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So. 2009 Philippine Blog Awards. I'm a finalist for Best Arts and Culture Blog. Hence, the title of this post. I could try to be cool and blase about this, but that's not me, so....THANK YOU! Who? Not sure... I'll just start thanking everyone--my family, my friends, my book club, my fellow bloggers and book bloggers, the judges. And if you're reading this, then the thank you goes out to you, too.:) Actually, I believe I owe my gratitude to God, life, the universe, and everything (yes, Douglas Adams, I thank you, too, for lending me your line.) Let's not rehash why I'm blogging . Suffice it to say that I am grateful that my life and my choices have led me here. So, with or without the acknowledgement, I am happy. But, I gotta admit, the acknowledgement is great!:D And now I can say, "I'm a blogger." without feeling weird about it! ('Cause before, it just used to be, "Well, I blog...") Ok, enough giddiness. Here's where I tip my ha...

As you know, this blog has been silent for the past two months or so. I blame my job, which I think I did mention in my review of Up the Down Staircase . Since I went back to teaching full-time, I realized that I couldn't spend 8 hours (and more!) on a job and still maintain all my blogging activities. In my guilt and general too-much-on-my-plate-ness, I would go days and days without even visiting my blog and checking out others' blogs. A friend told me it smacked of teenage mentality (avoidance and all), to which I cheerfully replied, "Why, yes. Yes, it does." However, if I could characterize my state in my non-blogging days, I'd say I was like an inflatable doll slowly losing air. And I didn't really understand why until I read this paragraph from I Capture the Castle (which I haven't finished reading, for the record) , the story of Cassandra, who lives in a crumbling castle with her poor family and who strives to hone her writing skills by keeping a jo...

It might seem like cheating that my first post after two months is sort of a meme, but, what the hey...I found it interesting.:) Found this nifty little exercise at A Commonplace Blog. Using only books you have read this year (2009), answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. (I went for honesty instead of humor, though I really did want to put Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore for "You and your friends are:". Just to clarify, that isn't true.:D) Describe yourself: Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood) How do you feel: Something Blue (Emily Giffin) Describe where you currently live: No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy) If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The King's English (Betsy Burton) Your favorite form of transportation: Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie) Your best friend is: Something Wonderful (Judith McNaught) You and your friends are: Knights of the Kitchen Table [Time Warp Trio#1] (Jon Scieszka) What’s the weather like: Stormbreaker (Ant...