Liebster Award!

Thanks to my wonderful BFF who continues to support my blogging efforts and nominated me for the Liebster Award - I accept!

Now, I proceed to answer her questions:

What made you get into blogging?
Reading cool blogs.

If you had to spend a year on a deserted island and could only bring one non-electronic item with you, what would it be?

No, I could never do this! I would die! Please don't make me! No one thing (Sunblock, water purifier, flint, dental floss?) would help me get through this torture.

What skill or strength of yours are you most proud of?

Ugh... It's not twerking. 

What is one goal you have for yourself in the coming year, big or small?

Make another production.

Let’s say you were granted an opportunity to try out another career for a year without any risk to your current job/career and with all your financial needs adequately met, what would it be?

Directing.

Would you classify yourself as an introvert or an extrovert?

Both but more seemingly extroverted.

What is one of your favorite movies or TV shows?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

What is your opinion of the Mars One program, which plans to send people on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024 — specifically, are the people who want to take part being selfish, as some have claimed?

I cannot relate to these people at all. They sound incredibly crazy (and brave?) to me. I don't view it as being selfish as much as suicidal.
Wait, scratch that - I just read the linked article. Yes, this makes Sonia a bad wife.

Do you speak any other languages besides English? If so, which ones, and how fluent are you?

Malayalam and I'm alright. I can understand it pretty fluently but speak it meh.

What part of the world would you choose to visit if you won a free trip and hotel stay to anyplace you wanted?

I'd stay domestic. I'm not down for international travel.

Is there a fashion trend, past or present, that you can’t stand?

I can't think of an answer immediately so maybe the answer is no. 

I am skipping the nominating part so this chain dies with me! Sorry! 

“One Lovely Blog” Award Nomination! Thanks to my BFF!

So, I had been neglecting this blog for no good reason when my BFF and favorite blogger of somekernelsoftruth.com inspired me to post through her nomination of my sad little blog for the "One Lovely Blog" award. 

Now, I am diligently following the rules for accepting the nomination:

1) Many thanks to somekernelsoftruth.com for her support and encouragement! She may be my only reader but that may be all I need to know!

2) Done!

3) Share 7 facts/or things about yourself:

• I, too, cannot swim;
• or bike;
• I once pitched a screenplay to James Cameron. Although he hasn't called me (yet), it was one of the greatest moments of my life thus far. I envision accepting an Oscar and including him among those I thank - maybe he'll remember me?
• In 2009, I won my seat to play in the World Series of Poker main event and was eliminated on Day 2. I can't wait to play again and win a WSOP championship bracelet! At $10,000, it's too pricey to buy-in to directly - any sponsors?
• I want to write a screenplay for a (time-travel) movie so cool that JC and Joss Whedon (writer-creator of one of my favorite television series of all time) would want to meet me as enthusiastically as I have wanted to meet them.  
• I did not start said screenplay (yet) riddled with doubt and plagued with writer's block and laziness. I'm working on that. I don't really buy-in to numerology but it was very inspiring to read about my "Life Path Number" - 22 - aka a Master Builder. It made me feel better about being a late bloomer ("It can take someone with this number well into their adulthood before they manifest their dreams because they have to go through trials, and learning experiences before they mature enough to incorporate their true calling in their life.") 
• I hit exercise session 81 today and am happy to have not dropped exercise (yet).

4) My Award "Nominees" - You can see how dated my blog reading has been because most of my nominees have been discontinued for years. I guess this is fitting somehow, as my blog was on life support until revived through this nomination. It would be awesome if my subsequent nominations had similar effect:

somekernelsoftruth.com - I don't care if she's already been nominated and if it appears I am just returning the favor - but, she really is my favorite blogger!!! 
Not only is she an excellent writer, she is as thoughtful, insightful and kind on her blog as she is in real life. 
What's funny is how many new things I learn about her just from reading her blog, although we have been best friends for over twenty years! Am I that dense or inconsiderate of my BFF to not have realized the formative nature of her wonderful childhood friendship with a tree or to have summarily dismissed this personally recommended sitcom only to appreciate its comedy in syndication now, more than 16 years after it first debuted?
I also didn't realize she was an air tourist! What!? That's the total opposite of me - I hate air travel although I appreciate its existence because I am all about getting to my destination using the fastest option possible. However, I regularly try to first, sleep deprive myself before the scheduled departure, then knock-out on the flight, hopefully not awaking until landing.

http://anna.typepad.com/ and http://anna.typepad.com/diary
Anna John, aka suitablegirl, was my favorite blogger for years almost a decade ago - how time flies. I remember eagerly checking her blogs regularly, always excited to read a new post and to follow what she shared about her life. She had such a unique, vivid and sassy writing style, and I hope she continues to write because she was really great at it. Sadly, she seems to have discontinued these blogs. She was also the co-founder of another innovative group blog that I'm sorry has also been discontinued.

https://twitter.com/scorps1027
Another discontinued blog nomination and shout out to another favorite blogger/writer from back in the day. I hope this lady puts out a novel one day because I would gladly buy it.

http://theintrospectiveblog.wordpress.com/
The most recent blog I discovered via my encounter with a blogger through my lackluster exploration of okcupid.com - he was too uptight for even short-term communication but he can write.