The Sunshine Award!

I’m still alive! *coughs away the dust* I’ve just been really busy and I’ve been saying “Oh, I’ll blog tomorrow!” But then…

Anyway. I was lucky enough to have been nominated for the Sunshine Award by Will of What If It All Means Something! For those of you who don’t know of him, you should. He’s pretty much the male, Canadian version of myself, and probably one of the only people I know who understands my nerdy ways. Needless to say, it’s an honor to be nominated by such an inspiring blogger who (unlike me) posts something amazing every day! Straight from his blog, here’s a description of the award:

The Sunshine Award is an award given by bloggers to other bloggers. The recipients of the Sunshine Award are: “Bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogsphere”. The way the award works is this: Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them. Answer questions about yourself. Select 10 of your favourite bloggers, link their blogs to your post and let them know they have been awarded the Sunshine Award!

Without further ado, here are the questions!

What inspired you to start blogging?

Meg Cabot. I used to read her blog on her website religiously, and after stumbling on a few blogs that my favorite authors write, I decided to give it a try. Also, I was creeping around on Amanda Hocking’s blog from before she was famous and I was like “THAT COULD BE ME. SOMEDAY PEOPLE WILL CARE WHAT I WROTE ABOUT EVEN IF IT’S STUPID.”

How did you come up with the name to your blog?

My name of course! I felt like it was pretty straightforward and easy to remember.

What is your favourite blog that you like to read?

Everyone that I’m nominating, of course! Plus I stalk Garth Nix obsessively. And I read Meg Cabot, Colleen Hoover, Shelly Crane, and Nicole Williams’ blogs most of the time because I’m subscribed via email.

Tell about your dream job.

I would be a professional writer, of course! Or an editor. Or both, preferably. I just want to be able to write and read and watch my creepy TV shows that no one else watches except for 50 year old men. You’ll see those a few questions down… yikes. I’m not that weird, I promise…

Is your glass half full or half empty?

I hope it’s half full! I have my days, but I try to be as “sunny” as possible! *wink, wink*

If you could go anywhere for a week’s vacation, where would you go?

Let’s pretend that I have a private jet for this week, so that I can go to Italy, Spain, Hawaii, and Australia. Also maybe I would make a pit stop in Nome, Alaska to see if the gold rumors are true.

What food can you absolutely not eat?

The cranberry dish at Thanksgiving. The name is somehow eluding me, cranberry sauce? Whatever it is. Nope. Not happening.

Dark chocolate or milk chocolate?

Milk chocolate! As a child my mom would only buy dark chocolate and I thought that’s all there was. Needless to say it was really exciting when I discovered the world of milk chocolate. Grocery list: Kit Kats and Lemonade.

How much time do you spend blogging?

Right. About that…

Do you watch tv – if so, what are some of your favorite shows?

This could get dangerous. I’ll list a top ten (and try to keep it recent) since I really like lists, and this could go on forever if I don’t limit myself.

1. Game of Thrones (can we just talk about how my love for George R.R. Martin rivals my love for J.R.R. Tolkien and Garth Nix, which is saying a lot?)
2. Once Upon A Time
3. Revenge 
4. The Bachelor (I know, but they have me sucked in now that they keep picking the next Bachelor/Bachelorette from people we already know. I’ve watched every single season that has ever aired. I’m not sure whether to be proud or ashamed.)
5. Gossip Girl
6. Any and every wedding show on TLC
and onto the creepy old man shows:
7. Bering Sea Gold (I read this book called All That Glitters recently, which introduced me to the world of dredging in the Bering Sea! And to think I only picked it up to begin with because the title had a Shakespearean connotation… extra points if you know what play. Also a Lord of the Rings reference if you swap the phrase around.)
8. Ghost Hunters (NOT Ghost Adventures, with the guy with the Pokemon trainer hair. Jason and Grant all the way. Except now its like Jason and Steve.)
9. Ancient Aliens (Georgio. Enough said.)

10. Dual Survival (could totally come in handy someday. Obligatory photo of Cody and Joe below. Cody doesn’t wear long pants or shoes, which is really why it’s interesting. And the fact that once he told Joe he would resort to cannibalism if necessary and seemed like he was actually serious. Also while I was in California last summer, we wanted to have a bonfire on the beach and no one had a lighter or matches… guess who made a fire and now carries the nickname “boy scout”? Yours truly.)

Also basically everything on the History and/or Discovery channel.

Now onto the nominations! I know you’re supposed to choose ten, and I might be cheating here, but I’m going to post six. Then I’m filling the others with the famous author blogs I mentioned above. Obviously I would nominate Will, but since I don’t know if that’s allowed, here are my nominees: