fruityoaty.com

The title says it all. Someone (thank you!) submitted fruityoaty to the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards in the crowded Personal category. Whoah. Who are you?! Speak up, please because I’d like to properly return that love right back at ya which I can assure ya does not in any way take form of a French kiss or uttering these words, “You complete me.” But… you had me at hello. So, what is the PBA? According to the official PBA site:

“The Philippine Blog Awards aims to recognize notable Filipino-owned blogs in their respective niches… a venue to showcase notable blogs with quality content that engages readers from around the globe.”

As Shari has written, the awards are prestigious and the esteemed judges are all experts in their chosen field(s), but it does not vex me. Yes, I don’t possess enough hubris to think that I’d win. I’m so honoured that someone thought well enough of my blog to nominate it. Thrilled to Reece’s Pieces. [ EDIT March 5: \(^o^)/ Thanks Jim Caro! You rock, dude! Blogbastic! ]

Umm, yeah… speaking as a professional Quality Assurance Analyst, I can certify that “quality content” is absolutely nowhere to be found in my blog. (Jude, I’ll categorize and tag my posts someday. I pinky swear.)

Anyway, here are 6 of those 15 Philippine Blog Awards “judgerati”:

• Bryan Veloso - Creative Director at Facebook, Developer at Automattic, award-winning Blogger and internationally-known Designer Rockstar
• Connie Veneracion - Filipina Problogger and Columnist for Manila Standard Today and whose blog Pinoy Cook I’ve been stalking since last year because I’m a little bit (OK, a lot) food-obsessed, LOL. No, I’m not trying to score sucker-upper points, honestly.
• Derek Punsalan - CSS and WordPress Theme Guru
• JV Rufino - Editor-in-Chief of INQUIRER.net
• Malou Mangahas - Editor-in-Chief of GMANews.TV and Co-host of TV show Palaban
• Manuel L. Quezon III - Political Pundit and Editorial Columnist of Inquirer Newspaper

Win or lose, I’ve still got my Biggest Whiner award and my spot in the Snap Preview Anywhere Top 100 Sites list (out of 29, 000) in January, eh?

Now, if you really want to show your love for all things fruity and oaty, feel free to go to this page and nominate my blog for the Bloggers’ Choice Award, but you only have until this Sunday, March 4 11:59 PM! If you live in Ontario, Canada, that means Philippines is 13 hours ahead, so Vote for Pedro by Sunday, March 4 10:59 AM! While I could technically vote for myself or get one of my alternate personalities (Max the Fat Cat, Niki Sanders or Jessica Sanders) to do it, that wouldn’t be very Napoleon Dynamite of me, would it? It would also smack a tad bit of liger lameness.

Off topic (or is it?): I once got asked by a friend about why I blog. I don’t get any sex, bling or money for it, that’s for sure… Well, my answer was pretty straightforward:

• I’d like to say, “I like to write” , but I don’t, not really. The truth is, I need to stream my thoughts (before they burst out or I develop another alternate personality, LOL) in a form that won’t annoy (for example, vocal yapping) the people that I care about. My strange brain is sometimes on cryptic overdrive. I am, therefore I ramble. I ramble, therefore I am. And it sho ain’t compellin’, Miss Scarlet.
• Blogging relaxes me. I only “stream” when I’m inspired or when I’ve come up with a lame pun or metaphor that I need to share. (Bonus points to the 7 regular readers who’ve realized that I might not be writing about food or my fat cat Max. What, you want a prize?)
• My blog is a repository for stuff that my overstuffed brain can’t hold. It’s a CMS for my fuzzy brain. Did I mention the food porn?
• Blogging for me is about new conversations and connections. I’ve been exposed to a lot of interesting (and some, not so interesting) people and their blogs. If my blog happens to entertain one or a few persons, that’s a bonus. Some bloggers have asked me to exchange links with them. Although I’ll never ask others (flashbacks of stinging rejection in school playgrounds), I usually say YES to requests. To date, my linked pals are: Alistair (formerly of freshfixture.net), Alma, Ann, Cole, Evilgenius, Iva, Jim Caro, Kaitlin, Kofi, Mitsuru and Valerie. Hi guys! Yo!

Anyway, speaking of phallic awards… the Oscars show was soooo boring, donchathink? My sister bought some munchies for the occasion - Doritos’ new flavour “Tandoori Sizzler” crunchy corn chips… which certainly had more kick and zest than the Oscars. Damn, these chips are definitely bold, sizzlin’ and exotic. Spicy and aromatic! I know that many Filipinos are not overly fond of Indian food or curry flavour, but I really love the taste of these chips. Garlicky, tangy curry. Speaking of lame metaphors… some blogs are a lot like these chips - some people will either hate ‘em and others will go gaga for ‘em. Chacun a son goà»t - to each his own (taste)!

And I still don’t understand why the Oscars organizers didn’t think to get Jennifer Hudson to sing and tear da house down with her rendition of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”. It would’ve livened up the dull ass Oscars.

I only found out that I was nominated 2 days ago when I was reviewing my incoming links statistics and spam. (A bucket of popcorn would have made it an even more pathetic event.) I know that neither I, my alternate personalities, my offline friends nor my family nominated my blog, so it’s got to be one of my online Pinoy readers… Who. Are. You? Where’s Waldo? And if you read my blog, please comment on this post. Thanks.

Where’s the love? Show me the love! Karma, baby. Vote for Pedro!

Adieu,

grated fruity zest

P.S. Hello, Evil Twin! Long enough for ya?