I can’t believe how quickly this week went by. I’m happy about it, because I love Fridays, but I get freaked how when time moves too fast, especially now that my 25th birthday looms.
- Liza started a new blog called Political Pundit Girl. She asked whether the McCain campaign was responsible at all for the recent behavior at McCain-Palin rallies. You can read my answer here.
- I got in the mail today a care package from my step-dad. It was full of Red Vines– my fave! I’ve got it pretty good. FYI, Alaska Red Vines taste unsurprisingly like all other Red Vines.
- I swear I’m getting sick, but I’ve thought that for a month now. If I keep this thinking up much longer, I’m going to make myself sick.
- I’m still having a blast with tumblr. I hope you’ll check it out. Also, I swear I will start on runningtoreachyou.com this week, and stop being such a total slacker.
- Joe the Plumber, Joe Six-pack, Hockey Mom . . . I can’t even begin to relate to any of these. I think we need a new generic American. How about Ashley the Blogger? It makes sense; there are at least four of at 20sb.
- As some of you know, even though I use my real first name and I’ve posted my picture, I pretty much blog anonymously. No one in my real life knows that I blog at all. Though I’ve always figured I’d one day come clean–or be forced to–I wanted to try this blogging thing on my own before I involved anyone else. I didn’t know if I’d like it or if I’d abandon it a week in. I’m also embarrassingly honest sometimes, and I don’t know if I’d be able to keep that up if I was more public about this blog. But, pretty much since day one, I’ve wondered whether I should tell my friend Lisa or not. Just a few weeks after I started blogging, I was at her apartment, and we were talking about something ridiculous I’m sure, and she said, “are you going to write about this on your blog?” I was like, “um . . .” before I realized she was just joking. Anyway, it’s been five months now, so with no good reasons to continue keeping it from her, I finally caved. Hi Lisa!
- KC at Adventures in Normality gave me some blog love! I’m so excited about this. Thanks KC! According to the rules, I’m supposed to pass the love onto ten more bloggers. I’m going to list some of my favorite blogs/bloggers, and those bloggers may continue the process or just bask in the glow of my love: a la Sophia, toastier.org, foxygreen, My Quiet Testimony, Don’t Call Me Kathleen, Coffee_girl, What’s Past is Prologue, and As Seconds Whisper By.
That’s all the bullets I have in me. Thanks to my new readers; I’m loving your blogs. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Hi!!!! I feel quasi-famous with all the shout-outs. This is awesome.
That award is really making the rounds around the blogosphere, no?
Aw! Ashley! you love me, I will definitely bask in that :) I love your blog too, I check it daily and thought I comment less than I would like just know that I am here.
yay! i love your blog too!
Well I THANK you for your love passin! :)
I always wanted one, and was just going to post one and pretend someone had sent it to me…but now I don’t have to do it.
PS-Care to tell me HOW the Alaskin Red Vines taste different. Remember, I’ma from Joisey :)
Lisa: Hi.
Kat: Yes, it seems to be making a resurgence. The love is spreading.
Laycie: I do know you’re reading, and it makes me happy. : )
Liz: Yay! Love!
Katie: They don’t taste any different at all! I didn’t know you were from Jersey, though. Not that I have anything to say about that. I’ve never been!
excellent. haha. i love your blog too!
In all honesty though, what is with these generic names for Americans? Are we really that easily categorized as these pundits like to think we are. I don’t know, but I find that more appalling.
Thanks for the shoutout; I’d recommend your blog to anyone any day – though you’re a lot more consistent than I am.
awwww thanks Ashley! I would’ve seen this sooner but I was out of town since early Friday w/o the laptop.
I got a halloween care package from my dad today :) swedish fish are my favorites (red vines have gluten, but I used to love em!) and I’m eating them and microwave popcorn. yumm.
t.k. foster: I totally agree. They generalize to the point of meaninglessness, and they simultaneously insult Americans by making them seem simple, and flatter them by making every American seem like a perfect citizen who follows the rules and is just trying to get by. As soon as you attach these labels to real people–like, Joe the Plumber–you see how inaccurate they are.
Sophia: You’re welcome. Care packages are the best!
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