A tiny little seedling of an idea was planted in my brain after reading this post by Heather, Queen of Shake-Shake. Within days, these two posts appeared in my Google Reader, watering my little sprout of an idea and feeding it further: Candace of Not That I Don’t Love My Kids and Miss Burrows (whose name I actually spelled correctly, go me).

Now first, let me just say, I am not a Mommy Blogger or even a mommy. Personally, I consider this blog to be the unofficial memoirs of a twenty-something expat woman. It’s kind of a strange category, but that’s where I am in my life. Most of the blogs I read are parent blogs is because I worked in daycare for three years so I can relate to raising young children a bit. Once I moved to Belgium I took more of an interest in Expatriate blogs and was finally comfortable assigning myself a category. However, this is not about dividing bloggers and audiences into categories; this is about uniting all of us under one big, warm blanket…the cuddly quilt of FEMINISM!

Yes, I said it and I’ll proudly say it again. My idea is all about feminism: embracing the word, living the dream, clearing the way for a new generation, proclaiming loudly and proudly to the world “I am a feminist!” without shame or jokes or derision. I am a feminist and I don’t want to duck and cover every time I make this claim.

So this is what I am asking of you, dear following, in hopes that you will help me to make this proclamation of pride in being women more successful than I could ever do by my lonesome: on April 3rd let’s take back the word feminism and all that it entails. I’m asking you to use that day to embrace your womanhood in whatever bloggable form you desire. Post a memory, a story, a list of things you can do to empower yourself, a poem, photos, art; anything that you feel represents what feminism means to you.

We have a month to spread the word around the blogosphere ladies (and men…you can be feminists too, you know) and if anyone can do this, I know my readers can. You all have your own bloggarific networks and channels and I have faith in this idea of mine. I was going to let it simmer for a while longer, but I’m just too anxious to get the ball rolling.

So stay tuned for any new developments in my “Proudly Proclaiming Feminism” project. Grab yourself a button, link it back to this post on your blog, keep me in mind on April 3rd and stop by that day to get your blog on the Mister Linky. Linky love to anyone who advertises for the cause (plus you’ll get to be on my list of fellow Proclaimers…and you don’t even have to be Scottish).

So, I'm quickly approaching my 100th post (thanks SO much MoFoBloHo) and I wanted ideas. What do bloggers do to celebrate there 100th post?

The Lion House
She took me down to the Lion House,
Caught my fingers in her moist little hand,
Led me along the twisting cliffs and craggy granite.
Through cold wet gouges in the earth
we clambered down, down, down
past the steel grey river rushing like arteries.
The silty blood flowing to a great
white wall of water
Thundering, roaring over the mouth of the Lion House.
Tawny wisps of hair clung to her small skull
when we pierced the fluid veil and entered the
deep, dank, dark
smelling of wood smoke and talcum, the Lion House.
The ceiling held me crouched and low in the blackness
while the wee ones whirled 'round roaring,
They gnashed sweet berries in their teeth,
scarlet pulp staining pointy chins and round dimpled cheeks.
Wild eyes pierced me with their light
and my tall frame folded
in on itself, shrinking, melting, twisting.
The hunger grew until I opened my tiny mouth,
Roared the roar of the wee ones,
And took my place in the hallowed halls
Of the Lion House.

Ok, so with all these comments I'm getting completely overwhelmed on keeping up with everyone's blogs (and I really love reading so many of them). I use Firefox and basically if anyone reads this, is their a good way to I dunno store or list the blogs I read so I can quickly see if they've updated or not? Bookmarking all of them is getting a bit hellish.

Missives tagged me for a meme tonight, so here it is, my debut meme (and I ♥ cre8buzz! Thank you so much to Velveteen Mind for getting me onto the beta version): answering Bernard Pivot's questionnaire

What is your favorite word? ecclesiastical (it makes my palate feel so well used)

What is your least favorite word? I try to keep this blog relatively reader friendly so we'll say it starts with c and rhymes with "runt".

What turns you on [creatively, spiritually or emotionally]? Intense nature (i.e. thunderstorms, very strong smelling gardens, when the leaves change colors)

What turns you off? hypocrisy=PEEVE

What is your favorite curse word? Asshat

What sound or noise do you love? CB whispering

What sound or noise do you hate? alternatively finger nails on a chalkboard and three year old children saying my name (often they sound pretty much the same)

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Marine Biologist

What profession would you not like to do? school bus driver

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Eh, I guess I'll let you in anyway."