Solonor's Inkwell

Amidst all the lovin’ I almost forgot about Carnival of the Vanities #17, hosted by Greeblie Blog. Go forth and readify!

This bloggin’ love fest entry is dedicated to Bran. I keep telling her we were separated at birth, yet, this is just my vain attempt to hitch my wagon to her star. Unfortunately, since she just finished a frickin’ novel, I must hate her. Thus, she cannot be to whom I write the ‘I love you’. Sorry about that wSpaceBran. Stop being so damned talented.

Robyn, I swore I was going to do this per the original order. I couldn’t do it. It’s like trying to pick which kid you love best. I kept thinking of all the new people that I just started knowing, like -e- and Dania and kd and GeekGrrl and Brian and Maria.

I thought about my West Coast buds, like Hoopty and Cheyenne and Gretchen and Yvonne.

And my East Coast ones, like Todd, Statia, Ruthie, Annessa and Christine.

I thought about the people that left comments here back when it was a muddy glop of goo on Blogger, like Lisa and Theresa and Jason (back when he was ‘thor’) and Kim and Mordant.

And those that knew me when all I did was hang around Leoville, like Becky and Jazy and Kamel and Zmama (I miss her).

Those who make me laugh every damn day, like Dragonleg, Peat and The Mighty Geek.

The smart ones that actually take me semi-seriously, like Jack and wKen and Bigwig and Miguel and Brian and Andrea and Mark.

And the ones that just don’t fit into any of my neat boxes, like Les and Joanie and Tim and Christine and Christine.

But back in November, I had a little incident that scarred my fragile psyche. It wasn’t a big thing, and I just wanted to have a joke with it. I had an interview with the Orlando Sentinel for a feature they were going to do about area bloggers, but the writer left me off the list. Like I said, not really a big thing, but at the same time, I was feeling kinda rejected. So, I made this post as a silly way to make myself laugh. I expected my meatspace friends (who really know how much I love them), like Ric the Schmuck, Cableman, JustAGirl and Not-So-Red-Menace, and my brother-in-law, Ejen, to respond and tell me to get a life. Instead, I got to have a pity party with the greatest gang of whiners in the biz.

Lee took the time to e-mail me and tell me about the “injustice” and offered to bake cookies for the pout fest.

Lee, I love you.

I was able to “summon” Bill, a person who always makes me smile. Always.

Bill, I love you.

Michele popped in and refused to kill me, even though I called her a demon wench. She is one of those smart people that takes me semi-seriously. If our families ever get together, it will be dangerous.

Michele, I love you.

Scott stopped by to tell me how old he is and to impress me with his novel writing ability. I hate him for that. However, he more than makes up for it in a thousand other ways.

Scott, I love you.

Kat came on to defend me to the death (and to make sure the other Kat knew she was around). She is vicious and tenacious and sooo precious.

Kat, I love you.

There was mention of the power of She Who Must Not Be Named. She never showed up, but that’s probably because she was busy running around the Internet saving everyone’s blog or fixing Blogcritics or whatever else she’s prone to do.

Stacy, I love you.

Well, I hope I lived up to Zuly’s appendix to Robyn’s order, if nothing else…

Oh, yeah, and Robyn, I love you, too.

Robyn suggests that you ping or comment THIS POST when you are done with your writing assignment. She also included a neato button for ya. Go forth and profess your blog love. Me, I’m still trying to cut the list down from 30 to one… The men in the clean, white coats are coming to take me away, ha-ha!!

Hear ye! Hear ye!

By order of The Princess of the Blogiverse™ it is hereby decreed that tomorrow, January 14, 2003, shall be known as the day of the Bloggin’ Lovefest. That all bloggers good and true shall lay down their bloody axes and pick one blogger they love (other than the Princess) and write about why you love him or her in 1500 words or less.

To quote Her Majesty: “Why not take one day and write a thank-you letter to a blogger who makes each day one to look forward to?”

To this, I doth say, “What a splendiferous idea. We should have thunk it. Duh.”

Loyal minion, Zuly, further requests that these missives be delivered in a non-snarky tone and without self-aggrandizement. Curse her! Yet, I will comply.

And, of course, if you have more than one dear blogger that makes your existence on this Earth a bit brighter, by all means, write them all. Just be sure to leave a comment for Robyn, so she knows who these happy people are.

C’mon, people. Have a heart!