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Clone Awards!

July 24, 2013 draliman 22 comments

The lovely aliciabenton over at Imperfectly Perfect has nominated me for an award! Yay! And she was very flattering about DraliDoodles to boot!

It looks kinda familiar – the last time I saw it, it was going under the name “The 3-in-1 Award”, but this time it has a much more romantic name – “The Bouquet of Three Award”. How cool is that?

Here is a picture of the award.

As I’ve had one which looks like this before (and handed it around) I’m going to break the rules (again) just a bit. However, I will attempt to think up some more “interesting things” about myself.

Here are the rules anyway.

1. Proudly display the Award Certificate on your blog page!

2. Announce your win with a post. Be sure to link your post back to me as a “thank you” for the nomination.

3. Present up to 15 awards to fellow deserving bloggers.

4. Let them know you’ve nominated them for this awesome award.

5. Post 7 interesting things about yourself.

Okay, (1) done, (2) yup, (3) um, (4) see (3), (5) here goes:

1) It’s interesting to note that the last time I tried to think up interesting facts about myself I had real trouble.

2) I have no big toenails due to an unfortunate ingrowing toenail episode followed by a chiropodist with a big vial of acid.

3) Number (2) wan’t interesting, it was just gross.

4) I have a PhD in laser physics and I’ve worked in IT for the last 10 years.

5) Number (4) makes me a real hoot at parties. Not.

7) I have a problem with simple maths.

Sorted. So, “Clone Awards”? I reckoned that since this is three awards in one it would need three dralimans (dralimen?) to pick them up. Although it didn’t go so well last time I thought I’d try a bit of cloning again. Here’s the result!

“Clone Awards” by DraliDoodles

That’s me in the middle.

The clone on the left (“#77856-B2/Batch 7”) appears to be eating the trophy. And something’s gone wrong with his legs. Also, upon closer inspection, his head doesn’t appear to be attached to his body.

I don’t know what’s up with the clone on the right (“Frank”). He’s run off.

Categories: My Life Musings Tags: Awards, Cloning, DraliDoodles

Drali Two Point Oh

April 24, 2013 draliman 32 comments

Daily Prompt: Clone Wars – If you could clone yourself, how would you split up your responsibilities?

Faster. Stronger. Better.

Day minus 1: The lab is prepared. The growth solutions are ready. My DNA has been extracted, sequenced and enhanced. Tomorrow we begin the cloning process. Our goal? To produce Draliman 2.0. Faster. Stronger. Better.

Day 1: My DNA has been added to the solution. The solution has been solutificated and the electrodes have been electroned. Let life be created. Ha ha, ha ha ha, ha HA HA HA!

Day 5: My creation is maturing nicely. Although still only partially formed, I look forward to the day when he emerges. He will have the intelligence to complete my daily workload and the stamina to see it through. His enhanced memory will replace my calendar and my sat-nav. He will have the confidence and self-assurance to go where no Draliman has gone before!

Day 9: My excitement grows. My clone has almost reached full maturity! I will soon be able to enjoy the better things in life, while Draliman 2.0 goes about the more mundane tasks.

Day 10: My clone is ready. May my new life begin! I release him from the solution and wrap him in a towel. Wait – he is about to speak! His first words…

“Wha… wha… what’s on the telly? X-Factor! Awesome!”

Disappointment fills my bones. Another failure. But I shall not be downhearted. I shall place him with the others and start again!