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Amos and Zac’s Magical Pizza and Perfume Playground

I have been tagged on this unique meme created by Liz of Successful Blog. Luckily for me, I was tagged by 4 of my favourite bloggers! They are as follows: I was first tagged by the incredible Mariuca, the fantastic Rolando the wonderful NAFASG and the sizzling Polliwog! Here are the rules as posted on Liz’s blog:

1. Copy the unfinished story below into your post box.
2. Fill in the blanks to finish the story. For most of the blanks use a bloggers name, a trait, a post title, a blog title  get creative. Finish each sentence in an unexpected way. You can find plenty of links to spark your imagination at the A-Z directory.
3. Link the text you added back to the blog or blogger you’re referencing.
4. Be creative. Change the words or storyline as you wish in order to fit in the links you like.
5. When you’re done, leave a link with the title to your version of the story in the comment box below.

Here is the story template:

Title: _______________________________
_____ was _____ , when out of the blue _____. You might think this is strange, but in _____ such things happen all of the time.

Our brave and quirky hero knew exactly what to do  _____, but our brave and quirky hero had no _____.

Seeking help for this dilemma, our hero headed down the road to _____.

The road passed three creatures  each of them was more interesting than the next. The first was _____. The second was _____. The third was _____. Our brave and quirky hero ran the rest of the way, and when he got there, he got another surprise!

�_____!� our hero exclaimed.

�_____,� _____answered.

�I was _____, when out of the blue _____.� our brave and quirky hero said, knees shaking. �Could you spare _____ ?�

And so it passed that _____ gave our brave and quirky hero _____ AND _____ and all was well.

You might think this is strange, but in the _____ such things happen all the time.

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And this is my finished story: If you find yourself in the story consider yourself tagged (JaniceNG, WaterLearner, Polliwog, Rolando, Mariuca’s Perfume, Emila, Jeanchia, Brown Baron, ) and good luck!

Title: Amos and Zac’s Magical Pizza and Perfume Playground

Janice was eating pizza, when out of the blue, Amos and Zac became explosive superheroes. You might think this is strange, but in the RPlayground such things happen all of the time.

Our brave and quirky hero knew exactly what to do make delicious pizza for the entire blogosphere, draw beautiful artwork for everyone, make all the girls smell pretty and teach everyone the depths of philosophical enlightenment. However, our brave and quirky hero had no Magic water.

Seeking help for this dilemma, our hero headed down the road to Jeanchia.

The road passed three creatures  each of them was more interesting than the next. The first was the Genie Princess. The second was Hot Momma. The third was The Sexy Chef. Our brave and quirky heroes ran the rest of the way, and when he got there, they got another surprise!

Where is the Brown Baron? our heroes exclaimed.

He is on the Planet Venus with all the ladies, Waterlearner answered.

We were having terrible pizza, when out of the blue they charged our mommy $50.00. our brave and quirky hero said, knees shaking. Could you spare Some magic water?

And so it passed that WaterLearner gave our brave and quirky hero Perfume AND Pizza and all was well.

You might think this is strange, but in the RPlayground such things happen all the time.

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How To Find Your Blogging Voice

I recently wrote a post Jobs and Careers: My Journey to Happiness which prompted a friend Jonathan Phillips to write a most excellent post, and now I feel compelled to write a post inspired by it!

We’re talking about finding your own voice, finding a way to make what you do your own and simply adding personality to your work. How does one go about doing this? How can you make what you do your own? What is your own voice? I’m going to recommend some things you might not have thought about in your quest for blogging originality. There are a lot of people who, even armed with this knowledge, still have no idea where to begin in finding their own voice. Some of these ideas have nothing to do with blogging , writing or making money. However, in them you can find the essence of what I’m trying to get at and hopefully will be able to apply it to blogging.

  • Learn to play a musical instrument. I recommend this idea over all others because music encompasses so much in the way of imagination and self reliance. It really doesn’t matter what instrument or what kind of music you like, just learning how to play can help you in endless ways. Singing also counts as playing an instrument though I do recommend highly that you learn how to read music. Once you get a little skill under your belt, go play with other musicians or learn to record. Most important of all, find a teacher that teaches a progressive system. You can learn classical guitar, but you don’t want a teacher that only teaches what is written in a music book. Learn to play blues, rock, jazz or anything that forces you to learn to improvise music. You want the ability to just play whatever comes to mind on the spot, much like speaking in conversation. If you are having trouble finding originality, music will help you get there and that is a fact.
  • Learn a martial art or yoga. This also can help you find your own voice. I know it may sound crazy to some people, but it can surely help you. If you do study a martial art, apply the same principle as before. Find a progressive teacher who is not bound by rigid tradition but who helps students find what works for them. You want to make sure they actually fight in class also. Some schools only point fight and this will never help you understand self reliance. A few arts I’ll mention that would be good candidates are: Jeet Kune Do, free style jujitsu, Aikido, Hap Ki Do and even western boxing or wrestling. these aren’t the only arts as any art can be the right choice if you have the right teacher.
  • Learn to paint, draw, or write poetry. As you can see, everything I’m recommending is an art of some sort. That’s my point. Blogging is an art. If you don’t see blogging as an art, then maybe it’s time to learn a lot more about art and apply it it to your blog!

Jonathan said in his post,
“If everybody knew how to write killer blog posts, catchy headlines, and stuff that gets massive traffic and links everytime it’s published. The blogosphere would be boring. A little creativity never hurt anyone. ;) In fact, innovative and creative ideas are more likely to skyrocket your traffic, than the usual stuff. I believe the key is to learn everything you can, then forget about it, and try going a different route.”

Hey, these are words of wisdom. I especially like the last line. If you approach your blog artistically as well as scientifically this will become the norm. Once you have an idea under your belt, run with it and eventually it will become something ingrained in your psyche. After that you forget it and move on; that knowledge and intuitive perception you have gained will continue to serve you for as long as you blog.

Please don’t just read, leave a comment. I will respond to whatever you have to say. I will also come to your blog and leave comments. To me, comments make the blog world go ’round:)

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