At some point during Writing 101, I discovered two bloggers had nominated me for an award. I hesitated to accept, thinking that in so doing I was only blowing my own horn. However, as I’ve thought about it over the past few weeks, I realize that the very nature of the award promotes others and not myself.

Therefore, I am pleased to announce that I have accepted the award for which I was nominated by Meredith and Obscured Dreamer: The Most Influential Blogger Award.

And now, some victory music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQwLeMcbRY

In addition, I would like to nominate (in no particular order) the following blogs for the Most Influential Blogger Award:

Stormy Musings

Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge

Lehrer Werkstatt

Thinking Out Loud

Schattenengel

The Internet Hound

Chaos Girl and the Real World

Fuzzy Undertones

Mindless Productivity

Which Way Now 101

In the interest of full disclosure, here are the rules governing the award:

1. Display the Award on your Blog.

2. Announce your win with a blog post and thank the Blogger who awarded you. Do not lump this award with any other award in a “basket”, “bouquet” or “collection” etc., I would rather you didn’t accept the award.

3. Present 10 deserving Bloggers with the Award.

4. Link your awardees in the post and let them know of their being awarded with a comment (or a pingback).

5. Include an embedded video of your current favorite song (YouTube has almost everything, just copy and paste the link into your WordPress editor). If a video is not possible you can embed a SoundCloud track.

You can now find more content on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter.

 

 

I didn’t realize how much I’d miss Writing 101, but it became a routine. I like routine. I don’t like change. My reader is emptier, the visitors are down, and I’m struggling with semi-burnout. I want to write something, but the words just won’t come.

I technically have two assignments left: writing about an event that was cancelled (and how it made me feel) and

Wait just a minute; I’m writing about a “cancelled” event right now!

How does it make me feel? How do I feel about this? Well, it’s kind of a mix of

abominable, arrant, atrocious, baneful, base, beastly, beneath contempt, brutal, contemptible, damned, deadly, demonic, deplorable, detestable, devilish, diabolical, direful, disgusting, dreadful, egregious, evil, fell, fetid, fiendish, filthy, foul, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gross, gruesome, hateful, heinous, horrendous, horrific, horrifying, infamous, iniquitous, lamentable, loathsome, lousy, macabre, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, monstrous, morbid, nasty, nefarious, notorious, obnoxious, odious, offensive, rank, regrettable, repelling, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sad, scary, schrecklich, sordid, squalid, too bad, tragic, unclean, unspeakable, vile, villainous, wicked, woeful, worst, worthless, and wretched

to name but a few.

Honestly, how would you feel if something you loved ended?

This post is being published as part of Writing 101. Challenge 15: You’re told that an event that’s dear to your heart — an annual fair, festival, or conference — will be cancelled (or taken over by an evil organization). Read your piece aloud, multiple times. Hone that voice of yours!

 

 

 

Now Playing At  A Blog Near You

Take a careful look at the page you’re on. If you’re a regular reader, you may have noticed some changes!

Background – I finally took advantage of Suburbia’s custom background. It’s a word cloud of my topics and categories. It took some work to color-match the background text with the site text, but I think it works.

Logo – Since I started blogging last year I’ve wanted a unique logo. I also needed one that didn’t infringe on copyright issues (sorry for the last year, UnderArmour). Five days of semi-intense brainstorming resulted in the logo you see now.

For the record, both were made using Tagul‘s word cloud generator and edited in Adobe Photoshop 9.

Address – Look carefully at the url in you address bar; especially if you’ve bookmarked this page or otherwise come here on autopilot. That’s right – you’re now reading this blog at www.runninginmyhead.com!

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you’ll notice some new widgets.

Other Reading will take you to my recent likes on WordPress. Check them out and discover something new!

On The Bookshelf lists the books I’m currently reading. Of course, you can always follow me on Goodreads to see all my lists and reviews.

Life In Motion will show you my two recent Instagram photos. Follow me there if you don’t want to miss a moment!

There’s also been some changes to the sidebar:

A new search feature for the archives

Copyright information (get one for free at Creative Commons)

Revised Images

Over the next few weeks I’ll be rolling out some bonus features and content!

Facebook: I already have a Facebook page, but right now it only publicizes my posts. This will change to provide more random thoughts and links to things I find interesting. Flash Fiction Fridays, anyone?

Twitter: If you already follow me on Twitter, note this change! I’ve set up a new Twitter specifically for my blog. I’m doing this for two reasons: (1) to separate my personal feed from my public feed and (2) to provide you with even more thought provoking ideas! See my thoughts in 140 characters or less (brevity is the soul of wit, after all). Of course, you can always follow both!

Tumblr: I’ve set up a Tumblr to share inspirational thoughts and pictures. Expect quotes from my current reading list!

Worried about clutter? Remember that this blog is not my business. At most I will only post something on these sites once (maybe twice) a day. In reality, it will probably only be a few times a week.

Coming Soon

Podcast: I’d like to produce a monthly (bimonthly?) podcast about various ideas. I plan to release a test podcast towards the end of July. Stay tuned for details!

Comments, concerns, or complaints about these changes? Let me know!