comes great responsibility. My responsibilities with this award include:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog.
2. Answer 7 questions about yourself.
3. Provide 10 random factoids about yourself.
4. Hand the award to 7 deserving others.

Bev over at Black Ink Paperie bestowed this award upon me. Thanks, Bev! 

I answered the 7 questions in a video that might also include a staring contest and songs from my dining room floor:



10 Random Factoids about myself: 

1. I rarely wear pants at home.
2. I once cried over onions on a cheeseburger. (Rough day.)
3. I enjoy the Steve Harvey morning show.
4. I play the flute.
5. I would really like for Tom Hardy to carry me around in a papoose.
6. I eat a lot of Slim Jims.
7. I love that Aziz Ansari kayaking commercial way too much.
8. I have a reoccurring bruise on my ankle. 
9. I like to wait a few minutes before turning on the AC when I get into a really hot car.
10. I sorta have a thing for presidential serve-ware. 

And now for the hardest part...hand the award to 7 deserving others. It's hard to narrow it down because I am a big fan of so many bloggers. The gals in the following list have great blogs plus they are super nice.

1. Kacey of Kacey's Kitchen and Where In The World Is Kacey 
2. Erin of Eef Etc and Indie Gift Box 
3. Angie at AmarieBeauty
4. Chelsea from Yours Truly
5. Chris over at Chubbette Tales
6. Rosie at Craftbotic
7. Colleen from Paisley Boulevard

Tell me about your favorite blogs. I'll check 'em out.

Bonus!  I did a little digging and found that a blogger in Norway created this award way back in 2008. 

Featurette Friday: Sling Blade Reads Popular Science Mmmhmm

Have I mentioned how much I enjoy beating a dead horse? I had so much fun torturing my sister with creating highbrow humor for you last week in the Yoda Reads NASCAR Romance video, that I'm sticking to the formula. Random character + something said character wouldn't read = comedic genius comedy at least as good as Joe Dirt which had a domestic gross over 27 million (really).

Without further ado, I present to you Sling Blade Reads Popular Science Mmmhmm.

That one time when I read to you

The winner of the short story contest I entered was announced today. They spelled my name "Deb Atwood". Sometimes I get "Gen" or "Jenn" or "Bi..." but this is the first time I've seen it spelled it that way. Silly geese. 

Someone (unfortunately not the judges) told me that they very much enjoyed my story and would like for me to develop it into a novel AND could totally see it as a movie. I didn't even have to pay or threaten violence upon this person to make them say that. (Fine, it was my sister. But I think she really, really meant it.) 

Before I begin the novel, I'd like to share the short story here in it's entirety. I want feedback. Even if you hate it. The only feedback I got on the contest page was "haunting". Yep. One word. I assume she meant that she found my story haunting. Not that she was planning to die and then haunt me for wasting minutes of her life on my terrible story. 

I'm going to read "The First Dissidents" to you. On video. Just listen, don't watch - it's all talking head. I like to hear authors read their words. I read "Bossy Pants" but I still want to listen to the audio book because I'm interested to hear Tina Fey read it how she wrote it to be read. If you would like to read the story but really don't want to listen to the awkward child voice that comes out of my 30-year-old mouth, you may read it on this page.

Here goes nothing. Or something. We'll see.