I often wonder how I got so lucky with this lil' ol' Blahg of mine. It serves no real purpose but makes me feel like I have a place to gab with my fave girlfriends. A place where you don't have to always be 'on' can be a little dumb and can freely talk about your superficial obsession such as shoes or mascara without being judged. I took the blogging class, I read the book, I am in branding/PR for heavens sake but this Blahg is not that place to be all 21 kinds of professional and try to make something of it. I realized that after my fab blogging class. It is what it is, perhaps another blog will follow a better format but for today this is my Blahg.
I mention the above because I am always surprised when quality companies reach out to me for reviews (Me? Have you read my Blahg? You could lose your job if I write about your product). Or when people want to advertise? Are you serious? I think your dollars would be well spent on a blog with focus. So it was with great surprise when I was considering my whole -to-do' list schedule dilemma and I went to visit one of my fave illustrators Mary Kate McDevitt, that I stopped and laughed at myself. Mary Kate breaks it down and makes you smile. Please see Exhibit A:
Or perhaps Exhibit B:
Mary Kate's sweet take on what is usually an Everest-esque take of to-do lists makes me re-think all my inner insanity. So back to the surprise...Well, as I was thinking about how fabulous these boards were I had a mail delivery of what else? Mary Kate's new 'Mini Goals' notepad from Chronicle books! 100 pages of her amazing illustrations. I am giving one pad away today, yes today! They are on pre-order at Chronicle Books but because you know me and I know you and it seems the folks at Chronicle haven't caught on that only a dozen people read this Blahg we are all good!
So to enter to win I am going to ask a little much of you. First whoever wins must be willing/be able to take some rad photo's of their prize (I was way too lazy to do this). Second the winner must be willing to post their win on either their blog, Facebook page or Twitter with a link back to Chronicle Books pre-order. I know A LOT of work for a $10 prize but it's worth it, I promise. This little pad will get you accomplishing your goals in no time and just because I will throw in some other items that haven't been launched yet that you can write about, giveaway, keep or whatever. Chronicle did send me some nice booty of new releases so I think this $10 prize could very well double or triple or friple...
Good Luck!
