Stylin' and Profilin'

I know blogger awards are a bit like chain letters but I like them anyway.  And Bev over at My Reader's Block was nice enough to give me a Stylish Blogger Award. If you haven't already, check her out!  Here are the rules

1) Thank the person who gave you the award and post back to their blog.  Done!
2) Tell us 5 things about yourself.
3) Award 5 super-stylish bloggers with this award.
4) Contact the bloggers and let them know they one.

So here are some things about me that I've probably said more than once because I have a tendency to repeat myself.

1. After a single vacation to Seattle I'm ready to move out there, at least for a few years.  I have trouble articulating exactly what it was about the city that I loved, but it was enough to make me want to switch coasts for awhile.
2. I started snowboarding when I was 13, after skiing for a couple seasons.  Unfortunately I haven't been back on the slopes in a few years and my snowboard is just sitting around, waiting to be brought back on a mountain.  I should figure out how to get rid of the stickers I put on it when I was in high school, as cool as they are.*
3. I own several Nintendo consoles: Regular, Super, 64, Wii, Game Boy Color, DS.  The majority are hand-me-downs from Brother when he got bored with the system.  Except the Wii; that's all mine. Also I'm trying to con a few GameCube games out of the Brother.  Boyfriend also has a PS3.  Lots of entertainment options.
4. I love slinkies.  I'm actually playing with one right now.  I think it's a nervous habit.  I have a lot of trouble sitting still.
5. I hate driving.  As soon as Boyfriend got his license I have mostly handed that responsibility over to him. This hatred is most likely caused by living in Boston because all of the stereotypes you've heard about Boston drivers are true and then some.

I'm going to fail on parts 3 and 4 and here's why: some people like these awards and some don't really want them.  I don't want anyone to feel like they need to accept the award and spread the love so heres how this part works.  If I've ever left a comment on your blog I probably think you're pretty sweet so feel free to grab this award to let other people know.

*Not very.

Award Happy Dance!

Jo over at the blog Fluidity of Time has graciously passed along the Lovely Blog Award to me.  And again I do kinda think these awards are like blog chain letters but they're still wonderful and make me do little happy dances.  So here are the steps to this blog award

• Accept the award (done!), post it on your blog along with the name of the person who granted you the award. (double done!)
• Pass this award to 15 other blogs.  OK, so I'm not going to do 15 blogs but I am going to pass this on to other blogs I enjoy that I didn't mention with my previous award.
• Contact the bloggers to let them know about the award (will do!)
• Do happy dance.  It wasn't listed as a rule on Jo's blog, but I think it should be stated.  I'm sure it's an assumed rule, but assuming is never a good thing.

So now here are the blogs that deserve this award
Bookish NYC
English Major's Junk Food
Entomology of a Book Worm
Oh, Reckless Abandon
Pink Sheep Cafe

Blog Award and Hop VI

Before we get onto the hop I was very pleasantly surprised this morning when I saw The Book Bee gave me the Versatile Blogger award.  I know it's a bit like blogger chain letters but I still did a happy dance when I saw it!

So here are the rules for this award and I suppose if I screw them up I get it taken away.

1) Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them when creating the award post.

2) Share seven things about yourself.
3) Pass the award on to 15 recently discovered blogs.
4) Contact the bloggers to let them know about the award

7 things about me!

1. Despite my red hair I'm not actually Irish.  I'm mostly Italian and French with a bunch of other stuff thrown in for good measure.
2. I studied for a semester in Italy and I got pretty good at speaking Italian.  I even have a copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Italian.  I've since lost the majority of the Italian I knew, which is just a great excuse to head back out there.
3. My degree is in English but I describe my current job as "IT like".  It's an oversimplified description and it unfortunately makes people think I can help them with their computers.  I can't even figure out how to change the background on my blog while keeping the layout the same.
4. I have a horrible attention span.  Reading is one of the few things I can do without trying to do 8 other things at the same time.
5. I also have a terrible memory.  Or rather I remember ridiculous things and forget the important ones.  I forget people's birthday's all the time but I know all of the lyrics to Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back".
6. When I was younger I had purple and sometimes blue streaks in my hair.  I was so punk rock.
7. I love Shakespeare and you'll probably see a lot of his stuff and related works on my blog.

 
And now here are 15 blogs. 

1. A Thousand Books with Quotes
2. Estella's Revenge
3. Krista Hidden in the Stacks
4. Lit Addicted Brit
5. Literary Musings
6. Ordinary Reader
7. Pens with Cojones
8. ProSe
9. Roof Beam Reader
10. Shelf Life
11. Somewhat Literate
12. The Curious Reader
13. The Raven Paradox
14. The Space Bard
15. The Tower of Stories

And now to the second part of this post: the weekly Blog Hop hosted by Crazy for Books!  This week's question is "How many books to you have on your 'to be read shelf'?"

I don't really have a shelf or list or anything official marking a to be read pile.  I have a list of current reads and upcoming titles on the left of my blog screen, but even that is subject to change on a whim.  Usually I decide on the next book I'll read as soon as I finish my current one.  I never know what I'll be in the mood for so I like to go with the flow.  I'm too disorganized to have any sort of real list.