How Well Do You Know Me?
♫ Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to blog awards we go… ♫
Oops. Did I lose you already? Don’t worry. This post is not as long as it first appears.
And remember, I try to make these accolade acceptances fun, and today will be no different. Except for the last of the four awards. Apparently, I must obey its rules or Mr. Rubin will be tossed into a cold, black hole. And then who would pump my gas?
Besides, you’ll want to stick around and enjoy my new site in commemoration of my blog’s first birthday. And for a Sheldon, changing one’s blog theme is like grocery shopping on a non-grocery-shopping day: It doesn’t come without angst.
Carrie Sheldon Cooper
Instead of blabbing about myself or having to choose award recipients, I’ll let you take over the reins. For the first three awards, I’ll ask a multiple choice question about myself. If you answer correctly in the comments, the award is yours. (Let’s see how closely you’ve paid attention to my drivel…) Even if you aren’t a blogger, or the thought of receiving a blog award is as appealing as eating a bag of boogers, I’d still be honored if you played along.
By the way, for anyone interested, I’ve posted all the rules at the end of this entry. This jacks up my word count, which violates my promised ceiling of 700 words, but let’s not count those pesky rules as substance. They’re pretty much white noise for the eyes, anyway.
I. The Commentator Award
This award comes via JM McDowell, the writer who bears the mark of an archaeologist, though where the mark is, I doubt she’ll tell you.
To accept this award, answer the following correctly:
1. One of Carrie’s favorite television shows is:
a) Monday Night Football
b) Toddlers and Tiaras
c) Honey Boo Boo
d) Dexter
e) American Idol
II. Booker Award
The Booker Award was given to me by Sheila Hurst, Sylver Blaque, and Real Woman’s Health. Thank you, you lovely bloggers. Sorry it took me longer to accept than it takes a constipated colon to crap.
Before I ask my question, let me tell you my five favorite books of all time, since that is the gist of this cooler-than-usual award. And no making fun of me for the lack of classics. I like what I like.
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
- She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
To accept this award, answer the following correctly:
2. On Carrie’s feet, you will find:
a) Dainty ruby slippers
b) 5-inch stilettos
c) Uggs
d) Crocs
e) Ugly man shoes
Click here for a hint.
III. The Don’t Do A Damn Thing Award…
This award comes via my favorite Dane, Daniel Nest and my favorite Ella, Ella Medler. Thank you, you crazy cats. No, really. Thank you. Because as the award name implies, there are no damn rules for this one.
To accept this award, answer the following correctly:
3. Carrie’s idiocy can be attributed to:
a) Magic Marker sniffing
b) Being crushed by a steamroller
c) Absence of a cerebral cortex
d) Getting hit in the head by a flying Fighting Sioux hockey puck
e) Cups and saucers
IV. Blog of the Year 2012
The final award is obviously tongue-in-cheek, because I no more have the Blog of the Year than I have Sophia Vergara’s figure. But I do offer a sincere thank you to JM McDowell for nominating me and for writing such a lovely post in my honor. As much as I poke fun, each and every one of these awards brings pleasure. If you haven’t yet followed this dirt-digging writer, you should. She will entertain you with twice weekly blog posts, including her fictional Meghan Bode Mystery series. Good stuff, I tell you.
This is the award from which I cannot stray for fear of losing my husband (see the rules below). As such, I labored on whom to pass it to. Talk about Sophie’s choice.
I decided to bequeath the honor to my very first follower. Unfortunately, that turned out to be the ubiquitous Mushroom Head.
Since a click on his blog says “Blog has been removed,” I guess he lost out. Apparently, there is no longer a fungus among us.
The next two non-fungal followers came on the same day, so they both get the award. And oh, how deserving they are!
- Audrey Kalman for her insightful and practical blog posts. Seriously, every writer should follow her. She doesn’t post often, but when she does, I race on over. Which is saying a lot, considering I follow more blogs than WordPress itself.
- G.M. Barlean for her witty and hometown-style writing. This independently published author just had her book Recipes For Revenge, A Four-Course Novel skyrocket to #1000 in Amazon Kindle books and #6 in Amazon Kindle Short Stories. Woo-hoo! Go, Gina!
So that’s my painfully long post. I hope you made it. And really, you could have just read the questions and been fine. Let me hear your answers. How well do you know me?
If you don’t care about the awards or the rules, you may now be excused. Thank you for coming. Next time bring goodies.
Addendum To This Tome:
The Commentator Award Rules (Taken word-for-word from JM McDowell)
- “Rules: You’ll find your Top Recent Commenters on your site stats page on the bottom, right corner. If you don’t see this, click on the Screen Options in the top right corner and be sure that “Comments” is checked. If you are good about responding to every comment, then you will be the first one in the list. It is the next six commenters on the list that you will nominate and pass this award to.”
- “But wait! You may nominate one more person. This person can either be a brand new commenter on your blog, the very last comment you have received (most recent), or the one who has posted your most favorite comments. This seventh nomination is your choice, but please do tell us why you have chosen them as your seventh.”
Booker Award Rules (Taken from Real Woman’s Health)
- Nominate other blogs, as many as you want but 5-10 is always a good suggestion. Don’t forget to let your recipients know.
- Post the Booker Award picture.
- Share your top 5 books of all time
The Don’t Do A Damn Thing Award… Rules
No Rules—Do whatever the hell you want; give to whomever the hell you want. (My own words, but feel free to use them…)
Blog of the Year 2012 Rules (Taken from JM McDowell. Copy and paste these rules directly and the required links will be included.)
- Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award
- Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award
- Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)
- Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them
- You can now also join our Facebook page – click the link here ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience
- As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars
Carrie has left the building…
178 Responses to “How Well Do You Know Me?”
This should have been titled “All The Carrie You Cann Handle – And Then Some!”
Great post!
Thank you! I never revisit my older posts. I just reread this one, and as always, I think, “Oh, man, I could have done better”…
You did great!
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COngrats Carrie! And congrats to all the new nominees!
I think you are one of the best bloggers of 2012. Just sayin. 
Aw, major blushes over here. Thank you. But I am definitely not the best award-rule follower. Someone’s going to catch onto me someday and shut me down…
Hallo
I’ve a christmas card for you! : ) You can pick it up here http://summer4soul.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/1022/
Have a nice day
Sweet greetings, Summer
Thanks so much. Very thoughtful of you!
LOVED Gone Girl. (Yes I read that whole post, and this was what I took from it, LOL)
I just commented on your blog while you were over here. Sunday morning blog telepathy…
I had a hard time putting Gone Girl down, but I wasn’t thrilled with the ending. Still, I put it on my list because everything else about it was so good.
whoa! whoa! whoa! so many awards! WOOT! *cartwheels* congratulations!
Thank you. I really should stop saving them for so long. It always leads to one mega-long post which is no fun for anyone.
Fun post. I like the mulitple choice questions. As I’ve come late to the party, I won’t try to answer any of them. Regardless, congratulations on your bevy of awards! I have never visited Audrey’s or G.M.’s blogs, but I shall hop on over and take a gander.
Thank you. And I’m sure you already have these awards and then some! Audrey has great posts on the various aspects of writing, publishing, and marketing, and Gina’s posts are witty and fun. I think you’d enjoy both, and neither of them post too frequently, so they’re easy to keep up with!
This is hysterical. I do not watch television (as in MNF is the only show on your list I have seen), and from what I have seen of you around Guap’s and Wendy’s, I would have to guess Dexter. For the shoes, the obvious choice is D and mine is B, so yours if probably E. The last one I am going to have to read around here and find the story. No one casually mentions hockey pucks and head injuries.
See you at the Foolishness.
Hey, thanks for stopping by! And you are so right about Dexter and ugly man shoes. Very good! The last one was a hockey puck. It hurt. Take the first two awards if you like, or completely ignore them which is probably the smart way to go. And thanks for organizing the foolishness.
I do the hoard them and then parade every single blog I know out for something type thing at my place. The only one I do not have is the “Don’t Do a Damn Thing” which is one of my faves
And you are welcome. It is fun.
Well, take that one, too please. You’ve earned it for organizing the foolishness and for taking the time to come comment here. And the best part is, you don’t have to do a damn thing but put the image on your site.
Sweet!
Congratulations on all said nominations & awards.
Thank you, and thank you for reading this overlong tome.
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Congrats on all of it, the awards, the new blog look – love your choice of wallpaper
. And thanks for letting us know about the fungal eradication, I think the fungus also dropped a comment on my blog a time or two. We can’t let mold grow amongst the community!
Thank you, and yes, the blogging community must keep free of the fungi. Because let’s face it, mold is gross.
Such a great thing here…. Love this! BTW… I’m with you on all of the fav book choices, except for that Memoirs of a Geisha. COULDN’T get through that one. Hmmm?
Isn’t that funny how tastes can be so different? I guess that’s good or writers would all have to write the same thing.
Thanks for dropping by!
Happy Blogaversary, Carrie. You have my undying admiration for combining all your awards in this splendid post.
Thank you. I hold onto them so long and then finally decide to do something about them.
Congratulations!
Thank you. These blog awards are so rare, you know…
I don’t now why I’m playing, since I’m already hopelessly backed up on blog acceptances. But oh well
1 – D
2 – I only know its E because of your clue. I woulda guessed Crocs because they’re what a lot of healthcare people wear. They’re also almost the only thing I can where anymore that doesn’t make me feel like I’m walking on white hot coals.
3 – E (because I imagine there is something goofy about cups and saucers with you)
Dig the new blog digs, BTW.
Correct you are on the first two. Yay! Those awards are yours! Sadly the last answer involves a hockey puck incident. I blogged about it a ways back. It hurt like the dickens. But I appreciate you not cheating by looking at the other commenters’ answers. “Strong character show you,” says Yoda.
Nice new Gravatar pic you’ve got there!
Carrie,
I’ve gotten here late – at work all day – so it would be cheating to answer the questions – but I have to say, this was the best blog award post ever! And Memoirs of a Geisha is one of my favorite books, too. Also, very cool new look. Really like the theme. And where did you get the Sheldon doll? My sister is a huge fan of BBT – might make a fun present…
Cathy
Thank you on all accounts.
My husband bought the bobble head as a gift for me. Said he bought it because it reminded him of me. Thanks, honey. I think. I wrote a blog post on it a while back. I believe he got it at a BAM bookstore. The Big Bang Theory is my family’s favorite show.
Happy Bloggyversary, girlfriend! I like what you’ve done with the place! Do you like it? I’m sad to say I have no read any of the books on your list. But I do watch Dexter, at least, even though I’m a few seasons behind.
I’m always a season behind on Dexter. I like to get the previous season’s DVD in August and go on a Dexter binge. I’m not sure that’s healthy, but I don’t let that stop me.
I do like my new look, but of course, it wasn’t until after I paid the premium fee and got things set up that I realized my side widgets don’t show up in the post pages. After querying the theme designers, they told me they designed it that way on purpose. The widgets only show up on the main page and the static pages. Whoops. So much for marketing my book.
Thanks for commenting, Madame W. I know you are a busy blogger, and my post didn’t offer much substance today. That’s why I cram all the awards into one post–don’t want to do these too often lest I lose all my wonderful followers.
Oh pish—I always have time for you, Carrie!
Happy First Year Blog Anniversary!! Yay! Good for you. I’m going to guess “Dexter,” the “Ugly Man Shoes.” Last one…saucers and cups. I think you’re trying trick us on that one! I’d like to be excused. I’ve been delinquent here myself with awards. I’m very bad. Congrats to you. They’re well deserved. I love the new look of your blog!
Thank you! And if you do decide to accept the awards, you’ve earned the first two.
Sadly the idiocy is due to a flying hockey puck to the head. That did not feel good…
Well, thank you! Sorry about the hockey puck. Damn those hockey pucks.
Yeah, it kind of sucked. Luckily I was a hard-headed teenager at the time.
I hate coming to these things so late in the game, but I’m going to play anyways. I did get to read it this morning, but that dang work just kept me too busy. So…here we go.
1. d) Dexter? – he does doctor-y stuff, doesn’t he?
2. e) Ugly Man Shoes…I seem to remember reading this on someone else’s blog.
3. d) hokey puck thing – because when in doubt…pick the longest answer.
Congrats on all of these. They seem much deserved.
Thank you, and you are correct on all three! The fireworks are erupting! The balloons are rising! You have just won three blog awards. Lucky, lucky you…
But seriously, thank you for playing along, and if you do the blog award thing, I’d love you to have all three.
Woo Hoo! Thanks. I do it…kinda. I’ll put them on my page, and maybe write about them…maybe. Thanks.
My pleasure.
Oh, I really like the new look too.
Thanks!
I am clicking “like” for the creative twist you put on the awards.. well done. I will not answer because I have just started to read you. BUT I would like to know what you thought of Gone Girl.. worth the hype?
I really liked Gone Girl, even if I wasn’t thrilled with the ending. It kept me guessing, and the premise was creative and well-executed. I included it with my other four favorites just because it was a recent read that I couldn’t put down (but sadly, I had to, because there is never enough time just to read for hours).
Thanks for the comment.
The ending was aggravating but she crafted two very sick characters that kept me reading
Agreed. Not that either were very likable…
I know I’m wrong on the first 2, but I picked football and uggs. Sorry. I knew the hockey puck one, and was sad there were no questions with DQ as the answer (then I would have been VERY right). Congrats on your awards. That was a fun way to pass them on.
Thank you. But I’m surprised you missed the ugly man shoes. You even read Sweet Mother’s interview of me. I guess they were so ugly, your brain couldn’t keep them in memory.
You’re right. I should have asked what my favorite blizzard was… But you have earned yourself award #3, which is the best one to get because you don’t have to do anything.
Nice. And in my defense, Crocs and uggs are kind of ugly shoes. So are Toms, but my daughter loves them. I would go everywhere in wool socks if I could get away with it and keep shoes banned to the nether realms (whatever that is).
Good point. Crocs and uggs are ugly, and Crocs are even worn by men, so they could qualify as ugly man shoes. Therefore, you should take the Booker Award, too! That’s actually a fun one. You probably already have it. And given you always come comment, you should take the first award, too. See? I play by any rules I want.
The booker award did look fun. And yes, crocs are used by men…or boys. My boy always grabs my ugly green crocs to mow the lawn. He’s starting to outgrow them. Thank goodness for a boy who’s becoming Big Foot.
Yes, I officially have the smallest feet in our home now. Strange milestone.
Hmm, tough questions…
1) I don’t even know half these shows (lucky me!). I can’t believe Gray’s Anatonomy is not your favorite though.
2) The answer is, the most comfortable shoes!
3) The answer is, hanging around with her teenage boys and their friends too much
Do you know I read She’s Come Undone years ago and I can’t remember for the life of me what it’s about (but I rememberd liking it)? Memoirs of a Geisha was pretty good, although a little too melodramatic for me. I’ll have to check out the other books.
I can see you care little about blog awards.
You should read Midwives. Really, really good. All I can say is it left me thinking about it long after I finished reading it. I can’t say more for fear of giving anything away. I really like Bohjalian’s books. And A Fine Balance is probably my most favorite book of all.
What? You don’t like my answers to your questions?
Thanks for the book recommendations. I’ll put them on my to-read list on Goodreads.
Your list is probably as long as mine, but you probably get through yours more quickly. I’m trying, but I’m reading a long one now with a lot of Japanese names and phrases. Slow reading but a great story. (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet.)
How have you evaded lista de emails? They are daily residents of my spam queue!
Having won several of these awards (and my apologies for Sheila for not getting on the Booker yet!), I’ll pass on padding my shelves. But the answers, I believe, are: D, E, and D. There were too many replies to read through, so if I’m wrong, you know I didn’t cheat. If I’m right, you’ll have to take my word for it.
PS — I like the new theme!
Thank you. Time for a change. I think.
And yes, you are correct on all three! And I know you wouldn’t need to cheat–you’ve followed me long enough to know the answers.
I recently came across a post where someone had received the Blog of the Year award. Apparently there are stars you can collect for it? Yeah, I think I’ll pass on that…
Yeah, if you get nominated again, you can go to their site and pick up new images with more stars. That’s a bit more work than I need just now.
You and me both.
It appears I am getting correspondence from lista de emails, after all. Noticed it this morning. I suspect this respectable communicator has been there all along, and I’ve just callously deleted him. Or her. Or it.
I’m thinking you like Dexter and wear ugly man shoes. I’m not sure what happened to your cerebral cortex.
And award #1 and #2 go to you! As for my cerebral cortex, I’m pretty sure that flying hockey puck knocked it right out of my skull. In fact, I think I swallowed it.
Very similar book interests, though I got a bit tired of Gone Girl, before the end. Neither character was likable for me, and the story got predictable. LOVE Cutting for Stone; have you read that one? Wondering because A Fine Balance is my #1 also, and Alexander Verghese reminds me a bit of Mistry. Great books! Very creative post, even if my pain med contributed to my amusement.
Thank you. It’s always tough to keep these award posts entertaining. I’m worried one glance at the words “blog award,” and people will make like the roadrunner and zip off.
I haven’t read Cutting for Stone. I’ll have to look into it. And you’re right–neither character in Gone Girl was very likable, but I still loved it. Except for the ending. I was disappointed with that.
Um d), e), d), and I haven’t read the comments from others. Congrats on the awards. If I came up with the correct answers, don’t feel offended if I leave the prize on the shelf. I haven’t even caught up with a bunch of awards from several months back
Oh have you seen when Justified is back. I think it is the second week of January. I saw a trailer for it the other day which had Boyd in it.
My husband and I are counting down the days to January. I’m still miffed Justified was completely shut out at the Emmy’s. I think I’ll sic Boyd on them.
And yes, you have won all three awards! Good for you! Aren’t they fun? Don’t you just want to get right on that? Yee ha!
Happy Blogoversary, Carrie! And a big congrats on all the awards.
I went EED – thinking you may be an American Idol fan, how silly of me – of course it would be Dexter!
Mushroom head was my first follower as well, but when he disappeared “Lista de Emails” became my biggest fan and top commenter. He/she always has the same nice things to say regardless of the content of my post. Then there are the people who always take the time and are kind enough to let me know they’ve noticed my blog is missing a few factors regarding SEO or some such thing (actually, now I come to think of it you’ll probably find my comment in your spam box now)
Oh, man, I’m jealous. Lista de Emails has never come to visit me. But I do think those other guys you mentioned have…
Well, you got question #2 and #3 right, so feel free to accept those awards if you play the blog awards game. As you can see, I still play it but not very well. It’s quite unsportsmanly (and I know that’s not a word) of me to break all the rules.
“No longer a fungus among us.” Love that. You say it’s your blog’s birthday. (insert dunna, nunna, nunna music here) It’s my blog’s birthday too yeah. Actually I called it a wordiversary, but check out the video I created to celebrate. Your blog is on it too yeah. Birthday – we’re gonna have a good time! Yes, we’re going to a party party. I would like you to dance, take a ch ch ch chance.
Well, you certainly are in a celebratory mood! Good for you. I don’t give birthdays their due. And I look forward to the video. I’m slowly but surely working my way through the mass of Monday posts.
♫ ♫ It’s the Beatles. I can’t help myself. ♫ ♫
That’s okay. You’re making me nice and peppy.
Had to be Dexter…that and the shoes probably sent mushroom head to a warmer more nurturing crowd? Congrats on the award – and getting them done in style
Thank you! And you’re probably right–poor Mushroom Head couldn’t take it anymore after reading my drivel. I’m sure he’s much happier now.
Have no doubt numerous the clogs, uggs, and stompers discouraged poor mushroom head
You’re most likely right.
Congrats on the awards and the anniversary! Meanwhile, I go with the ugly man shoes, hope you don’t watch Honey boo boo, and wonder what you were doing in ND …. Oh … didn’t you hear that the NCAA is having a hissy out that nickname?
Thanks for your regular wit!
that’s hissy about.
You are correct with your answers (my favorite show is Dexter; I think Honey Boo Boo is being exploited and is too young to star in a reality show, and thus I won’t ever watch that show…) so the awards are yours if you choose (because blog awards are so much fun, aren’t they?…
)
And I originally hail from North Dakota and did indeed take a hit to the head by a hockey puck. It hurt. And yes, I’m not a fan of their nickname. But I’m even less of a fan of the Cleveland Indians logo. So offensive, it drives me crazy. In fact, I wrote a post on it (and the hockey hit): http://carrierubin.com/2012/04/12/that-didnt-hurt-at-all/
Besides being naturally hard, hockey pucks are frozen too! No kidding it hurt. College hockey is great (only missed a small number of games in my five years of hockey madness). Meanwhile, outside of MNF, I don’t watch any of those shows.
What’s MNF?
Monday Night Football
Ahh. See? More proof that I don’t watch it.
LOL
I am most honored! And now quaking in my boots (not Uggs) to think that anyone races anywhere to follow me. Thank you for passing this along.
Sure thing. I thought you’d enjoy a little pressure for your next blog post.
But seriously, don’t feel like you have to accept; I know these awards can get tedious (don’t tell anyone I said that…) But I was pleased to see you and Gina followed the mushroom head, because you are both very deserving indeed.
Now I can say “I knew her when…”
Me, too!
I also carry all the heavy luggage at the airport, take the garbage to the berm, and get the newspaper in the morning.
Tis true, my tall warrior. There are so many things I would miss should you enter a cold, black hole.
1. Dexter
2. Ugly Man Shoes
and 3. the hockey puck
Okay, I probably got everything wrong, but at least I got close on the shoes… And I’m still jealous of your awesome bobblehead.
P.S. I didn’t read the rules. So technically I read a 700 word post…
Good, because there’s nothing worse than encountering a super long blog post on a Monday. I feel I should apologize to everyone. But I’ll make up for it with a short post next time.
And you got all three right! Yay! Three awards to the lucky lady in the lunchmeat aisle. If you play the award game, that is, and it’s perfectly understandable if you don’t. It’s a rather pointless…er, I mean…time-consuming game…
Happy Birthday! We have a lot in common – I’ve been hit in the head many times and also wear ugly man shoes. I haven’t read any of your favorite books but love having as many books as possible on my to-read list – thank you for those suggestions!
Hmm, maybe our head hits are the cause of our love for ugly man shoes?…
Hahah – could be! Whenever I try to wear any kind of a heel, I fall all over the place though too so I’ll have to stick with the ugly man shoes.
And see? That would just cause an endless cycle of head injuries, so I agree, no to the heels.
D. C. D. How did I do? Even though you work in the med field, I picked Uggs over Crocs, against my better judgement (ugly man shows is a possibility, but I just don’t think you’d refer to them that way).
Meh. I saw the answers, but I didn’t use hints.
And for that, all the awards are yours. Because I know how much you’re into those things…
You kid, but you may be surprised to know that in my illustrious blogging career I have been nominated for 3 awards (one of which was from you, thank you), and I was deeply touched and honored each time.
To be honest, I’m uncomfortable with blog awards. I hasten to add that this discomfort stems not from the award itself or the giver (that is, I think the idea of blog awards is a delightful one; very positive and community-building), but rather from my own internal characteristics (I hesitate to use the word ‘weaknesses,’ because in most respects these idiosyncrasies are just who I am, and in many cases prove a tremendous advantage; here, however, they manifest more as a weakness). I don’t want to go too deeply into that, but I did want to clear my position a little, at least here and to you. I think I sometimes come off as being “above” blog awards, and that’s not the case at all. They’re just not for me.
Having said that, I have recently come up with a way to recognize those people who were kind enough to nominate me. You’ll see it one of these days on PT.
I don’t think people who don’t play the ‘blog game’ are above it; I just figure it’s not their thing. It’s really not mine either, but as long as no one hunts me down for breaking the rules so horrifically, I’ll keep at it.
Well, thank you for not cheating and looking at other commenters’ answers, but alas, only 1 and 3 are correct. I do indeed wear ugly man shoes, but I didn’t realize how ugly they were until I sent a picture to Sweet Mother to use in her blog interview of me. Apparently she claims 1,000 drag queens died when they saw them. Click her post under my ‘hint’ if you want to see a picture of them. Because I’m sure you have nothing better to do…
If you actually wear Crocs please don’t tell me. I don’t think I could deal with that kind of information.
Well, I don’t, you’ll be happy to know. Nor do I wear any of the other top four choices.
If you hadn’t have been sniffing markers, you wouldn’t have been crushed by the steamroller.
Good point. That was definitely the beginning of my demise.
See, I was going to guess that you wear stilettos and that Honey Boo Boo is your show. I don’t know you at all.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, not many people do.
1. Clearly it’s Honey Boo Boo – C! Or possibly B!
2. Well other people are saying Ugly man shoes. Are those different from Uggs? Cause Uggs are ugly too.
3. f – all of the above – how are you still WRITING?
I feel sad for Mushroom Head. All mourn Mushroom Head.
Oh, Alice, Alice, Alice, so wrong you are on the answers (although in retrospect, perhaps all of the above is correct for #3). But you did seem to settle on ugly man shoes, so feel free to accept the Booker Award if you like. Don’t know if you play this blog award game or not. I frequently ask myself why I do…
And yes, I miss my little Mushroom Head. For many posts early on, he was one of my only visitors.
I have a Booker award, but I don’t have a blog of the year award (I think?) I wonder how many blogs of the year there are, hmm. How about I trade you one of my awards for one of yours? I actually got the Liebster twice, so I’ve got one to spare. It could be like Baseball cards and stuff.
Haha. Yes, they’re quite the thing. I always say I’m not going to do it anymore, and then I cave and shove all those that have been accumulating into one long post. Hopefully there aren’t too many left that I haven’t received. Then I can put an end to this madness.
Thanks for the shoutout. I guess technically I’m your favourite Ukrainian, but since this year I have (finally) gotten my Danish passport, I’ll allow it.
Digging the new blog facelift – nice and clean!
Now for the answers:
1. Clearly c) – is there any other show other than Honey Boo Bo worth watching? OK OK, I know this one’s d), since we share this serial killer passion (no, don’t care if this gets quoted out of context)
2. e), but only because I followed the hint
3. Well, d) was strangely specific, so I’ll have to go for that one – unless it was a trick…in which case, congratulations!
Yay! You got them all right! More awards for Daniel–just what you always wanted. So since you already have the award you gave me, feel free to accept the Commentator Award and the Booker Award if you don’t already have them (if someone had told me 13 months ago, I’d be passing on blogger awards as if the things were actually important and special, I’d have snorted chocolate out my nose in laughter…)
By the way, you shall now forever be my favorite Dane-Uke, or UkDane, or DUke, or…
I shall accept the awards, but only within the scope of this comment section (another award post and I’ll officially go insane…I’m just a small step away
)
Duke…I like!
Just post an image of them on your blog. No one will know whether you officially accepted them or not, Duke. Nor will anyone care.
Fair enough, done! Duke over and out…
Okay, I know the answers, but I just can’t help rattling your cage. I just know you secretly love Honey Boo Boo and prance around in 5″ stilettos while sniffing magic markers. Go on, admit it.
“Fungus amongus”! *Rolls on floor laughing and kicking her heels*
I really wish I could see you rolling on the floor kicking your heels. I’ll just have to picture it in my mind instead. And since you know the real answers, consider the top three awards yours if you play the blog-awards game. Try to contain your excitement. I know blog awards are rare and awe-inspiring.
And you got me–I do like to prance around in stilettos watching Honey Boo Boo and sniffing things I shouldn’t. But please don’t tell anyone…
I knew it! And thanks for the awards.
P.S. Happy blog birthday!
Thank you!
I’m going to go for D E D.
Wow, if you shrink and increase your browser window size by dragging the edge, the background rainbow stays where it is and the white moves across it. How cool!
Ooh, I’ll have to try that. I was hoping to induce a hallucinogenic effect with these stripes, and it appears I may have succeeded.
And you are correct with all your responses! The top three awards are yours if you want them. Because really, what’s more exciting than blog awards?…
One time in high school, the class waited in the hallway to be let into the room for a test. (I can’t remember which subject.) A couple of people decided that they were going to sit next to me in order to cheat off of my paper. “Good luck with that,” I said. “I didn’t study!” I guess I LOOK deceptively smart.
I’m taking my chances with Awkwardly Alive. They seem to know what they’re doing. I would have guessed Dexter and Ugly Man Shoes, but I didn’t know about the hockey puck. Thanks for studying A A!
And would you believe Awkwardly Alive only recently followed me? I don’t think she’s even read those past posts. I was quite impressed. Please take the awards for the first two that you knew if you’re interested in playing the blog award game. If you’re not, then forget this encounter ever occurred, and I apologize for the 5 minutes of your life you’ll never get back for reading this post…
By the way, I like your tactic of discouraging cheaters–just not studying. But you’ll understand if I refrain from passing that advice onto my sons.
Happy Blogiversary. Like the new format! Ok…my guesses: Awkwardly alive already named them and I’m freakin lazy. xo
But I suspect you knew all three, anyway, so take those first three awards, Missy. Unless you don’t want to play the award game, which makes you far cooler than me. Then again, that’s a given.
I don’t think I’m cooler than you are. Hell, you can FIX people!
On a good day. Other days I just rub KY Jelly on their heads…
(I’m referring to a post I wrote a while back about embarrassing moments in my training. I think you read it. If not, this response just makes me look weird…)
Yes, I read it. Once upon a time, I was blond and maybe then you would have felt it necessary to explain this reference….
Well, it was more for the benefit of someone else who might be reading the comment. Felt it needed some context.
Carrie, Happy Blog Birthday! Love the new look! I’ve been following long enough to get all the answers right (we’ve especially had lots of exchanges about the Ugly Man Shoes), but then other bloggers posted all the answers and rendered my correct choices merely copy-cat blither. So sad.
I will take comfort in your lovely awards and keep reading just in case you have another multiple choice quiz in the future. I will become the Go-to person for All Things Carrie. ; )
Well, you’ve earned all three awards just by taking the time to read other peoples’ comments! You are a better blogger than me. Although I like to try and read comments on other peoples’ blogs if I can, I usually don’t have time. And since I know you knew all those answers, please feel free to accept the awards if you play the game. You are most deserving of them.
Love you, Carrie. I had a picture in my head of what you’d look like running all day in those dainty pink slippers – hee, hee – and then it went ‘poof’ and it was gone. One of your sons’ grins might have punctured it. (There you are, blaming everything on teenagers again!)
On the plus side, by the time I got to the end of the post, those stripes have started to grow on me.
That’s why the post is so long. Needed time to let the poor readers eyes adjust. It’s like going to the eye doctor, and not in a good way.
Hello Carrie,
That Hockey Puc scrambled your egg a bit.
D – Dexter
( ) – She’s Come Undone (and forgot to Alphabetize)
E – Ugly Man’s Shoes
B – Your Crush On James Taylor (it’s Okay, we kinda dig him too) ……….you really ice the cake out of the box by comparing yourself to Sophia Vergara (Sorry Sophie)
RidicuRyder
Well, it appears you got them all right, although I’m a little confused on #3 because you first mention a hockey puck, and then a crush on James Taylor. But given your wit, you win all three! (For the record, the book list wasn’t a multiple choice question–that’s a list of my favorite books, which is what the Booker Award requests.)
Thanks so much for stopping by. I appreciate it!
Carrie,
I’m sloppy on details, but sometimes when I rattle em around funny shit tumbles out……..or I look like an Ass (fun either way).
RR
I completely understand, as I’ve looked like an ass on many occasions…
I very much like the list of your five favorite books. I have read everything by Rohinton Mistry. AnD Wally Lamb! Have also read MOAG. So Midwives and Gone Girl are both on my list, based on your recomendation. (Actually I tried to reserve Gone Girl at the library but was 795 on the list so guess I’ll have to find some other way to read that.) I found I couldn’t really answer any of the questions about you. So, no awards for me!
Well, I’m sad you don’t know these life-saving facts about me, but I’m glad you didn’t cheat and look at the comments, so it all balances out.
In fact, just for your honesty, take the Booker Award. You’re a book lover, and this is a fun award, and I most definitely want it for you if you play the award game. 
Yes, I imagine Gone Girl has a long wait, but the 795 may go quicker than you think if your library is on a large inter-library exchange like mine. Or ask for it for Christmas. Midwives is the book known for giving me chills. And I can’t say more or I’ll give things away. I really like Bohjalian’s books.
Happy Blog Birthday! And congrats on the well-deserved awards.
I saw the answers, but would have guessed Dexter because of the blood spatter, I knew the ugly man shoes and I would’ve guessed hockey puck because you were very specific on the type of puck.
I loved Memoirs of a Geisha too. Did you read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan? Lisa See I believe…. It was incredible.
Have a great week Carrie!
Thank you! And please take all three awards if you like. Or completely ignore them, which will thus make you cooler than me.
I did read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. I don’t read much historical or cultural fiction, but when I do, novels set in China, Japan, or India always intrigue me.
The Answers are:
1. D) Dexter
2. E) Ugly Man Shoes
3. D) Getting hit in the head by a flying Fighting Sioux hockey puck .
You know the copy and paste application comes in real handy-Thanks Awkwardly Alive!
(I knew the first two!)
Yes, I figured there’d be some short-cut takers out there.
But the awards are yours anyway for your correct responses. Do with them what you wish, whether that be accepting them or tossing them to a galaxy far, far away…
I take all awards given!
The stripes behind your blog are rad.
I hope you put them there. When I looked at the answers I would choose, they came up as ADD, and I was afraid you would think I was saying you had the disorder, so I decided not to play. Happy Birthday blog!
Well, you only got one of the answers right, so good thing you’re not playing.
And my blog thanks you for the birthday nod. It really wanted those stripes, so I decided to throw it a bone on its birthday.
Hey! I like the new place. Very calming. LOVE being on your blog roll. This makes me want to redesign my site. I love what you’ve done here.
Thanks for the mention. I love that mushroom head!
I’ve been stalling on writing my blog! Life’s gotten a little busy here. I MUST force myself to do something this week.
I THINK, you watch American Idol, you liked Gone Girl, you got hit with a hockey puck, and that you are the coolest person I sorta kinda know!
Write that next book! I loved Seneca Scourge. It was outstanding!!
Thanks, Gina. I imagine life has gotten pretty busy for you. But in a good way! So happy for your success.
But alas, I’m not an American Idol fan. My show is Dexter. But I did get hit with a hockey puck, which explains a lot.
Please don’t feel that you have to accept the award–you certainly won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t, or if it takes you three years to get to.
Dexter. I’ve never seen that one! I think I’ll take a whack at writing a blog today. Drags feet….
Well, it’s about a good serial killer. Is that an oxymoron?…
That sounds like something I’d like to watch!
It’s my favorite. It’s on Showtime, which I don’t have, but every August, I get the previous season on DVD and overload on my buddy Dexter.
heh-heh … I don’t know about these stripes … aren’t you an introvert type? I’m bothered … are you quite well?
Yes, it’s rather bold for an introvert. But not when you consider the other choices available. Fluffy flowers, tiny umbrellas, and polk-a-dots scream extrovert, and I just couldn’t go there.
ah … anyway … d, e, d, ‘cos I looked at someone else’s answers above, though I knew the answers anyway, at least when I looked at somebody’s reply above I did, but I might have forgotten them by now, or you might have changed your mind, in which case … your guess is as good as mine ;D
Nah, once I commit, I’m in. And you are correct on all three! The top three awards are yours for the taking, though I’m not sure if you play the ‘award game.’
Well, now I’m totaling confused.
That’s okay. You have no blog on which to display these amazing, so-hard-to-come-by blog awards anyway. Of course, you could always start one…
Everyone knows that “C” is the correct answer to every multiple choice question ever written in the history of time. I’m smarter than the average blogger. So C. C. C.
Please put “Gemini Girl in a Random World” in extra huge font (but not Brush Script MT, you have to drink kryptonite every morning for breakfast to read that one) when you hand me my award. xoxo
Well, even though your answers are incorrect, I suppose your logic makes sense. If I watched Honey Boo Boo, then I indeed must lack a cerebral cortex.
I don’t know what Brush Script MT font is, but since you’re so fond of it, I’ll be sure to use it. Kryptonite is rather tasty, I hear.
Wow – I didn’t know where I was at first! Change is good
Okay, so I’m thinking you’re a Dexter girl, and I saw you more in crocs, even though the hint implied ugly man shoes! Congrats on your awards – you are so good at responding and accepting them. Me? I kindly say thank you but I’ve had to choose to let them slide… And if you happen to be a Honey Boo Boo type, please don’t burst my bubble… lol 
Well, since you don’t do the award thing, I won’t scold your for being off on the answers. It’s just as well. I’d rather you think I wear Crocs than ugly man shoes.
(But I’ll stand by my ugly man shoes any day. They’re comfy.)
By the way, Happy Birthday, blog! Love the new look!
Thank you. Even though change is hard, it was time…
1. D) Dexter
2. E) Ugly Man Shoes
3. D) Getting hit in the head by a flying Fighting Sioux hockey puck – I don’t even care if this one’s right, it’s just plain interesting.
Wow! I’m impressed. You got them all right even though you didn’t yet follow me when I posted the Dexter and hockey puck entries. And man, did that puck hurt!
Don’t know if you play the blog awards game or not, but if you do, please take all three.
Oh boy! Thanks!!