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Feeling Chillin'
Hearing Pink Floyd - 'Comfortably Numb'
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"You kill 'em, we chill 'em. You stab 'em, we slab 'em." I took this shot at a rather neglected old cemetery in North Plainfield, NJ. As with the sayings that start this off, it reminds me a bit of a grade school buddy whose family owned a funeral home. His dates thought it was so thoughtful that he gave them such beautiful flowers! If only they knew...!
It's eerie, but I enjoy walking through cemeteries in the autumn as the trees cry out with a last burst of color. I used to do rubbings of gravestones, but haven't done that in decades.
Well, last night was the big Vivi Awards ceremony. Thanks go to all who worked to put it together and to all the nominees and winners! I didn't win for my 'Big Brother' blog which was a bit of a disappointment as its hit numbers hit records with AOL's member blogs. However, the winner in the Entertainment category was a regular reader/commenter on the 'BB6' blog, so all is good.
The Baseball won for Most Creative/Original. I'm thrilled with that! It was up against serious creative competition and heavy hitter longtime J-Landers. It probably is more fitting for a category of Weirdest Unusual Journal, but there isn't such a category. Thanks go to all who voted for the Ball.
I feel bad that some of my favorites in J-Land didn't win awards and I know they're worthy! We'll just have to rock the vote next year!
I'm also a bit saddened to read the comments in the main Vivi Journal and see that one or two posted rather nasty about the winner of a category who well deserved the win. In that case, it's not anything to do with popularity -- I bet most of the 'In Crowd' in J-Land don't even really know the person. It's what she has done with her journal that clinched the award. I'd rather see that than to see some of the journals that have been relatively neglected for months nominated or winning (which happened). Or those that didn't fit the category. No matter who gets the win, the nominations, this is all put together by peers -- oftimes popularity and/or old friends may play a bigger role than it should. But, it's humans. What do we expect?
That said, I am happy that I received four nominations and won one -- a very important one to me as I like to think I'm a creative and original kind of person. Or eccentric. Take your pick. I don't think I'm so much in with the In Crowd in J-Land as my main involvement is only dating back to this past spring/summer. All my other AOL Journals before that time had to be removed as AOL eliminated its CL Program and they were under my HOST name which had to go bye-bye.
My point? Do I have one? I guess my point is that there are so many journals out there deserving to be nominated and/or win that each person who takes it upon himself to start and keep up at one deserves kudos! J-Land Journalists ROCK.
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Interesting perspective in the picture. "The march must continue" ;) C. http://journals.aol.com/gdire
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Hi Jackie!
Congratulations on all your nominations and especially your WIN! You are our J-Land In Crowd. Heck, for a long time you were my "only" crowd. I didn't know about anybody else-and people still don't know me. I read yours and others and then I go back to mine and pppfffffffffffftttttttttttt! I took a lot of writing in my short two years of college, but I think I've forgotten how!
I like old graveyards. It's so interesting to read the stones, they are like mini blogs sometimes. My friend did a lot of brass rubbings when we were all stationed in England. Very interesting!
Darlene
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I didn't get a nomination. Does that mean I am not in the In Crowd? :(
Have a great day!
Carolyn
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Love your journal...love that photo lots!! Nancy
http://journals.aol.com/nhd106/Nancyluvspix/
11/8/05 12:04 AM
Good food for thought. Lots of great Journals never made to the nominee phase. I'm so mixed on contests because at some point a divison is made. I accept that though. The fallout from the divisons always gives me pause. Seen some great recoveries though!
Keep on blogging and I'm so happy you won. You've a talent that shines without or without a blog.