wTf? wEdNeSdAy! My WiP and a Cop Out...again

wTf? wEdNeSdAy! Everyone needs a day to say wtf? What day is better than Hump Day?

Today is my one-month anniversary of NO POP(soda)!!

It's been a week since I debuted my sexy WiP board of funness. Well, it's also been a week since I stored it away. I have been at wits end. So, since you all encouraged me to take a break yesterday...I am extending that into today as well, for a few hours. (Also, I worked yesterday afternoon and evening, so I can't count that as time not writing) Today, I will work on writing. Yes, that is what I will do, today, starting this afternoon. But, for today's post, I totally have some unfinished awards business to deal with. This is where the cop out from my title comes in. I have been feeling against awards lately. They are generic and frilly and have been clogging up the blogosphere. But...I do love one thing about awards, they distract people from noticing the lack of work I am doing.

Award #1

I received the Creative Writing Award given to me by Shannon O'Donnell. I think you'll join me in considering this award the most appropriate for a writer to receive. Therefore, I feel honored that the great SO'D would think of me. She has like 2 million followers and does cool things on her blog, like giving away Query Queen Elana Johnson's Ebook. Here are her words about my words: "I think we can all agree that when it comes to creativity and making others happy, Jon is a master." Holla! I have always wanted to be a master of something. The rules of this award state that I am I am required to name 10 things that make me happy and to pass the award along. My rules are that I will give the award to only one person and ignore all award rules, but since I like to be happy, I think I can pump out a list of ten things.

1. Red Vines

2. Green olives

3. Local wine

4. Celery

5. Carrots

6. Black olives

7. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

8. Boiled potatoes with french onion dip and shredded cheddar

9. Sweet potato fries

10. Food, in case you didn't notice

My recipient of this fun award is Tina Lynn. She makes me happy because she doesn't take any crap and she totally tells it like it is. Want to improve your writing? Befriend this spitfire.

Award #2

Kelly Polark, whose name I consistently spell wrong, has given me (and my best buds Heather and Tina) the "Creative Writer Blogger Award", which I believe is the knockoff of the award up above. That doesn't make me like it less! Especially coming from Kelly who's like a smile in a box! Also, she asks the best SAMS* questions! Seriously, if you could bottle her up, you'd have the next big thing. Here are this award's rules:

X 1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link them.X 2. Add the award to your blog.X 3. Tell six outrageous lies about yourself and one truth.

1. The color purple induces a mean throw up fit every February 29.

2. I have seven thumbdrives.

3. In the year 2006 I read three books.

4. My stage name is Harlequin Romantique

5. I have a blue belt in the marital arts.

6. My iPod is chartreuse.

7. I once dated a guy named Mar'Quinn

X 4. Nominate six creative liars ... I mean, writers and link them. (I am breaking my rule for this too.)

Kristopher - He is hilarious and honest! I seriously need you to go check out his blog. He recently moved from, get this, Idaho to Maine!

Marybeth - She gave up Facebook and Twitter for Lent and I want you to go give her some blogosphere lovin'.

Sarah Dooley - She's one cool cat and gives me some great advice. She's been here since the beginning. Also, she has a book coming out!

Robert Guthrie - Mostly because he has helped me gain some major perspective over the last few weeks, but partly because Heather will award this to him too and I want to do it first. Ha! Also, I love to read, especially when it's his writing!

Dena Daw - One of my Children's Picture Books crit partners. She has short sweet posts and they make me laugh every time. Especially when she takes my advice about garden gnomes.

Marisa Hopkins - Another of my PB crit partners. She is an uber talented illustrator and a blogger extraordinaire. I aspire to be like her. Also, she and I share an affinity for self-deprecation that I find quite impressive.

5. Let your nominees know they've been nominated.

I'll be doing this soon, if you don't see it already.

Please note the resistance of boomerang awardage.

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Kelly said:

SAMS: What vegetable do you not care for very much? :)
SAMS: Who do you think is the hottest celebrity? Which one gets on your nerves the most?
Nothing big to ponder, just some fun stuff to think about today and then get your buttinski to work tomorrow!

Tune in Saturday to find out my answers and be thinking of your own answers. kelly, I hope you are ready for an eye-full. I made lists and categories. I can reassure you that there will not be any charts on the snowfall of, what did Anita say, "I didn't know your town was that small!," so, yeah, no more facts and figures about little old Lud.

Not much of a cop out, this post took me two hours. Good night, I mean morning, well, technicolorly it is Wednesday for me.

Morning run.

Snow day! 9", we're not sure why either...