Showing newest posts with label featured blogger friday. Show older posts
Showing newest posts with label featured blogger friday. Show older posts
featured blogger friday v12

the blogger that i am featuring this week (with a couple of new questions!) is probably the smartest blogger i read, sorry everyone else - he wins. but he's not smart in the steve urkel kind of way because he's the wickedly funny kind of smart, original, extremely creative and cute.

yes cute - i'm in junior high apparently.

i haven't been reading him as long as i have some of my other favorites but i was quickly hooked with his witty humor, sweet photoshop skills and pinch of self deprecation - oh, and did i mention he was cute?


ok fine, i'll stop with the cute thing. i don't want his princess to come to cleveland and put a restraining order out on me.


the last time that happened it didn't end well....... kidding.

ok enough jibber jabber, time to read a blogger who is way better than me.

who are you and what is your blog?

My "name" is Arjewtino and I blog at Arjewtino.com. My name is a portmanteau (or mishmash, for the unpretentious) of the fact that I was born in Argentina and am Jewish.

See what I did there?

where are you typing from?

Washington, DC. Well, actually a DC suburb in Maryland but that sounds lamer.

I am sitting on my couch at home, wearing pajamas and a blue hoodie, watching a rerun of "Friends", and typing on my five-year-old Dell that Just Won't Die.

how long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?

I have been blogging since July 2006 but hope to retire sometime in the next 50 years. I use Wordpress and don't understand why anyone would use Blogger. Ahem.

sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.

I have been called a jerkface three separate times by three separate people this week. One of them was my boss.

That sums me up pretty well.

are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?

I am semi-anonymous, meaning that I post photos of myself but I don't use my real name.

Actually, I just wanted to say "semi".


if you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?

In a heartbeat. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or has much too high self-esteem.

so you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you’re sitting at your computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or google talk with?

If I were drinking a bottle of wine alone I wouldn't be blogging, I would be looking for my uterus.

Now, if I were drinking a bottle of whiskey alone, I would probably be bugging Shiftless Badger, ePod, and Josh.

how many blogs are in your google reader?

128. But only 17 of them are sex blogs.

If you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?

A Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Len. I love photography and also have a photo blog.

I would use the leftover $500 to visit my grandma in Buenos Aires.

what’s the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?

When I was 10, I was getting undressed in my room and hadn't noticed that two teenage girls could see me through an open window. Naked, I jumped for the window to draw the curtains as they ran away laughing.

More recently, I decided to wear THIS for Halloween.

top three favorite movies from your childhood.

Back to the Future
Goonies
Annie (what? I had a crush on the girl who played Annie)

you have can only listen to one band/solo artist for the rest of your life, who would it be?

Pearl Jam. I don't care what people think.

name something random that i could find if i was snooping through your purse/wallet?

I am very proud that I carry the thinnest wallet I have ever seen, the anti-George Costanza wallet.

Aside from thousands of dollars in cash, the most random thing in there is probably my dental insurance card. Joke's on them, I don't even use it!

link to a funny you tube video you like.

I like making up new lyrics to established songs, so this video cracks me up everytime.

wanna share a secret with me, i promise i won’t tell… <-- that’s a lie, but tell me something anyways.

I hate drinking water out of a straw. I think it's disgusting. I try not to tell too many people that. It's pretty controversial.

what’s the hardest thing about coming up with something interesting to blog about day after day after day?

Not enough time to write a decent post. My stupid employer expects me to "earn my paycheck" and "not use company computers for personal use".

Blogging would be so much easier without a job.

if you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and why?

When you say "trade places", I imagine inhabiting someone else's body, like Fred Savage and Judge Reinhold did in Vice Versa.

Under that logic, I would "trade places" with White Collar Redneck, for two reasons:

(1) He can grow an awesome beard.

(2) He lives in Cleveland so then I would be able to meet you.

who’s your blog crush?

Let me pick two bloggers, one female and one male to make things fair.

My female blogger crush is Smash, who is hysterical, self-deprecating, and unafraid to post embarrassing photos and stories of herself.

My male blogger crush is Ken, who's an amazing photographer who continuously captures impressive photos. He can take the most ordinary situation and make it look incredible. I envy that.

parting words of wisdom?

Always start sentences with "Like I always say..." and you will sound smarter than you really are.

And never be afraid to get absurdly naked for humor.

featured blogger friday v11

so i took a couple of weeks off from doing a featured blogger friday post. well it's back kids and this week we have a very special guest.

a blog celebrity! a 2008 blogger choice award winner! THE hottest mommy blogger!

do i really need to go on here?

you know who she is. and if you don't, you better recognize people.




who are you and what is your blog?

I am Crissy, Queen of Fucking Everything (can we say fuck here?), and my blog is www.crissyspage.com


where are you typing from?

Work. Duh.

how long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?

I have been blogging for one year and I use wordpress. My husband picked it out. I
have no idea.


sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.

My blog is fucking spectacular.

are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?

Let's just say that I'm screwed if I decide to run for president.


do your readers know what you look like?

My readers have seen me naked. I'd call that a big yes.

if you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?

Hell yes. I'll sell my shit out in a heartbeat. Blog for sale! Call me people! I
think Dooce secretly wants to be me though. She copies everything I do.
It's pretty sad when you get pregnant just because somebody else did. Just
sayin. Get a life Doocie.


so you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you’re sitting at your
computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or google talk with?

Ooooo...I have a strict policy regarding email and Merlot. They just don't
mix. It's mostly because my ability to type when drunk becomes nonexistent.
But if I could type, I would choose Chris, Dingo, Stoogepie i email with the three of them the most. Does it still count because I'm sober?

how many blogs are in your google reader?

In my what now? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?


if you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?

I would buy a new refrigerator--A fancy one that doesn't freeze my lettuce. I
know. I even bore myself.

what’s your favorite thing to do after 10pm?

Sleep! Are you kidding me?


top three favorite movies from your childhood.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder version of course), Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Beetlejuice.

name something random that i could find if i was snooping through your
purse/wallet?

A pair of Curious George panties, a light up penis keychain, baggie of mashed Lucky Charms.


link to a funny you tube video you like.

Gosh. Is it wrong that all the videos I'd link to are ones that I made?

[editor's note: this is my favorite crissy youtube video]

wanna share a secret with me, i promise i won’t tell… <-- that’s a lie, but
tell me something anyways.

I tried to sell my panties on Craigslist last Christmas. It didn't work out. Did you know people want DIRTY panties? Eeeeeeewwwwww!!!


if you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and
why?

Bossy. But I don't know why. I just really like her.

who’s your blog crush?

Oh I have so many! I'll limit it to the boys who are Chris, Ben, Stoogepie and I guess I should include,my husband, but I have some girl ones too (I'm looking at you Melissa, Kiala, and Dingo).


parting words of wisdom?

Never wear anything red and shiny on your ass because it will make it look like a tomato.

Never masturbate in a voting booth.

Vodka makes babies appear in your tummy.



[editors note: i'm looking to revamp the featured blogger questionnaire. so when you are done leaving crissy a comment telling her how awesome she is, throw in a question that you would like to see on this little survey of mine]

featured blogger friday v10

this week's featured blogger needs zero introduction. he's just that awesome.

although i do ask that you do one thing for me before you start reading his responses to the survey. i feel that you need to prepare yourself for his greatness.

click here to experience

may i now present to you,

the man.

the myth.

the legend.


Who are you and what is your blog?

Chris, from Surviving Myself.


Where are you typing from?

My office. I just finished eating an apple, then I read something about cheetahs and how they can't roar like lions or other big cats and now I'm doing this. My boss is proud of me.


How long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?

I had a sports blog for about a year and that had an audience (I'm just guessing here) of about three people a month. Then one day I wrote about how I could beat up Tom Cruise and people liked it, so I switched to writing just random crap I thought about it, and Surviving Myself was born. I've been writing there since February.


Sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.

Please Hammer, don't hurt 'em.


Are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?

I put my name out there. It's Chris O'Shea. No, not the damn graphic artist or the pudgy magician! The blogger! I hate that when I google myself (you do it too don't lie) those two dudes come up and I am nowhere to be found.


Do your readers know what you look like?

Yes, on my "about" page there's a picture. And here I am.



If you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?

Hell yes. In fact, that's exactly what I want to do. My dream job is to be able to write my blog from my couch in my boxer briefs while eating Count Chocula.


So you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you’re sitting at your computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or google talk with?

Hmmm. This is so gossipy! Right, it's kind of gossipy? I have no idea.

Okay, I'm going to go with:

Mindy from Mindy Does Minneapolis.

The blogger from Hollywood Sucker.

Aaron from Mental Three Sixty (though he doesn't really blog anymore)


How many blogs are in your google reader?

I don't use google reader. I know, I know. But every time I try to I end up doing something wrong. I just use bookmarks, which is what Batman uses too. So there.


If you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?

Probably a watch that is close to that amount. Maybe a Movado. I love watches, I have six right now and want more.


What’s your favorite thing to do after 10pm?

Sleep. Unless it's the weekend, then drinking and yelling.


Top three favorite movies from your childhood.

Oh damn, this is hard. Okay, this is just off the top of my head.

1) Teen Wolf 2) Rocky and 3) The Never Ending Story.


Name something random that I could find if I was snooping through your purse/wallet?

I carry a money clip because I'm Special And Famous. So all you'd find is money, my train card and my credit card. Nothing special or random.


Link to a funny you tube video you like.

This will give you some insight into my head.


Wanna share a secret with me, I promise I won’t tell… <-- that’s a lie, but tell me something anyways.

I have a hole in my sock right now. The horror!!!


If you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and why?

Probably Pistols from Save Your Generation, just so I could see what being awesome was like for one day.


Who’s your blog crush?

Does Kim Kardashian have a blog? No? Well, I don't have one then.


Parting words of wisdom?

Eat your soup and never, ever forget Montell Jordan.

featured blogger friday v9

happy halloween!! excuse me while i turn up the volume on my monster mash recording- i'm having a serious chair dancing party over here.

this weeks featured blogger is the ALMIGHTY jenn. i mean seriously can this blogger get any cooler, between writing two blogs, doing her guidespot articles and planning the 20 something blogger convention that's happening this summer in boston this is one busy blogger. AND she does it all with a smile.

thanks so much for taking the time to fill out the survey jenn - as always, you rock, i heart you.

Who are you and what is your blog?
I'm Jenn from free and flawed and must love geek

Where are you typing from?
The Windy City

How long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?
Hmm..I think 6ish years or so. It all started on LiveJournal. I've been using Wordpress for the last two years. I have a Blogger account only so I can comment on those blogs that require it. Jerks :P

Sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.
I'm bottling up the crazy in my life by putting it all on the Internet.

Are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?
I'm somewhere in the middle I think. I don't go out of my way to hide my identity, but I don't hide either.

Do your readers know what you look like?
I think most of them do. I'm including a picture so people don't confuse me for my stick-figure alter-ego. It was taken at my birthday dinner with some of my favorite bloggers.


If you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?
I think yes. I don't know what it's like to be Dooce so I can't really say if I wouldn't like it. I'd use my powers for good...promise!

So you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you're sitting at your computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or google talk with?
HA! Dan Mega, Jamie and Jessica (Everyday Adventures...) I laughed because I had a wee bit too much wine on Monday and called my mom and Dan. Twas awesome.

How many blogs are in your google reader?
190. And I just recently cleaned it out a bit. Sweet mother!

If you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?
Cupcakes for all 190 bloggers. What? Technically that is one item, it's just multiples of that one item. The bloggers won't argue with me.


What's your favorite thing to do after 10pm?
Sleep! Lately it's been happening before 10 p.m. sadly. I'm so old.

Top three favorite movies from your childhood.
The Little Mermaid, Beetlejuice and Oliver & Company

Name something random that I could find if I was snooping through your purse?
An emergency supply of toilet paper.

Link to a funny you tube video you like.
Mac Beautiful
. I'm singing along with her!

Wanna share a secret with me, I promise I won't tell… <-- that's a lie, but tell me something anyways.
Dan Mega is my manfriend. I think I want a T-shirt that says that....you know, like the Jesus is my homeboy shirts?

If you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and why?
Oh that's so a tie. I've been thinking about this question since the first interview you did. Angela from Ang-Smiles because she works in a crime lab or Katie from Dr. Katie Goes to Med School because, well, she's going to med school. I'm tired of living through these lovely ladies. Time to be them!

Who's your blog crush?
Kyla Bea - how adorable is she?!

Parting words of wisdom?
This is a lesson I had to learn the hard way: You don't make friends with salad.

featured blogger friday v8

if there were 20 something blogger superlatives, this week's featured blogger would be voted most popular. and that's not a stretch.

men, women, children and even dachshunds all love this guy.


i personally want to put him in my pocket bringing him out every night to drink martinis and hang out with me. is that weird? probably.


i can't wait for the 20SB meet-up this summer to see all the bloggers fight for his attention. hope the newf doesn't get too jealous : )

ok, enough of my jibber jabber let's get to the
main event!


Who are you and what is your blog?


Why hello there! I almost don’t know where to begin since I don’t think I’ve ever been
mentioned on this blog before.

I’m Ben and I keep myself busy over at No Ordinary Rollercoaster - a name that incorrectly suggests that I support poor grammar. Truth is, I simply don’t believe that rollercoaster should be split into two words and I refuse to do so no matter how many of you correct me in your blogrolls (sheep…).

Oh. And I also write for the world’s coolest dog blog . Hyperbole be damned.


Where are you typing from?

Halifax, Nova Scotia - home of Ellen Page, Sidney Crosby, Feist, Anne Murray, problem drinking and me.

How long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?

I’ve been going since January 2007 and have stuck by Blogger the entire time. Why? Because I know who my real friends are and no matter how much bigger Wordpress’ boobs are and how much money Typepad’s dad has…Blogger is and will forever be my platform of choice.


Sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.

The daily shit that people read in hopes that the newf makes an appearance.

or,

A much less-arousing substitute for internet porn time.

or,

The Brady Bunch if everyone were gay, drunk, talentless or wiener dogs.

Your pick.


Are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?

Google Benjamin Boudreau for your answer on that one. I use to have the top spot for Ben Boudreau too but some hockey-playing douchebag has it now for his stats. As if that’s more important than the useless noise I spew out on a daily basis...AS IF, I SAY!


Do your readers know what you look like?

Yes they do. But do you know what most of them DON’T know? Most don’t know what the newf looks like. BEHOLD:


If you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?

I thought so. Then there was this week where my blog was a little out of control and it made me want to be a half-crazy recluse. I’m going to say yes but know that I’d be sick to my stomach 75% of the time especially if a substantial number of people in Halifax started reading. I would hate that. Then I’d be an all-the-way-crazy recluse.


So you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you’re sitting at your computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or google talk with?

Jamie. Maxie. Rachel. For me, this question is not so much hypothetical as it is, “that time that this happened, who did you email or google talk with?”


How many blogs are in your google reader?

165 and I read every single one. Coincidentally, I have no free time and my eyes are bleeding.


If you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?

A house made of gold. DON’T RUIN MY DREAMS WITH TALKS OF BUDGETS!

lalalalalalalalalalacanthearyoulalalalalalalalalala


What’s your favorite thing to do after 10pm?

Last year I would’ve said be setting drinking records at the martini bar (I still have my 12 martini title!) but now that we’re all common-law married and shit, I just get in bed and try to convince myself that buying a house in the suburbs hasn’t made me lame.


Top three favorite movies from your childhood.

The Chipmunk Adventure. Silverhawks. Bedknobs and Broomsticks.


Name something random that I could find if I was snooping through your purse/wallet?

A crumpled up business card from the first job I got after graduating university. It’s boring, I know, but neither my dead body collection nor my shame fit in my wallet.

Link to a funny you tube video you like.

For adorable funny click here.

For obnoxious funny click here.

For something I worked on funny click here.


Wanna share a secret with me, I promise I won’t tell…
<-- that’s a lie, but tell me something anyways.

I’ve had a self-image problem since I was ten and I don’t think I’ve ever looked in a mirror to see what I actually look like to other people.


If you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and why?

Tiffany because she spends every day dripping in gorgeous with a talented photographer husband to document it all. Plus that way I’d be coming out even with two mini dachshunds to play with.

On second thought, can I switch with her husband? It’d be kinda weird if I showed up and while she was away and was all “hey! Wanna hang out? What side of the bed do you sleep on?”


Who’s your blog crush?

See that 165 number of blogs on my reader? That’s how many crushes I have. Want me to list them all? Fack no.

Parting words of wisdom?

Always be on guard against the dutch oven.

featured blogger friday v7

holy crap i don't believe this is the 7th week for FBF already!

yes, featured blogger friday (FBF) has now been made into an acronym, thanks to megkathleen douchegirl for shortening the phrase into a comment last week. it's fabulous isn't it?


woohoo to FBF!


this weeks featured blogger is crazy. but crazy in the best way possible. there isn't another blogger out there that can make my jaw drop the way she does. i literally stare at the screen shaking my head and laughing at her experiences.

so
if you don't read dolce, you need to quickly add her to your reader - you won't be disappointed!

get ready for something sweet kids...


Who are you and what is your blog?

My name is Dolce and my blog is La Dolce Vita.


Where are you typing from?

A hotel room. A f*ing hotel room with bad wireless. (Just so you know: Sheraton, Marriot, or Holiday Inn – I hate you! No, seriously, I hate you. You suck the life out of my blogging because you won’t invest in good internet service.)


How long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?

November 2007 – right after I realized blogging wasn’t just for celebrities.


Platforms are more than just for diving?


Oh. Okay…here’s a secret…I have three blogs and only one is anonymous…this one. (Good luck finding the others), but I use both wordpress and blogger and in my opinion, wordpress sucks ass.


Sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.

I don’t know what my piece of internet is...Proving to the blogging world though my (mostly) embarrassing and (horribly) ridiculous stories that not ALL 20 something married people suck. –yeah, it’s hard for me to believe too.


Are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?

Anonymous. I tried to go straight this summer and I never felt more naked…and for me, that’s a stretch.


Do your readers know what you look like?

Um. During my "coming out" days I posted a few pictures and immediately took them down in fear of someone knowing me. Since this isn't my blog, what the hell.


Typical Dolce. Just so you know, that is NOT my husband.



If you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?

What the hell is a Dooce???


It makes me think of a guy in the bathroom going number two. I would never want to be famous for something that reminds people of a wet Lincoln log. That is absolutely gross.


If it was a cool name like Dolce I might consider it.


So you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you’re sitting at your computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or Google talk with?

Let the flood gates open:


I’ll take it a step further…When I have too many glasses of wine or vodka I have tendency to drunk dial SO@24. –BEST conversationalist EVER – except when he wants to ride his bike. –Ask him about it, I hope he’s proud.


RS27: He had 37 margaritas…I had 42 glasses of wine. We would be the only ones who could call it a conversation.


If I could have one drunk dial, gchat, or e-mail with a fellow blogger it would be with D from Shallow and Very, Very Single. If there was a possibility of us ever meetings, I think we would both destroy our livers.


How many blogs are in your google reader?

Oh…I don’t know. The cool ones.


If you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?

Lottery tickets! Are you kidding me? Not any of those stupid scratches either. I’m determined to win the PowerBall…the 200 million jack pot.


I know I'm going to win. I can feel it!


What’s your favorite thing to do after 10pm?

Weekdays: Avoid the everlasting “show” my husband performs in his sleep. Once he thought he was Bruce Lee and karate chopped me in the stomach. Not cool.


Weekends: I’m usually half way to passed out but I’m pretty sure it includes Rock Band and wine.


Top three favorite movies from your childhood.

Hands down: SANDLOT – You’re killing me, Smalls.


Goonies – What kid didn’t want to be Data?


Annie – Yeah, it surprises me too, but I am a girl.


Name something random that I could find if I was snooping through your purse/wallet?

A letter from the IRS saying I own them 2k…they’ll get it…bastards.


• Just so you know, don’t trust Turbo Tax, it will f* you in the ass.


Link to a funny you tube video you like:

Alright- my soon to be sister-in-law and I constantly text each other lines from this song. It proves how in the gutter my sense of humor really is.



Wanna share a secret with me, I promise I won’t tell… <-- that’s a lie, but tell me something anyways.

If you've read my blog you know I have no secrets.


Let me see if I can think of one...


Oh! When I was 16 I parked my car at a friends house and forgot to put it in gear and use the emergency break. My car rolled down a hill and right into her neighbor's dining room. - I can't make this shit up. I was so shaken up that before the police showed up I put the emergency break up and the police reported it was a faulty brake and no one's fault. The insurance company had to cover $15,000 worth of damage to the house.


If you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and why?

Hands down, without a doubt, WIND IN YOUR VAGINA. Black Hockey Jesus is a brilliant writer. Albeit, he’s the proud owner of a penis, he can write how the wind feels in a vagina better than any woman I know.


Who’s your blog crush?

Well, we all know who I’m truly in love with, but for blogging purposes:


I can’t pick just one; it's impossible!


70%: My ULTIMATE blogging fantasy is being smashed in the middle of a man-wich between RS27 and SO@24 – Mmmm yum… Be still my heart.


30% In(side) the Loop. This girl has style most of us only dream of. She’s amazing.


Parting words of wisdom?

Don’t slap a man in the balls while he’s sleeping unless he really deserves it.


featured blogger friday v6

i have been a sucky blogger/commenter this week. work has been kicking my behind, but instead of complaining i need to be thankful that someone wants me to do work for them right? see how i spun that?

thanksfully by 5pm today all of my deadlines will have been met, and i will be out drinking with SUEDE. i hope i don't spill my drink on him, i hear liquid stains SUEDE pretty easily.

thank god for featured blogger friday during this week of insanity because that means a fabulous blogger can do all the work for me!

this week's featured blogger is living the high life out in los angeles, looking for miss right. or miss right now - i think it depends on his mood.

when i started the featured blogger series this blogger immediately raised his hand volunteering to fill out the survey. and how could i deny him? he has an amazingly humorous yet brutally honest blog - i mean who doesn't enjoy reading about his attempts to find love? plus he is all around genuinely awesome!

i don't know what i'll do when he gets back in a relationship.

ok, ok, enough of my babbles. i know who you really want read about.


Who are you and what is your blog?

So@24 aka “SO” aka “Dude with the blue bar across his eyes”


www.Startingoverat24.blogspot.com


Where are you typing from?

I might be the only blogger that does my writing when I get home. I usually have to have a beer or two when I dive into the “more intense” posts. My job frowns on drinking during normal work hours.


Prudes.


How long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?

I started writing back in June of 2007


Blogger is the only way to go. None of that fancy schmancy wordpress witch craft. That’s right. I said it. Pick your side.


Sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.

The brutally honest experiences and thoughts from a single guy trying to date for his first time at 25.


Are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?

I started off anonymous to protect others, but I’m not as strict anymore after my ex discovered my ramblings . I still keep a blue bar over my eyes in pictures, but I’ll most likely Facebook friend you if you ask. And I’m always down to meet up for drinks.


Do your readers know what you look like?

Readers probably got a pretty good idea from this post.


Or if you’re the anti-clicking-on-links type:



If you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?

I don’t know who “dooce” is, but it sounds absolutely disgusting.


I don’t aspire to be a “famous blogger”, but if someone approached me for a book deal… what kind of asshole would I be to turn it down?


So you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you’re sitting at your computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or google talk with?

Wine is disgusting. Can I change this to whiskey?


I’ve been known to have drunk dials with Dolce til 3 in the morning. Pacific Standard Time. No joke.


I wish I was friends with Pistols at Dawn and could drunk gchat him. However, I get really intimidated by people reading my blog whose blogs are way funnier than mine.


Other than that, I usually just go through my So@24 inbox and answer emails.


How many blogs are in your google reader?

I don’t have google reader. Maxie tried to explain it to me once, but my brain exploded. I typically just go through my comments and click on the blog links.


If you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?

A piece of the Agro Crag. Doy.


What’s your favorite thing to do after 10pm?

Have a beer. Read a book. Cop a feel.


Don’t make me choose just one.


Top three favorite movies from your childhood.

La Bamba (not my Riiiiiichie!)


The Cutting Edge (toeeeeeee piiiiiiick)


Hook (Don’t mess with me! I’m a lawyer!)


Name something random that I could find if I was snooping through your purse/wallet?

A worn picture of a little girl I used to babysit. Is that creepy?


Link to a funny you tube video you like.

Click Here!


Wanna share a secret with me, I promise I won’t tell… <-- that’s a lie, but tell me something anyways.

I know way more about The Babysitter’s Club than I should.


Trust me.


** Spoiler Alert**


Book 3: Stacey’s Secret? She had diabetes.


If you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and why?

Ben or Beardsy. You see how many comments from the ladies these guys get?


Who’s your blog crush?

I have crushes on anyone who takes time out of their day to actually read my writing. How flattering is that?? But I guess that’s a cop out/lame answer…


I already mentioned Pistols, but that’s more like bro-love.


And Kim from What Claudia Wore. Absolutely hilarious.


Parting words of wisdom?

I'll never understand how Dagwood scored a hottie like Blondie, but it gives me hope.

featured blogger friday v5

happy friday people!

today is an awesome day for me not only because it is featured blogger friday but because two of my very good friends are getting married tonight! I also have the day off of work in preparation for the festivities, so that doesn't exactly hurt either.

another awesome thing is that i'm guest posting over at ang's while she is drinking lots of wine in california.

Read this post to find out why ang needs to move back home to cleveland.


i do have one little regret today - that i'm missing the new kids on the block concert in cleveland tonight. my friends getting married better realize how much i love them by my missing the concert for their wedding! heehee : )

so i've have tried to write an introduction about today's featured blogger brookem about 27 times. i've failed at
them all. i mean this blogger is so amazing where can i start?!?!

she is one of the first blogs i really followed and find that i have a lot of common ground with her and her posts,
i.e. i get her. she's funny, honest, genuine and really appreciates a good head of hair. how could you not want to be friends with this girl?! add her to your reader right now if you don't already!

so miss brookem i'll let you do the rest of the talking - please take the stage....


Who are you and what is your blog?

I'm Brookem, my blog is Skrinkering Hearts, and no one ever knows what that word means or how it's spelled. Hell, I barely know how to explain it anymore.

Where are you typing from?
Currently? I'm in a Panera. Sipping coffee and avoiding studying. I'm "from" Boston. 20sb Meetup 09! Woot.

How long have you been blogging and what platform do you use?
I've been blogging since... I think a little over two years? I used to use blogger but it flipped me out, now I use wordpress and I don't know what I'm doing there either.

I
want a new design or header but I don't want to pay $537 dollars for it. Help? I'll send you chocolate and some liquor. But not tequila because I hate tequila.

Sum up your piece of the internet in one sentence.
A sassy space of the interwebs where a 20something Boston girl talks about life, dating, friendship, and men with good hair.

Are you an anonymous blogger or do you scream who you are from the rooftop?
Um... mostly anonymous? Unless we're friends on freaking facebook.

Do your readers know what you look like?
They know what I look like from the neck down. I have an affinity for the cropped out head look. Which is getting to be pretty tedious and lame, and frankly I don't know if I can keep up with it.

This is what you usually get as a picture of me:

Just a regular Saturday night.


Toned down version. With my favorite accessory in hand.


If you could become famous from blogging like dooce would you want to?
No thanks.

So you just drank a bottle of wine alone and you're sitting at your computer, who are the three bloggers that you email or google talk with?

How many blogs are in your google reader?
I don't even know how to figure this out. I'm lucky I was even able to figure out how to put blogs in there to begin with. There is a reason that I have a tag (that I use on every post) called "why technology drives me to drink."

If you had $1000 to spend and could only buy one item, what would you buy?
A gift card to Marshall's. They have heaps of good shoe options and name brands for less!

What's your favorite thing to do after 10pm?
On a weeknight? Rated PG? Hopefully something involving vegging in front of the tv in my jammies, maybe with a cup of tea or a glass of chocolate milk or wine, probably watching some DVR'd something that I'm trying to catch up on.

Top three favorite movies from your childhood.
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (remember that one? with the horse that jumps and swims and stuff?)
Pippi Longstocking (the original)
Dirty Dancing

Name something random that I could find if I was snooping through your purse/wallet?
I picture of my grandparents. Some "energizing" powder to add into a drink for some oomph. Outdated stamps. A laminated picture of Mario Lopez. Don't ask.

Link to a funny you tube video you like.
Here's the link. It's silly and stupid but I can't not laugh when I hear his laugh. I'm sorry.

Wanna share a secret with me, I promise I won't tell… <-- that's a lie, but tell me something anyways.
My secret is that I look forward to Monday's for the sole purpose of tuning into The Hills at 10pm. I actually have no qualms with admitting this, and it's really no big secret, but there you have it.

If you could trade places with one blogger for one day who would it be and why?
Hm. I think Ben. He seems like a guy I'd like to have a beer with. He's loved by all, his posts always make me smile, and he has good hair that I'd like to touch. Also he's from Canada and I've been wanting to go.

Who's your blog crush?

rs27.

Parting words of wisdom?
"I love to drink martinis. Two at the very most. Three I'm under the table, four I'm under the host."-- Dorothy Parker


[don't forget to read my guest post over at angilio: loud and proud right here!]

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