Thursday January 24, 2008 at 10:10 am
Notes from a happy girl
First off, thank you. I found out yesterday afternoon that I made it past the last phase of the 2008 Bloggies and I’m thrilled. Thank you for your nominations, and to everyone who was on the panel and chose this website. As Becca (who I love and admire and is also nominated in the same category so hey! You definitely have your options!) said, “I am JAZZED. I know it’s probably cool to be blasé about this kind of thing– all, ‘Web award? Whatever.’” Were you expecting to find sophistication here? I hope not. I’m stoked.
All of your comments, twitter replies, etc. made me giddy enough to frolic in the snow at every new message. But not for too long. I hate that stuff.
Moments after I heard, I was driving my sister home from school, discussing last year’s winner, when she said, “Wow, things are going so good for you right now! You know something bad’s going to happen.” No sooner did I make it down the hill from the parking lot that my tire went flat. Melted to the cement flat.
It’s the world’s way of saying, hey. Hey! KEEP IT TOGETHER.
Luckily we were blocks from my Dad’s, and I drove to my grandmother’s birthday dinner with new tires. Bacon cheese fries? The Cloverfield of healthy living.
Later I met a friend to watch Wednesday night TV, and after American Idol and The Moment of Truth, passed out sometime towards the end of Gauntlet 2.
And now it’s Thursday morning and I have a Panera pastry which is a little less pastry and a little more chocolate bar wrapped in bread.
See what good things bangs can bring?
First off, thank you. I found out yesterday afternoon that I made it past the last phase of the 2008 Bloggies and I’m thrilled. Thank you for your nominations, and to everyone who was on the panel and chose this website. As Becca (who I love and admire and is also nominated in the same category so hey! You definitely have your options!) said, “I am JAZZED. I know it’s probably cool to be blasé about this kind of thing– all, ‘Web award? Whatever.’” Were you expecting to find sophistication here? I hope not. I’m stoked.
All of your comments, twitter replies, etc. made me giddy enough to frolic in the snow at every new message. But not for too long. I hate that stuff.
Moments after I heard, I was driving my sister home from school, discussing last year’s winner, when she said, “Wow, things are going so good for you right now! You know something bad’s going to happen.” No sooner did I make it down the hill from the parking lot that my tire went flat. Melted to the cement flat.
It’s the world’s way of saying, hey. Hey! KEEP IT TOGETHER.
Luckily we were blocks from my Dad’s, and I drove to my grandmother’s birthday dinner with new tires. Bacon cheese fries? The Cloverfield of healthy living.
Later I met a friend to watch Wednesday night TV, and after American Idol and The Moment of Truth, passed out sometime towards the end of Gauntlet 2.
And now it’s Thursday morning and I have a Panera pastry which is a little less pastry and a little more chocolate bar wrapped in bread.
See what good things bangs can bring?
Congratulations!
You know you have my vote. :)
Hoping this brings you a huge spike in traffic! You deserve it! And the win!
hello from a fellow Pittsburgher :) I found your site via Becca- I’ve added you to my feed list. Good luck in the Bloggies!!
Congrats!
Those bangs are working out rather well! Congratulations!
Congratulations and Good Luck! :) Sorry about your flat tire.
You need more pictures of bacon on your site ;)
You have my vote! Keep up the hard work!
All this talk of bacon and pastry and chocolate is a little hard for me, but congrats on the Bloggies! ;)
Yum! Panera! Congrats again!!!
Congrats again! :-D I really AM so excited to be nominated along with you. It would make losing a lot less painful– I’d feel like: Well, she rocks. What can you do. Heh.
That’s great!!!!
congrats!! panera sounds yummm
You also forgot to mention the applause you received from the PodCamp Pittsburgh planning team last night. I hope you win!!
Thanks again, everyone!
Norm – You truly are gallant.
Bangs rock my world. I’m glad they are changing your life too :)
Awesome, Rachel. Congratulations!
I saw that you are in the running, congrats!
Congrats on the nomination. I am excited to be in the category with you. :) Best wishes.
Well, it’s about time! I don’t pay attention to the Bloggies, but I’m rooting for you because you’re one of my favorite web-based Rachels ever. You’re like the Jessica Rabbit of Rachels while most other Rachels are Betty Boops at best. Anyway, I’m not sure what I’m talking about and I think I just called you a lewdly-drawn cartoon, so there’s nothing left to say but congratulations!
Goodluck to a fellow Chatham woman from an alumn!
It is all in the bangs. Congrats!
Hey there, I was sure to cast that vote tonight. I had it marked on my calendar.
I’ve really enjoyed reading your stuff here, so it’s no secret who got my vote in that category :)
Yay! Congrats! And screw the luck deities, trying to even things out…
of course you’ve got my vote!
Congratulations! You’ve definitely got my vote!
Congratulations! You deserve it!:)
A chocolate bar wrapped in pastry? Yum.
Glad to hear you’ve enjoyed your week!
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Congrats on getting the nomination!
congratulations on the nom, and the pain au chocolat.
Congratulations, Rachel! I always knew what a great writer you were!