A Scrap of Honesty

Can I just say that I'm really excited for holiday break? Three more schools days to go. So. Pumped.

Because I've not had much time this past month, I haven't gotten around to posting everything important, which is why this post is nearly a month late. Yikes!

Here's the dealio: On November 29th, Jeanette Schneider over at Little Ms. J awarded me The Honest Scrap award, and Tere Kirkland over at The Lesser Key followed up with the same award on December 11th. (See? I'm super late here.) I'd like to thank these two lovely gems for thinking of me and for being honest ladies themselves.

From Jeanette's blog:

I have to now share ten honest things about myself and pass this lovely gift on to ten other Honest, Upstanding and "Scraptastic" bloggers.

I'm usually terrible at this type of thing, only because my sense of what may be entertaining for you all to know is often very poor. Regardless, here I go:

(1) I can throw a very good punch. I know this from experience.

(2) I really don't have trouble speaking my mind, especially when it's important to do so; along those same lines, I'm very careful about which kind of people I hang out with and I think carefully through most big decisions. The administration at my high school hates me for the controversial editorials I write as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper.

(3) I consider myself competitive with adults in regards to my editing abilities, especially the line by line. I don't know how, but after reading hundreds and hundreds of books and studying English independently, I've come to get the technicalities. On the other hand, I definitely struggle with the bigger picture in some cases (and this was confirmed by my internship at Flux). There were some bigger issues I didn't necessarily catch, but that has to be a learning experience.

(4) I rarely, rarely dream. When I do, it's not dreaming, really, but more like a movie - stories unfold in my dreams (though rarely).

(5) I judge people. Always. It's not often that my judgment is terrible.

(6) Sometimes I think about really wacky things. Like how great it would be to pull off a successful bank robbery, or what it would be like to murder someone, or how immense someone's despair must be to propel them toward suicide, or why some people find it worthwhile to harm their bodies. (I try to put myself in these 'character's' shoes.) I'm always very curious about the why.

(7) I hate myself for semi-liking Twilight.

(8) I feel like a thirty-year old too often.

Can you tell that I just don't know what I'm doing here?

(9) When I was ten, my dentist told me I had remarkable teeth, and I told myself I didn't have to brush them, so I did pretty rarely for six months. (Disgusting, I know.) Next visit = two cavities. I now brush my teeth three times a day, always, because cavities and the dentist's office terrify me.

(10) I often spend too much money. Especially on books. And then I go broke.

Edited.

And the ten bloggers (eleven actually, because I got it twice) to whom I'd like to pass along this award:

(1) Steph Bowe - Hey, Teenager! - incredibly honest with her writing process, her aspirations, how she considers things; always an incredible read

(2) Sara J. Henry - Sara in Vermont - down-to-earth (I mean that in the best possible way!) and honest about life, writing, books, and always incredibly willing to push and support the writers she loves

(3) Lisa & Laura Roecker - Lisa & Laura Write - hilarious and uninhibited honesty

(4) A.L. Sonnichsen - Bits of Beautiful - honest and open about the events in her life and her writing and her family; very intimate look into her process

(5) Jen Chandler - Woolgatherings - a fascinating look into the writing process and how everyday life affects things

(6) Laura Martone - Laura's Simple Pleasures - the title of the blog should really speak for itself: Laura very honestly chronicles the things that make her happy

(7) Mariah Irvin - Constantly Risking Absurdity - again, here the title speaks for itself: Mariah writes honestly about everything from her writing to school and doesn't hesitate, ever

(8) Tara McClendon - Eye Feathers - love that this writer talks about everything there is to talk about and, like others, gives a very honest but always interesting insight into the life and the process

(9) Jess Jordan - Say What? - honestly writes about her experiences as a writer, both in the process and out in the world, and is very selfless in how she conveys her insights

(10) Sandy Shin - Sandy Shin - a college student jumping into writing who doesn't mind sharing about her process, how she looks at things related to writing, and how she's doing on this trek (we're all in it together, right?)

Last, but definitely not least,

(11) Sarah Frances Hardy and Katie Anderson - Plot This - these two lovely ladies have created a blog that entrusts its readers with anecdotes about their writing process and their lives and always has me coming back for more of the honesty and insight

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