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Girl Power?

July 6, 2007 – 6:40 am | by nerd's eye view

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You know I don’t typically do these things, but it came from Di, who apparently thinks I’m a Rockin’ Girl Blogger, so thanks for that! I’m kind of a nerd so I don’t even really know what it means to be Rockin’ but maybe I would if I was, like, 20 and not so in to twang and more in to, well, I don’t even know. Help me out here, someone, you kids and your crazy music.

Anyhow, in an uncharacteristic moment, I’m going to pick this one up and post links to five swell girl bloggers. And supposedly, in that chain letter sort of way, if I’ve listed you, you should do the same. Grab the button, pick five, etc. amen.

This isn’t my way, you know, and I feel a little sheepish about it coz I don’t divide the world by girls and boys. But I’m going to BlogHer and should try to at least pretend to be a girl power community minded person. No, I am, really, just not in ways you expect.

Here we go, it’s world tour time, kids.

• Melinda June: You’re number one! We used to go to Mindy’s house in practically our pajamas and she’d make these righteous breakfasts and we all watch The Tick on Saturday morning cartoons as though we were 8, but we weren’t we were all in our 30s, pretty much. When I visited Mindy in Milton Keynes, the feeling was exactly the same, as though you could lie around in your jammies watching silly TV and snacking and life did not get better. Her blog sounds just like she does.
• Wild Soda: I don’t even know Alli in 3-D but she got me a job. Alli’s a travel writer, the real deal. Asked about it, she didn’t sugar coat it or say stuff like, “So, you wanna be a travel writer?” She just passed a lead my way and said, “Someone’s gotta do it, it’s in your part of the planet, might as well be you, right?” Alli lives in Australia, sort of, though I think right now she’s stuck in LA.
• Mausi: Another imaginary friend, Christina is from beautiful Vancouver, Canada and lives somewhere in Germany with, oh, some German guy and their two kids. Christina shows a remarkable amount of fortitude for expat life and you don’t hear her complaining about it, no siree, except when you do and then she’s spot on and funny and real. I kinda wanna give Christina some kind of medal for expat life perseverance. Instead, Christina, you get this Rockin’ Girl Blogger button.
• Tuckova: Because honestly, can anyone else write like Anne in the Czech Republic does? I don’t think so. I think I’m pretty handy with the written word (I’m not fishing for compliments, no need) and then I’ll go read some post that Anne has written and I’ll think, well, well, Miss Fancy I Can Write Nerd’s Eye View, back to the keyboard with you. A-hem.Not that that’s the only reaction I have. Sometimes, I just sit there, sort of stunned.
• Sassy Glasses Girl: Susan is right here in Seattle and she has a brand new blog. There’s not much there yet, but Susan is One Funny Girl, I tell you what. I heard Susan read an essay from a book she’s in and okay, it wasn’t a competition, but she was by far the funniest and what’s better than a funny girl? Not much. I’m hoping to see lots of the snappy humor on her blog as it gains speed. No pressure.

If you want to know what else I’m reading, you can check out my blogroll,that’s here. Some of them are girls, if that matters to you. And if you can’t get enough girl bloggers, now’s a good time for me to point you to BlogHer because that’s a real festival of girl bloggers right there.