it's a bloggers world...
sure i have my own blog but i'm also a regular follower to a few others. nine others, to be exact... two friends, three comedic authors, one fictional character and three randoms.
maybe some of my favorites will be some of your new favorites...two friends...miss alexisabout: she's alexis. she grew up in a small town in northeastern wisconsin but now resides in chicago. she's a planner and organizer who makes a living as an interactive project manager. she's sensitive, yet secure; often quiet, but sometimes bold; independent, creative and spiritual. she enjoys exploring new places, being outside, trying new foods, a glass of wine and a good book or magazine.
albers in asia
about: she's jodi. after finishing grad school this past summer, jodi thought it would be a great time to fulfill a dream of traveling for an extended period of time (without having to go to school!) and explore new areas that she might not otherwise have the chance to see on a shorter, one or two week vacation. jodi's company gave her a leave of absence and she decided to embark on a 12 week, 7 country adventure throughout asia this fall. she'll be returning to chicago at the end of the year after spending christmas at home with her family (and friends...aka me). in the meantime, follow albers...in asia.
three comedic authors...
laurie notaro: the republic of dresses
about: laurie notaro was born in brooklyn, new york, and raised in phoenix, arizona, where she created something of a checkered past. she packed her bags for eugene, oregon, once she realized that since she was past thirty, her mother could no longer report her as a teenage runaway. she loves collecting vintage patterns from the 30's to (some of) the 70's. she started sewing in may of 2009 and now her dining room looks like a sweatshop. she is a terrible typist and lives under an assumed name in eugene, oregon where her neighbors believe she is writing about them, but she is not. she has a cute dog, a nice husband and misses mexican food like a limb lost to diabetes.
laurie's humorous memoirs:
*the idiot girl's action-adventure club: true tales of a magnificent and clumsy life
*autobiography of a fat bride: true tales of a pretend adulthood
*i love everybody (and other atrocious lies): true tales of a loudmouth girl
*we thought you would be prettier: true tales of the dorkiest girl alive
*an idoit girl's christmas: true tales from the top of the naughty list
*there's a (slight) chance i might be going to hell: a novel of sewer pipes, pagaent queens, and big trouble
*the idiot girl and the flaming tantrum of death: reflections of revenge, germophobia, and laser hair removal
*spooky little girl: a novel
jen lancaster: jennsylvania
jen is from the land of the free. home of the bitter.
the historical jennsylvania timeline:
november 1967 - the birth of jen (governors are BORN not made, you know.)
read her books and follow her blog and witness governor jen and her rise to power...
jen's books:
*bitter is the new black: confessions of a condescending, egomaniac, self-centered, smartass, or why you should never carry a prada bag to the unemployment office
*bright lights, big ass: a self-indulgent, surly, ex-soroity girl's guide to why it often sucks in the city, or who are these idiots and why do they all live next door to me?
*such a pretty fat: one marcisist's quest to discover if her life makes her ass look big; or, why pie is not the answer
*pretty in plaid: a life, a witch, and a wardrobe, or, the wonder years before the condescending, egomanical, self-centered smart-ass phase
*my fair lazy: one reality television addict's attempt to discover if not being a dumb ass is the new black, or a culture-up manifesto
lisa delaney: former fat girl
about: lisa delaney was 70 pounds overweight with a sputtering career and a non-existant love life when an epiphany involving a half-gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream made her vow to change it all - for good. now, 20 years later, lisa is a successful writer and editor of a national magazine, has run 10 marathons, is fearless in front of a crowd - or a camera - and is married to the man she loves. oh, and she wears a size 2.
one fictional character...
about: barney stinson is a fictional character created by carter bays and craig thomas for the cbs television show "how i met your mother", portrayed by neil patrick harris. barney stinson is a man who likes to create crazy situations and then sit back and watch it all go down. barney is a confident womanizer in his early thirties who almost always wears a suit, likes women with daddy issues, tends to be opportunistic and manipulative, always willing to offer his (sometimes hypocritical) opinion, is proud/subborn and attempts to stand by his word no matter what, lives by the "bro code" - his own code of rules, is an illusionist, tells elaborate (and completely false) stories about himself, is highly competitive, and will take on "challenges" to complete (sometimes) outlandish tasks in order to prove his worth. barney enjoys manicures, and has an extensive knowledge of designer labels and gourmet foods. he just wants people to like him, to be important to people, and to have disciples who follow his word.
three randoms...
for the love
about: attorney by day, suzy homemaker by night. legally (if not naturally) blonde, addicted to diet coke, prone to parentheticals, shoe obsessed, an ina garten imitator, tv junkie and lover of all things preppy.
i had enormous bangs
about: bored, white, blogger.
claims "if having ENORMOUS bangs is wrong, i don't wanna be right..."
i take photos in the bathroom
about: who is this chick? a girl. a legal career. a credit card. and a crappy collection of iphone photos. this blog was written completely on her own time with the help of modern technology, the magical scheduled-posting function, PDAs (of the iphone variety - not the too-much-smoochy variety), lunch breaks, mellowcreme pumpkins, and tiny elves in fur caps.
