A Long Weekend & the Versatile Blogger Award

The long weekend has me a little out of the loop. Luckily my friend Charlie Holmberg has provided me some blogging material that can buy me some time to write something really insightful about dashes. It’ll be great, I promise. Until I get all my dashes in a row, here’s my post about the Versatile Blogger Award, which Charlie nominated me for. (Thanks, Chuck!)

The Rules of Said Award Are as Follows:

1. In a post on your blog, nominate 15 fellow bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award.
2. In the same post, add the Versatile Blogger Award.
3. In the same post, thank the blogger who nominated you in a post with a link back to their blog.
4. In the same post, share 7 completely random pieces of information about yourself.
5. In the same post, include this set of rules.
6. Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination by posting a comment on each of their blogs.

My Seven Random Facts:

1. In college I had to drive to campus in the winter not because it was cold (I didn’t mind the temperature, even though I always wore open-toed shoes of some kind), but because I’d get distracted by the snow if I walked and I’d be late for class.
2. I can hardly stand close-toed shoes, and I wear my favorite sandals—Chacos—year round.
3. Because of this I can normally tell if it’s more than a few degrees below freezing outside, because that kind of cold feels different on my toes.
4. I don’t have the keenest eyesight or hearing (thank you very much, genetics), but smells and textures affect me significantly.
5. I blame Fact #4 for my somewhat overeager gag reflex.
6. Growing up, my favorite video game was Bubsy on the Super NES. In it you played a bobcat who was trying to save the world’s yarn from invading space aliens. My favorite part were the various animations it had for when Bubsy died.
7. Chlorine is one of my favorite smells in the whole world, probably because I spent about half my life in a pool through junior high, high school, and part of college.

My Nominations

I know this totally breaks the rules of the award, but everyone I know who blogs and would respond to this award has already done it. So I’m going to pass on finding 15 random individuals to send this to. However, if you, friendly reader, would like to take part in this award-fest and haven’t had this particular award passed on to you yet, please consider this your invitation. Just comment below to accept your nomination!