Go Ahead! Nominate Your SELF!

Over at the Mormon Mommy Blogs, they're having their regular Blog Spotlight Award...where the prize is having more exposure for the winner's blog. I'm relatively new in blogland...I've noted the previous winners, ya know, by checking out their sites and all.
From what I can tell, the winner's blogs are first-rate and have alot going on!

This month the MMB ladies are encouraging their readers to Nominate Themselves--and I peeked over and sure enough, there are loads of brave women doing just that--nominating themselves!

I couldn't. Ever. Do. That.

Here's why:

When I was in 8th grade at South Sumter Middle School in Florida, I ran for class President.
Having just moved there the previous spring, I was anxious to get involved with the school and I really really wanted to be Class President. SO I tossed my hat in the ring with as much gusto as I possessed. I got a campaign manager and together we made posters, and buttons and badges...I smiled my best smile at potential voters in the halls...which for me, a very shy girl, was a big step! For 2 weeks, I campaigned and thought carefully about the Student Body's needs and the big SPEECH that each candidate would get to make at the end of the week's Voting Rally.
This was just after the Nixon era...the words "And I am not a Crook" were well-known thru the media...it was everywhere. (For those born 20-30 years ago--President Richard M. Nixon was impeached from office for a huge scandal called "Watergate"--check out wikipedia for more info).
ANYWHO...I wanted to emphasize my personal honesty as I had seen other politicians do on TV and such. Remember, there was no such thing as the Worldwide Web. So I got down to business and wrote my speech with purpose, clarity and passion. I worked on it for at least an hour...which you know for a teenager is like 6 adult hours! "I will work hard on my duties as class president; I will listen to my fellow students and they could count on me! "

So Friday came--the big Voting Rally was held in the Cafeteria. I'd been told that candidates could not READ their speeches--so I worked hard to memorize mine.
We all sat on stage at a long table. I looked over my competition...most were strangers to me since I was a new kid.
I was unaffected...I just KNEW I would win!
I was the second to go. As the first candidate spoke, I noticed he was reading his speech! Ah HA!-- I thought, no way he's going to win! He broke rule number one! Then, I stood up at the mike and looked out into the huge cafeteria. My confident voice got stuck in neutral somewhere in my throat. My hands trembled. My knees knocked. I would've cried, but I ain't no sissy. I'd rather die than cry in school! So in my not-so-strong-voice, I recited my speech by memory. I don't recall if anyone clapped...I was numb looking out at so many strangers.
What I do remember is the next candidate...a popular girl. A Cheerleader on our team--yes, I was a cheerleader too(mainly cuz I could do a straddle split!--oh long-gone are those days!)...but she was our Captain and she was bubbly and cute and laughed at her mistakes and promised a Pop Machine in the Cafeteria if she was elected.
The rest of the day was painfully long as we awaited the results to be given over the PA system.
Finally, it was announced that Cheerleader Captain won. I was crushed. I later found out that even my campaign manager voted for her because of the Pop Machine. I couldn't blame her. I wanted a pop machine too.
So that is my one attempt to nominate myself for anything.
But, hey! If you're feeling confident and bubbly and can laugh at your own guffaws and feel YOUR blog appeals to the masses...go ahead! Nominate Your Self!