Undeserved accolades

Monda at No Telling has presented this blog with the Kreativ Blogger award! Thanks, Monda! Apparently, there’s a fine line between creative and crazy, and I’m dancin’ just north of the difference between being handed awards and being handed prescriptions. Gosh, I didn’t even think to have them install a trophy shelf anywhere within Oliver Towers!

I don’t normally participate in memes that require passing something along chain-letter style, but receiving a creativity award from Monda is like getting a gold star in one of her writing classes, so I will happily play along this time.

As with most things that are worth having, there are Rules that accompany this award. They are:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting. (see below)
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

There are only about seven non-political blogs that I visit regularly, so if you know me, there’s a good chance that you’re gonna get an award! My nominees for the Creative Kreativ Blogger award are:

1. Strikethru at Strikethru for outstanding ephemeral creativity.
2. Mike Clemens at Clickthing for outstanding retrotech craftiness.
3. Joe Van Cleve at Joe Van Cleave’s Blog for outstanding camera creativity.
4. Tatiana Cardeal at Brazil | Social | Photography for outstanding photography.
5. Speculator at La Vie Graphite for outstanding confluence of written and visual art.
6. c.e. grundler at c.e. grundler for outstanding creativity in vintage boat repair.
7. Little Flower Petals at Little Flower Petals for outstanding thinkspills.

Seven things you might find interesting about me:

1. I wear a fedora almost everywhere.
2. I co-founded our state’s only barefoot hiking club.
3. I sometimes drive around with my iPod hooked up to an FM transmitter set to a popular station but playing an empty track, so the cars around me find their radios drowned out by silence.
4. Favorite cocktail: orange juice, splash of vodka, splash of rum, splash of banana schnapps.
5. I never owned a brand-new car until last year. Technically, it’s my wife’s, anyway.
6. I have a near-pathological fear of spiders, flying, and  needles.
7. I really, really dislike talking about myself.

In the spirit of creativeness, I’ve worked up my own version of the Kreativ Blogger award. The nominees can either grab the image below or click the version in the header for a downloadable if you prefer the more quiltish style.

And now, if y’all don’t mind, I need to excuse myself and head to Target to buy a shelf.