As good as avocado hugging is, you might want to take Kate’s funny advice to not end up with a big, green mess.
(Three cheers for big, green messes)
Published on May 5, 2010
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Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Lorin and vegangal,
Most friendly :). I was really proud of that one, actually. But lol my poor friend got “biggest flirt”! It embarrassed her so much. She laughs about it now, but it wasn’t very funny then when all the guys weren’t exactly nice to her about the term.
kelsey@snackingsquirrel.com says
i like the idea of everyone getting an award! that would be cute! haha love the avocado mess.. hehe <3 yea its always ncie to see other people liking ur ideas just as much as you. but ur right.. theres always that fleeting moment when u think people will not understand. luckily we LOVE hug a fat! hehe
abby says
mmm love me some guac. haven’t had it in forevah!
Demelza says
My high school did have the superlative awards, and they were pretty horrible. It would have been fine if maybe there was some variation in who got them, but like you say, all the “awards” were really just other ways of saying “most popular” and “who has the most friends on the yearbook committee” because it was always the same people who won! At the very least, they should make it so each person can win only one award. :/
Or, I agree with what another commenter said–let the teachers choose who wins an award. Most high school kids don’t seem like they can handle choosing fairly…:/
I think giving awards to everyone who enters your contest is a sweet idea. :] It is a sad feeling to be left out, and of course a wonderful feeling to be mentioned by name.
Danielle says
I wasn’t a fan of high school superlatives either 😕 Some of them are kind of offensive too (like “biggest flirt” always meant “biggest whore”) I didn’t win any of those 😉
I’m scheming my hug-a-fat-photo!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Cookeatburn,
Well, I will give you an award right now: the “Sweetest girl because she brightened Katie’s day with chocolate” award. Or how about “Most caring/considerate”? I want to go back and kick your meanie butt teachers!
Bianca- Vegan Crunk says
Ha! We had silly awards for our yearbook photos. I got Most Likely to Be a Novelist (and that was cool) and Most Likely to Be the Next Unabomber (because I was such a little anarchist!). Mind you, this was pre-9/11 so it was still okay to make bomb jokes.
Katie says
love you girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks for the shout out!!!!!!! THe protein brownies are the bomb!!!!!!!!!
Muah!!! I got to get a photo to send you of me hugging a healthy fat!!!!
cookeatburn says
So, at my high school we had the superlatives and there were enough that EVERYONE was supposed to get one. Well, out of the 104 people in my graduating class, I managed to be so forgettable that I was the only person missed. They should have made that a category ;). I wasn’t too upset though… I had been ready to go on to college and move on for too long!
dmcgirl37 says
I like the idea of the awards, could be fun & cute!
Dana <3
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Katherine: What About Summer? says
at least your big green mess isn’t a big brown day-old-avocado mess!
Mandiee says
didn’t you mention that you don’t like avocados once? i can’t bring myself to like them either, even though i know how amazingly good they are for me. oh well, guess i’ll just have to keep hugging my almond butter jar for now ;).
my high school doesn’t really have anything like that right now, but i agree with you that it’s mostly a popularity contest. however, i was excited when we had these awards at my international exchange camp in greece because everyone was really genuine about it. plus the ones i received were really sweet! it’s nice to see how other countries view us and how we can all share in honesty, even if in our home countries the game is a little cliche (and not exactly fair!)
have a lovely day!
xox
Michal says
i won most changed this year 🙂 which i thought was pretty nice. i cant wait to hug my fats!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Mandiee,
Yes, shameful isn’t it? The guac in the photo is my mom’s, right before I tried it. Every now and then I’ll try it again, to see if my tastes have changed. Sadly, they still haven’t! But I’m glad to know I’m not the only one!
Kristie says
You are seriously the best. Hug-a-fat month? You’ve gotta be the coolest person ever to come up with that. I kinda sorta wish I could just eat fats all day. That hasn’t yet happened but it sure is tempting. I’ll have to get my fat hugging on!
On the high school awards front, I’ll have to agree, I just think they’re a dumb idea. I mean, of course you’re going to get a confidence boost out of them, I would certainly feel proud if I were notable enough to have been recognized for something like that, but it’s definitely a popularity contest. We should ALL be rewarded for something extra special about ourselves, the premise behind highlighting someone because they have the “best smile” or make the “cutest couple” seems a little pointless… totally my opinion though, maybe I’d feel totally different had I been one of those “popular” people, who knows 😉
I DO think the idea of awards for the fats is pretty super though.
Katherine: What About Summer? says
thanks for answering my questions and being a feature on my blog! I appreciate it so much!
Lily @ Lily's Health Pad says
Ugh! I hated those awards. The girl who won ‘most athletic’ was 6 feet tall, so I assume people thought she was good at basketball…
The people who won ‘smartest’ did not have the highest gpa or the highest SAT score.
You’re right. It’s all about who is popular and it’s not really fair.
Of course, I didn’t win one, so I may be biased.
Marianne says
We never had those awards. I think it was probably because we had 1000 people in each grade (only grades 11 & 12 at my school), and it would be impossible to actually know everyone and pick. They seem a bit lame anyways.