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So: years and years ago, when I just started, I was fortunate enough to be nominated for a Bloggie award, in the “Best Kept Secret” category for 2009 — little did I realize that the Weblog Awards are kind of a big deal. (D'oh.) And *every year* since then, I totally forget when the nominations open and close. But: I'm on it this year! And I would be so honored if you would please consider nominating Corporette for:
“Best Fashion or Beauty Weblog,” or
While you're there, you can nominate other favorite blogs in categories such as Politics, Health/Wellness, Food, Parenting, and Entertainment. I know I've discovered a ton of great new blogs over the years just by perusing the nominees and winners.
I would hugely appreciate it — these awards really do help with exposure, traffic, new readers, etc, etc, and it's a big honor just to be nominated. You do need to put in an e-mail address, but I've never gotten spam from it. Thank you guys so much for reading Corporette!
(And: Just to make it a fun discussion: if you're voting for other favorite blogs in different categories, please link to them below — which category and which blog?)
mamabear
The hive is ON IT!
ELLENWatch
It’s the least I could do.
b23
It’s saying I have to nominate three different web blogs, so I added two more, and it still said the same thing. Did that happen to anyone else?
Leigh
Same here. Can’t figure out how to fix it.
mamabear
Worked for me. I nominated blogs in 3 separate categories and included the URL
anon
Travel/breakup TJ! I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for places to backpack for about 1 week solo. I am 23, moved to a new city last year for a job and had a long-distance SO until last week. We broke up and I just realized I have 0 friends (lots of good coworkers) in the area because I spent all my free time outside of my 60 hr/week job skyping/visiting my ex-SO. I am really sad about it ending and just need to get away for awhile… but I haven’t traveled solo really and don’t know where to go. Some ideas I’ve had are Iceland (expensive!), Ireland, Spain…?
Anon
where are you? maybe someone will be a new friend!
anon
I’m near DC (20-30 mins out in VA) but have never been able to make the meetups because they’re at reasonable hours :P
Former DC R3tte
If you can, post an anon email address please :)
anon
locomotive.anchor at the goog-mail
Equity's Darling
Travelling alone is like my favourite thing ever. My most memorable trip was a week that I spent alone in Prague, it was the best EVER. I am single, so it’s partially forced single travelling, but it can be awesome, especially if you’re fine eating alone in amazing restaurants.
I’d highly recommend the lonely planet books for planning- they recommend places that are usually in safe areas, which is important as a solo traveller. I’m also a fan of paying for single rooms in hostels- then you can make friends while travelling, but have somewhere private to sleep/shower, and it also makes expensive trips more reasonable (I’m 25, but I gather that at some point hostels will become full of people too young for it to be enjoyable for me.
I have friends that loved Iceland, and different ones that loved Spain…I don’t know anyone that’s done Ireland yet, but it’s on my to-do list at some point, so if you go, report back!
Anastasia
Oh, sorry to hear about your breakup, but I’m jealous of your trip! You can’t go wrong with any your ideas, but I’d pick Spain over the other two at this time of year for the weather and daylight hours. Also, Madrid is one of my favorite places ever.
I lived in Europe in my early 20’s and I did several solo trips in various European cities and had a great time in each. Obviously do some research, but in my experience, Europe’s hostels are fairly safe, clean, and well-populated with 20-somethings that speak at least passable English. Hostels are great because you have people around, but you have zero obligation to hang out with them any longer than is fun/your interests are aligned.
One suggestion, no matter where you go: Pick a few must-see things in your chosen city, but leave plenty of free time in your itinerary. One of the best things about traveling alone is that you can linger anywhere that turns out to be way better than you thought. Plus, you will meet people who will know about fun things to do that you didn’t.
k-padi
done. BTW, does anyone else have as much trouble with Captcha’s as I do? Three tries!!
mascot
Ugh, I hate those things.
Suzer
Search Slate dot com for their captcha video – I love it.
Carla
How does one find the courage for divorce?
I have young children in elementary school — if not for them it would already be done. I have no feelings for my husband at this point (beyond disgust?) and something that he said to me last night (in front of our kids) was the last straw. I really see *no* chance for reparing this relationship short of me having a lobotomy. My fingers hover above the ‘schedule consultation’ button, but I just can’t do it. Even when I try to mentally frame it as an informational meeting. What I secretly want is for my husband to initiate things, but he doesn’t have the *#%%!. Then I tell myself that I should go to a consultation so that I am prepared if/when he does initiate things. And I still can’t do it. *(&@^&$*#)^&*()@&*(#$)&@*(_#&@*_$&@#*()&$#*()!!!
TBK
Does it help to think of what it does to the kids to see their parents interact this way? Kids are far happier in separate but happy homes than in one unhappy one. Have you talked about this with a friend yet? Sometimes saying the words out loud, to anyone, can help make them more real and less scary.
SV in House
Carla, I am not quite there (yet), but consider it. I have the following thread bookmarked and think it may be useful to you: https://corporette.com/2012/07/06/frugal-fridays-tps-report-cotton-short-sleeve-crewneck/#comments (search for “divorce”)
Apparently
Consider scheduling a consultation with a lawyer and a therapist on the same day. You will feel like you are covering both options, regardless of whether you keep both appointments.
LPC
Make sure you like and respect your lawyer.
StillJobHunting
T/J
I have an interview on Wednesday for a federal attorney position (yay!!). The question I have is about references. They want three but I’m not sure who to pick for the third. One is a professor who I also 11)worked for in law school (graduated ’11). Another is a supervisor from my 1L summer when I was at a fed agency. For the third do I list someone I worked for for a short period of time or do I go back to before law school and list the partner at the firm I worked for for a few years right before law school? What’s more important? The amount of time I worked for them or how recently I worked for them? I have a few people I can list so I’m all worried I’ll pick the wrong one!
Nellie
The most important thing is who will say the best things about you that are most relevant to this job/ field.
sorry
But no way. I read this blog on my iphone and am so frustrated at those big grey arrows that cover half the screen. Worst of all is that they seem to end up in the field where the “post comment” button is, so after my thumbs stumble through an entire post and I hit “post”, I also hit one of those arrows and lose the whole thing.
Making it even worse right now is the floating thing wandering up and down the iphone screen, so I have to avoid it while trying to type.
I want a blog, not a video game!
goldribbons
I have to agree that the big grey arrows are extremely frustrating on my iPhone as well.
saacnmama
Add me
LPC
Anyone wants to nominate me for best kept secret is more than welcome to. Ha! Yes, of course, I will go wave the Corporette flag right now?