iBLOG: Starlight...Starbright....First Blog I Post Tonight

Ladies & Gentlemen! TODAY I have a gift for you! The extraordinary creator, Starlight, of the blog "Crazy Thoughts" has graced us with a guest post and an answer to the simple question "why do you blog?" I feel very lucky to have her contribute here, and hope you take some time to check out her blog and read through a few (or, hey! why not all?!) of her posts... but first.... (*insert fancy schmancy drum roll*)..... Let Starlight tell you in her own words why SHE blogs:

I had insomnia last fall so I spent most of the nights surfing the net. One night, at about 2 a.m., I came across a very interesting blog and decided I too want to start my “blogging career” because I've always loved to write. I immediately set up an account (so that I wouldn’t change my mind by morning) and Crazy Thoughts were born.

 

At first I thought my blog would be some kind of a diary and that I would write it every day, which I actually did, at least at the start. I didn’t have a “normal” kind of diary in mind – the kind of diary where you describe your day and your feelings about things that happened that day. That’s not my cup of tea, believe me I know since I tried it a couple of times. I probably still have my old diaries somewhere; maybe I should look for them. At each attempt of writing a diary I bought a brand new beautiful (sometimes even shiny) diary and they all had locks and stuff that comes with them. But after a week or so I figured out that writing a diary is not very interesting and I stopped writing it (it seemed much more interesting on TV).
 
So, no, my blog wasn’t meant to be that kind of a diary. I’m trying to figure out what I really wanted to do with it at the beginning but I honestly can’t recall.
 
Since I started blogging I “met” a couple of wonderful people (one of them is most definitively GoofyGirl) and I’m very happy that they like to read my posts (or at least pretend to) and that they comment on my blog so often. I enjoy being a part of  the “blogging community” where I get support and inspiration for writing.
 
I can’t recall what my blog was meant to be at the beginning but I know what it is today. It is some sort of book where I’m the main character and the writer at the same time. It's a place where I can truly be who I am, where I don’t have to pretend and hold myself back. It is a place where I can release my imagination and make up stories about random people I saw on the bus or about people who exist only in my mind.

Is It Really An Honor Just To Be Nominated?

 (go me... go me... go go go me.... ;p)

I was given a blog award recently, and have been absolutely horrible about doing anthing about it. (You sure I'm worthy of this one Starlight?) Anyway... apparently there are rules I must follow, and who am I to break the rules? (Don't answer that....)
The rules were/are as follows:

1.      Thank and link back to the person who gave this award to you. (√)

2.      Share 7 things about yourself (√ ok... here we go...)

1. I am a complete salad snob. I seek out restaurants based on the salads they serve, will make MASSIVE salads at home and live off them for 1/2 a week... and rarely are they the epitome of healthy.... oh, and I judge you when you use iceberg lettuce. ;p
2.  I will NEVER not think burps & farts are funny. My inner 8 yr old is strong.
3.  I am a stickler for proper grammar and spelling, but I absolutely love it when people just make up their own words to suit the situation, (my theory being that if you make up a word and people know what you meant, you've just made it a real word) and I rarely bother to re-check things I write for errors... even though I mess up all the time. Guess I'm basically a grammatical hypocrite?
4. I have been writing since childhood, and I find it to be the most cathartic thing in the world... but have a very hard time sharing the stories I write because they become so very personal to me.
5. I would kick puppies to have smaller feet. Even just a size 9 would make me happy... 'cause size 11 just plain sucks.
6. On an almost daily basis I want to get in a time machine and go scream "What are you crazy?!" at my adolescent self for not wanting to take a nap. Man I miss nap time.
7. I don't put much stock in horoscopes/star signs... but I have noticed that every female I've ever met that is a Cancer I have liked instantly, and every male I know that is a Cancer has the most intense mood swings I've ever seen. 

... and now back to the rules.....

3.     Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers (√ ...BUT since "recently" isn't fully defined, i.e what is recent? Past year? past week? yesterday? ... and 15? really? 15? Um... I'll be cheating a bit here.......I'm going with the 15 bloggers whose recent writing/posts I just dig, and who don't have 80 gazillion readers/followers. You know.. you should check them out.......go follow them too. I can't be the only person that appreciates & likes feedback from others.)

Starlight @ Crazy Thoughts (I know you gave ME the award... but... you didn't say I couldn't give it to you as well!)

CakeBetch @ Hot Mess Chronicles

The Suburban Bushwacker @ The Suburban Bushwacker

Harper @ Bleak to Chic

The hysterical woman behind "Crazy Ramblings Of A Tired Mom"

BeMistified @ Neon Green Blathering

Brooke @ If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say, Read My Blog

Angel @ Illegitimate Angel

Fickle Cattle @ I Am Fickle Cattle

Roaring Housewife @ I Am Housewife...Hear Me Roar

Ms Tsa @ The Odd Things

The funny guy behind "Content Unrelated"

LeeRoses @ If There's One Thing I've Learned

Simon @ This, That, 'N' T'other

The genius behind "Just Plain Tired"

4.         Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award (√ ok. This is gonna take a while....)

Thank you Starlight ♥