Twas Brillig

So, I’m telling you this story third- or fourth-hand, because the sad, pathetic truth is that I don’t happen to speak Flemish.

Allow me to explain…

Recently, Belgium held some blog awards and apparently some women won several awards. There was a lot of grumbling when women won awards, about how their blogs were just wijvenblogs. “Wijven” literally means “women,” but it has come to have a very negative connotation. Girly, bratty, naggy, annoying.

Well, the blogs that won these awards weren’t actually bratty, naggy, annoying, and overly girly, but rather, they were smart, clever, and funny. But the taunting continued.

And so, the female bloggers of Belgium, and apparently any other female bloggers who feel like it, are turning their blogs into TRUE Wijvenblogs, just for the fun of it, for an entire week, a week they are lovingly referring to as Wijvenweek.

Just how did I get involved in this craziness? Well, my gal-pal Goofball (whose English is impeccable) invited me to join in and, well, it kinda sounded like fun. And plus, think of all the new Belgian traffic this will bring me… from people whose English is probably about as good as my Flemish…

Yeah…

Anyway, every day of the week there is a new assigned topic— topics are meant to be girly and obnoxious. Sadly, as I read over the list of topics for the week, I realized that I’ve actually blogged on all of these topics already.

Holy crap, maybe this is a Wijvenblog.

Today’s topic is about our bodies. This can include diets, hair or skin care, make-up tips, and anything else pertaining to our bodies.

And as it just so happens, I know a lot about these topics. So, here is my advice:

When it comes to dieting, I recommend the French-Fries-and-Chocolate diet. Then you, too, can be a fat housewife like myself.

That diet is also really great for skin-care…

As for make-up, I recommend going to a cheap store like Walmart and purchasing everything you see in colors that may or may not work for you and upon returning home (or even as you drive in your car), all make-up should be applied in mass quantity.

As far as my hair, you already know how I enjoy it when I accidentally set my hair on fire, requiring a whole new haircut.

As you see, I’m truly an expert on all of these topics. No wonder they asked me to join in the fun…

(Find more Wijvenbloggers here.)