The Loveliest Ladies I Know

A long, long time ago, Diana, being the sweetheart that she is, nominated me for the Beautiful Blogger Award. Awww!
On receiving an award you should:

• Thank the person that nominated you.
• Copy the award and place it on your own blog.
• Post a link to nominator.
• Express seven things about yourself.
• Nominate seven other bloggers and link them.

A huge thank you and a hug to Diana; you're gorgeous and make me so happy!

Well, you guys know practically all these is to know about me, but here are 7 more things that I could think of:

1. Last year, I considered giving up laughing for the World Vision 40 Hour Famine. But let's face it, I could never do it. :)
2. I often wish I could Accio things. Maybe I'm just lazy, but it would be super helpful!
3. Lately, I've been told I describe things in two ways: "awesome" or "sadface."
4. When I was younger - maybe 7 or 8? - I took it into my own hands to give my brother a haircut right before my cousin's wedding (my cousin being about 20 years older than me), by cutting his fringe with my craft scissors and hiding the evidence under the couch. My parents noticed.
   
5. I've never seen the movie Bambi (I will probably rectify this over the coming holidays.)
6. My most frightening nightmares have been about missing deadlines and being unprepared for exams. Gosh I'm such a geek!
7. I went through a bit of a bodice-ripper phase in year 9 and 10. I read some horribly trashy books. Yeah, the kind that look like this:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   They are worse than you can possible imagine. Although being that they were from my local library, they probably weren't quite as steamy/saucy as all that. At least I got it out of my system before I knew to be ashamed of such novels. Pretty sure I'd never go into my library now and touch such a thing. But as my dad says, you have to read the bad to appreciate the good.

I hate nominating people for awards, because I love you all so dearly and your blogs are a reflection of your incredible selves, but here goes...

1. Emma
   Emma is like my personal movie critic - because I agree with her about so many things, I trust her judgement, and I will go to see a movie just because she recommends it. She says what she thinks, she's super thoughtful and she loves Taylor Swift. If/when we meet, I am certain we will be besties.
   
2. Anahita
   Anahita, like me, is a romantic (except she's about a billion times smarter than me, being as she's studying at OXFORD!!!!!) Her blog is a lovely, funny and honest review of music, movies and books. Being British, she has a fantastic sense of humour, as well as an eye for fashion, and a thing for Hugh Laurie. Obviously, she has great taste.
   
3. Kayleigh
   She's Scottish, and therefore awesome. Ha ha. She's a frustrated screen-writer in progress, an avid cinephile and has an opinion about everything. She seems to be obsessed with some show called Countdown, because that's all she ever tweets about. ;)
   
4. Sara, who went and sneakily got a photoblog without telling me. But I am on to HER.
   So, Sara has an SLR now and fancies herself a photographer. Ha ha. When she went on exchange last year (insert jealousy) she shot for the university newspaper...thing. Now she's back and she's caught the photo bug. Do I even need to say it? Her blog is prettyyyy.
   
5. Vini
   She's a lit student, extremely articulate, and her posts are poetry. Here's an example:
   Poppadum, poppadum, po-ppa-dum,
   Please bring our teachers back to school
   We been languishing and anguishing for so long
   And everybody is already down with flu
   
   Poppadum, poppadum, po-ppa-dum,
   Lure them and cure them of this jam
   We stuck in the middle with a twiddle-thumbing Diddle
   Saying "Later, agitator." What a sham!
   
   Here's another:
   Hey there, hi
   I seem to know you from long by
   Your memories are like ashes
   From my cigarette last night
   
   Smoky, hazy, delicate
   Like its flame that rustles, intimate
   You slowly burned the night away
   And glowed in darkness of my love
   
   Smoke and fire
   Nicotine desire
   
   
6. Tina at her new blog!
   Tina is one of the most cheerful bloggers I know. She always looks on the bright side, and her blog is a collection of smiling memories and sunny observations about life.
   
7. Sharanya at her tumblr
   I am so glad she's actively blogging, if not at blogspot anymore! But I hope she will continue to share her unique and beautiful insights on the world around her - that woman has a way with words I can only envy and admire.
   

x
JAG