27 January 2006

Congratulations to Samuel Gordon-Stewart as the winningest ACT blog in the history of the Universe!

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Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

* Best Humourous Australian Blog
* Best New Australian Blog
* Best Australian Capital Territory Blog

And runner up for 2006 Best Overall Australian Blog

Making SGS the most successful blogger from the ACT in the history of everything.

I think our views on the blog awards have been vindicated. Thanks to TSSH and TSP, and apparently second preferences by some dude called Jungle Jamie played a major part. Big thanks to all RA readers who joined us on the cyberspace barricades.

The results in full can be seen over on collective apathy.

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It’s kind of a shame there isn’t an official awards presentation – although for some reason the end of Carrie keeps leaping to mind.

jamius maximus9:31 am 30 Jan 06

I think Sam would probably identify with Police Inspector Javert than the students or Valjean.

If so there is a bit of a nasty suprise waiting for him in Act II…

What, a tale of rabble-rousing students and social dropouts claiming to be poor? What kind of left winger propaganda are you trying to inflict on poor Sammy, Jamius?

jamius maximus1:51 pm 28 Jan 06

The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of cyberspace! Nice Les Mis quote JB. Oh yeah that reminds me – Les Mis is on soon!! Opening at Canberra Theatre Feburary 24. Call Canberra Ticketing 62752700. Plug plug plug. Oh yeah and well done Sammy. Come see Les Mis if you are up to leaving the house.

oddly enough the blogosphere is not filled with the usual chatter of auto-felation that these events bring.

Samuel Gordon-Stewart12:18 pm 27 Jan 06

Thankyou Johnboy, the line “Samuel’s Blog won Best Australian Blog” was supposed to read “Samuel’s Blog won Best Australian Capital Territory Blog”. That has now been corrected, thanks for pointing it out.

In response to comment 2, that decision was partially made about a week ago, and had nothing to do with awards.

johnboy: yes but Sammy could do a Ted Quinlan on us and stand down… and besides a lil carnage never hurt anyone.

It’s a monumental day for Canberra. Young Sammy has placed us on the geek-map.

To be fair JR, considering the way Sam is straddling these awards like a collossus removing his votes from the pool would wreak considerable carnage.

Has any single blog ever won so much?

Hmmm, while deriding the award he also promoted himself: Samuel’s Blog won Best Australian Blog.

Runner up for that one.

Added now Ari,

I hope if mainstream Canberra media picks up on this they tell the full story.

Is there a link to the results?

And he shouldn’t put too much value on the awards. IT WAS A JOKE!!!!!!!

Talk about the perfect hypocrite… Sammy is now rabbiting on as follows: Unfortunately, without forcing a recount and preference issues it is impossible for me to decline these awards, so thankyou for voting for me if you did, but to be perfectly honest, I don’t put much value on these awards.

Why not force a recount?

Is anyone else having trouble getting some of the ‘winning’ entries.
E.g. http://muchadoaboutsumthin.blogspot.com/2005/12/reasons-im-idiot-4.html
or
http://allordinary2.blogspot.com/2005/12/so-darth-vader-and-luke-skywalker-are.html

(2006 Best Post on an Australian Blog)

Somehow, I’m glad I can’t read them again. 😐

It more about hanging out with the cool kids than making a principled stand I think.

I’m not sure there’s actually any award to decline.

Sammy said: For some reason that reminds me that voting for the Australian Blog Awards ends shortly (although at least one website is reporting that voting has already closed), and the winners will be known soon. I will keep an eye on this and congratulate the winners. If I win an award I will be declining it. I do hope that none of you voted for me, as I have absolutely no desire to win those awards, and fail to see the importance of them.

I am waiting for the official rejection of his awards….

Does that mean he can now focus on his own blog and stop coming round here?

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