You may recall a while back I was nominated (after forcing one of you readers to go nominate me) for Best LGBT blog over on the Canadian Web Blogs Awards<\/a>. Last month I misunderstood a message to all the contenders and thought after the last round of judging, I was out of the running. I took the badges off my sidebar, sulked into the corner and licked my wounds. I then went into a spiral that everyone does when rejected: Why why why why? I ate like a pig. I threw a Batman Snuggie around my person and parked myself in front of the TV and put Disney’s The Black Hole on repeat.<\/p>\n

“Maximilian, the time has come to liquidate our guests.”<\/p>\n

And then I got over it, sort of, and started to post more pictures than actual writing. Which, is valid, but not really a great way to get viewers to stick to your site. They need meatier content!<\/p>\n

Last night I got a tweet from the site\/contest owners saying I’m actually ON the finalist list. Oh. Well! So I’m back in the running I guess. I feel all cool n shit. And very embarrassed.<\/p>\n

In all seriousness, I feel strangely small up against the other four contenders. They’re all intensely focused and incredibly interesting with their content. Me, I like to report when I fart in bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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