BOLD - A to Z Challenge

It’s the third A to Z Challenge! Blog the letters of the alphabet in order every day except Sundays The participation list is HERE – start with the blog after yours and visit at least five blogs a day. Mostly, make new friends and have fun!

My theme – I have selected a word for each day and will present to you blogger buddies who fit that description, along with movies, music, etc. My theme is to give back, highlight some awesome bloggers, and have fun in the process.

BOLD

Huntress at Spirit Called

She is bold. Not brash, just bold in her thoughts and convictions. You never know what to expect, but you can bet it will be real. She’s involved in the community and very supportive. She knows what’s going on in the blogging world, sometimes more than I do! Huntress isn’t shy and I can always count on her honesty. I’m blessed she’s one of my blogger buddies!

Memento

The sheer audacity to tell a story that starts at the end and spools to the beginning is one bold move. Christopher Nolan pulls it off with a movie that expects you to keep up and pay attention. Bring out your big brain for this one.

Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip

I really feel that anyone interested in the music biz should check this out. This incredibly personal collection of music deals with drug abuse, troubled relationships and the hedonistic excesses of stardom. Never whiny, this disc hits hard through twenty-seven tracks and shows Cantrell writing his best work since Alice In Chains early days.

Ninja News!

Kela posted about Awesome Authors yesterday – and I was stunned when she selected ME! Thank you so much, Kela. I am so honored.

Rusty posted yesterday that there is a 500 point reward for getting me to comment on a certain blog. There’s a bounty on my comment – too funny!

And this is a reality check! On a normal day that I post, I visit 100-140 of my blogger buddies, plus other movie blogs and such. Add all of the comments from A to Z participants and the section of the A to Z list that is my responsibility and that adds about forty to sixty more blogs. In truth, I can’t visit everyone. I wish I had clones. (Really, Cassie, I don’t!!!) So if you don’t see me, please don’t feel slighted. This Ninja is really trying…

Are you following Huntress? Seen the movie Memento? Listen to any Jerry Cantrell or Alice in Chains? Having fun with the Challenge? Mad a the Ninja because he can’t visit everyone…?

News, Bloggers, Quiz, and Next Blogfest...?

Lots of great stuff today!

Jeremy at izombie just released an eBook called Chatterbox! It’s a series of short stories (almost like Drabbles) with images created by Jeremy himself. Check it out at Chatterbox
He’ll also be doing a guest spot here in a few weeks.




Last summer I took a class called Blog Book Tours and it really helped me prepare for my first virtual book tour. Dani is offering another class in September and you don’t want to miss it!

I received the Appreciated Follower Award, created by RJR Daydreamer
It’s too honor followers who visit and comment on a regular basis.
Wow, you all deserve it! Where do I begin? Without all of you commenting, I’d just be talking to myself.
I pass this on to…
Laila at Untroubled Kingdom of Laila Knight
Old Kitty at Ten Lives and Second Chances
Patrick Tillett

Alexia gave me the Liebster Blog Award. This award is to recognize bloggers with less than two hundred followers. (Yeah, I’m a bit over the limit!)
Here are three bloggers who deserve some recognition:
Huntress at Spirit Called
Monti at Notes Along the Way
Budd at SciFi Media

And since you guys enjoyed last Friday’s quiz, here’s two more pop culture questions:

The Lexx was a living spaceship on these four TV movies before it was a series – name the movie series title!


Name the song VH1 Classics declared as the number one rock song of the 1980’s. Bonus fuzzy feelings if you can name the second song as well!

Tune in Friday for some big news – the next awesome Blogfest!

Any guesses?

And has anyone located Boba Fett’s Carbonite Crunch?