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** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only **  Winner of "Best Blog of 2011" for "The Quills"  . Previous winner of "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" Round 1. A big, heartfelt thank-you to all of my fans and supporters!  Welcome to the randomness, silliness, craziness, and all-around tomfoolery ā what a great word that isn't used nearly enough ā that is my blog. Don't get me wrong, it isn't always silly and crazy. Sometimes it's serious or sad but, more often than not, it's comical. Nonetheless, it is always entertaining. I try to see the fun in life. I'll add to it as much as I can so make sure you check back often.  Feel free to leave a comment or review to let me know you stopped by.  DISCLAIMER: If you are someone who gets offended easily, then you shouldn't go any further. I'm up-front, to-the-point, sarcastic and honest (sometimes brutally so). I tell it like it is, or the way I think it is. If you don't get offended very easily, then you've come to the right blog. All are welcome. The fun is free! My life is an open book blog. Hilarity and chaos ensue... ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
Day 15 Prompt for the "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" : Tell me why you should stay in this competition.āYou canāt look at the competition and say youāre going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say youāre going to do it differently.ā ~ Steve Jobs I picked that quote because itās perfect for me. Iām quite different in every aspect of my life. Itās something I pride myself in. In my opinion, normal = BORING!!! Who wants to live their life as a snoozefest? Not me! My life has always been an open book. For those of you that have been around a while, you already know this. I almost died. Iāll spare you the details because most of you already know. For those that donāt, you can read about it because I have several pieces in my portfolio that explain it. I donāt mean to slight anyone by what Iām about to say, but I donāt think you can truly live until youāve come to the brink of death and fought your way back to the living. I was never truly alive until after. When I woke up in the hospital and found out what happened, the doctor told me it was a miracle that I survived. I told him that I wasnāt done here. To this day, I still believe that to be true. As such, Iām someone that likes to live life out loud. What does that mean? Well, for starters, I donāt do anything half-assed.  I smile A LOT. I laugh A LOT. I love A LOT. I find fun in everything, or at least, try to. I give the best of me to everyone and everything because I am a firm believer in reaping what you sew. I think that what you put out to the world, comes back to you tenfold. Maybe itās luck. Maybe itās karma. Maybe itās destiny. Maybe itās none of those thingsā¦or all of those things. I donāt know. I just know that, at the end of the day, I can look in the mirror and say that I gave it my best shot and tomorrow is another day. Itās not to say that I donāt have my flaws and that I donāt have āoffā days. I absolutely do. I just donāt let it get the best of me. Iām perfectly imperfect and I have a good heart. For those that canāt see that, I will gladly show them to the door.My writing definitely takes on that aspect of my personality as well. I write what I want, when I want, and how I want. I write for me and no one else. Although, I do have quite a following and that makes me very, very happy.  And rather proud, too. My writing is different. It takes on a personality all its own. Itās very much like my personality because, most of the time, I simply write what I feel. Thatās a bit of a double-edged sword sometimes. Usually, I can write about almost anything, but if Iām not feeling it, forget it.I know Iām rambling, but I do actually have a point to all of this. My writing is like life. I live it. I breathe it. I put everything I am in to any piece I write. Writers give it their all, but for me, itās more than that. I think weāre all familiar with the show-donāt-tell writing philosophy. I believe that I show my readers exactly what Iām feeling in a way that you feel it too. Thatās why I should stay in this competition. I'm different and so is my writing. For the second day in a row, I've written a poem. This one is pretty short. I'm not even sure if I like it, but I thought I'd post it anyway. It has double meaning. Let's see if you all pick up on that. Stay with me on this eternal quest of rediscovery and rebirth to bring out my best. Donāt leave the greatest times are ahead I always make things interesting thatās what you get with a redhead. I have this pillow on my bed. I love it because it defines me in a way that nothing else does. I know itās hard to read it all from the photo at the bottom of this entry, but the pillow says, āWriter. Word-lover. Artist. Healer. Researcher. Creator of worlds. Editor. Deep thinker. Grammarian. Explorer. Daydreamer. Helping hand. Wordsmith. Scatterbrain. Logophile. Inventor. Genius. Observer. Visionary. Romantic. Bibliophile. Author of grand tales. CONQUEROR OF WORLDS.ā Itās what we all are, donāt ya think?  In Other News  It dawned on me that you guys might want to see some pictures, so they're posted below. One is the pillow I mentioned in my entry above. There's also a pic of my little princess, Bailey. Isnāt she a cutie?  Last, but not least, there's a pic of me and my roommate/BFF, Jen. Iām the one on the left. Jen and I have been best friends for 24 years. Crazy huh? Dateline  Nothing really to say here. I wonāt see Chris until next weekend since heās got his kids for the week. We talk several times a day, though. I have a āgirl dateā tonight with some friends. Jenās sonās school is having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Iām going and so is my friend, Nancy. Jenās mom, who is like a second mom to me, is going as well. Thatāll be nice. I mean, hey, who doesnāt like spaghetti?   Music, Music, Music  Iām taking you guys back a little today with my song. Stay with me, folks, and Iāll keep writing. Hopefully, Brother Nature  decides to keep me around in this competition. Maybe Iāll be the last one standing. One can only hope. [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] |
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