Showing posts with label awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awards. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Not just awesome: The awesomest

The amazing Scot Thomas from The Dom Next Door has included me in his (equally amazing) list of blogs which he figured were worthy of these awards. The first is basically just a compilation of all the awards floating around, but Scot turned this into a combo award. I suppose that makes this an ultra-super-mega-combo award. Hopefully the universe doesn't implode from my blogging of it.

Of course, as awesome as it is to be picked for these, they always come with rules for acceptance, and since I'm kind of lacking the will to write, this felt like a good prompt. I'll play.







So the rules for the Beautiful Blogger award are as follows:

1. Include the award logo somewhere in your blog.
2. Answer 10 questions you have about yourself
3. Nominate 10 to 12 blogs you enjoy. Or you pick the number. (I’ll pick the number)
4. Pay the love forward: Provide your nominee’s link in your post and comment on their blog to let them know they’ve been included and invited to participate.
5. Pay the love back with gratitude and a link to the blogger(s) who nominated you. 

The rules of the combo award, though, apparently are more fluid. I'm going to follow Scot's lead here and say if you accept you must share as part of your acceptance which story on the award-givers blog is your favorite and why. Sounds like fun. If you don't feel like doing such a lot of work, that's okay, don't play.  I obviously still love your writing anyway.

10 questions about myself? I'm going to assume it's just "10 bits of trivia about yourself," and go with it.

1. I love projects. This blog is the latest in a long, long line of projects that let me express myself. When I'm able I love doing electrical work, growing heirloom tomatoes, and repairing old windows.

2. I used to think the Barenaked Ladies were retarded until I actually listened to their (non One Week) stuff, and then they became my favorite band. Then they split (though technically they still exist, what's left is kind of icky to me), and I was sad.

3. I met all my best friends, including my husband, either on the internet or because of the internet. It has enriched my life incredibly and I am very grateful for access to it.

4. My first time was in a hotel room with a boy I'd known and loved for two years but only just met, and "Legend" was playing on the TV.

5. It kind of makes me sad that the TV was on, even though that was probably the most memorable part of the whole thing.

6. My munchkin is addicted to Portal. He's 4. Yeah, I dunno, I want to read with him but he just wants to play Portal.

7.  While sometimes I wish my friends and I lived closer to each other, I wouldn't trade any of them for more geographically convenient ones.

8. I love cooking but the cleanup afterward just doesn't do it for me. Thankfully my husband doesn't seem to mind so much.

9. Jon Pertwee in a dress made every more boring episode we'd watched up until that point totally worth it.

10.  Doctor Who. Doctor Who. Doctor Who?

Okay, I'm pulling out of my own head now, and diving into Scot's. My favorite story on The Dom Next Door is Thanks for Coming, Please Come Again, and it's because of the language. Scot's writing is often brilliantly descriptive, but the orders he delivers in this one just do it for me. I know sex is full of moaning, grunting, and gasping, but it's when lots of words come into play that I really begin to feel the scene, and so, this is mine. It's also awesome for a man of any inclination to make his wife come over and over and over and over - writing about that is even more of a win than doing it.

And now for my nominations! I'd like to just highlight a few awesome blogs that I've only recently come to appreciate, but naturally all the lovely folks on my blog roll are awarded too, if they'd like to play. If I didn't adore them they wouldn't be there.

Lolli Poppin Lane - A fairly new blog written with a very fresh perspective on submissive kink, spankings, and life. I love the energy of her writing. And she loves pussy spanking. What's gonna be wrong with that?

Deviant Wench - Sporadic but hot. Submissive, kinky, feminist. Wait, is that me? No, just another awesome woman blogging from within a fantastic sexual relationship.

Absinthe Passion - I'm so, so sad that it took me so long to get over to Mr. AP's blog. But intially I saw his comments as "absinthepassion" and for some reason I kept reading "abs in the passion," and I could NOT figure out what kind of blog that would be. I'm inundated in stuff over here, so some weird blog about abdominal sex was not going to make the cut to be worthy of my time.

But then one day, after he made a particularly insightful comment somewhere, I realized it was absinthe, not "abs in the." Duh, me. Anyway, he writes well and passionately and you should read his stuff.

Yes. Just three for me, because I haven't been out there finding new blogs perhaps like I should.

I'm actually kind of a shy, introverted sort of geek, you know.

Enjoy, everybody!

Monday, July 9, 2012

One Lovely Blog


The One Lovely Blog Rules of Acceptance

- Thank the person/people who nominated you and link back to them in your post.
- Share seven possibly unknown things about yourself.
- Nominate fifteen or so bloggers you admire.
- Contact the chosen bloggers to let them know and link back to them.

My turn! I've noticed a couple of people have put me on their lists, and despite the fact that I may be a day late, I'll do my best not to be a dollar short and link back to them all.

Kitty- who wrote an incredibly touching write up about me.

Thank you all so much for including me!

I could have missed a couple - if I did then let me know and I'll update. 

Seven possibly unknown things about me

1. I have blogging inadequacy syndrome. I get sad that my writing isn't as good as I imagined it would be when I started, and I start to get discouraged. But then I remember my reason for writing - a personal love letter/sex journal for us. Everything else is gravy. (Sometimes damn fine gravy, mind you.)

2. I have friends all over the world, many of whom I have met and many of whom I have not. I love them all, and dearly miss the ones I don't see as often.

3. I make friends quite easily once I get past my personality inadequacy syndrome, and I love hanging out with people.

4. I cook. I love to cook, and it's gotten to the point where the great majority of restaurant food just isn't good enough anymore. Certain kinds of Thai and Chinese foods I've yet to reproduce well enough for my satisfaction, though, as well as some vegan treats.

5. I love having people over and sharing food and companionship with them. 

6. When I was younger, I never thought I would actually have sex. Ever. To that me, the life I live now seems an impossible, sparkly, fairy-dream.

7. I recently discovered Zenni Optical, and I now have 5 pairs of prescription glasses which I love. Previously glasses had been so expensive I'd kept the same pair for 8 years, until they fell apart because my face reacted badly with the metal. My face actually ate through the metal and the glasses broke. Now I have titanium for my main pair and they were cheap. No more rough metal abrading my face!

Bloggers I admire

The bloggers who linked to me above, for reals.

Now, for the rest - I'll annotate because it's basically a repeat of my blog roll.

Leather Cuffs and Silken Bonds
I love the relationship that we get to glimpse through Jake's eyes. It's very special.

I've only just discovered Scot's blog, but it's fantastic. 

Self explanatory. Oh, boy, does she.

Lily is amazing. I have such an enormous girl-crush on her and her writing that it's not even funny.

He writes, and I blush. He's generally very good at pinpointing submissive motivations, though he doesn't post terribly often anymore.

I do not know how June manages to be away from her love, but she does, and she writes, and I read. 

Saiorse doesn't write often either, but she writes well and beautifully and it makes me happy when she does.

Liza writes about scorchingly hot sex and other things. I enjoy reading her - which is unusual for me as non-kink doesn't always press the right buttons in my head. Liza does.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Versatile Blogger Awards

Okay, so two lovely folks (pepper and cuddlykitten) have given me Versatile Blogger Awards. This appears to be a sort of community-building award with lots of link reciprocity, a way of saying "Hey guys, check out these blogs, they rock!" Increased awareness of awesome blogs is a result.

I'm beyond honored, guys. Thanks for saying such nice things about me!

Okay, so here are the rules:


1. Thank the award giver and link back to them in your post.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass this award along to 15 blogs you enjoy reading.
4. Contact your chosen bloggers to let them know about the award.

I already thanked you guys, but thanks, again!
Tales of a Spicy Slave
Finding Myself

Seven things about me that you guys don't know? That's actually a lot harder than it looks.

1. Today I was stopped on the street in this strange city by an American Red Cross volunteer and I agreed to donate a monthly sum to them. The other volunteers further down the street high-fived me as I walked down and told me I was fantastic.

2. I love gardening, programming, traveling, reading, learning, baking, building, planning, yard sales, good science fiction/fantasy, and sex. Not necessarily in that order.

3. I graduated from my university with a 4.0

4. I firmly believe that you can do anything possible if you put your mind to it. I exclude the "impossible" things like flying without aid.

5. Indian food. Just medium spicy. Oh yeah.

6. I love to cook but I love it best when I cook with my man.

7. Oh, here's an interesting one. When I was really really young I would pretend I was captured Rainbow Brite and hook my panties over my bed post while I was wearing them and "struggle" to "get away."

Blogs I enjoy, in no particular order at all:

Sexual Dynamics: Memoirs of a Discerning Dom
I love the way he writes. I love the bits of very short fiction interspersed with real discussions. I love the point of view.

From Vanilla to Dom
Oh, maui girl is awesome. Not only does she write a fabulous blog, but she has seemingly endless reserves of patience while slowly working her relationship to where it works best for both of them.

The Pervocracy
Holly does not need my pathetic little link to her blog, but I can't make a list of blogs I enjoy without it. She writes very well about very touchy topics, and Cosmocking? Sheer genuis!

The Black Leather Belt
Lily does not need my link either. I won't even try to describe the blog, but the writing is wonderful.

Shiterotica
You know this list wasn't going down without it. I can't help it. It's hilarious.

Past the Hurt
Rogue Bambi writes with such heartfelt honesty that I can feel her frustrations and her joys. Oh, also there's hot sex.

At Longing's End
Mina and Sylvanus both share their perspectives from within their non-monogamous marriage. A great read.

Ravaged Ragdoll
Melody is so sweet and her struggles with chronic pain break my heart. How one can find the energy for sex play with all that going on I don't even know, but she does!

Aisha
I know, I know, that she is a mature professional woman. But she gets so excited that her enthusiasm comes across and I just want to squeal like a child with her.

The Heron Clan
These three have been through a lot, and they're still together, still in love. It's awfully impressive.

Duality of Pain
Duality and his Grace. It's awesome to read about their dynamic and the interesting effects a chronic pain condition have on sex. It's an awesome relationship, though I gather they've been through their own storms. They've come through it even stronger.

MASTERB1TES
t1klish has a lot to say, but she says it in bite-sized chunks that are easy to process and matter-of-fact. She knows fantasy from reality and is not afraid to point it out.

A Dauntless Journey
DV hardly needs a blurb. Everyone knows him already, right? He's awesome.

Submissive Sanctuary
lil is so funny. I got some vicarious gardening angst off of her this harvest. She's also not afraid of introspection.