Mar 24 2008
WijvenBloggin’
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.)
But if you want your Belgian public to come back, better refer to fries as Belgian fries. Nothing french about them. [(o:]
Just adding my endorsement for that particular diet.
You are cute and funny and I like you. I like your diet too. Mmmmm chocolate.
Don’t forget to cut your own hair. Can’t recall if your haircut was before or after The Great Hair Fire?? Hmmmm. I’ve got the fat housewife thing going already. So, that’s nice.
I think the make-up application in the car is just the way to go. BTW… my best friend in high school had a modification of the recommended diet - she dipped her fries in chocolate shakes, thereby getting both food groups at once. Clever, eh?
Fries dipped in Frostys from Wendy’s are soooo good. And pretzels dippied in icing too. That was a favorite in the youth group I was in. And I’m living in Belgium Bril, and after two months of Dutch class I still can’t always understand something with as many colloquialisms as a blog.
Oh, and if you love fries (indeed they aren’t French) and chocolate, this is SO the place to be. Seriously. Come visit.
Aah yes, the chocolate and french fry diet. I know it well.
How obnoxious…..this term must come from the same men who say that female comedians can’t be as funny as men! Assholes!
I love the idea of being particularly “girly” and I like your personalized beauty tips even more! I have definitely done the “Wal-Mart Sweep” for make-up…..however, in my case, it was Target!
hee hee! too funny!
roflmao thanks for the giggles…I look forward to the rest of the topics.
Wayyyyy too funny and good for them for standing up for themselves.
Sounds like what I ate today, except that dang, I didn’t have the fries. Just a bunch of chocolate silk pie. It’s my diet for post-conference hangover shock treatment.
I LOVE the french fry and chocolate diet! I’ve been on it for years.
There’s also the pizza and ice cream diet. You should try it. It has basically the same results.
The makeup? I got used to buying the less expensive kind, a few years ago, because I had a toddler who enjoyed dumping makeup (and shampoo, and spray gel, and toothpaste……) down the sink. Or bathtub. Or toilet.
I’ve yet to start my hair on fire. (knockin’ on wood) I usually just skip that step, and go straight to the haircut.
huh, I typed a comment yesterday…about applying that much make-up: that you need to post a picture next time.
And about my love of fries and the many friesshops in my block.
Pooh it’s gone. Anyway, I did stop buy and I love it that you are participating in wijvenweek!
OOOO! Sounds FUN!!!
Ohh brill, iam overwhelmed by cuteness, as I sat reading my little miss m just fell asleep on my knee. Cough, cough, anyway, the Belgian women bloggers sound fabulous. Yay for wijven week.
Hahaha, sounds fun! Will the F-F-a-C diet make me as pretty as you? I love chocolate, but that many fries might do me in.
no juicy stories on men? You could type out your entire SOS range today :).