Yippee. Happy Anniversary, bloggy-dearest.
This post is in honor of my blog’s one year anniversary, which I forgot to mention 2 weeks ago.
1. I started this blog 378 days ago after losing a bet to my cousin Darayla about whether or not Grandma would drop her false eyelashes in the potato salad again on Memorial Day.
FALSE. Darayla is a name I made up, and as per my inclusion in a “cult,” I do not celebrate the national holidays of this country, instead using that time to plan its overthrow and enjoy powered soup mixes. I started this blog on May 26th, 2011 after being begged by family members not to plague their inboxes with novellas about my time in Cairo like I had done the previous year when I was in Morocco. However, I soon stopped writing about factual experiences so they still had to communicate with me.
2. This blog used to provide hard hitting political and social commentary about life in Egypt, and at one point the government even considered it a threat and tried to keep me quiet by to bribing me with a hot tub full of Nutella.
FALSE. I blogged about things like mosquitoes and a sandwich I ate once that didn’t give me food poisoning and one that did. Soon my mind left for flights of fancy and I was writing about unicorn carcasses and self-aware blogs. But it’s true that I did eat enough off and on brand Nutella to fill a hot tub.
3. I majored in International Relations and used to want to become Secretary of State and wear a pantsuit to work.
TRUE. Now I want to “be a writer” and am moving out to San Francisco to “make it big.” I’m still trying to figure out which career path was more realistic.
4. My entire family is incredibly supportive, reading my blog daily and sending me cookies when appropriate.
FALSE. My blog is not for everyone, especially the older and more conservative members of my family who could never understand why (everything I find funny) is funny. I learned from my sister roughly two months ago that, “Grandma doesn’t read your blog anymore.” To be honest, I was surprised that she made it that far.
5. Number five was missing in this blog post until the blogger’s mother asked her, “Did you mean to leave out number five?” after which the oversight was hastily and obviously corrected.
FALSE. There has never been a typo on Snotting Black, especially in one of the Freshly Pressed pieces.
6. 378 days is equivalent to 9,072 hours, 544,320 minutes, 32, 659, 200 seconds, and 58 jello salads.
FALSE. 378 days is equal to 9,072 hours, 544,320 minutes, 32, 659, 200 seconds, and 67 jello salads.
7. Soon, Snotting Black is going to change completely and become a paid community where I carefully curate everyone’s personal details and share them on an organized basis with the other members until all forms of privacy are completely obliterated.
TRUE. See above answer about “cult” membership. We like to call it Stew Wednesday.
Highlights of a year of blogging: Being Freshly Pressed twice (here and here), meeting awesome members of the blogosphere, re-discovering my love of writing, and using the term “blog fodder.”
Low points of a year of blogging: The post “Will it stick: Thanksgiving Edition” and the blog title “Noodle Haste Makes Taste Waste.”
Real search terms that people have used to find my blog: “I used somebody else’s toothbrush and now I have a sore tongue,” “I hate my puppy,” “Abba demonic music,” “my dirt family,” “snot in my ear,” “stump arm,” 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444,” and finally “chacos as deal breaker.”
Happy Anniversary and thanks for reading.
Snotting black 
Congrats on the blog Anniversary.
Thanks very much. It’s been a long road and getting longer.
Keep up the good work, love to read your blog.
God girl you are a hoot! I cannot stop laughing! And I could likely be your grandmother!
Great that you have a SNOT ROCKET and that you are celebrating your first year. Congratulations and lets have many more years!!!!
CHEERS!
Are you going to offer direct deposit?????
Sure! Give me your address.
Congratulations on your blog one year anniversary that happened two weeks ago, but is being recognized and celebrated now. Yours is a blog most worthy of celebration. I was kinda blown away by the “Stew Wednesday” video. I remember a while back when you wrote a post that revealed a knowledge of the Boston area, and since I live in the Boston area, I found this interesting at the time.
Now I find out that for four years, you were at BU, and in relative internet distance, you were so close that you might as well have been living in my backyard. But I never knew this… or even knew you existed. Until you showed up on my blog one day, with a comment all the way from Cairo, Egypt.
I just can’t help but find this amazing, and also feel grateful for the internet, without which I would have never known of you at all, and I would have missed the musings of one of the most unique and creatively imaginative minds I’ve ever experienced. I’m glad that this did not happen, but that you and your blog happened instead.
I can’t decide which is smaller, the internet world or the one I walk on or are they both the same thing? AH!
Boston’s a great area, home to great minds. I look forward to returning there one day and writing a blog post about it, something I never had the chance to do while I was there.
Thank you for being a dedicated reader of the ‘ol bloggy blog. May there be many happy returns.
5. There is no number 5.
TRUE…
So is the real seventh rumor that there were only six rumors?
Ouch. My brain hurts…
I know not of what you speak……………………………………………………………………….
Hastily correct the error in your post and make me look the fool by posting an irrelevant comment?
I see through your veil of lies…
Yay, this has balloons!
And also some words.
But mostly balloons.
Who doesn’t love balloons. Words, give ’em or take ’em.
congratulations and yay!!
Thanks!
Heh heh, congrats, and thanks for the daily guffaws!
It’s my daily pleasure!
TRUE: always a good read
haha thanks very much!
🙂
Happy annivesary. ABBA are demon spawn.
That’s certainly what the internets believe.
Happy Anniversary! Quite the list of accomplishments, fact and fiction. Can’t wait to see what the next year holds for you!
Me neither….my guess is more job-hunt or catering related humor. We shall see.
Happy blog birthday! As befits a one year old’s birthday party, be sure to rent a bounce palace and a traveling petting zoo. I’m sure Nutella can also be incorporated into the festivities. Here’s to many more years of great writing!
We’ll just coat the bounce palace with Nutella. Boom and done. Thanks for reading!
#7. Hey, Everybody! We’re all going to get paid!
I’m generous!