Hello All!
Well, as I said before…. things have been BONKERS lately, and I’ll be back to my regularly scheduled blog posts and visits in September. So sadly, Cozy Sunday (Jane Austen edition) which would have normally gone up today, will need to be postponed.
But…. AWARD POST!!!! Woot woot! Thank you to Drew @the Tattooed Book Geekย for the nomination! And, if you know Drew, you know this won’t be a normal Award post!!
The Tag Rules:
- Thank the blogger who nominated you in a blog post and link back to their blog.
- Answer the 11 questions the blogger asked you.
- Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and ask them 11 new questions
- List the rules and display the sunshine blogger award logo in your post/or on your blog.
Now, on to the questions!!
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What would your spirit animal be?
A platypus, because….. WHAT ARE THEY EVEN?!?
Although, everyone says I’m like I cat. Don’t touch me unless I give you permission. ๐น
2. What would your theme song be?
Virtue by Ani DiFranco
3. Thereโs a magic doorway that will take you anywhere, to any fantasy world, to any era or just to any different country, where do you choose to go?
I’m going to Woodstock, Baby!!! I would have LOVED to be there! Dirty free love? Great music? Hallucinogens? COUNT ME IN!!
4. What is your favourite type of cake?
…. I actually hate cake.
*watches reader counter dwindle… *
5. What fruit or vegetable would make the best weapon?
I’m always partial to the Zucchini. I mean, it’s hard, it’s club-like…. Oh wait. You said WEAPON! Ah….. I’ll stick with Zucchini.
6. What upcoming book do you wish that you could read right now?
I want the rest of the Afton Morrison series!! (Ya ya, you know I can’t get through an award or tag post without mentioning this series!!)
Check out my reviews on Go Home, Afton and See You Soon Afton!
7. If you could rewrite the ending of any book which book would you choose?
The Phone Book. I mean, save the best for last! So, what does Zwiec have that I don’t?!
8. What would your epitaph read?
“Nicole. She liked to say Fuck…. A Lot.” (Shout of to Raistlin for giving me the idea for this one!!)
9. Who would you love to punch in the face?
Oh man…. The list goes on and on… I mean, I feel like I’m accepting an Oscar for this one
Well, there is, of course Michael Bay. That man has ruined way too many of my childhood franchises.
Then there is half of my customer base…. TAKE A GOD DAMNED SHOWER YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!!
All of the awful parents in the world who should have had to take a test before popping out their 10 children and solving the issue of taking care of them by expecting technology to do the job….. Well, I see that the music is starting to swell indicating they want me off the stage… Why is everyone muttering and shaking their fists?? DO I OFFEND??
10. What is your top worst bit of blogging advice? โ make it as funny as you can! ๐
Alway tell people how crap they are! Really and honestly, nothing motivates people more than telling them that they’re writing is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!
Visit as many blogs as you can, and always leave comments like “WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??” or, “your opinions make baby Jesus cry…” I find that really gets the creative juices flowing!
11. You are hosting a bookish influenced dinner party, which authors, characters and bloggers do you invite?
I couldn’t even choose!! YOU’RE ALL INVITED!!! ๐๐๐ป๐ป I am the hostess with the mostest, so I’d love to have you ALL there!!
Well, I have NO TIME to nominate anyone! So… I nominate ALL OF YOU! BUT, there’s a catch! If I don’t get any ping back’s in the next week from people completing this award in the next week I’M COMING BACK TO ADD SPECIFIC NOMINEES!!
CHEERS ALL!!!
Seriously, what the fuck are you talking about that you say fuck all the time?! I’ve NEVER read that word in any of your fucking blog posts. Sheesh. But the “making baby Jesus cry” comment made me snarf coffee, so good job! Now go play with your zucchini. ๐๐ฅ
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Goals for the day? Say fuck. A lot. CHECK. Make someone snarf their coffee? CHECK. Well, guess that’s everything! *rolls over and goes back to sleep*
Ha ha ha!! I TRY to be a good girl for my blog…. As much as I can!! But, Raistlin has come to the conclusion that Fuck is my favourite word. ๐๐ HE’S RIGHT!! Although, now is Klootzak, as he’s been teaching me to swear in Dutch. ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Fuck yeah!!
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how anyone can hate a cake?????? my mind can’t grasp it ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
and thumb up for a fav animal :))
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Ha ha! I was waiting for someone to say something about that! Wow. THAT didn’t take long! ๐๐ I have absolutely 0 sweet tooth… It’s a sad salty word that I live in…
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The wrong kinda world haha i never met a person who was absolutely indifferent to the cake
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Well… There’s a first time for everything?? I always did like to be unique! ๐๐
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I don’t like cake too… I mean I would eat once a year or once in 2 years… But I don’t crave it
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Good! I thought I was the only one!! People always think I’m mental when I say I don’t like it!! ๐๐
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I don’t like chocolates too… Great answers babe…. You are awesome… I loved the way your x factor (some may call it madness) and humor (done may call it weirdness) and intelligence (some may call it eccentricity) shines. If I am hogging someone else’s comment section… I am sorry for the intrusion… But I had to say it
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Ha ha!! I give you permission to hog any comment section you like, darlin! You know I love hearing from you! Especially when you’re sticking up for my weirdness. That’s why you’re the bestest. ๐๐โค๏ธ
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Omg you are weird and I like the same things you do most of them except for the ๐ป๐ป๐ฏ๐ฏ so am I weird too? Are we in a different Class than the rest… Don’t worry you will have a separate subcategory hehehe
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I, too, have less of a sweet tooth, but not so little as to hate cake!๐ I guess we’re just born like that.
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The 10th one really made me laugh
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Hey, it’s GOOD ADVICE!! ๐๐
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What? When did I give you that idea of the epitaph? You never say that word…you have never sweared before in your life. This has got to have been a Michel from an alternate dimension that started putting things in your head๐๐ค๐ค
F*ck!! This was hilarious!!! Thanks for the shoutout! And that epitaph: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
But really so many of the answers for this post were terrific! That worst blogging advice: I would try it for fun just to see what would happen ๐๐ (what do you mean my blog is deleted? Let’s check that…..๐๐๐). Don’t know if a Zucchini would make a good weapon though: Wait why are you looking at me like that, and why is that Zucchini raised above your head. Okay…think it’s time to make a hasty exit…and this comment was probably too long anyway๐๐๐
Did I already say: Great post?! Because it was….๐๐ Be careful about that tag though…..you never know what people might write about you…๐๐๐๐
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Ha ha!!! It was definitely a lot of fun!! ๐๐ And, you’re right…. I’m such an innocent little flower…. ๐๐๐๐ธ๐ธ *bats big innocent sparkling eyes of indeterminate colour*
Ha ha!! Well, we’ll see what happens when I tag people, because I bet I’ll have to! ๐๐
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Totally! You are absolutely the totally innocent flower! Thatโs why I just canโt believe that anyone would ever suggest that you write this as your Epitaph….I’m shocked I tell you: shocked!! ๐ฎ๐ฎ
Lol….but you already did tag people by writing this post….๐๐๐๐๐
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Ha ha!!…… Truuuuue…….. ๐๐๐๐
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Whistles a merry tune ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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๐ฃ๐คค๐จ๐ต๐ฑ
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what do you mean you don’t like cake? what’s wrong with you? seriously?
#10 kinda made up for #3, but still, it’s cake!
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Well, at least I KIND OF made up for it? Ha ha! It makes me sad as well… I really do WISH that I liked sweets!
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wait, are you saying you not only don’t like cake, you dont like sweets in general?
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*hangs head in shame*…. Correct.
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well, i guess if you did, you’d be too sweet and people wouldn’t like you much, huh?
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Ha ha! YES, EXACTLY!! I’m just too sweet as it is. Ha ha!
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OK – I have to ask – did you stage that zucchini photo just for this post? ๐
Cheers,
Brian
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Actually, I wondered if people would think that was me!! ๐๐ I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE!! But, I stole it off the google machine.
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Sigh, could have put more effort in, what a suck fest, awful, baby jesus would cry at the atrocious crap that is ‘this post’ I mean, I tagged you and you post this, where’s the effort?๐ค Less booze and more blogging effort!๐
I jest! I knew you’d take this just as seriously as I did though I thought I kept the questions quite normal! I should have written you some crazy questions!๐
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Well, I WAS going to say that I expected more from your questions… I mean, can you say LAME?!? I KNOW I CAN!!! ๐๐๐๐
Although, thank you for the “who would you punch question. Seriously, VERY CATHARTIC!! I would recommend everyone really open their hate valve and think about this one! ๐๐๐ฒ
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Lame, yeah, I can’t disagree with that though don’t hate the playa, hate the game and many aren’t like me and you and don’t like fun, weird, crazy and downright weird questions and would have taken offense if I’d asked weird sh#t.๐
Damn right! It should be an awesome question but! And I sh#t you not! Someone did the tag and answered that question with no one! They wouldn’t punch anyone!๐ฑ
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LIES!!! THAT IS A HORRIBLE LIE!! There is NO WAY that someone has NO ONE they want to punch. They just have to embrace they’re dark side….. That’s it. That blogger has made MY list! ๐
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I know! Shocking isn’t it! I mean, if I had to answer the question I’d have a lengthy list of people and yet they haven’t even got one person!๐๐
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Well, I’m sure between the 2 of us we can punch enough people for all of these naysayers. Lol!!
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I believe English cucumbers make better weapons. See, you can swing them, and they don’t turn mushy as easily as zucchinis after one use. Source: I fought my dad with a cucumber once in a dream and it was very effective.
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Yes indeedy, English cucumbers are much stronger and not as fey as the Italian Zucchini. Very good for swiping heads then poking in the eyes before the victim recovers, whereas the zucchini falls apart on impact. Great dream BTW! ๐
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Right? You can throw it like a spear too.
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Absolutely! ๐
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HA HA HA!!! BEST DREAM EVER!! ๐คฃ๐คฃ Well, you and Fraggle have convinced me… Cuke, it is!! ๐๐
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See, your answers to this tag is why youโre so deserving of this award Nicole. Youโre the epitome of a ray of sunshine!๐
#platypusesrule
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Ha ha! Thank you, Kim! I just like to give everyone a laugh when I can!! I know that I can usually use a laugh. It makes real life so much easier to deal with! ๐๐
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I donโt like cake either, and I have no idea why, but the platypus has always been one of my favorite animals! ๐ Thanks for the laughs this morning, Nicole!
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I like the duck-billed platypus
Because it is anomalous.
I like the way it raises its family
Partly birdly, partly mammaly.
I like its independent attitude.
Let no one call it a duck-billed platitude.
(by Ogden Nash)
I don’t like cake though.
(by me).
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HA HA HA HA!!! This is why I love you. ๐คฃ๐คฃ And I’m so happy at the non cake loving support that I’ve been getting! I was expected more public outcry… Okay, it’s been about 50/50. ๐
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Cake is probably my least favorite desert (unless its in ice cream form.) Platypus’ are adorable and plenty of people are punch worthy these days! Always enjoy your posts and congrats on the Sunshine Blogger Award!
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Ha ha! Yay!! Another.. Non cake lover?? Thanks for stopping by! ๐๐ป
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Thanks for the laugh!๐
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Ha ha!! Any time!! ๐๐ What’s the point to life if we can’t laugh?? โค๏ธโค๏ธ
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Absolutely!
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Congratulations! Your answers were fun to read! ๐
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Thanks for stopping by! I had fun answering them! ๐๐
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LMAO!!!
I like ice cream cake. I just ignore the cake stuff and go straight for the ice cream ๐
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Ha ha! Yay!! I’m not crazy!!!…. Or, maybe I am, but I have fellow crazies! ๐
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I agree with the hatred of parents using tech for babysitting!
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๐๐๐ Preach it, sister! I know you must also see it a lot!
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Yup! Way too much and then they wonder why their kids are how they are๐
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EXACTLY!! ๐
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This is hilarious ๐๐๐ And very offensive!!! ๐๐๐๐
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That’s how I roll! ๐๐๐
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OMG, as always your answers rock. But I must have missed the pairing. What kind of antidote are you offering with this?
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A stiff shot of your favourite liquor. It’s all I can recommend after some (hopefully only slightly offensive?) serious blogging! ๐๐๐
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Well, you do follow your rule about making blogging funny, Nicole. This post cracked me up. And Woodstock! Great answer. Can I come too? I was a little too young for that one, but what a trip it would have been. ๐
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Well, I’m getting my time machine prepped as we speak. When I get it up and running you can DEFINTITELY come with me! ๐๐ป
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ROFL at your #5!! I won’t say no to an eggplant either. ๐ :Congrats on the nom, you cake-hating platypus! Keep on offending and swearing and being HILARIOUS. ๐ โค โค
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Thanks, Kathy!! I hope you’re feeling better! โฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ Maybe this helped cheer you up a little?? ๐ค๐๐ป
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Oh, hell yes!! โค
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Congratulations on the nominations, and I really love how you have answered the questions.
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Thank you, and thanks for stopping by!! ๐
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A pleasure to find you ๐
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xD lolll. you sound so hyper๐
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ALWAYS!! ๐๐ Pretty sure (if I wasn’t way too old for it) I would have been a Ritalin kid (for ADHD)! Ha ha! But, that sort of thing didn’t exist in my time!
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I didn’t even know what Ritalin was until now. Was there no medication for ADHD in your time?
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There was no ADHD in my time!! Ha ha! Kids were just… Hyper! Now they think every child has attention problems! I mean…. THEY’RE CHILDREN!
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๐Right! Nowadays everything is a problem!
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So true!! ๐๐
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This is the kind of content I signed up for.
Best version of the Sunshine Blogger Award I have seen so far. Congratulations! ๐
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Ha ha!! Well, you can always count on me for offensive, hilarious chaos! ๐๐
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Congratulations ๐๐
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Thank you! ๐๐
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Nicole, I just need to let you know that your writing is terrible, and would probably make kittens cry… if they could read. But also, that was hilarious xx
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KITTENS CRY?!? That’s even WORSE/… Better? Than Baby Jesus! See?? You’re getting it already! ๐๐๐
Thank you! I’m so glad everyone has been good sports about it! ๐๐
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Haha, I love your answers, Nicole. The telephone directory, indeed, of course the ending of Little Women should be re-written so that Beth doesn’t die.
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I can DEFINTITELY agree with that!! ๐๐
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This is HANDS DOWN the best award question/answer set I have ever read, in all my time perusing book blogs. I fucking worship you, lady! Well done!! ๐๐๐ Can I reserve my spot at your dinner party?? I don’t even need any food, just some of your incredible cocktails pls!!
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You are ABSOLUTELY IN!! ๐๐
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*ridiculous happy dancing*
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Platypus is the perfect spirit animal!
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ISN’T IT?!? ๐๐
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Wow… very interesting out of the box read. Thank you…
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Lol! I was beginning to think that Drew did this post ๐๐๐ Hilarious! I was also thinking that was you in the photo but it doesn’t really look like you. This was awesome! ๐๐๐
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And congrats on the award btw!
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Ha ha ha!!! You’re not the first one to say that about the photo! ๐๐ I WISH it was me! ๐ป
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… And I defintitely channeled my “inner Drew” for this one!! ๐ป๐
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