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2011 Countdown {Day 5} – The Orange Handcuffs Awards 2010!

 

This is the last day on 2010 and it’s time for me to look back on this crazy year and tally up the Good, the bad and the unmentionable… I started the Orange Handcuffs Awards  back in 2007 and this is how I introduced it then:

…I need to recap a bit on 2007 in it's entirety... And for that, I come to you with the review of the 2007 season of "Welcome to larissa's life" (something I have never done before...). I have decided to come about this subject in two ways... The first will be the "Larissa's life award" or "The Orange Handcuffs" (Orange, cause I love that color and handcuffs cause it kind of represents well a bit of my personality...) to the best and worst moments of my life this year... and the second will be an "Inventory" with the total numbers of 2007...

Original Post HERE.

I didn’t do the awards for 2008 and then in 2009 my personal blog had become a book one and at the time my blog design was of the Pink category LOL, so I changed the awards to The Pink Disco Ball Awards.

I went back to my origins at the beginning of 2010 and got a very Orange design for the blog and I LOVE it! So, this year I’m bringing back the Orange Handcuffs, be warned LOL Hope you’ll all enjoy them:

- Best Song of the Year:

"Just a Dream" – Nelly

There were many songs I really enjoyed this year, but I don’t why I just love this one.

- Worst Song of the Year:

hmm Any by Ke$ha!

No comments... o_O {I might dance to her songs in a club, but I won’t chose to listen to them}

- Best on TV:

Glee, How I met you mother, The Office, The big bang theory, Conan, Mike & Molly.

I still can’t choose only one =)

- Worst on TV:

Skating with The Stars

- Best Movie:

Inception

- Worst Movie:

Resident Evil – Afterlife

- My Best Idea:

My Top 5 Sundays meme =D I love it!

- My Worst Idea:

Starting other memes that were a bust =/

- Best Meal!

Xmas Dinner made by Mom!

- Worst Meal!

Fast Food

- Best Book Read in 2010!

Alien Tango by Gini Koch

There were many books that stole my heart this year, but Alien Tango stole it and made it its own! I am IN LOVE with this series!

- Worst Book Read in 2010!

Burned by PC & Kristen Cast

My lowest rating to date =/ 1 & 1/2 Loveys…

- Best Book Cover!

- Worst Book Cover!

LOVED the book, but I do NOT like this cover =/

- Best Plane ride of 2010:

None too great this year, but the one from Rio to NY was pretty cool =) 

- Worst Plane ride of 2010:

From Rio to Lisbon – Horrible seat and a lot of pain =/ 

- Best re-union of 2010:

It is a tie between: Seeing mom in Rome after 3 years, seeing BFF #1 in Rio after the same 3 years or seeing BFF #2 after 6 years in NY!

AMAZING! 

- Worst re-union of 2010:

Runing into old acquaintaces that were never really friends… It was just weird seeing the again… 

- Best new people I met in 2010:

All the amazing Bloggers and Authors I met ONLINE or in Person at the AAD and ComicCon…

- Worst new people I met in 2010:

hmmmm no one really…

- Best moments of 2010:

So many! Seeing the Coliseum in Rome, Reunion with BFFs and family after years apart, Going to NYC, Going to the AAD and NY ComicCon…

- Worst moments of 2010:

hmmm anything that involved pain =/

 

2010 in Numb3rs!

3 Years of blogging

198 Book Read {until Dec 28th}

27 years celebrated

147 Review Posted

455 Blog Posts

1283 New Blog Followers

1851 New Twitter Followers

64 Author Interview or Guest Posts

73 Giveaways Hosted

6 Countries Visited

7 Plane Rides

1 mom visited

1 stepdad visited

1 New Laptop *Sholto

2 New Blackberrys *Martini {Lost one hehe}

4 Months of freezing cold

1 New Kindle *Zsadist

Tons of books bought

A lot of new pictures

Too many friends far away

 

 

I wish you all an AMAZING NEW YEAR!

Thanks you SO much for all the Bloggy love you have shown me in 2010, May 2011 be even sweeter!

HAPPY 2011!

 

 

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2011 Countdown {Day 3} – My 2011 Resolutions!

 

 

2011 is just around the corner and 11 being my favorite and lucky number to boot, why not go for broke and list my 11 New Year resolutions for the upcoming year:

1. I will try to be less lazy and get stuff done instead of procrastinate all the time.
2. I will try to keep up my reading ratio during the year, meaning I won’t read less than 200 books in 2011.
3. I will try to have more patience with my mom.
4. I will try to visit other friends that live far away.
5. I will try and keep up with the traveling, try and visit different places.
6. I will keep blogging daily throughout the whole year.
7. I will try and finish my college degree.
8. I will look for a job.
9. I will try and get out of the house more.
10. I will try and answer my emails faster, I promise!
11. I will keep cultivating my Bloggy and Twitter friendships!

 

What about you? I’d love to know…

What are you resolutions for 2011??

 

Stay tuned for the rest of the the 2011 Countdown Week:

Thursday, December 30th

Happy 2025!

Friday, December 31st

The Orange Handcuffs Awards!

 

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Top 5 Reasons 2010 Rocked! X Top 5 Reasons 2010 Sucked!

 

To start off this last week of 2010, I’m going to look back at this past year and ponder on the things that made me *Squee with joy and the things that made me swear like a sailor {not that I don’t usually LOL}.

Let’s she the 5 reasons I loved 2010 and the 5 reasons I didn’t love it so much, side by side, shall we?

*in no particular order

 

AAD X Leaving Israel

X 

Getting to go to The AAD and the NY Comic Con back in September were definitely highlights for me!

I had tons of fun and am really looking forward to going again in 2011.

X

Moving back to Rio, Brazil from Tel Aviv, Israel definitely Sucked =/

I do like Rio, but I loved Tel Aviv and I never felt so much at home like I did there.

Moving back wasn’t my choice and I would have rather stayed and finished my University there.

 

Acknowledgement in “Sin Undone” X The End

X 

Being mentioned in Larissa Ione’s acknowledgement in her Sin Undone book was a freak out moment for me.

Larissa is one of my favorite authors, not to mention that she has a great name, and she remembering me that way was nothing short of amazing to me!

I’m really happy I’ll get to meet her at AAD next year!

X

This year a lot of my fave series ended and that Sucked!

The Vampire Academy series, The Hunger Games Trilogy, The Demonica series and Rachel Vincent’s Werecats series  are just a few that left me wanting more and more!

 

All The Traveling I did X All The Traveling I did

X  

Ok, so I LOVE to travel and come midnight on December 31st, I will have visited 6 countries and many more cities in 2010.

I had a BLAST and loved every minute of it…

X

But, I am tired of traveling… I want my bed, my room, my things.

Living out of your luggage can be fun but it gets annoying, not to mention how uncomfortable economic class on planes is =/

I won;t complain much though, I did have an amazing traveling year in 2010!

 

Blogging X Pain

X 

I LOVE blogging and this year was really amazing in large part because of this blog.

I’ve had a lot of fun and have been honored to meet some of my favorite authors ever, being in person or through online interviews and all because of you all!

Thank you!

X

Pain! I don;t know if any of you know, my tweeps might, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis Juvenile since I was 11 years old and I have suffered from pains in ALL my joints since then. The disease has been stationary for a long time, but I still have pain…

laying down in one position or spending hours sitting in front of my computer like I have done this year can be a killer…

So the pain has definitely Sucked!

 

Living Close to one BFF X Leaving Far from other BFFs

X 

Even though I wasn’t particularly happy with moving back to Rio, the best thing was that me and my BFF now live closer and we get to hang out almost every weekend =D

X

I have friends living in Israel, Canada, US… I miss them all! =/

 

 

Hope you enjoyed my special Top 5!

How about you? What made 2010 Suck or Rock for you??

Leave your answer in the comments, I’d love to know!

 

 

Stay tuned for the rest of the the 2011 Countdown Week:

Tuesday, December 28th

Interview w/ Beth Ravis & ARC Giveaway of “Across The Universe”!

Wednesday, December 29th

2011 Resolutions!

Thursday, December 30th

Happy 2025!

Friday, December 31st

The Orange Handcuffs Awards!

 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE!

 

Hey Everyone! I wanted to a take a moment today to wish a dear blogger friend of mine a Happy Birthday!

Join me and give your love to Caroline from One Book Away From Heaven and also my fellow blogger at Book Lovers Inc. on this very special day!

 

 

I met Caroline around the time I first started reviewing and she is such a sweetheart!

I hope you have an amazing day hon!

I wish you all the best!

I also have a friend that wanted to say something to you…

 

 

Hehe! I hope you enjoyed his message!

Happy Birthday Caroline!

 

 

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