I haven’t participated in a blogger meme for quite some time, but this one says that I won an award. I don’t really get to walk up to a stage to make an acceptance speech nor do I get to home with a shiny new trophy, but it’s still a nice gesture.
When I learned from Damien Riley that I was a winner of a Proximidade Blogger Award, I thought it would be apt to keep a good thing going and push it along to a few more recipients.
Damien tells me that “Proximidade” means nearness or proximity in Portuguese. Recipients of the award invest in proximity, even if the relationships are only online. These bloggers are said to be “exceedingly charming, blogging friends who aim to find and be friends.” To continue this movement, I’m supposed to include this text in the body of today’s post:
“I am grateful for an opportunity to award this to a few bloggers who are very special people. I include the following bloggers who may have received this award in the past but I’m sure won’t mind receiving it again.”
While there are usually five bloggers featured each week on What’s Up Wednesdays, it seems that the Proximidade Blogger Awards call for eight recipients. These are good people whose blogs I always check before hitting the “Mark All as Read” button in Google Reader.
- Miss604, who had a nice dinner at Araxi Whistler
- Darren Barefoot, who investigates the female music geeks trend
- Chris Bibey, who writes in between administrative tasks
- John Bardinelli, who recently rediscovered the Sega Dreamcast
- Hummingbird604, who teaches us how to give good talks
- Betshopboy, who’s anticipating the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games
- Ed Lau, who revisits riots in Japan
- Sharon Hurley Hall, who created an e-book in just 20 minutes
I encourage these eight individuals to continue perpetuating the Proximidade Blogger Awards, recommending eight more bloggers to their readers. The blogosphere is one big happy community and it pays to share the love.
Thanks for the award, Michael, and I’m honoured to have made it past the ‘mark all as read’ threshold. 🙂
Thanks for the mention. Love your blog as well!
Thanks for the award, Michael 🙂 I’ll have to think hard about the 8 blogs – all the best!
Thank you, I’m honoured to be conferred this “Proximidade Award”, in fact, I’m speechless especially when I found out the meaning of this award.
I’m neither the most vocal of commentators on your blog (although I must say I read your post daily), nor by any means a smooth writer on mine. Yet, to know that people like your goodself is actually following/reading my blog posts is great motivation.
Thank you for making my day!
oooo.. i am not one of them . i hope i will win the award next time
I really like the way you perpetuated the award. You did it like all your art: stylish!