A blogoversary

Does this merging of words get on your nerves? Just checking.

So it came to my knowledge that it was my blog's anniversary. I might have remembered it briefly (even in the midst of all the June birthdays of people I know), but if it wasn't for Miss Alister remembering it too I doubt I'd be doing something about that. I was touched by her sharp memory and thought the blog deserved some kind of celebration.

I'm not sure this post will have any continuity because blogging suddenly turned into an alien thing for me. I still want to do it but I find that I can't. I wonder why I took up blogging in the first place, it's so unlike me - I don't usually think people are interested in what I have to say and it's puzzling how I managed to write assiduously for such a long time. I strongly suspect it was all about the people that were in the blogging journey with me.

I'm still basically the same person - give or take - and my life is fairly similar - yet poorer, without sufficient blogging interactions. You could say I substituted blogging for twitter for a while, but it's not entirely true since I only use twitter to contact with other football fans, so it's a very limited segment of my identity that I'm using there. (Funny the way I choose to segment these parts of my identity, need to look into that probably.) I didn't join Facebook even though people look at me like I'm a social pariah. I'm not against Facebook per se (and I've had profiles in other social networks), I'm more against the fact that it's become so widespread that people forgot there are other ways of communicating and even other social networks. When people tell me: but then you could get updates on my life when I'm living wherever-they're-living-in, I say: well, don't you have email or phone or can't you tell me about those things face to face? It's one of those trends that I hope will go away (though I don't think it will...), like that strange woman that thinks she's Madonna's reincarnation (even though Madonna isn't dead yet) or that Canadian kid with the mushroom hair that my cousins scream about. I'm not giving away any names! ;)

This is the post that I really didn't want to be about why I'm not blogging but couldn't really be about anything else. So apologies all round (to the 2 or 3 people reading this) and let's celebrate this 6th year, without pretending that I haven't blogged for a year. I know a cheater when I see one. Have a drink of your choice. I'm having tea because it's the middle of the afternoon.

Please accept cheesy sunset as a token of my affection

Somehow it's easier to talk about the books I've read in the past year than to talk about the year itself. Maybe because I lost touch of blogging about myself, probably because it takes less effort, of the mind and of the heart. Right now, it's simpler to focus on the present.

But anyway, the last book I read was really juicy. It was set on Canada and I usually have good experiences with books if their action happens there (The Blind Assassin was one of the finest books I read last year). The author wasn't Canadian but lived in Canada for most of her life. I wasn't familiar with Carol Shields but I'll be reading more from her. This book was called The Republic of Love and I was intrigued at to what the title referred to, until I reached this explanation (it won't ruin the book for you, rest assured):

Almost everyone gets a chance to say it - I love you. And to hear it said to them. Love is, after all, a republic, not a kingdom.

Now, isn't that neat? How do we never run out of clever metaphors? I promise the book isn't mushy, it's really good.

I was thinking that I could never not love books, as they rarely disappoint me. I do research their subject and the author before I buy them, so it's not down to lucky guesses, but about 95% of the time I am not disappointed. In those 5% unhappy cases I sometimes want to throw the book away from me. I'm reading them and shaking my head in disbelief - it's either: I could write better than this, or, plainly, this is shit...and I want to stretch my arm and throw the book far far away, but I never do and always obediently read the book until the last word, perhaps in hope that something good can come out of it in the end, even if it is 'never buy this author again'. I did leave a book unfinished earlier this year, you can guess it was pretty bad for me to just give up. Or maybe I just wasn't in the mood for sacrifices at that point.

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And for some reason I was suddenly reminded of the smell of soap bubbles.

Desperately seeking Blogging

For a long time I've wanted to get back to blogging, right now I feel like I need to get back too.

I feel like most of the things I do online these days are fruitless and not productive and nearly not as fulfilling as blogging can be.

The truth is while before blogging came naturally, these days it will take more of an effort. I don't even mean an effort of inspiration or commitment to blogging, I mean an effort of attention. Have you found that the Internet is ruining your ability to focus on one thing at the time, even your ability to think and write something from beginning to end? Well, I feel this way and I'd like to have my concentration back, please.

But that's not the reason I want to be back - though the number of times I've stopped writing this post to go and check other browser windows is quite unnerving - it's mostly because it's an old habit that is a lot more interesting than most of my current habits and I miss all the interactiveness and camaraderie in blogging.

I don't know what I'll be blogging about, to tell you the truth. After being almost away for so long(I was neither here nor away, it was a strange combination) it became very awkward to be talking about my life in a blog - I don't mean to the friends I made here - but to the random reader, the stranger that might pop round and visit. In all honesty, I was never one to share too much and I never really believed I owned a blogged - it more like 'I write in a blog'. But I'm sure I'll find something to share.

The reason I mentioned thinking about joining Tumblr is that it's a much more obvious way to share contents - be they texts, videos, visuals - and less of a diary format. But Tumblr has the very annoying thing of not allowing comments in the way Blogger does, it allows people to comment but only if they have a Tumblr and reproduce what you posted in their own page, which I dislike***. So for now I'm here and this is probably the most boring post I've ever written.

[*** Vesper de Vil has told me a way of allowing comments on Tumblr from other social network sites, it is possible, but right now I'm enjoying this old format again.]

Here but not here

I'm leaving for my holidays tomorrow. I'll be back in early October. But never fear: I'm lauching mobile blogging. Yes, it should be exciting. Best of both worlds: I will be there, but I'll also be here. I can update you on what I ate for dinner, on the UVA/UVB factor I used that afternoon, the page of the book I'm reading - all the extremely exhilarating details you won't be able to live without.

I'll be able to read your comments and reply to your e-mails so all is well with the World. :) Enjoy yourselves! I intend to.

Special Blog GIVEAWAY

Hello all!

Did you know Giveaways are the new blog trend? Lately I've seen it here and there and I thought it was a fabulous idea. It brings a little excitement to the blogosphere and it makes me remember that giving is the best thing in the World.

Let's call it a giveaway on behalf on the blog's 3rd anniversary last month. Or it can be a special giveaway to launch the future selling of my photos on my Etsy shop (it's going to happen soon). Or we can call it a giveaway just because I feel like it.

So, for a chance to win this photograph I took in 15x20 cm format (that's more or less 6x8 in inches) all you have to do is leave a comment below, with an appropriate appreciation of the image (meaning: what does it remind you of? how does it make you feel? can you pick up a song to go with the mood?...whatever you'd like to say.)

You don't have to be a regular commenter to participate but you will have to provide personal data if you win, remember that. In a week's time I will randomly select the winner and announce it here.

Good luck!!

A Letter

My dearest blog,

I have been bad. In fact, I suck. I forgot your birthday and I know a late letter simply won't do to make up for the fact that I've neglected you. It's been three years and now you walk and talk perfectly on your own. I don't need to take care of you like I used to before, or perhaps I have to take care of you differently.

I miss the early days, the blog mojo, the posts without a single comment that were still important nonetheless. So much has changed since then.

I am willing to make this work and feed you beyond these three years but if that isn't possible I'll say it was undoubtedly a very nice experience.

Have a piece of cake and again forgive my forgetfulness, June is a month full of birthdays, almost too many to remember.

Yours truly,

Devil Mood

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Photo licensed by BigPru on Flickr.

2 things

No. 1 - this Friday, I'm hosting Friday Music. What is Friday Music? Well, it's a weekly post on SleekPelt's Reversing the Numbness blog where people share musical suggestions.
I was really pleased that SleekPelt invited me to host it because it's a fun thing. All I had to do was pick a theme for musical inspiration. My request is that people provide links to music that reminds them of "Teen Love". I specifically highlighted that I don't mean songs that talk about teen love but the songs that remind people of their teenage loves. (It can be both if it's the case, of course). So if you want to participate, you can follow the link and submit your choices. I will listen to all the songs and comment afterwards :)

No. 2 - My Astrology blog is now graced with another Venus as the Muse post. This time it is about Venus in Capricorn. Here's a little bit of it:

(...)Capricorn is known for being very goal-oriented. They like to take control of their lives and follow their ambitions, but surely love relationships can't be handled the same way they handle their business deals. And this is where the trouble begins for Venus in Capricorn. They can't tolerate lack of control over things and love relationships involve lots of uncontrolable emotions, which make them a difficult and important challenge for these people. Alicia Keys (Aquarius Sun) on love: It will forsake you, threaten to break you, take what you got. Because what is the opposite of control (Capricorn)? Vulnerability (the opposite sign - Cancer) and Capricorn will try to avoid that at all costs, as they need to show competence and self-control at all times. Feist (Aquarius Sun) tries to avoid the emotionality but fails: Closing of the stream, in hope we both stay dry, but feeling makes it through within the rush of you. She adds: The tragedy starts from the very first spark, losing your mind for the sake of your heart. (...)

sunny day and obsessed people

ALLERT: My devil_mood[at]clix.pt address isn't working at the moment, so please redirect any messages to the alternative e-mail addresses. If you don't have any of the alternative ones and need to contact me, just ask.


After a couple of weeks of unstable weather, Spring came back in full bloom yesterday. Full bloom means it was almost Summer. As good as. Or even better, if you don't like very high temperatures, like me.

Additionally, now it only gets dark after 8, so our minds and bodies are bound to be a little confused by this sudden change. Anyway, this has brought me a boost of energy and ideas, or at least the will to create ideas and do other things. Thank heavens for Spring and Aries.

On other notes:
Since I started posting my Venus in music posts, I get a lot of visitors from people who google Astrology things. But never did I get so many keywords than when I posted about Virgo. Here's a small sample:
* venus in virgo styles
* virgo sun venus in virgo
* how to be with virgo lover
* why virgos so moody
* my virgo girlfriend wants to be alone
* he has venus in virgo
* attract venus in virgo
* virgo love tomorrow
* man venus virgo
* venus virgo people
* virgo kind venus
* everything there is to know about virgo women
* venus in virgo love
* pisces and virgo songs
* virgo women
* what is important for the Virgo to do/know
* virgo can sing as well

I don't mean to disrespect these people because they're entitled to search for information as much as they want/need to. I have googled many things in my life as well. But I had to post this because I don't think this amount of virgo keywords is entirely normal. I can't imagine what it will be like when I post about Venus in Scorpio, Scorpio being the most sought after sign, for all the wrong reasons.

Speaking of my Venus posts I'm working on the Capricorn chapter and it should be ready soon but, as all things Capricorn go, it takes time to reach a quality that satisfies me.

and then they were 600...

600 posts! Yes. Unbelievable, huh? Especially considering most of them came with a few words included, which is remarkable when I find myself with so little to say at times.

So what's the secret for keeping a blog for almost 3 years with 600 posts? There's no secret, but a lack of anything better to do. My blog is like a living room that's all mine. Most of the times it's a quiet place, other times some great music is played. The decoration is to my taste but I've had friends giving me some pieces (e.g. the banner that Chloe made me, it's like a painting in the wall). As you can see the floor is wooden, I really like the colour.

In my living room, I want to make people comfortable. I tell them stories and try to be creative, especially when the weekend comes and there is a prompt in the air. I try to make this room all about me, it's mine after all, but I appreciate my visitors a lot too, so I try to give them a little something to take with them.

I created a connection with the people that come into my living room. There were times when they left and never came back and I was left in the sofa sulking a little. These visitors are just like real friends (they are real friends, that's not what I mean)...so as real friendships go, some of these relationships fade when they're not taken care of. I realized recently that I can't be sad about it anymore, I have to make the most of the present. It's still odd to me how some people would disappear and never come back again after sitting next to me on my living room for so long. We talked, we laughed and we shared things. It's not about the fact that people have other things to do (everybody does), it's a certain carelessness too. But that's how it goes, people!

I'm sitting here in my non-virtual living room watching the horizon. There a few clouds of all shapes and colours peeking at me and I'm watching planes lifting off in the distance. My head has been in the clouds so much these days, perhaps the airplanes have taken my mind with them. I can't stop associating it with that song I mentioned the other day: Pajaros en la cabeza. There's a funny line in the song that says: "The mother continued serving the soup: when will you settle your head? One day we'll open it and bunches of parrots will escape from inside."

If they open my head one day, a Zoo will come out.

random question

Is Blog World dead?

There's rarely any new posts and even comments are slowing down (not on my blog but all over, I've noticed).

What is going on? *folds arms in a primary teacher kind of gesture*

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In case you're wondering, that's a soap. It has loofah inside and it smells (unbearably) of bubblegum. I feel like my house has been invaded by little kids chewing gum.

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This year Script Frenzy will be in April and not in June (June was a terrible month, especially for students). So in case you're interested in participating and writing your very own script (be it movie, tv, theatre, cartoons, etc...) you can visit their website www.scriptfrenzy.org

It was a very enjoyable experience last year.

Honoured

This week I felt honoured for two things.

One of my articles on Venus and music was picked to figure in the bulletin of TopTen Astrology Sources - which is a compilation of various Astrology articles published online. I didn't even submit it, it was simply "found" which is one of great things about the Internet.

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Niall @ Dancing for Beginners awarded my blog this...

I have to say that these days my blog is a bit far from excellent, apart from the template ;) The truth is I'm starting to think personal blogs may have an expiration date. There's only so much to be written about oneself when our goal is not to comment on politics, sports, films, etc...After a while, you either go crazy (like I have gone) or stop blogging regularly (or permanently).
This doesn't mean I don't like to read your blogs (as you may have noticed), so I'm awarding 5 Excellent blogs from my blogroll. I won't give much thought to this (if this is good or bad, I don't know), so here goes.

- Phish - I don't know much about Phish personally but from day 1 I was captivated by what he writes.

- Chloe - whatever comes up on the blog is good, I don't know why that is.

- Neith - when it comes to Astrological themes, it's always useful to stop by at her blog.

- Kimananda - anyone who commits to writing every day for a year deserves at least one award.

- Niall - I know his blog has already been awarded but for its originality and regularity it deserves another.

To everyone else: if I read your blog, you're excellent too. :)

5 questions Meme

A while ago...Kimananda had a personalized meme with 5 questions. The rules are simple: you reply to the questions and then the readers may request you to ask them 5 different questions.

Here are the five questions she sent me today:

1) It's been a joy to see your interest in astrology blossom in your blog and now your new business. What I want to know is about the early days. How did you first get into astrology and what has helped you maintain your interest over time?

As many things in our lives, Astrology was a transmitted disease. My mother always enjoyed it, so the subject was never too far away from home. She had some books that I read and, even though it wasn't a constant concern of hers, it made me accept Astrology as something to explore and not look at it as nonsense. I remember always being very interested on astrologers that came up on TV and absorbing everything they said.

I guess what keeps us interested in anything is the hope that we can get more out of it than we have already. It is the case with Astrology, there was always more to read, to explore, to observe, that's why I got even more into it lately. Above all Astrology responded to my need to understand things about myself and try to deal a little better with them.

2) Speaking of new businesses, what are your hopes and dreams for your Astrology blog? Where would you like it to go, and what would you like to get out of this exciting endeavor?

I'm keeping my feet on the ground on this one, which is a first! I hope it works and this includes that people take it seriously, take me seriously and, if they decide to request my services, that they are pleasantly surprised with them, not disappointed. My goal would be to keep busy doing something I like and feeling that what I do is worth something to people - does that sound too perfect? Well, work should be like that, in my opinion.

3) Along with great thoughts on the connection between the stars and ourselves, you also accompany your posts with beautiful photographs. How would you characterize a good blog visual, and how do you decide which visuals go best with which posts?

Wow, Kim, you're not shy on the compliments ;) That's a difficult question. I think the decision about the photographs is mostly intuitive. Generally, I don't post a image that I find ugly or disturbing, even if my post is ugly or disturbing. I try to find something that is fitting to the general theme but there was a time when I always posted an image and that made it more difficult to always follow the rule.

A good blog design is pleasant to the eye (I don't mean beautiful, but easy to read), personalized and simple - too many words, links, images, stickers make it look like a very old suitcase (those are lovely but not to read in them).

4) It's clear from what you write that music is extremely important to you. What sorts of music are you longing for at this stage in your life, and why?

Oh music! :) I'm more connected to roots at this stage, folk, regional music. For example, this fantastic band from Napoli called Spaccanapoli. I love Arab music. Music with different instruments, different languages preferably, different atmospheres. And tango because I dream of Argentina. I literally daydream about it - the other day I was walking in the street and almost got caught by a car thinking about Buenos Aires. That's not me. Not me at all.

5) I couldn't help but notice the Magician in your blog header, which of course reminds me that tarot is also one of your interests. Do you have a particular card that most resonates with you? If so, why? If not, would you like to have one?

Yes, I do! How do you know? It's the High Priestess from the Mythic Tarot (seen above). This deck mixes the cards with Ancient Myths and the H.P. is Persephone. I don't know exactly why I identify with her but she looks a bit like me physically and it's a card about the unconscious, the under world. How it contains both darkness and creative potential. She is the part of us that knows the secrets of our inner world, but she never tells. I like it.

Thanks for the questions, Kim! Now does anyone desire to be questioned? I'll be glad to.

Under construction

As you can see, I have a new template!!!
I'm still testing the colours. I've been going insanely loved-up with colours on www.colourlovers.com and it's so difficult to pick a set. Plus Html is a pain! But I've managed so far, apart from the sidebar - it looks terrible because there are no spaces between the sets. Does anyone know how to do that?
Anyway, what do you think of the colours? I'm not too keen on the green in the sidebar.

maybe it's the crazy clouds

If you have a counter in your blog you probably take a peek at what people are looking for when they are lead to your page. On Statcounter it's called the "Keyword Analysis". And, boy, is this fun!

Unfortunately this information is deleted after a while and if you don't write it down you will lose some moments of pure bewilderment...Nevertheless, looking at my current archive here are some of ludicrous pearls:

1. "james lloyd the shoe rapist"

This is not the first time my blog has been researched by foot fetishists, ever since I wrote about a news-piece on a man that went crazy and started killing women with beautiful feet.

2. "how to make christmas for everyone"

Is it me or has Christmas passed already? You're a bit late, sir/lady.

3. "using pen in diff ways than writing"

Ok, this is getting a little out of hand!!!....

4. "fiona apple mugs"

It is my personal life goal to have a mug with Fiona Apple's face on it. Ok, the woman looks nice but that's it. Unless they meant mugshots...but I don't recall Fiona being arrested. I could be wrong.

5. "men are more stronger than woman"

I bet this was the work of a man! Of an illiterate man, for that matter.

6. "american politics suck"

I never said that! ...

Other trends on my keywords:

- Most of the people that come to my blog through search engines are obsessed with pride: "greek pride"; "portuguese pride tattoos" (maybe I should try one of these); "enfp pride" (should a person be proud to be an enfp? or perhaps they're trying to relate pride to this psychological profile);

- Another great majority of the people that drop by want to weigh love, to measure love, to assess love...so they ask tons of questions about love being stronger than: death, life, pride, me, ...Should I buy a scale? Or a thermometer?

- I once did a few blog quizzes with stupid names like "kissing purity test", "great leaders test", "movie quiz" etc...to this day people come here looking for that or similar things such as "teen purity test" - how teen can you be? 110%?

- I love when people tell Google to do things or ask questions. For example: "tell me if love is stronger than pride" haha it kills me! Google, does my bum look big in this?

- Someone came here after typing: "looking forward to seeing you soon" - why??? What did you expect to find here? But seriously, I am, I am looking forward to seeing you soon.

friends

A quick hello to say Happy Birthday to my friend Niall. If you haven't seen his blog, you don't know what you're missing. I'm not one to feature propaganda in my blog usually but Niall is a true artist and this should definitely be taken as a compliment. Plus he is a great friend and extremely funny. And his work hasn't received nearly as recognition as it should, in my opinion.

This seems to be the time for birthdays, as it was Maddie's birthday yesterday too. Maddie is another true artist, with her magical words and her fabulous pictures - I mean, look at those cups in the rain! She is the most poetical person in the world :)

back now

Hi everyone!
I'm back at last. Feels like I've been away for months somehow. I have loads of posts to catch up on and believe me I will, with pleasure.
I'm not very enthusiastic about the pictures I brought with me but I'll post some anyway.
I'll see you around in the blog-world :)


Oh, this is me on the Simpsonizer. Usually. Right now I'm a little bit more tanned. But, yes, this is the closest a Simpson character would get to me.

I think I've started many posts and they all ended up being deleted. Nothing was significant enough to be posted. I never wanted this blog to turn into something trivial and boring.

Then I realized that I was in such a demanding mode I might never blog again. I think this might be one of those crisis writers go through. I still don't want it to be fickle and common, but I'll have to take a chance.

I'm watching Before Sunrise on TV. I'm not one to watch films lots of times, but I've seen this one about 3 times. I'm sure I'll watch it again in the future because every time I do I cling on to something different that they said, I have a different feeling about what they went through. I hope to have a different feeling when I watch it in three or four years time.

I have to confess there is a part in my script that is similar to this film, but I really didn't notice it until I had all my ideas planned out - I guess it's one of those things that sticks to your unconscious because they ring so true and so perfect. But the ideas are there: two strangers meet in a big city - a brief encounter that becomes so meaningful. Unlikely, I know, but not impossible.

But my script isn't all just one night, so I could never put the amount of themes and feelings they managed to include in this night in Vienna. Some dialogues (and monologues) are simply magical. That is what I call a good script.

CELINE
So often in my life I've been with people and shared beautiful moments like traveling or staying up all night and watching the sunrise, and I knew it was a special moment, but something was always wrong. I wished I'd been with someone else. I knew that what I was feeling - exactly what was so important to me - they didn't understand. But I'm happy to be with you. You couldn't possibly know why a night like this is so important to my life right now, but it is. I think this is a great morning.
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JESSE
I've never been anywhere I haven't been. I've never had a kiss when I wasn't one of the kissers. I've never been to the movies when I wasn't in the audience or gone out bowling when I wasn't around making some stupid joke. I think that's why so many people hate themselves. Seriously. It's just they are sick to death of being around themselves. (...) But being with you it's made me feel like I was somebody else. I mean the only other way to lose yourself like that is, you know, dancing or alcohol or drugs, or stuff like that.

Happy Birthday Baby!

Today's my blog's second birthday.

The little fellow is getting big by the day and is quickly heading for its 500th post. Who would've thought?

I had absolutely no expectations about this when I started, I don't even think I really wanted to start, I didn't know what I wanted to do with it, it certainly wasn't anything like this - I thought blogs were really stupid.

I've changed my mind obviously and this little virtual thingy in this big wide world of the web has really brought me tons of joy. So thank you all for participating and please have a slice of cake with me.

Challenge

Okay, I've got a question for you.
Imagine you were reading a magazine or a newspaper. It can be a general newspaper, a woman's magazine, a scientific magazine, whatever you want. Imagine there are articles or columns written by a psychologist there. What kind of issues/themes/subjects would you like the articles to address? And I mean ...anything!
You.Tell.Me!
:)

Honoured!

I'm so honoured today! PS made my afternoon so bright, despite the dark grey clouds above my sky. She e-mailed me the Thinking Blogger Award! Here it is...delivered by her virtual hands ;)




To tell you the truth I don't think I've ever gotten an award in my life. But that's not the reason this meant so much to me. This is supposed to represent a Blogger that makes you think. And it makes me so happy (I mean SO HAPPY) that, with my little ramblings and silly ideas, I make someone think...on a regular basis! It's thrilling and also surprising, as most of the time I just find myself a little on the pathetic side of the tracks.
This gives me hope like every other comment that you leave here saying that you like my posts. Most of the time I'm so surprised, you have no idea.

I also get to give 5 of these awards to other bloggers that make me think. It's not an easy task. Most of your blogs make me think, some are more efficient at making me 'feel', others are the best at inspiring me. I don't know whether these categories should be kept apart....But I'll give the awards to those blogs that make my head twirl more. hehe

- I don't know if this is allowed but I'm giving an award to PS - Just a mother of two again - she has a way of picking up things from life and putting them into magnificently written posts. The amazing thing is...I think she writes about things that we all understand and we've all gone through. It's enough to make us think and laugh a lot sometimes too.

- Vesper's Escape (in a new address) always gives me a lot to think about. This woman is one of my idols. She is opinionated, outspoken and very personal in whatever she writes. I love the fact that she is so her-self and that's what I most admire about her.

- Novel Nymph or my long-lost sister. She's probably the upgraded version of myself, we have SO much in common, we even dream of similar things, it's incredible. She inspires me in what she writes because it's the kind of thing that I'd like to write, the themes are all there. So when I read the poems and the scribblings it always makes me think.

- Finn Bell and his loiterings make me think because he keeps asking difficult questions. It's funny because sometimes he gets me thinking about the things that I don't want to think about and that's important too. He's a man on a quest and quests make us think, don't they?

- Finally, Kimananda in her rare posts usually takes me into a different world. I know how much she makes me think by the size of my comments in her blog. lol It's different from Novel Nymph's blog, for instance, because here it's the different ideas, the other perspective that makes me think. For example, why didn't I ever think of naming my seminar? It needed a name!

Rules for the awarded:
1) If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think
2) Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.
3) Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote.