"No rest for the bloggers." -Me
This is not my original quote choice for today. I also do not really care to quote myself two days in a row. However, an event occurred this afternoon right as I wrote today's title that shifted not only my plans, but a plans for all of my FSU friends. This event triggered the need to be out and be supportive of each other, which in turn caused me and another Blog-A-Day competitor to blog a little later than normal. Hence, today's quote.
Now in all honesty, I had pretty much resigned myself to the idea that I would probably not blog tonight. And I was okay with that. A minor sacrifice to support a very close friend and colleague. Yet this friend insisted that I blog because this challenge means much to her right now. So here I am.
Although I am finding it difficult to find words right now, I simply want to say that with tragedy comes opportunity and when tough times hit, you find out who will be there for you. She also said tonight when you take something away, you can often find what you were missing. Okay, I know it all may sound a little cheesy, but it is true. So this post is for an amazing woman who has such strength I know she will prevail in whatever is in store for her next.
5/6/10
5/5/10
QOTD #3
"What the crap?" -Me (via Regina)
This is one of Regina's favorite taglines. However, I had to steal it today. Why? Because of my friend Susan.
Many of my friends outside of the Blog-A-Day challenge enjoy the reading that it provides, and Suze is one of our top supporters. She is also one of my favorite bloggers to read. I highly recommend it. Her writing style is pretty awesome. However, today, I was distraught to learn via her blog that she is currently boycotting my blog. You can read her original post about the boycott here.
If you don't go to her link, her reasons for boycotting me are twofold: 1) She does not like dinosaurs (which as we have seen have taken over my blog so far) and 2) Because dinosaurs have taken over, she feels as though our friend Josh (as you know basically started this whole thing) has now "won." We do not know what he has won, but she is "just not okay with this scenario in which he is inadvertently winning."
Not only has she disowned me in the blogosphere, she has now thrown her support behind....REGINA! What the crap? Okay, admittedly, her post actually made me laugh out loud. Truly. However, my blogging pride is hurt and damaged. Can it recover? Time will only tell. I also feel the need to point out that it seems the reason is more about Josh than the dinosaurs themselves. Hmmmm.
The silver lining to all of this is the fact that people outside of our challengers are getting into this. And I love it. Regina and I have decided we need to get this viral and widespread. So to any readers of this or the other challengers' blogs, spread the love!
Oh, and will the dinosaurs make a come back despite Suze's dislike? Well, see, they were likely never going to stick, although I did truly enjoy the last two posts, and Susan's comments have now caused me to write more on the topic. I also must mention that Josh's quote today was "All this talk of dinosaurs still makes me want to get that stegosaurus tattoo again." Which was likely to make today's post because then I could have talked about my admiration for tattoos. But I guess Susan wins today.
However, because I cannot ignore Josh's (and others') effort to keep it going, I do plan to post the quotes at the end of each post for your dinosaur reading pleasure. Maybe one will be good enough to make the actual post. We will see. Until then, Susan, I love you. Come back to me!
Additional Josh Dino-Quote of the Day:
"Wish my days were still as simple as playing with my dinosaur toys on the sand box ." Don't we all?
P.S. My sister and I actually had this sandbox.
This is one of Regina's favorite taglines. However, I had to steal it today. Why? Because of my friend Susan.
Many of my friends outside of the Blog-A-Day challenge enjoy the reading that it provides, and Suze is one of our top supporters. She is also one of my favorite bloggers to read. I highly recommend it. Her writing style is pretty awesome. However, today, I was distraught to learn via her blog that she is currently boycotting my blog. You can read her original post about the boycott here.
If you don't go to her link, her reasons for boycotting me are twofold: 1) She does not like dinosaurs (which as we have seen have taken over my blog so far) and 2) Because dinosaurs have taken over, she feels as though our friend Josh (as you know basically started this whole thing) has now "won." We do not know what he has won, but she is "just not okay with this scenario in which he is inadvertently winning."
Not only has she disowned me in the blogosphere, she has now thrown her support behind....REGINA! What the crap? Okay, admittedly, her post actually made me laugh out loud. Truly. However, my blogging pride is hurt and damaged. Can it recover? Time will only tell. I also feel the need to point out that it seems the reason is more about Josh than the dinosaurs themselves. Hmmmm.
The silver lining to all of this is the fact that people outside of our challengers are getting into this. And I love it. Regina and I have decided we need to get this viral and widespread. So to any readers of this or the other challengers' blogs, spread the love!
Oh, and will the dinosaurs make a come back despite Suze's dislike? Well, see, they were likely never going to stick, although I did truly enjoy the last two posts, and Susan's comments have now caused me to write more on the topic. I also must mention that Josh's quote today was "All this talk of dinosaurs still makes me want to get that stegosaurus tattoo again." Which was likely to make today's post because then I could have talked about my admiration for tattoos. But I guess Susan wins today.
However, because I cannot ignore Josh's (and others') effort to keep it going, I do plan to post the quotes at the end of each post for your dinosaur reading pleasure. Maybe one will be good enough to make the actual post. We will see. Until then, Susan, I love you. Come back to me!
Additional Josh Dino-Quote of the Day:
"Wish my days were still as simple as playing with my dinosaur toys on the sand box ." Don't we all?
P.S. My sister and I actually had this sandbox.5/4/10
QOTD #2
"One day it will be professional to wear low-top converse to work, especially dinosaur low-tops. That'll be the day." -Josh
So within the last 24 hours, dinosaurs have become the trending topic in my world. Thanks guys. Adam even threw in a "Dinosaur impatient" at me when debating lunch plans this afternoon. Nice. However, today's quote gets the post not only because it is one of two quotes Josh worked on to tweet at me, but because it was even re-tweeted (thanks to J. Brady!). It also wins because it references Converses, which rock, and getting to dress down at work.
As I mentioned yesterday, this is dead week at FSU. Which means, jeans every day. However, I have still felt the need to wear dress shirts and/or shoes. Why? Because somewhere along the line I was conditioned to do so. Yet this is still a nice break from the norm at least. Everyone is a little more laid back, and I find it relatively pleasant.
To shout-out to Converses, I love them. Although I personally only own two pairs at the moment (due to budget and usage constraints), I always enjoy seeing a good pair of them. I also really enjoy seeing them used in more formal settings like work, weddings, etc. Go for comfort!
My current favorite Chucks:
And I don't know if this is what inspired Josh, but I think they work:
I do not know if we can keep up the dinosaur quotes enough to keep them relevant, especially when things begin to pick back up around here, but I promise that if Josh keeps sending them my way, I will incorporate them into each post. Or maybe dinosaurs will just become the new theme. Either way, enjoy!
Sidenote: I miss calling it a brontosaurus, although I think the triceratops was always my favorite.
So within the last 24 hours, dinosaurs have become the trending topic in my world. Thanks guys. Adam even threw in a "Dinosaur impatient" at me when debating lunch plans this afternoon. Nice. However, today's quote gets the post not only because it is one of two quotes Josh worked on to tweet at me, but because it was even re-tweeted (thanks to J. Brady!). It also wins because it references Converses, which rock, and getting to dress down at work.
As I mentioned yesterday, this is dead week at FSU. Which means, jeans every day. However, I have still felt the need to wear dress shirts and/or shoes. Why? Because somewhere along the line I was conditioned to do so. Yet this is still a nice break from the norm at least. Everyone is a little more laid back, and I find it relatively pleasant.
To shout-out to Converses, I love them. Although I personally only own two pairs at the moment (due to budget and usage constraints), I always enjoy seeing a good pair of them. I also really enjoy seeing them used in more formal settings like work, weddings, etc. Go for comfort!
My current favorite Chucks:
And I don't know if this is what inspired Josh, but I think they work:I do not know if we can keep up the dinosaur quotes enough to keep them relevant, especially when things begin to pick back up around here, but I promise that if Josh keeps sending them my way, I will incorporate them into each post. Or maybe dinosaurs will just become the new theme. Either way, enjoy!
Sidenote: I miss calling it a brontosaurus, although I think the triceratops was always my favorite.
5/3/10
QOTD #1
"Dinosaur is not patient." -Mike
Okay. I realize this may be a dangerous place to start the blog challenge because when is Mike not saying something ridiculous? However, it is dead week at FSU. So my options may be few and far between. Also, this quote will actually pay homage to two of my friends. So here is the story:
On my post a couple of days ago, when debating what I wanted my May theme to be, my always thinking friend Josh compellingly argued the topic should be dinosaurs. An obvious choice. He was quite disappointed yesterday to find out I went a different direction. So he tweeted: "@JK_83 quote of the day over dinosaurs? i am going to have to try all of may to think of a dinosaur quote, and hope it is used for a blog." Well, Josh, here is a dinosaur quote. However, please continue thinking of a quote because I know you will come up with something good.
Sometime later yesterday, Mike and I were talking about our blogs, and I told him Josh's story about dinosaurs. Being another dino-enthusiast, Mike agreed the theme was a good one. Also being a "12-year-old," he has been imitating a dinosaur since. Hence, our Quote of the Day. At lunch, I brought down some cookies a wonderful student had made me. (That's right, I shared!) Mike finished eating before me and wanted a cookie right then. Being a few bites from done, I said he could be patient. To which he replied, "Dinosaur is not patient." And today's post was born.
Okay. I realize this may be a dangerous place to start the blog challenge because when is Mike not saying something ridiculous? However, it is dead week at FSU. So my options may be few and far between. Also, this quote will actually pay homage to two of my friends. So here is the story:
On my post a couple of days ago, when debating what I wanted my May theme to be, my always thinking friend Josh compellingly argued the topic should be dinosaurs. An obvious choice. He was quite disappointed yesterday to find out I went a different direction. So he tweeted: "@JK_83 quote of the day over dinosaurs? i am going to have to try all of may to think of a dinosaur quote, and hope it is used for a blog." Well, Josh, here is a dinosaur quote. However, please continue thinking of a quote because I know you will come up with something good.
Sometime later yesterday, Mike and I were talking about our blogs, and I told him Josh's story about dinosaurs. Being another dino-enthusiast, Mike agreed the theme was a good one. Also being a "12-year-old," he has been imitating a dinosaur since. Hence, our Quote of the Day. At lunch, I brought down some cookies a wonderful student had made me. (That's right, I shared!) Mike finished eating before me and wanted a cookie right then. Being a few bites from done, I said he could be patient. To which he replied, "Dinosaur is not patient." And today's post was born.
Having started with dinosaurs, I also feel compelled to post three of my favorite dinosaur related images:
This one comes from a piece of flair on Facebook from Suze.
This one again comes from Mike, and is the best reenactment of Jurassic Park.
This one reminds me of Josh and Katie B.
This one again comes from Mike, and is the best reenactment of Jurassic Park.
This one reminds me of Josh and Katie B.
So there you have it. QOTD #1. I am almost not sure where this will go from here. This may be a slippery slope. Oh well. RAWR.
5/2/10
And the Challenge Begins...
Okay. Here it goes. The second annual Blog-A-Day-In-May challenge has begun. Just for the occasion, I have added a box of just this year's participants on the side panel of my page. So for anyone who reads this, feel free to take a look at what I am up against.
This year, we have gone in with a clearer vision of the end result. Billy took last year's competition based on voting by the other participants, but we did not know going into it what voting would look like. We just set our criteria and voted last week. Well, being the organized person she is, Regina set our guidelines a little earlier this year. We also have a couple of new players. So what's the deal? Here it is:
Participants:
Oh, and if anyone wonders what my theme is going to be for the month, I think I have decided on "Quote of the Day." This is not going to be some sappy place to write up famous quotes, blah, blah, blah. If anyone really knows me, they know I am not a fun of such. No, this will be quotes either I have said, heard, or seen in the day. Along with the quote will come commentary or whatever the quote inspires from me.
At least this is what I think I am going to do. Although we officially start tomorrow. So I do not have much more time to decide I guess.
Here's to blogging!
This year, we have gone in with a clearer vision of the end result. Billy took last year's competition based on voting by the other participants, but we did not know going into it what voting would look like. We just set our criteria and voted last week. Well, being the organized person she is, Regina set our guidelines a little earlier this year. We also have a couple of new players. So what's the deal? Here it is:
Participants:
Rules:
- Each blogger must submit 1 post every week day in May – after 12:01am before 11:59pm each day.
- Each post must have words – no limit, but just be sure you have put some thought into your post - This is not a scrapbooking contest à compliments of Meghan in 2009
- Must request the day off via email to all competition participants. Participants may approve or deny request – majority rules.
- Participants must submit blog name before contest begins.
- All participants should follow allow participants.
- All participants should read other bloggers post for support and voting.
- You must post about the challenge in your first blog post, although it doesn’t have to be the majority of the post.
- Mid-week vacations are not exempt from blogging!!!
Winner categories:
Random Categories:
- Most supportive Blogger – comments on other posts, helped fellow blogger with request, etc.
Individual Post categories
- Best blog post – encompasses everything a blog post should encompass
- Laugh out loud blog post – Self explanatory
- What the crap blog post – Are you serious? Did that really happen? Shut up.. OMG… These are things you will say when you read this type of post
- Cheesiest blog post – corny, lovey dovey, etc
- Weirdest blog post – hmmm, IDK
- Readers Choice blog post
- Overall Best blog entry voted by viewers - Send your blog name into cyber space and give your friends the survey url once it is created to vote for you.
- Based on all posts- creativity, humor, out of the box, universal, length, theme, consistency, weekend post, etc
Overall Blog Categories
- Most Universal – can be read by anyone and is enjoyable
- Most Creative – out of the box and unique
- Funniest – self explanatory
- Blog Champion – Voted on by Challenge participants – Best of the Best
- Based on all posts- creativity, humor, out of the box, universal, length, theme, consistency, weekend post, etc
Oh, and if anyone wonders what my theme is going to be for the month, I think I have decided on "Quote of the Day." This is not going to be some sappy place to write up famous quotes, blah, blah, blah. If anyone really knows me, they know I am not a fun of such. No, this will be quotes either I have said, heard, or seen in the day. Along with the quote will come commentary or whatever the quote inspires from me.
At least this is what I think I am going to do. Although we officially start tomorrow. So I do not have much more time to decide I guess.
Here's to blogging!
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