You guys, I lost all of one pound yesterday.
With the effort I put into it, I expected to wake up at least looking like a distant cousin of Selma Hayek or something. But no-go.
…Also, it hurts to breathe. As long as my abs don’t move at all, I’m fine. But you can’t breathe that way without a corset.
…Who would have thunk I’d be wishing to be wearing one of those right now?
The workout today wasn’t fun, either. Not even the floor exercises, never mind the full blown “Superman.” But I’m muscling on anyway.
I have hopes.
In Other News: In just a bit under my first year blogiversary, SWAL has won her first award, and just in time, as with two more readers I’d have been disqualified.
The Liebster Award apparently sources from Germany…(which means, like many actors, I can now claim international stardom, even if the home audiences think I’m for-shit.) Qualifications are that you must have a blog, with under 200 followers, and get nominated. That is all. If you accept, it’s like a glorified chain letter of award-passings, (plus a required re-tag of your nominator and Q&A piece.) Then, you hand it onward to 11 others, with 11 new questions…and so it goes.
…Problem is: most people I read have ten times the required subscriptions, so this could get tricky.
These awards (if you’re new to ‘em) are just a neat little way to show your appreciation, and get more people to see your blog link. It’s a love-in, really. Only with super safe sex. As far as I know, no one has ended up knocked up yet, or acquired any kind of wireless syphilis. Which is good. Cuz according to Google, this baby has seen more action that a hooker at Mardi Gras.
My top 11 picks to pass the Liebster Award on to are:
Somewheretoelsewhere
Artless Poems
Sketches From Memory
Frivolous Monsters
Mediadreamz
Asceline’s Fashion World
Scribe Doll’s Musings
My Meandering Trail
Nerd In A Comfy Chair
Ahundredauthors
Lill And Jill
Many thanks for the nomination from fellow foodie: Cate’s Kitchen Adventures …and here are her questions to me:
* How long have you been blogging for?
About 4 years. SWAL is my second incarnation, after the Mob found me and I was placed into a new Witness Protection program. It’s nice here. I like the neighborhood.
* What’s with your blog’s name?
I hate change, and hated killing off the last name in favor of a new one. But I think pin ups and period stenogs are awesome, so with that visual…followed by the clear fact it would be mostly day-to-day blurbs of a busy working girl…I went for the underplay. I think it fits her.
* How did you come up with it?
I don’t know. I guess it was better than “Not Another Bathroom Blog,” “Little Red Phone Booth” or “Hark! Another OCD,” which were my other options.
* Do you ever suffer from “blogger’s block”? If so, any hot tips on how to get through it?!
Yes. But only because I blog every day, and my life isn’t nearly exciting enough to really qualify that kind of readership. Thankfully, I’m an artist and actor who is constantly surrounded by other strange artists and actors. I also happen to have a fairly shitty day-job. So I suppose my advice for blogger’s block would be: “Surround yourself with eccentrics and try to look at horrible things with a darkly comedic bent. It won’t always work, but 80% odds, ain’t bad.”
* Where was the last place you travelled?
In State: Anderson Nature Preserve.
U.S.: Portland, OR.
Internationally: Vancouver, Canada.
* What’s next on your travel itinerary?
Theatre commuting. A lot of it. This counts. Trust me.
* Who would attend your ultimate dinner party? Alive, dead, famous or not…
Abraham Lincoln
Winston Churchill
Oscar Wilde
Dorothy Parker
Leonardo da Vinci
Queen Victoria
Shakespeare
Emma Thompson
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Austen
Stephen Fry as moderator
Beethoven as entertainment
* What or who inspires you most in life?
Art. Almost any kind. From talented people. It makes me hungry to live, love, create, and want.
* What does your perfect day look like?
A spring day in London, with all the museums to hit up, some eats in Covent Gardens, some shopping in Notting Hill, a rest in Greenwich, and a West End show ticket waiting in Will Call.
* Savoury or sweet fan?
Salt. Always. Forever. Especially if potatoes are in any way involved.
* Any celebrity crushes we should know about?
“I never change, except in my affections.” Although, some do last the stretch of time, my celebrity romances burn hot and fast, devouring everything in their path. Mostly, teachers I’m learning from at the moment. Currently, (therefore) they are: Oscar Wilde, Frances O’Connor, Greta Garbo, and Merchant Ivory (the team, as it were.)
* If you could, what advice would you give to a 15 year old you?
1) This won’t end the way you think it will.
2) Some day, you should do that one thing.
3) When the time comes, you should not do the other thing.
And now: Questions to my nominees:
* Your perfect 3-course meal? Drinks included. (In detail, please. I’m hungry.)
* Favorite place to Live. Favorite place to visit. Favorite place to play. Why?
* What is a special memory of yours?
* You can live for one year in any era of time. When would it be and why?
* What is one of your yearly repeat-read books? Why?
* If you could have the career of any famous person, (living or dead) who would it be?
* The last time you drank champagne was when, and why?
* Name five people on your celebrity “freebee” list.
* You are stranded on a desert island, with only five things. What are they?
* If you could erase the worst day of your life from your mind (the consequences of it, not changing in any way), would you?
* Name three pet peeves.
…And they’re off!
~D