“Frankly, I think this should be fun and some people need to stop taking it too seriously.”
Not to be any trouble, but I don’t know what that means. I’ve seen the website, and these guys are going to an awful lot of trouble for some kind of joke. They’ve been doing it for several years now, and nearly everyone who mentions it asks others to nominate them.
I suppose the main reason not to take it seriously, is that the weblog as a form of media hasn’t really come on its own. After all, how many people make a big name with it who are not already proficient in the print media?
I think that’s a fair question, never mind my motives in asking it.
I’m not saying it’s a joke or it should be. I’m saying it should be fun. I think that the deadly sins of pride and envy have crept in too often among some folks and keeping a light-hearted view of it is in everyone’s best interest. If someone’s blogging to make a big name for themselves I think they’re going to be sorely disappointed.
Hey, I’ve never won an award and I don’t expect to, but it’s fun to be nominated and to see who wins. Heck, I’ve even found some blogs I’d never known about before by seeing them in the lists.
“If someone’s blogging to make a big name for themselves I think they’re going to be sorely disappointed.”
I could say that about anything that gets attention by default, Dom. If you’re a famous actor, and you really don’t like acting, all the fame in the world is going to make you miserable. On the other hand, it is unlikely that you should expect to be ignored. As to whether “the deadly sins of pride and envy have crept in,” I’m not sure that would be limited to those who don’t win anything. In fact, if the Awards mean anything at all—whether for fun or fame, whatever—I should think that winning (or even being nominated) would be more of an occasion for pride.
Especially when it happens every year.
Who’s Susan Lucci?
For what it’s worth…everybody remembers Susan Lucci. Who can recite a list of all of those who beat her? Hmmm.
David, yes, being nominated or winning every year is especially dangerous for pride, which is even more reason not to take it too seriously.
If Dom feels like Susan Lucci (and I don’t know who she is either), does that make him… A Boy Named Sue?
“Frankly, I think this should be fun and some people need to stop taking it too seriously.”
Not to be any trouble, but I don’t know what that means. I’ve seen the website, and these guys are going to an awful lot of trouble for some kind of joke. They’ve been doing it for several years now, and nearly everyone who mentions it asks others to nominate them.
I suppose the main reason not to take it seriously, is that the weblog as a form of media hasn’t really come on its own. After all, how many people make a big name with it who are not already proficient in the print media?
I think that’s a fair question, never mind my motives in asking it.
I’m not saying it’s a joke or it should be. I’m saying it should be fun. I think that the deadly sins of pride and envy have crept in too often among some folks and keeping a light-hearted view of it is in everyone’s best interest. If someone’s blogging to make a big name for themselves I think they’re going to be sorely disappointed.
Hey, I’ve never won an award and I don’t expect to, but it’s fun to be nominated and to see who wins. Heck, I’ve even found some blogs I’d never known about before by seeing them in the lists.
“If someone’s blogging to make a big name for themselves I think they’re going to be sorely disappointed.”
I could say that about anything that gets attention by default, Dom. If you’re a famous actor, and you really don’t like acting, all the fame in the world is going to make you miserable. On the other hand, it is unlikely that you should expect to be ignored. As to whether “the deadly sins of pride and envy have crept in,” I’m not sure that would be limited to those who don’t win anything. In fact, if the Awards mean anything at all—whether for fun or fame, whatever—I should think that winning (or even being nominated) would be more of an occasion for pride.
Especially when it happens every year.
Who’s Susan Lucci?
For what it’s worth…everybody remembers Susan Lucci. Who can recite a list of all of those who beat her? Hmmm.
David, yes, being nominated or winning every year is especially dangerous for pride, which is even more reason not to take it too seriously.
If Dom feels like Susan Lucci (and I don’t know who she is either), does that make him… A Boy Named Sue?
Susan Lucci