..how I did it, I’m not sure (on my pretty but decidedly malnourished site, starved of attention & daily feeds) but the Hunter of Genius made it through to the final of the SA Blog Awards?!

Standing shoulder to shoulder with the legendary ZAblogging iconTertia, the muscular supercharged Stopforth blog, the clearly well-fed ElectricSpaghetti and Peas on Toast, the one all the girls will be voting for: KykNoord, butt-ugly but potent 2OceansVibe that swept it all up last year again, the wildy popular Muso, TrashMedia that comes preloaded with their own merchandise!.. and then hey.. the low profile geek-girl sitting at the table with all the beautiful people. (thank you voting-angels xx)

Popularity contests don’t exactly get my stoic self quivering with delight – I’m far too stern & serious for such flimsy excuses to wiggle your wares.

Fortunately, there is one redeeming feature about this one: and of course the only reason that I would even consider tottering about before the judges in my less thanpopularity-contest1.jpg stiletto-sophistication (plz remember I’m a geek here & so not naturally given to glamour).. and that is ‘cos I cracked the GROWN-UP’s section!! hooooray!! Best writing. Small mercies. Some dignity.

Oddly I feel a wave of relief, like the skinny kid that finally gets picked for a playground ball game. [alrighty, I think I've officially been in front of my screen too long!] LOL

popularity contestant :-P

SO even though I don’t give a damn about popularity.. naturally. Tap lightly on the little pic to see if we can’t swing statistical probabilty. Just for fun! Do it for that insecure kid you may have once been :-P

Choose me! Choose me! (oh damn, maybe I should’ve saved time & just embellished with kiddies & kittens instead! If I gave damn, of course)

PS. Thanks to my darling Web AddiCT(s) for their work on making the setting the stage & prepping the runway & getting the satin sashes ready and the formidable Jon Cherry for conceiving such a wonderfully twisted way for ZAbloggers to beg for approval in such an elegant fashion