Weird!

by Meg on April 11, 2007

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We were nommed for a Webby today, People. in the :

[Dahn-Duhn!] Weird! category!

Woo to the hoo, People! As soon as the voting opens up, you bet we’re gonna list the hecky out of those links, so you can get on your vote like a baby stoat.

//Correction: the form letters looked the same to me! it said ‘Honoree’ not ‘Nominee’ for Blog cultural/personal. My [embarrassing] bad -Ed //

{ 61 comments }

1 oaklandcat 04.11.07 at 5:59 am

weird? what’s weird about this site? ;)

2 Meg 04.11.07 at 6:05 am

It’s lik, so weiuhd heah! [say in John Travolta voice]

3 Martha in Washington 04.11.07 at 6:22 am

Weird. You say that like it’s a bad thing.

4 Teddy 04.11.07 at 6:42 am

Whatever it is, CONGRATS :)

5 oaklandcat 04.11.07 at 6:50 am

and um, Theo- bleen?

*did I do it? did I? did I bleen?*

6 Meg 04.11.07 at 7:07 am

I still don’t know what ‘bleen’ means!

Baroooooo!

7 oaklandcat 04.11.07 at 7:34 am

wow. I kinda feel like *God* was talking to me. Or at least, posting near me. *foreheadfloor*

8 musicchick2 04.11.07 at 10:28 am

Congrats Meg! C.O. is heading into the stratosphere of blog-dom with it’s cute (and wierd) submiches!! Thank you for the CUTE and for sharing it with all of us every day!

9 Suzy/s Mom 04.11.07 at 11:08 am

Congrats Meg! CO certainly deserves the Webby. I don’t know how I ever got through the day without it.

10 Snorgle Pup 04.11.07 at 11:34 am

Yaahh! You got my vote. Meg, you’re the best. Big bleens to you!

11 DKN 04.11.07 at 12:06 pm

Yay for Meg and Teh QTE!!! I can’t wait to get my vote on.

12 katherine 04.11.07 at 12:45 pm

Hooray! Congratulations! And here’s an incredibly cute news story: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/162390

13 lazyj 04.11.07 at 12:52 pm

?? when i go to vote & also when i searched for CO on the site, you only come up under the weird category…is that an error?? the cultural/personal ballot also comes up, but no CO??

14 floppycat 04.11.07 at 1:15 pm

Um, personnally, I like the “weird” submishes…like the butter dollop that looked like a duck…and the turkey pine cone that was in love with the onion…

oooh, and the Four Peeps of the Apocalypse! That one was CLASSIC!

But it’s the QTE that keeps me coming back.

15 Tony James 04.11.07 at 1:16 pm

To sleep, perchance to bleen – ay, there’s the snorgle.

If teh Webbeez is bein helded in NYC again then we TEWTELLY have to have a COnvention, if only to embarrass teh fuzz out of Meg by yelling “SKWEEEE!” when she goes up to collect her richly-deserved award for Teh Proshest Site On Teh Internetz.

16 AuntieMame 04.11.07 at 1:18 pm

Make like a stoat, and vote!

17 jen 04.11.07 at 1:22 pm

congrats, CO! :)

18 M. 04.11.07 at 1:22 pm

Congratulationsss!

19 lindr 04.11.07 at 1:24 pm

Weird? I prefer to think of it as expressing my individuality – marching to the beat of a different drum – it’s only what the voices tell me to do…

And the bebeh horse – adorabuls!

20 cutebabyfix.com 04.11.07 at 1:59 pm

I am imagining the acceptance speech:
I would like to thank all the ponies, and fat kittehs, and onyons, and pockets and peeps who make CuteOverload what it is today. At CO our goal is world peas through superior hamsterage, and because all of you peeps spend all of your productivity at CO instead of working, we may one day realize that vision. Because of your support we will continue to speak Cute to Power! (crowd goes wild, some people openly weep, whilst other people asplode gently.)

21 Theo 04.11.07 at 2:08 pm

CBF —
Great speech! Now condense that down to the requisite five words and we’ve got a winner.

Also, I think “asploding gently” is what we Minnesotans call melting. Which is not what’s happening up here today.

22 Yitzysmommie 04.11.07 at 2:47 pm

Excellent idea, Tony J – I’d love to SQUEE at our Meggers in public.
I am personally responsible for the spread of CO conciousness at my clinic, where we deal with sadness all day long. Must have teh Qte to keep our spirits up.

23 Stitchy 04.11.07 at 3:12 pm

Congrats, Cute Overlords! I’m nominated in that category, too, and I have to tell you that I almost voted for you myself. But then cooler heads prevailed. Still, I’m sure I’ll be crushed, but what better way than with a big, fuzzy foot? :)

24 Sneezy 04.11.07 at 3:42 pm

Ooh, I’ll definitely vote!

And hey…I was thinking that a stoat was a female pig for some reason…am I dumb? Does anyone remember in Harry Potter when Hagrid tries to force ’stoat sandwiches’ on everyone?

*scratches head* 8^|

25 floppycat 04.11.07 at 3:58 pm

Stitchy,

Um, WOW. Seriously. Where do you find this stuff?

26 floppycat 04.11.07 at 4:00 pm

Stitchy, I was referring to your blog, of course. Meg, you may have a good competish for weirdness.

27 eikoleigh 04.11.07 at 4:20 pm

yay – congrats on the nominations!

28 Stitchy 04.11.07 at 4:42 pm

floppycat, I usually get patterns booklets from one of two places. My beloved eBay and other people’s mother-in-laws’ attics. At one point, so many packages were coming from eBay, I had to start accusing one of the cats (the naughty one) of stealing my credit card to order stuff in order to deflect my husband’s hopeless pleas to quit with the giant stacks of old magazines.

29 floppycat 04.11.07 at 4:48 pm

Stitchy, Hilarious! Good luck to you both…

30 Bronwyn 04.11.07 at 4:52 pm

Woot! Woot! Go CO!

31 Subhangi 04.11.07 at 5:13 pm

w00t!!! Two’s a great number!

32 Arvay 04.11.07 at 5:53 pm

Yay! Congrats!

33 Mlle X 04.11.07 at 6:27 pm

Congrats! Perhaps you can get your vote on like a baby goat, as well.

34 Sue 04.11.07 at 8:18 pm

What does bleen mean???

35 Theo 04.11.07 at 8:24 pm

Wait, I didn’t catch that till now… I’m used to new folks asking “What does ‘bleen’ mean?” on a fairly regular basis (hi Sue!)… but that really was Meggie Moo herself up there, asking the same question, wasn’t it? [eyes cross] [head spins]

Baroo indeed.

36 ebee 04.11.07 at 8:31 pm

Take THAT, all you Nuffinghams. TWICE AS MANY AS LAST YEAR!!! Step back!
WOOT!
Booyah!
Neet!

37 ebee 04.11.07 at 8:34 pm

You keep using that word.
I don’t think it means what you think it means.

38 lurkertype 04.11.07 at 8:41 pm

w00t! Teh Qte (TM) rules!

39 Sue 04.11.07 at 8:41 pm

I really do want to know what bleen means so could someone please tell me what it does mean? Thank you.

40 katherine 04.11.07 at 9:02 pm

Sue, it’s a mix of blue and green. kinda like a spork.

(it’s a euphemism for the “f—-” word)

41 lurkertype 04.11.07 at 9:07 pm

Dewds, I am confused.

I just voted like a mofo in about a bazillion categories, but I didn’t see CO under Culture/Personal.

What gives, Webbys??

I voted for CO under “Weird” (and for VOX in whatever it was), but I want to vote for CO TWICE!!!

Is there another round of votingks or something?

42 lurkertype 04.11.07 at 9:10 pm

Ooooh, wait…

Has CO ALREADY won, been selected under Cultural/Personal?

Meggie Moo already gots that b/c they recognized teh awesomeness of Teh Qte?

Well, anyway, THE VOTING IS OPEN!!!

VOTE FOR TEH QTE in the “Weird” category! Weird is good!

43 lurkertype 04.11.07 at 9:26 pm

Stitchy, your site both appalls and attracts me. I hope that’s what you were going for.

44 Theo 04.11.07 at 9:26 pm

Katherine — only sometimes.

Peeps — I’ll say this ONCE: In the context of Cute Overload, “Bleen” has NO real meaning of its own. If you are/were a fan of the old TV show M*A*S*H, it’s like the “B. J.” in B. J. Hunnicutt. What’s it stand for? …anything you like!

[/bleen]

45 D 04.11.07 at 10:24 pm

Congrats! Browsing the list of nominated sites is educational too — I learned that there’s a fan site devoted to Anderson Cooper..rrowwwrrrr!! Another way to waste time at work. Yay : )

46 oaklandcat 04.11.07 at 10:31 pm

OMG.OMG.OMG. Did Theo just define bleen?

47 lauowolf 04.11.07 at 10:46 pm

must toddle off and vote.
so gratifying to vote for something really cool and have it *win*

48 Sue 04.11.07 at 10:57 pm

Thank you very much Kathrine. I was going nuts trying to figure it out.

49 yankeebird 04.11.07 at 10:58 pm

Why does it seem I’m the only one who sees CO in Cultural/Personal but not under Weird?

50 yankeebird 04.11.07 at 11:02 pm

*cries*

I’m so confused! Like I just said, when I follow Meg’s link I see CO in Cultural/Personal but not under Weird. However, when I follow Stitchy’s link to that blog, and click the link there, that takes me to Weird and CO is listed!

51 Sue 04.11.07 at 11:03 pm

Oh I just saw what you answered too Theo. Thank you also. I really wanted to know, as I said it was driving me nuts. Thank you, Thank you Thank you. Bleen, bleen, bleen. Sue J.

52 AmyH 04.11.07 at 11:24 pm

Stitchy – I also discovered your site and thought it was the tops. However, I found it first because you are being promoted by another favorite site that didn’t make it for some bizarro reason – the Museum of Bad Art.

Oh and Teho – I’ll be in your neck of the woods this weekend for a wedding (not mine). It’s 87 degrees here. How the heck am I supposed to pack for snow?!?!?!

53 AmyH 04.11.07 at 11:25 pm

When I say “thought it was the tops”, I do not mean any disrespect for my CO, as CO is and ever shall be my Number One site for teh QTE and mah peeps.

54 Stitchy 04.11.07 at 11:49 pm

lurkertype – yep! Delighted horror is the intent of the MOKS. Assault the eyes and tickle the funny bone.

Yankeebird, I think the link in the above post is to a non-votable award. CO is an Honoree in the Blog category, so it’s like an honorable mention/”wish we could have chosen more than five” sort of thing. But you can vote for CO in the Weird category at the People’s Voice site. http://pv.webbyawards.com (you have to register.)

AmyH – Thanks! I love MOBA. They’re having an auction on the 23rd, I can’t wait! I don’t think they entered the Webbies, and you can’t get nominated without entering. I emailed Louise at MOBA to let her know, because that site totally kicks butt.

55 skippy 04.11.07 at 11:55 pm

Yankeebird, I hear ya. I only see CO listed under “Cultural and Personal”. And where does one vote?

Anyway… Congrats Meg! And thanks for all the warm fuzzies, squees, bleens, and all the rest of it. Go CO!

56 skippy 04.11.07 at 11:57 pm

Ah, thanks Stitchy. Now I see it. Time to make like a baby stoat…

57 musicchick2 04.12.07 at 12:54 am

Meggers, I went to the Webby awards site and saw C.O. under the “wierd” category but NOT under the personal/blog category. Any info? http://pv.webbyawards.com/

58 musicchick2 04.12.07 at 12:57 am

Meg, what I mean is, C.O. is mentioned as an “honoree” in the cultural & personal blog category, but it’s not on the ballot there. I only find it on the ballot under “wierd”.

59 katherine 04.12.07 at 1:04 pm

musicchick, I was about to ask the same question!

60 lurkertype 04.12.07 at 6:52 pm

ah! I was right! (see Meggie Moo’s edit)

61 CCat 04.12.07 at 10:12 pm

C0, weird? I don’t think this is a weird site… well at least, not most of the time…

Hoorah for lovesick pine cones! How do you vote?

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