I decided to get sassy and create my first ever that’s so ghetto award. Now, to win a that’s so ghetto award, a blogger has to be special. They have to be funny. They have to maintain their blog and keep writing posts, not taking off four months here and there. And most of all, they have to be a little twisted, and at times, a little ghetto. They have to write a blog post so damn funny that I’m really laughing out loud while reading it, and not just typing lol in response to what they post.
The winner of my first ever that’s so ghetto award goes to Vinyl Villager, a blogger’s blogger who always makes you laugh and manages to balance good writing, good pictures, outrageous hilarity, and faithfulness to his readers, including me, The Girl from the Ghetto. Not only does he come up with great posts every week, but the man WENT TO A PRISON and drove through Deliverance Country to adopt a dog that he didn’t want. Please, read his entire post here and tell him TGFTG sent ya!
This blog award also makes me a tiny bit sad, as it reminds me of all the bloggers I’ve met in the past eighteen months. Sometimes my blog friends come and go out of my life without reason; some leave suddenly and never blog again, forcing us all to wonder if they are dead or just burnt out; and worst of all, a few blog friends have stop visiting me, stopped responding to my comments, and went as far as taking me down from their blogroll and/or deleting my comments because they viewed me as competition, which is both hilarious and sad. Blogging is all about building a community, a family, and not simply posting certain types of posts that are only written to snag the outsiders and the market attention. Vinyl Villager gets this. Let me make it simple and use my 2nd favorite Kevin Costner baseball movie (Bull Durham #1, of course!) to illustrate my point.
Congratulation to all of you that have got this award
By: Bisovi on July 17, 2009
at 1:16 AM
That’s a killer award there! I’ve seen the Vinyl Villager around our circle here and there- I guess I really need to check him out, huh? I will, I will! Congrats on the award Vinyl!
By: JavaQueen on July 17, 2009
at 3:17 AM
JavaQ- He is great, you’ll love him.
By: thegirlfromtheghetto on July 17, 2009
at 1:32 PM
awww! According to a quiz on Facebook, my ghetto name is Peanut. So, in the name of Peanut, I accept this award! LOL!
I can’t understand the “competition” thing! How strange. Of course Im pleased as punch that people take the time to read what I wrote, but more than anything my blog is for me to empty out the cobwebs of my brain, and a happy aside has been all the wonderful bloggers I have met along the way. Screw competition!!
By: The Vinyl Villager on July 17, 2009
at 9:05 AM
Peanut, shine on my friend, shine on!
By: thegirlfromtheghetto on July 17, 2009
at 1:31 PM
[...] force today. See, what had happened was, The Girl from the Ghetto done awarded me with the “That’s So Ghetto Award.” [...]
By: I Am Ghetto Fabbaluss! « Tales From The Vinyl Village on July 17, 2009
at 9:53 AM
I was wrong! My ghetto name is Pookie!
By: The Vinyl Villager on July 17, 2009
at 10:03 AM
I like Peanut better, lol.
By: thegirlfromtheghetto on July 17, 2009
at 1:32 PM
Great award! Congrats there Mr. Vinyl Villager!
When I grow up I want to be Ghetto too!
By: Just a Mom on July 17, 2009
at 12:16 PM
Mom, I hope you do grow up ghetto, you deserve to, hee hee hee.
By: thegirlfromtheghetto on July 17, 2009
at 1:33 PM
Well, at least one thing keeps me out of the running! I have neglected my blog a log lately. But I swear I have several new posts. Ah well.
By: teachercarrieaz on July 17, 2009
at 7:01 PM
Carrie, n ow that it is summer, you might qualify for a ghetto award, don’t get discuraged. I hold a special place in my heart for all teachers.
By: thegirlfromtheghetto on July 18, 2009
at 2:44 PM