Archive for October 5th, 2007

Oct 05 2007

Creating Some Buzz

Published by Brillig under Blogginess

(FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE FOR SOAP OPERA SUNDAY, IT’S DIRECTLY BELOW THIS POST!!!)

So. You’ve all heard me talk about Cre8buzz ad nauseam. Really, I’m trying cut back, I promise. But today, I just can’t help myself. See, the ol’ Buzz is going PUBLIC on Sunday.

When Kim of Temporary? Insanity invited me to Cre8buzz a couple months back, I was hesitant. I’m on Facebook and frankly haven’t loved it—haven’t been inspired by it enough to bother. But it was Kim, who I adore, so I joined and decided to see what was up.

As I looked around, I realized that I could promote this blog through them, and I thought, “hmmmm, extra traffic never hurts.” So, my sole purpose in becoming an active participant at Cre8buzz was to promote my blog.

And guess what. It worked. Every single time I post, I get a handful of new readers who tell me that they found me through Cre8buzz.

But more than that, I’ve become a part of a community that I’ve really come to love. This was unexpected. But it’s true. I have hundreds, HUNDREDS! of new friends and a deeper connection with some of my “old” friends. “Community” isn’t just a word being thrown around. It’s a true feeling there.

So, it’s like I accomplished my goal of getting new people to my old blog, and then I got the delicious, and unanticipated, dessert to go with it.

(And, for those of you who are dying more some more success stories, or a better peek inside, check out the cre8buzz blog, specifically this post.)

Anyway, to celebrate their big move to PUBLIC, a bunch of us decided to have a Cre8buzz Blog-a-palooza. So, if you’re blogging about the buzz today, please enter the permalink to your post. (These will become permanent links when the list is complete.)

Aguante ‘Buzz!!!

1. Alex
2. Ritu
3. Mad goat lady
4. melody is slurping life
5. Work N Play
6. PHAT Mommy
7. Jen
8. Mommin’ It Up!
9. Mudder
10. WalksFarWoman
11. Jackal
12. Candace Martin
13. Novembrance
14. Summer @ Summer’s Nook
15. Queenie
16. LadyintheRed
17. Jo Beaufoix
18. Lynnae @ From Under the Clutter
19. Bliss In Bloom
20. Avery Gray
21. Heffalump
22. Lisa J. Peck
23. Bucolic Scribblings
24. Radioactive Jam
25. Tristi Pinkston
26. TwistedSister
27. Peg
28. Anne Bradshaw
29. Christine
30. Kellyology
31. Jen in MI
32. The Mom Salon Daily
33. Leendaluu
34. Unquiet Heart
35. Cranberry Corner
36. canadianflake
37. Mom Chatter
38. Assertagirl
39. Emma Sometimes
40. Marianne
41. The Farmers Wife
42. Secret Agent Mama
43. Jerseygirl89
44. Josi Kilpack
45. Annette Lyon
46. Bitsy Parker
47. Kate
48. English Rose
49. La Chanson de Phoenix
50. Stephan Miller
51. Whimspiration
52. so grateful to be mormon

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Oct 05 2007

The End of Ben

Published by Brillig under Soap Opera Sunday

Soap Opera Sunday, folks.

I confess, I’m starting to feel rather trapped by this soap opera.

So, I’m going to skip to the end.

“I’m leaving, ” I said.

He laughed.

“No, I really am. There’s no reason to be here anymore. I’m moving home.”

“No reason? Well… I’m here.”

I rolled my eyes. He and I both knew that what we had was a total joke.

“So, you’re running away,” he said.

“I’m not running away. I’m following my gut and getting out of here.”

“And how much of this ‘gut-feeling’ has to do with that guy you met in Park City?”

Well, he was kinda right. I’d met the most amazing boy in Park City a few months before and I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about him or talking about him with my girlfriends, and Ben had picked up on all of it.

But there was more to it than that. I HAD to move back north. I didn’t know why, but my soul wouldn’t be quiet until I did. And maybe I was “running away”—I needed to get out of this mess of Ben-ness, and moving a couple hundred miles away seemed like a way to end it once and for all.

So I packed my things, loaded up my little Ford with all my crap, and without thinking about how I had no job and no where to live, I made arrangements to leave the next morning.

Sometime before my alarm went off in the morning, Ben came into my apartment, grabbed my keys, and said something about needing to borrow my car and he’d bring it right back. I must have been extremely tired or delirious, because I didn’t scream, “DON’T TOUCH MY CAR, YOU IDIOT!!!”

I got up, got ready, tied up all the loose ends, and then sat on the couch and waited. And waited. Where was he? Where was my CAR? How DARE he just swoop in and take my keys!!!!

Finally, he showed up. I started screaming at him, and he gently put his hand over my mouth and said, “I got your oil changed, because I knew you’d never do it. I had your tires rotated too—it’s a long drive. And I filled your gas tank, so you should be able to get all the way to Provo without having to stop.”

I was flabbergasted. After a minute of just staring and gawking at him, I said, “I think that’s the first unselfish thing you’ve done since I met you.”

He smiled sadly. “I think you’re right.”

That was the last time I ever saw Ben.

Once I got to Provo, everything worked out for me. I found a place to live and I got a killer job that miraculously opened up in a company that my sister worked at. They knew nothing about me, but they knew and loved her, and gave me a job I certainly didn’t deserve. Everything was like a faerytale.

And, above all else, within a fortnight of moving back north I was dating the boy I’d met in Park City. And I was head over heels in love. And I still am.
Within the year, we were married.

(Hey, I TOLD you the story ended with my wedding!)

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Okay, tonight you’ll have to leave your SOS posts at Kate’s Mr. Linky. I’ll copy and paste it from her when the list is complete! Hope everyone has a happy SOS!

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