Thank you Captain Ninja Alex, who stunned me with his You Rock Award. Just wow. Holy Guacamole this is incredible!After Maynard's award and now Alex's, plus all of the awesome comments you leave here every day, I am just blown away and profoundly grateful to be a part of this community.
Alex included me in some very cool company, bloggers that I just love and admire. Go check out these magnificent people who make this blogging community a great place to be:
Ella at Ella's Edge Her poetry and art are incredibly beautiful. She's also celebrating a three year blogoversary. Yay!
Roland at Writing in the Crosshairs His writing is just phenomenal and he is a great community supporter.
MPax at Wistful Nebulae Her writing is sheer brilliance, her knowledge of all things astronomy is vast and her photos are gorgeous.
Matthew at The QQQE He does wonders to help his fellow authors and bloggers. I love his query critiques. He offers a lot of great advice and so do the people who leave comments.
Old Kitty at Ten Lives and Second Chances She is just the best. So funny and so warm. She gives a lot of blog love to everyone she can out there. A pillar of this community.
Jeremy at Retro Zombie Zombies, art and whatever else comes to his wildly imaginative and brilliant mind. Jeremy's site is eclectic and cool. Not to mention his awesome books.
And now, if Captain Ninja Alex doesn't mind, I'm going to pass along this You Rock Award to a very special little girl. Alani is 7 years and plays little league baseball on my nephew's team. She not only plays with the boys, but she does so with a hearing impairment. Alani has to step up to bat without her hearing aids because they interfere with the protective helmet and that means when that umpire calls balls and strikes, she can't hear him. Nor can she hear when she's out on base. Those coaches sign to her the count and what to do next. I think she is just incredible, her spirit so bright and strong. You Rock, Alani! Keep it up Little Sister!
I can't believe it is June. I'm looking forward to some great movies this month. Snow White and the Huntsman, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and of course, the epic Prometheus. I'm actually leading a cool discussion about Ridley Scott's epic Alien over at 1:37 Exactly in honor of the release of Prometheus.
I'll be doing salacious and nefarious things for movie dough at this rate because I still have Dark Knight Rises to look forward to and don't get me started on December, yet. LOL What movies are you looking forward to?
You do Rock, Melissa. And passing it on to such an awesome little girl just proves it :)
ReplyDeleteI'll click on over to your other post too.
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Thank you so so much Donna! Alani just wowed me when I saw her play this weekend.
DeleteAnd thank you for heading over to the Alien talk. It was one of my favorite movies.
The "you rock" from Alex is well-deserved for both you and Alani. Like you I'm really looking forward to 'Prometheus.' I will have to join the discussion on 137.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Mariah. My excitement for Prometheus has reached a fever pitch. :) And thanks for heading to the Alien talk. I love Russ' movie discussions and I was happy when he asked me to do this.
DeleteI am looking forward to Abe Lincoln and Promotheus. These days there aren't a considerable amount of good movies out there. Hollyweird is hell bent on reruns and remakes.
ReplyDeleteAmen, Jeremy. There are way too many remakes, re-imaginings, etc. I love it when they finally release new, original stories. I just finished the Abe Licoln book so my anticipation of the movie is now amped up.
DeleteAs soon as I saw the guitar pic, I knew it was an Alex thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd it sounds like Alani is definitely deserving of the You Rock award. Good for her!
I saw Snow White and the Huntsman. I would've like it more had Kristen Stewart not been in it.
Alani is so awesome, I just had to give her this shout out after seeing her play. And I love it that our local Little League lets girls play.
DeleteLOL on Snow White. I had a problem with K Stew the moment I heard she was going to be in it. And she proved me right in the trailer.
Melissa, it was well deserved! And so was passing it along to Alani. She proof there are no limitations in life we can't overcome!
ReplyDeleteI knew you wouldn't mind me giving this amazing little girl the award. :) Just watching her is an inspiration.
DeleteCongrats on the award, sweetheart. No one deserves it more than you, because YOU ROCK indeed. :)
ReplyDeleteAlex gave me this award last year, and I felt very honored. :)
Thank you, hon! That makes me smile huge this morning as I head out to work. Big hug, my friend.
DeleteYou more than rock. :)
you do rock! congrats!
ReplyDeleteAww... Thank you very much. :)
DeleteThanks for the blog suggestion and thank you for stopping by my blog. Looking forward to reading your future posts.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, what a special girl Alani must be! And what a wonderful idea to pass the award on to her. Now the whole blogosphere will be cheering for her. Go Alani go! :D
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your award, Melissa! Very well deserved. :)
I remember that I was the first winner of Alex's award a year or more ago. Brings back nice memories...
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners, especially to Ella :)
Congrats! on the award. You do indeed rock! I'm looking forward to the slew of awesome movies too. I hope Prometheus is all its advertised to be.
ReplyDeleteYou do rock, Melissa. :D Thanks for the mention. Alani sounds like a fantastic person.
ReplyDeleteand I say too... you do rock the blog pond, you are very cool and thank you for the shout out and kind words...
ReplyDeleteJeremy [Retro-Zombie]
Thanks for the blog suggestion! I really enjoy reading through your blog.
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Congrats on earning another sweet award, Melissa! Alex does not grant awards lightly, so it's an honor worth boasting.
ReplyDeleteAnd what a beautiful idea to pass the award to Alani. Brightening the day one blog post at a time :)
Congrats on the award. That is awesome! You highlighted some great blogs here.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the award! Most deserved! And best pass along I've seen this year! Terrific!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the award! I am so looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises. Such a cute award pass. See, that's why you won. :)
ReplyDeleteMelissa, you totally deserve the award. You do rock! There are a lot of movies to spend money on this year.
ReplyDeleteCool! Alani sounds awesome too. I want to see Men in Black III.
ReplyDeleteCongrats,
Kathy M.
You are so deserving of this award ;D
ReplyDeleteThank you Melissa for the wink and the nod! ;D
Right back at you~
Cheers to you and Alani...how wonderful to pass the baton to her! She sounds like an amazing soul~ How sweet and beautiful you both are! <3
Melissa Bradley a.k.a. Award Collector No 1 :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on theÃs award, you definitely rock!!!