You Like Me, You Really Like Me!

Natalie Portman can kiss my tuchas with her Golden Globe! I got me a blog award! My sister from another mister, Mrs. Hyde, at A Bitch Called Mom has bestowed upon yours truly the LOL Award. It's satisfying to know that there is at least one other person who appreciates my atomic sarcasm and obsessive rumination on humanity's inanity. Mrs. Hyde, you are my sister-in-snark! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

So the "rules" of this award say that I'm supposed to reveal 7 things that my blog readers don't know about me. I don't want to bore you with facts about where I was born and what my favorite color is (zzzzz.....), so this may take some thinking.

1. I have a degree in clinical psychology (seriously, I do!) And, yes, I am analyzing you right now.
2. I met my husband-to-be when he literally tripped over me at a party and laughed at my shirt (it said "Eve was framed")
3. I have never smoked a (tobacco) cigarette in my life
4. I have a passion for volunteering and do or have done the following volunteer jobs: tutor, counselor, Planned Parenthood escort, Nature Center educator, Hospice bereavement group facilitator, Meals on Wheels driver, Girl Scout leader, teen mom support group educator
5. I wrote a reader's story under the name of "Lola" for Playgirl in the 1980s
6. I have another blog called Mouse Droppings where I post creative writing
7. I have seen the Bitchy Waiter in the Fantasticks and have met him in person!

Now, I'm supposed to nominate other blogs for this award. This is tough because Mrs. Hyde and I tend to follow the same people, and I'm NOT going to give you this award again if that's what you're thinking, you big fat award hogs!

My winners for the LOL Award are the following (in no particular order):

• Rachel from Rhyme Me a Smile: think female Dr. Seuss, silly happy fun 
• Alex from Stuff No One Told Me (but I Learned Anyway): hand drawn comics that make you laugh and think
• Cad from A Trellis Truce and A Trellis Fencing and Ada from Living Hell: How to describe these blogs? A funny as hell husband and wife bickerfest through poetry and prose

There! I think my work here is done. Cue the music. Camera zoom in for my close-up. Cue the crocodile tears. Thank you again Mrs. Hyde. I couldn't have done it without you and without the inspiration from all the moronic jackwagons out there in the world who give me so much to rant about. I know I'm forgetting someone...I want to thank my family, my dogs, who provide me with so much ranting material, my fellow Americans, organized religion, politicians, the television industry, Oprah, that moron at the gas station, those ignorant rednecks at the liquor store.....

Let's Pimp Some Blogs!!!

I keep seeing blog awards popping up like patches of slime mold in our yard when it's humid. Although none have popped up on my blog, I thought I would get in on the fun and create my own blog award, which I would then bestow upon a lucky blogger or two or three (there's just SO MUCH LOVE IN ME!!!) Thus, the "You Feel Like a Friend" Award was birthed today. This award was created to acknowledge bloggers who, through their honesty and willlingness to share their stories, make me feel as if I know them and, even better, like them!

The first 3 honorees for the "You Feel Like a Friend" Award from Lolamouse are (drumroll....)

Mrs. Hyde from A Bitch Called Mom
and
Rabbit from The Journey
and
Female, I Shit You Not from i shit u not

I eagerly await new posts from these bloggers. Reading their blogs feels like catching up with an old friend. Although their writing styles are different and they come from completely different life situations, each makes me care about his/her story. They make me laugh, cry, think, and sometimes even be a better person. Check them out. I'm glad I did.