i'm hard pressed not to write about the nigerin blog awards but (i) it wont be fair to all my readers and people who took the time to vote for this blog (ii) i still don't understand my mental state when i decided to participate in it and (iii) i'm as bitter as a older wives meeting a new wife for the first time.
to cut a morbid story short: i did not win a damn acknowledgement (much less an award). after all my toiling, having to degrade myself to the point of begging for votes from people who i really never wanted to know about my blog or read the contents thereof, after making people i hold in extreme high regard leave their daily activities and set out to vote for something so trivial, and aafter i waited ages for the darn result to be announced, i still didn't win a matchstick.
i know there is something called graciously accepting the results of a competition when it doesn't go your way, but please. i'll probably never have a reason to spew out the diatribes i have an excuse to spit out now. people are a joke. i personally went through every damn blog that was nominated for the awards and to be completely honest, i could only find three or four very well written, clearly talented blogs out there (including the one i lost to). the rest were built on hype or past glory (and i'm didnt call linda ikeji's blog o). i mean seriously? i'm not sure why, but it hurts like crazy to not only lose out in every category i was nominated for, but to see triffling ridiculous excuses for a blog scoop up an award. the good thing is, for an award show, the nigerian blog awards actually merits its name. like everything nigerian, it was baseless (not even a bottle of groundnut for the winners), without form (couldnt even afford plaques or a proper award show or committee), and based on the wrong parameters (popularity).
i mean, i'm all for a bit of recognition, but when you are judging blogs based on how many people know the writer (not even how many read their stupid blog) then you are clearly not rewarding talent or recognizing ability...you are merely creating an avenue for bored unilag students who have no clue how to spell the word "blog" to support their equally bored friends who have a computer and access to the internet at the expense of change agents and the truly genius who cold change the world with the right amount of publicity.
so enough said...i'm not ever going to drag my friends and esteemed collegues into anything half as silly ever again, its just not worth it. plus i've decided that my blog is very personal and doesn't exactly need a crowd to make me happy...i will just find a way to make money off it.
and before i forget, big ups to bella naija for taking the moral high road and opting out of participating to give a room for the likes of us unknowns. y'all know bella would have won every single damn category in the whole awards...and its funny that as soon as the list of nominees went up on bellanaija.com, my readership level quadripled in 24 hours flat. now thats a super blog!!!
okay y'all, see you around soon. and i'm scouting for real blog awards that give a prize, organize proper award shows with adequate publicity and reward talent and creativity...if you find one before me, do holler.
to cut a morbid story short: i did not win a damn acknowledgement (much less an award). after all my toiling, having to degrade myself to the point of begging for votes from people who i really never wanted to know about my blog or read the contents thereof, after making people i hold in extreme high regard leave their daily activities and set out to vote for something so trivial, and aafter i waited ages for the darn result to be announced, i still didn't win a matchstick.
i know there is something called graciously accepting the results of a competition when it doesn't go your way, but please. i'll probably never have a reason to spew out the diatribes i have an excuse to spit out now. people are a joke. i personally went through every damn blog that was nominated for the awards and to be completely honest, i could only find three or four very well written, clearly talented blogs out there (including the one i lost to). the rest were built on hype or past glory (and i'm didnt call linda ikeji's blog o). i mean seriously? i'm not sure why, but it hurts like crazy to not only lose out in every category i was nominated for, but to see triffling ridiculous excuses for a blog scoop up an award. the good thing is, for an award show, the nigerian blog awards actually merits its name. like everything nigerian, it was baseless (not even a bottle of groundnut for the winners), without form (couldnt even afford plaques or a proper award show or committee), and based on the wrong parameters (popularity).
i mean, i'm all for a bit of recognition, but when you are judging blogs based on how many people know the writer (not even how many read their stupid blog) then you are clearly not rewarding talent or recognizing ability...you are merely creating an avenue for bored unilag students who have no clue how to spell the word "blog" to support their equally bored friends who have a computer and access to the internet at the expense of change agents and the truly genius who cold change the world with the right amount of publicity.
so enough said...i'm not ever going to drag my friends and esteemed collegues into anything half as silly ever again, its just not worth it. plus i've decided that my blog is very personal and doesn't exactly need a crowd to make me happy...i will just find a way to make money off it.
and before i forget, big ups to bella naija for taking the moral high road and opting out of participating to give a room for the likes of us unknowns. y'all know bella would have won every single damn category in the whole awards...and its funny that as soon as the list of nominees went up on bellanaija.com, my readership level quadripled in 24 hours flat. now thats a super blog!!!
okay y'all, see you around soon. and i'm scouting for real blog awards that give a prize, organize proper award shows with adequate publicity and reward talent and creativity...if you find one before me, do holler.
Comments
i love it and many people do .
P.S: When are we reading your sports blog?!!!!
The awrds do not have a sponsor, its an individual like you and me that took it upon herself to put this together.
The aim was to showcase new blogs and i am sure even you benefited from the traffic via the awards website.
It isn't anything as serious as you have painted it.
Maybe over the years it can evolve to something much more substantial but at the moment isn't that serious. It is a fun process
i know hw u feel, you dont need to take it so personal.
NIGGER PULEEEEEZE
take a chill pill and sitdown
so the credibility of the NBA's is questioned because they didnt hand out a plaque
like are u kidding me??????
why dont you sponsor the awards next year
and while u are at it, volunteer your time for all the background work that goes it.
Since your aim on blogger is to make MONEY, i suggest you get Google adsense and \_______
dude, you are not the only one that lost, suck it up!!
they did not pay the girls who organised this ish oh. they simply took it upon themselves to recognise new blogs. this post is so wrong. it is not that serious.
calm your tits down. gosh! i can't believe how many people are telling you that you're right. gosh, i tire for people like you.
this is a democratic process. the highest votes win!! gosh, i can't stand this level of thirstiness. ice for your sprite?!
Your post reminds me of Kanye's comments on not winning the Grammy a couple of years back...
There is plenty of room on TOP.
Now let me trawl thru your blog...
But why so many GBAGAUNS tho? Maybe thats why you lost. Everyone that read your blog died by missile volley? #justsaying
Your betters didnt win any awards as well so you can like to rest. Pele. It is well with you.