Monday, June 25, 2012

So I Say Thank You for the LAMMYs...

*I don't know why but I've had 'Thank You for the Music' in my head all day. Probably because Shep. Burman is Swedish and obviously when I think of Sweden I think ABBA.

Yep.

I'm not gonna lie, the last twelve months have been great (if we were only talking in blog terms). Winning Best New LAMB last year, getting a casual call from Paramount Studios, upping the hits, upping the followers, upping commenters, getting nominated for five LAMMYs this year...I don't like to boast or to toot my own horn, but I can't help but be immensely proud of what I've achieved.

Now while this year's LAMMYs have had a few humps and bumps, and I admit I was damn near to quitting the blogosphere when I read some of the things that were typed and published over the past week, they've been pretty good. I say this because it was great to see my fellow LAMBs getting rewarded for their efforts, and also because I snagged a couple myself. The first was a win for Best Rating System, which I am quite grateful for. Of course, you all love Tommy Wiseau and his masterpiece, The Room! A shout out must go to Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob, Go See Talk, French Toast Sunday and the runner up, 3 Guys 1 Movie.

Also, while I may not have won this award, I'm pretty freaking stoked with the result. Now, I was pretty happy just getting nominated for Best Blog. It meant a lot. I didn't have high hopes for much more than that. Then, as I was straightening my hair (a lot of use that did, a mere minute later the rain got to it), I started crying tears of joy in my bathroom. Because I got runner up. For Best Blog. Now, most of you would be casual as about it, but I went into full girl freak out mode. I totally wasn't expecting that much. Unfortunately, I had to run to school during a storm, which caused my phone to stop working because of the supposed water damage, and then I've had to go through this entire day with hailstorms followed by sunshine followed by a huge rainstorm and then another hailstorm. The weather couldn't get me down. I'm on cloud nine. I know that I don't deserve such an honour, but I'm glad that whoever voted for me saw something in this little old blog of mine.

The real congratulations goes to the winner, Man I Love Films, my fellow runner upperer Ryan at The Matinee, and the other nominees: the team at Anomalous Material, Ruth at FlixChatter, Dan at Fogs' Movie Reviews, John at The Droid You're Looking For. All such professional, great bloggers who inspire me, and deserve every inch of praise they get.

Anyway, this is the end of another year of LAMMYs. Here's to another year of hopefully successful blogging from your favourite 16 year old Dannevirkean!

27 comments:

  1. Thank you Stevee for being such prominent member of our community. Remember to hit me up on some of that annual Dannevirke local coverage. =)

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    1. You're welcome, and thanks for sticking by the LAMB! And I sure will :)

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  2. CONGRATS STEVEEEEEE!!! WOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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  3. CONGRATS! You deserve being in those categories and being a winner, trust me.

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  4. Congrats, I really enjoy your chilled out writing style :)

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    1. Thanks :) I'm a pretty chill person...mainly because it is freezing in Dannevirke!

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  5. Congrats Stevee! The Lammys are tough competition and you've come out on top.

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  6. Congrats! A great post - a call from Paramount though? I'll be raiding your blog to see what that is about! Well done again!

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    1. Thank you! It was all about something that I had actually written for school, but it was a big surprise all the same.

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  7. Just to be nominated amongst the lot of you is winning enough for me. You absolutely deserved Best New Lamb last year, Stevee and your blog just gets more and more awesome by the second! :D

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    1. I know, I was just happy to be nominated against such great blogs. Thanks Ruth - and yours keeps getting awesome too!

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  8. Congrats on your Lammy success!!! No matter what some grumpy people might say, it is an awesome accomplishment.

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    1. Thank you! And at least someone feels that way.

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  9. Congrats on your LAMB success as well. Next year, I will compete and I'm going to make things far more interesting.

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    1. Jack, it is nice to see you around - but the LAMMYs have had enough condescension this year.

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  10. Congrats! I got excited discovering you were Best Blog runner up too! Smashed my fists against the work desk in happiness causing a few people to give me weird stares, but who cares? You've done so well this last year it's not even funny. I'm sure the next twelve months will be just as awesome, if not better!

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    1. Awwwwwww, that's nice! Thanks, I hope they will be just as good, too :)

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  11. Congrats to you Stevee, but do me a favor: don't ever quit the blogosphere. It is far better off with you in it. Believe me.

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    1. I'll try not do it! Thanks for the reassurance :)

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  12. Excellent write up. And I agree with Alex: If you ever quit blogging I will have to personally fly to New Zealand and stage an intervention!

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    1. Oh, well I wouldn't want you to spend all that money to come to this rainy place!

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