The Impossible Dream

The Bloggie nominations are up and my dream of making the short list for BEST-KEPT SECRET blog have shattered into a gazillion smithereens on my kitchen floor, which is making quite the mess, let me tell you, not to mention causing me some concern that there might be shards in my chip bowl.

Oh well, when life hands you shattered dreams, make Jello, I always say. OK, so I don't always say it, and I didn't really make that broken glass Jello in the photo, or any kind of Jello, even, but go with the metaphor.

I suppose, looking at it another way, not being considered a "best-kept secret" could be taken to mean that my blog isn't really such a secret after all; that you, my Gentle Readers, and Gentle Lurker Readers, number greater than I had imagined.

Or not.

But I've never been one to be bitter. Oh, sure, I might whine a little, and I might be cracking the bottle of sketch a little earlier than usual this weekend, but I'm not about to give up writing. Besides, there's always next year.

This year, there are five nominees for BEST-KEPT SECRET blog, and here they are:

1. The Gilded Moose is, apparently not so much a secret. Technorati says there are 994 links to it, and a review in the Chicago Tribune called it "By far the best gossip site. Imagine if US Weekly was written by the Onion." This moose is a secret in much the same way as, say, my cat is a moose. Which is to say, not one bit. I like the Moose; it's trying to be a raunchier Go Fug Yourself. Wish I knew what the title meant — no explanation is given on the site — but onto my blogroll it goes, anyway.


2. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman has 338 links and again I question the definition of "secret." If I'd known the medium-sized blogs were gunning for this nomination, I would have pushed Neil Kramer harder to campaign for it. But I digress. Pioneer Woman's style is charming — she actually refers to a man as getting "fresh" with her, but this is more of a photoblog (not that there's anything the matter with that), and, well, I'm allergic to hay.


3. To Whom It May Concern has a unique concept, writing letters to people like Christina Aguilera, who are unlikely to respond, but I'm sorry, I can't read past its subtitle: "Disappointing stationary since 2005."


4. I'm not quite sure what to make of Fat Cyclist, there being no introductory words on this blog to set the context for the seven thousand ads for cycling products it seems to be supporting, but I'll go out on a limb and guess that this is a person who is (a) a cyclist and (2) fat.


5. Woof Woofington is a British black lab with a great name, and that's enough of a reason for me to blogroll him.

In other Bloggie news, Crazy Aunt Purl is nominated for BEST CRAFT BLOG, and she has my vote because there's nothing sexier than a divorced woman with four cats. I know, because I only have one. And in the category BEST CANADIAN BLOG I'm thrilled that my friend Rannie's Photojunkie site was nominated again, and that Kill The Goat, or Martini Jay, as I like to think of her, was also given the nod. She's one of my Gentle Readers.

Only 11 months to plan my next campaign. I'd better get started.

One year ago today, Postmodern Sass told the story of how she beat up Mario Silva during art class in grade eight.

Update: all five nominees for Best-Kept Secret Blog, plus Crazy Aunt Purl, Rannie, and Martini Jay, are on my brand spanking new links page.

Next: Postmodern Sass decides to go to Tequilacon.