So much for not burning bridges
As some of you know, Vividblurry.com has been nominated for a handful of awards: Best Blog Site, Best Urban Blog, and Best LGBT Blog, among a few others. Frankly, I find it just short of insulting to have been compared to Gay Porn Blog by one of the competitions - to paraphrase Teri Hatcher, it's a dishonor to have been nominated.
"It's not a Weblog Award, but I'll take it!"
Not to be obnoxious - seriously, I mean that - but I have better things to do than to actively pursue a win in these various competitions. Hell, I have better things to do than to update the damn blog, let alone earn it the dubious distinction of a Cybersocket Web Award! (Besides, um, the polls for that contest have already closed.)
Let's face it, people. Deep down, you and I both know that my blog kicks ass by virtue of the fact that I'm a 22-year-old pretty boy who not only writes a more compelling blog than you, but could drink you under the table in three beer funnels flat.
Anyway, I'd like to address the true point of this entry: the blogs to which I am frequently compared, but of which I have never even heard. Joe.My.God.? Brat Boy School? Towleroad? (Just kidding, I'm familiar with Towleroad, despite my efforts to the contrary. I feel grimly queer after reading it, but I can't seem to help myself!)
Rather than ignore my "competition" - Are we really keeping score? Apparently so. - I will explore their depths and summarize my findings. Who knows? Perhaps there are other tolerable gay blogs on the Internet aside from Vividblurry.com. Probably not, but I'm willing to take that risk.
Tomorrow: In the first of a three-part installment, I begrudgingly peruse Brat Boy School, which, upon first impression, appears to be an insufferable, unreadable disaster. If you thought I was a desperate blogger with questionable good looks and no life outside of my Sitemeter stats, then you ain't seen nothing yet.
Addendum: Please, for the love of all things good and holy, do NOT allow this idiot to win Best LGBT Blog! Go here and vote for Pam's House Blend! DO IT NOW - POLLS CLOSE TODAY!
Comments
Pretty boy? Well hell, it's Christmas... Yes Toby, you're a pretty, pretty boy!
Sorry - just had to spread bitchiness 'round.
Posted by: Dan | December 15, 2005 10:38 AM
Based on that instinct spread, bratboy is kinda cute (if not my type). That still doesn't make up for his steaming pile of a blog. And buying ad space to win a competition like this? He's kinda like Miss Hatcher: beautiful on the outside, a hot mess inside, and just desperate for any kind of attention.
Posted by: Dan | December 15, 2005 10:47 AM
"Not to be obnoxious - seriously, I mean that - but I have better things to do than to actively pursue a win in these various competitions."
Is that why you said you'd link to everyone that nominated you in said categories?
Posted by: BoomBox | December 15, 2005 10:48 AM
Good point, BoomBox.
I got a little over-excited about the Gridskipper awards, but I haven't mentioned it since. Does that redeem me?
Posted by: Toby | December 15, 2005 10:56 AM
Bratboy once wrote a really stupid entry on illegal immigration (which included a suggestion to build walls at the frontiers) that ought to disqualify him:
http://bratboyschool.com/bulletin/2005/10/hi.html
Posted by: Tristan | December 15, 2005 11:02 AM
These best blog contests always irritate me. I think it's because the word "blog" has become so vague that anyone with a webpage and a calendar can qualify.
Towleroad usually wins these things simply because it gets more traffic than most personal weblogs. But posting dated news entries barely qualifies as a blog. Anyone with a solid news reader and a few carefully selected RSS feeds can do that.
If someone is actually campaigning for one of these things, that's pretty pathetic!
Posted by: chris | December 15, 2005 11:31 AM
Thanks for the support! I know it's been a heck of a ride...
Posted by: Pam | December 15, 2005 03:21 PM
Thank God you're back. You're a cunt. but I love it. Let the poor kid be. funny shit yo. Funny.
Posted by: ethan | December 15, 2005 03:36 PM
Um, hello, at least you aren't nominated for most inane entry (Grdskppr). But considering that the entry in question was a poke at the inane celebumedia, like, whatever. I'm inane and insipid and vapid ...
Posted by: manhattan offender | December 15, 2005 04:24 PM
this has been the most inspiring and no-nonsense post ive ever read on this blog.
i think a better name for that pile of dribble would be barf boy skool for the mentally disabled.
Posted by: jay | December 15, 2005 05:15 PM
You think Ethan bought his own ads? Nuh uh.
Posted by: Malcontent | December 15, 2005 06:04 PM
Oh, this should be good.
Pass the popcorn!
Posted by: atari_age | December 15, 2005 06:11 PM
be scared when you're nominated next to that bore fest QUEERTY...
Posted by: fatty | December 15, 2005 08:41 PM
love your blog wish i would have look sooner i would have back you in the awards. keep up the good work!
Posted by: Ryan | December 15, 2005 08:55 PM
Really. Has anyone ever heard of the other blogs? Gay Patriot? Right Side of the Rainbow? Good as You?
hope you win. You're the only one who is remotely interesting.
Posted by: Damien | December 15, 2005 09:26 PM
Out of the 10 gay blogs that sprouted up from 2003 to 2005 yours is the only one I still read on a regular basis. I know I'm not the end all be all of gay blog readers and my opinion means jack shit but I think your site is consistent which is a virtue sorely lacking in most gay blogs. Thanks for being consistently cunty, Tobes!
Posted by: A fan in NYC | December 15, 2005 09:29 PM
just think about the Gay porn blog being in the same competition as a compliment. "hey, his life's a porn movie, people".
oh, wait. that wouldn't be a compliment. not even to "a 22-year-old pretty boy who not only...." (specially considering the last appearances by 'not handsome at all' porn stars in gay porn blog)
just one thing: talking about this, even when yiou trash these awards... kinda backfires when you think you actually brought attention to them.
Posted by: Cliché Guy | December 15, 2005 09:53 PM
Whether he paid or not is immaterial. That he would permit those tacky-ass ads for something like this says it all.
Let's put these blog awards in perspective, shall we? Grand total, we're probably looking at less than 10,000 votes altogether. Now mind you, based on the way these folks tabulate votes, this doesn't even mean 10,000 different people voting. Everybody can vote once per 24 hours (from saneliberal alone this means one for mal, one for andy, and one for pam). Given some people are even more psychotic than yours truly, I'm guessing an average 'repeat vote' of 3.5 per unique individual. Meaning maybe 3,000 real people voted in this thing. I think more people voted for sanitation commissioner in the last city election.
Ambition isn't ugly. Ambition for something like this is.
Posted by: Dan | December 15, 2005 10:31 PM
"Good point, BoomBox.
I got a little over-excited about the Gridskipper awards, but I haven't mentioned it since. Does that redeem me?"
Yes, you are now fully redeemed!!
Posted by: BoomBox | December 15, 2005 11:40 PM
amen, dan.
Posted by: Jay | December 15, 2005 11:48 PM
Thank you! I'm glad someone points out the banality of Brat Boy School. The only reason he's getting votes is because he promised to post a stripping video, or so says another blog rooting for him.
Posted by: Sarcasma | December 15, 2005 11:49 PM
I hardly think anyone is voting for bratboy based on the brilliance of his writing skills. No, they're voting for someone who they would like to shag, and who, from the neck down looks aight.
Posted by: Dennis | December 16, 2005 01:05 AM
Followup: To permit ads for something like this AND STILL LOSE BY 500 VOTES says it all :)
Posted by: Dan | December 16, 2005 09:33 AM
F'ing heh, I totally agree with ya about the Brat Boy a-hole. He's been prosituting himself out so much, there's gotta be a shit load of std's clinging to him by now.
Posted by: kiefer boi | December 16, 2005 10:13 AM
When I lived in Phoenix, Olive Garden won "Best Italian Restaurant" six years running.
Posted by: MOC Blog | December 16, 2005 11:54 AM