The story of how Josh and Shan met is a complicated one, with more than half a dozen people taking credit for their relationship (myself and Ed included). Shan wanted to tell the story of how they met at their wedding, but it’s very hard to follow if you’re not Rain Man .. so I did what I always do when something is complicated: I made a flow chart.

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Shan wanted a flow chart in the style of the VC Andrews ones I’d done, and I was happy to oblige. Unfortunately, the “how we met” portion of the evening was forgotten amongst the excitement of the wedding day, but the flow chart was available for viewing during the post-wedding brunch and has been posted on Josh and Shan’s wedding site, Facebook, and now here.

I like flow chartin’.

If you love me, you’d nominate me for Best Personal Blog over at the West Coast Social Media Awards. Nominations close Friday April 27th at noon, and it sure would be swell if I got nominated.

Why should I be considered for the Best Personal Blog award?

• I’ve been blogging for over 11 years
• I post a minimum of five times a week, often much more
• My blog is incredibly personal – I’ve taken the lot of you through my many highs (both literal and figurative) and lows (so many lows); always trying to inform, entertain, and occasionally educate (making some people uncomfortable is just a fun bonus)
• I can haz ethics: I’ve never sold anything commercial or accepted money for anything I’ve ever written
• I’m a West Coast girl through and through – my blog may have started in Calgary, but my heart (and since 2004, the rest of me) has always been in Vancouver
• Seriously, I’ve written over 5000 original, unique blog posts – I should get some kind of award for that alone
• Everyone likes to feel appreciated

Nominees will be announced on Monday April 30th. If I manage to get nominated (please please please), I’ll be bugging you to vote for me – but that’s step 2; let’s get through step 1 first. And I promise the bugging will be entertaining, and involve bribery and boobs and candy. You like candy, don’t you? Well, nominate me and you’ll get candy. You can’t lose!

Um, if you do happen to nominate me, you’ll need my phone number for some dumb reason. Email or DM me for it!

Okay, back to work. A post with a good deal less shameful begging shall follow this one (the trade off: additional shameful self-promotion. I’m great! Get on board with it!).