Attack of the Ten-Foot, Purple-Headed Alien Awards!

Dooblydooblydoo ... oh, hello readers! Didn't see you there. How have you been? No serious trauma lately, I hope? Well, at least you don't have drunken Vogons turning up at your door at three in the morning, demanding you read their latest books - because everyone knows Vogon literature is so awful that no living being in the universe can bear to -

Oh allo ... what's that up in the sky? My, it's moving rather fast! I wonder what it is...

With greetings, from Liam and Seana

Rules:

1. This award is for book bloggers only. To receive this award the blog must be at least 50% about books (reading or writing is okay)
2. Along with receiving this award, you must also share your top five favorite books you have ever read. (More than five is okay)
3. You must give this award to 5-10 other lucky book blogs you adore

Ooof!

Wow ... that was heavier than I expected. My poor toe bones are gonna remember that for a while.

Well, I'd best fill it in, I'd say. Especially as it's pointing that phaser at me with the warmest possible expression of threatening apathy...

One problem. I can't possibly list my top ten favouirite-

OKAY OKAY, LOWER YOUR WEAPONS! I'll do my best ... sheesh.

Charley's Top Several Books (that she can think of in quick succession with a phaser aimed between her eyes)

1 - Inkheart, Cornelia Funke

2 - The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas

3 - The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkein

4 - A Song of Ice and Fire series - George R. R. Martin

5 - The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde

8 - the Discworld books, Terry Pratchett

6 - The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis

7 - Anything and everything by the Romantic poets

Okay, so that's more than five, and some are not, techinically books. Bah. Rules shmules, I do what I want!

What? You want me to take you to my leader? I don't have one. Ha!

Fine ... a few more victims for you, you sadistic phaser-wielding, googly-eyed pests!

Perfectly Sensible Nonsense

Further Up and Further In

Castles, Quills and Cameras

But that's all you're getting from me! I know for a fact that there are few people out there who actually appreciate these things. You can have these victims and be done with it, curse you! 


I hope they have the strength to smite you where I did not!

B-But ... no ... no you can't, you can't, please, no no! 

LIAM! SIANA! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?

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The ever-present rules:  

I must answer ten questions.  I must give ten random facts.  I must pass it on to seven doomed recipients.

What is your favorite song?  It depends what mood I'm in.

What is your favorite dessert?  Give me chocolate or give me death. Or death by chocolate. I like that too.

What ticks you off?  An awful lot of things. I'm a tetchy sort. Some of my worst are poor grammar, plot-related atrocities, bits of marker left behind on a wiped whiteboard, open cupboards at night and moths. Especially moths.

When you’re upset, what do you do?  Crawl off into a corner and cry. Then go and torture the inhabitants of my stories. With evil music playing in the background.

What is your favorite pet?  Something large, fierce and with big teeth. Something I could feed people to ... if you know what I mean, you leering, smirking crusher-of-my-foot!

Which do you prefer: black or white?  Whichever I'm dressed to camouflage in.

What is your attitude?  It was flat, broad-brimmed and a shade of khaki green. He gave it a good chewing before I got it back.

What is perfection?  A word. That means nothing. Because nothing we can ever hope to comprehend is perfect.

What is your guilty pleasure?  I have lots. Like impaling jelly babies on sporks. That's fun.

Alright. Facts up next.

1 - I'm highly allergic to nuts, peanuts and sesame seeds. I am also more than happy to threaten errant Lower Fifth with a poking from my Epi-Pen when they annoy me.

2 - My joints click with nearly every motion. I enjoy moving superfluously in public places to scare people.

3 - I enjoy eating raw celery.

4 - I love my sleep. Who or whatsoever rouses me from my slumber will face a wrath the likes of which they have never known.

5 - I have issues with the number nine. It just irritates me.

6 - I once dyed my hair black for  Christmas party costume. Nearly a year later, the last of the dye still hadn't come out. This was last year.

7 - My name leads to frequent confusion over my gender before people meet me.

8 - I desperately wish I could draw well. It's the one talent I really lament not having.

9 - I've read The Silmarillion. Twice.

10 - Worms give me the heebie jeebies.

Alright, alright. You monsters have what you want. Please, leave me be now. Before my intricate mental designs on your intestines come into fruition.

And no, you know what? I don't want to pass this award onto anyone! If the people I tagged above want a shot at it, they can go ahead and do it. But I don't want anyone else staring down the barrel of a phaser!

Oh, and you may want to look behind you. My backup just arrived...

~ Charley R

Awards? For Me?

Would you believe me if I told you how excited I get to see my name mentioned on other blogs? Call me egotistical, but I do love knowing that I've made people happy enough to nominate me for bloggy prizes.

Now ... on with the show!

This pretty little picture is from my good buddy Miriam from A Farewell to Sanity, (who is by far one of the most awesome people I know) and, according to the rules, all I have to do is pass this on to multiple people, on the criteriam of awesomeness as interpreted by the recipient. Rightio then...

 The Director at "Castles, Quills and Cameras" - her posts always entertain me, not in the least because we share an obsession with Lord of the Rings and entertaining internet pictures.

 Farjag at "Ink On My Fingers" - because I love his poems. And his maps. And his extracts. And ... you get the idea :P

Georgie and Skye at "Further Up and Further In" - not only do I love and adore the "Beautiful People" meme, but the blog is just ... awesome. Seriously, go read it. Now.

Of course, that doesn't mean to say I don't love and adore you all for different reasons - I just don't have enough time and space to put you all up here! 

This second little gem is from another uber-awesome and sniggle-tastic pal, Cathryn Leigh of Elorithryn's Diary, who, now that I think of it, got it from Miriam herself. Small world, eh?

Anywho, this one comes with questions! Yay! Let me go and get my deerstalker, and I'll be on with it:

Favorite colors: Blue, green and silver. Or any combination of the three.

Favorite animal: Ferrets. Because they're awesome.

Favorite number: 13, because it must feel a bit left out as nobody else seems to appreciate it.

Favorite drink: Appletiser - basically fizzy apple juice. Love the stuff.

Facebook or Twitter: Facebook, because I've never sniffed Twitter in my life. It looks far too difficult for a technologically-impaired ninny like me.

Your passion: Writing, reading and listening to music. Like the socialite I am.

Giving or Receiving: As I am not Santa Claus, or the Grinch, I really do not have the expertise to answer this one, hehehehe.

Favorite pattern: Celtic-style knotted patterns.

Favorite day of the week: Saturday, because I have enough free time to do things other than work! Yippee! And there's usually brownies for pudding at lunch time.

Favorite flower: I'm not really into horticulture, but the attraction of the gorgeous purple flower surrounded by nasty pointy things on a thistle has always been somewhat intriguing to me. Perhaps the fact that I associate them with northern England, which is probably one of my favourite places in the world (I want to live there when I'm older), also adds to that attraction somewhat.

I'mma pass this one on to Kirsty from the "Ramblings of Randomspirit", because her posts always bring a smile to my face, no matter how depressed and overworked I am. And, because I like to bend rules, I'll also give it to Miriam Forster of "Dancing with Dragons is Hard on your Shoes", for her incredibly useful posts on editing and assorted hilariously relevant pictures and images.

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Hee hee, that was fun. Now, if you'll excuse me, I really ought to get around to that large essay on Augustine's theodicy of evil before my Philosophy teacher bludgeons me to death with a stapler. 

- Charley R