{"id":1045,"date":"2009-01-12T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2009-06-18T20:42:44","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T00:42:44","slug":"asked-and-answered-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/asked-and-answered-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Asked and Answered Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget to keep voting for me for <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-fashion-blog\/\">Best Fashion Blogger of 2008<\/a>! I won&#8217;t be able to miraculously generate thousands of votes in a couple of hours (hmmm) but I&#8217;d like to still have a strong showing.<\/p>\n<p>In my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/i-am-fashion-blogger-of-people.html\">second campaign speech<\/a>, I offered to answer any questions you had. I answered the first few <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/asked-and-answered-also-vote.html\">here<\/a>. Since then, two more have come in. Here they are.<br \/><a style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/quoththeraven.wordpress.com\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/quoththeraven.wordpress.com\/\">Quoth the Raven<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Have you always been a New Yorker? And if you couldn&#8217;t live there anymore, what other city would you go to?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">WendyB:<\/span> I grew up in scenic Mahwah, N.J., most memorable for its mention in Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsrocks.com\/b\/bruce_springsteen_texts\/johnny_99.html\">Johnny 99<\/a>. I&#8217;ve lived in New York since 1986. I&#8217;ve wondered about living in Paris (pretty architecture, good food) and London (easy access to many castles, same language). But lately I imagine myself living in L.A., where the weather is always nice and I could be superficial and not feel bad about it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/missjaneys.blogspot.com\/\">Miss Janey<\/a>: <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Miss Janey voted for &#8220;change&#8221; when she clicked on WendyB&#8217;s button. What change is in the air if WendyB wins?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">WendyB:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/asked-and-answered-also-vote.html\"><span>Besides my granting of immunity from fashion-police terrorism<\/span><\/a>? Really, I should be asking you. What do you voters want to see done differently in the fashion blogging world in 2009? My first guess would be more <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/coco\/\">Coco<\/a>, but something tells me I could be wrong about that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think you all know that no one has campaigned harder than I have for your vote. Other bloggers might be telling you, &#8220;Hey, vote for me for XYZ reason.&#8221; How many reasons have they given you? One?!?!? Here are the MANY reasons you should vote for me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In addition to giving you six good reasons to vote for me in my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/you-know-you-want-me.html\">first campaign speech<\/a>, I got Harry Nilsson to sing for you and received Danny DeVito&#8217;s endorsement. I also offered to do one-armed push-ups like Jack Palance.<\/li>\n<li>In my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/no-really-you-want-me.html\">second campaign speech<\/a>, I reviewed my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/middle-of-next-blog.html\">Wear What You Want<\/a> policy and provided photographic evidence that I do as I say.<\/li>\n<li>In my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/i-am-fashion-blogger-of-people.html\">third campaign speech<\/a>, I mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tip_O%27Neill\">Tip O&#8217;Neill<\/a>. Find me another fashion blog that has mentioned Tip O&#8217;Neill. For that matter, find me another blog that&#8217;s mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/thursday-book-club-empress-wu-part-i.html\">Empress<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/thursday-book-club-empress-wu-part-ii.html\">Wu<\/a>, or proved that <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/thursday-book-club-anne-of-cleves.html\">Anne of Cleves<\/a> was a genius, or gave you the lowdown on <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/obsessions-some-old-some-new.html\">Sam Waterson&#8217;s eyebrows<\/a>. I&#8217;ve brought you <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/lolwendy\/\">lolWendys<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/boob%20and%20butt%20bows\">butt bows<\/a>. I taught you how to <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/snipe-dammit.html\">snipe on eBay<\/a>. I do my best to <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/about-this-blog.html\">educate you AND entertain you<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>What other fashion blogger has gotten a <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/great-minds-think-alike-about-lamb.html\">friend to dress in the same outfit<\/a> for a night out? And photographed it for posterity?<\/li>\n<li>Who else has taken other bloggers out on the town like <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/stylish-evening-in-oslo.html\">this<\/a>? Or like <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/san-francisco-treat.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/labeletterouge.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/wwwwow-weasels-wendy-other-wendy-and.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/its-like-deja-pseu-all-over-again.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/oh-lady-e-meets-hairy-mary.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/bloggers-invade-upper-west-side.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/out-and-about-with-stay-at-home-mom.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/bright-spot-on-gloomy-day.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/adventures-in-arizona-part-i.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/london-day-3-in-mrs-stings-closet.html\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/bloggyweds.html\">this<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/fernando-loves-ladies.html\">this<\/a>? Who else <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/tally-of-blue-button-nienie-donations.html\">drove you crazy to raise money<\/a> for a good cause? Who else got a <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/dr-melfi-i-presume-plus-ihog-new-york.html\">real-life celebrity<\/a> to bite a small plastic pig?<\/li>\n<li>Who else puts this many links in a list?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/dr-melfi-i-presume-plus-ihog-new-york.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SWuQ-nLzalI\/AAAAAAAAG8U\/M5putG_8ZoM\/s320\/20080426_0305.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290481592621558354\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/dr-melfi-i-presume-plus-ihog-new-york.html\">Lorraine Bracco<\/a> chomps down on the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/ihog\/\">iHog<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve done all this daily, including weekends and vacations, since Jan. 1, 2008. If, God forbid, I have to step away from the computer for an instant, I get someone to cover for me.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SWuSzkhUNgI\/AAAAAAAAG8k\/trxQ-553urQ\/s1600-h\/molly%2Bat%2Bwork.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SWuSzkhUNgI\/AAAAAAAAG8k\/trxQ-553urQ\/s320\/molly%2Bat%2Bwork.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290483601951176194\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I admit that her typing isn&#8217;t that great.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In the immortal words of <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/next-editor-of-vogue.html\">Ice-T<\/a>, &#8220;You walk in the room, motherfuckers be like, &#8216;Damn, who the fuck is that?'&#8221; My reply is, &#8220;It&#8217;s WendyB, bitches. Vote for her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">CLICK <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-fashion-blog\/\">HERE<\/a> TO VOTE.<\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget to keep voting for me for Best Fashion Blogger of 2008! I won&#8217;t be able to miraculously generate thousands of votes in a couple of hours (hmmm) but I&#8217;d like to still have a strong showing. In my second campaign speech, I offered to answer any questions you had. I answered the first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/asked-and-answered-again\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10,29,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-dogs","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}