In which I bestow blog awards

So, Sarah over at Squidink was kind enough to give me these two lovely blog awards! (Well, technically speaking, "One Lovely Blog Award" and one "The Versatile Blogger" award.) Aren't they pretty? Thank you, Sarah!

As the rules state, I must now share seven random facts about myself:

1) I once volunteered at a zoo, working with reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. There were a lot of awesome parts to it—I once got to play with a baby Channel Island fox, and I got to help feed the penguins, and I got to distract the American alligator so that my zookeeper could go into her enclosure without getting eaten. I also got to carry snakes around in pillow cases. The only thing I didn't like was cleaning out the giant hissing cockroaches. Shudder.

2) I love iced coffee. Especially a really well-made iced mocha. Nectar of the gods, that is.

3) I'm a vegetarian! Yay!

 4) My favorite animals are cats, elephants, squirrels, whales, and of course the great apes.

 5) One of my grammatical pet peeves is when people use personal pronouns when referring to professional sports teams. If you're actually on the team, go ahead and use "we." But I find it really annoying when people say things like "we beat the Raiders." No you didn't. A group of professional athletes, who have nothing to do with you, beat the Raiders. Also, historical events: "We beat the British in the revolution." You weren't involved; stop trying to claim credit.

6) I'm from California, but I've now lived in more cities in the UK than I have in the USA.

7) I'm a feminist and proud :D

And now it's my turn to pass on the love! I hereby bestow these blog awards on the following individuals:

• Audrey at ChiquePeek: Style Scrapbook, because she's my best friend and she's got amazing fashion sense.

• Jeff at JRussell Teacher Blog, because he's an awesome teacher of an awesome subject (English, of course!).

• SP Sipal at Harry Potter for Writers, because her blog is always interesting and insightful.

• Brad at Brad Jaeger—Aspiring Author, because he posts lots of interesting stuff.

So, there you go! Feel free to pass on or ignore these awards as you see fit.