Here we are again. This little blarg that I started two years ago on this date is celebrating its birthday. It's done so much in that time, and I hope it does much more in the future.
Remember the time when we won Blog of Note from Blogger? And that time that we went to NYC to hang out with our Coco Llama in Conan O'Brien's gallery with the help of you readers? And we won Voice of the Year from BlogHer? And I was published not once, but twice, with Cheeseblarg art?
Yup, we've done a lot so far, and someday, we'll get our mention from a celebrity and we'll finally buy that Unicorn Jumbo Jet we have always wished for!
Happy Birthday, Cheeseblarg, and thanks for reading again, and always! And of course, I made cake!
If you want to give Cheeseblarg a present, share your favorite post with friends and celebrities, or cash donations work to. ;)
...see more about the creation of this cake below...
We seriously need a MAJOR holiday for people who do computer phone support, internet phone support, phone support for anything technological AT ALL. They need parades, and large cash prizes, and pretty much anything they want that is not totally illegal.
I come to this conclusion after trying to help my mom, over the phone for an hour and a half, to download and transfer two files. At this point, I want to destroy planets, take up smoking, and find an orphanage so I can kick some really unfortunate children.
The fact that technological phone support people have not killed us all is a testament to their patience, kindness and over-all awesomeness. Thank you, IT support. For not killing people. You're the best!
And on a completely unrelated note:
So, last year I won Blog of Note from Blogger. I found out a couple days ago that this year, I won Voice of the Year 2012 from BlogHer.*
Actually, I won it in Visuals, so I guess I kinda won Visionary of the Year. Doesn't that sound more impressive than "Voice of the Year for Something You Look At?" The piece that won me this honor was "Occupy the Holidays" which you are all welcome to go look at again (or for the first time, perhaps).
*My "sponsor" aka the people who put those ads on my blog and promote my work and provide my income of 20 bucks every 3-6 months
Thank you BlogHer, for choosing me as someone worth listening to, or looking at, or something. I am very honored and I love it when you guys tell me I am awesome (and send me money*). <3
*Nope, didn't win any money, just thanking them for paying me every 3-6 months.
Accepting a lovely award from Gweenbrick- the "I dig your blog" award:
Which apparently we are illustrating in a Halloween theme because I can't thing "digging" without grave robbing.... and who puts dead bodies in graves without coffins? Nazi, and me, apparently.
And of course, three random fact about me.
I'm supposed to choose other people but I am not going to. So there. It's not that I don't dig any blogs... it is that I can't be arsed to figure out who to pick who hasn't already been picked. But hey, go look at my blog roll and see who I read. I like them all or I wouldn't be reading them.
Lady-people, please send your mailing address to cheeseblarg at live dot com and I will get that envelope of happiness out to you by the end of the week.
And the next three, who had a mix of googling and human interaction are:
I loved your creative pictures and senses of humor in fulfilling my list. Thank you! Here are your personalized badges!
And to all the other people who have turned in their hunt finds, and who are still working on it, here is your badge. It is on the honor system, but I will totally be mean to you if I find that you are using it without having joined the llama games.
It is time for the first ever "Golden Narwhal Award" which goes out to readers with outstanding wit and comments that make me laugh in an audible manner or regularly make my day better.
". . . I don't think there are nearly as many superpower-inducing drinks around as comics have led me to believe, so you're probably out of luck there... although it would be awesome if it were a glass of medical nanobots left by a time-traveling future version of yourself, or maybe one of your descendants. They know your medical condition as well as your penchant for counter beverages, and have provided you with a cure for all that ails you."
"I think your problem with that recipe [twinkie wiener sandwich] was you were thinking of the wrong meal -- use a breakfast sausage link instead of a hot dog, and maple syrup instead of
the cheese, and eat it for breakfast. (You might need to use 2 links because
they're small). I just invented this. You're welcome."
"If the texts continue, your reply needs to be:
"Dude, stop texting -- she'll find out! Then what will we do? You are my life."
or something similar."
"If I were a Dementor I'd be really conflicted. "Argh, a Patronus, must flee! Oooh, it's a wiener dog, must cuddle... Flee... Cuddle... Flee... Cuddle..."
Thank you Alan, for your comments and for your continued support of the Cheeseblarg! You rock!
And thank you to Goldfish and Tracey for these awesome pieces of fan art!
I received this award from Mollie at OK in UK a bit ago (check another off my list of goals, though, I am glad to accept many more... many more... who would like to be my award coordinator intern?)
And it was supposed to come with the caveat of listing 10 of your favorite things, but that was waved for me since I am clearly too famous and important to play by the rules (which is not at all true, but I am a bit of a bastard and the point is, I was planning on doing these anyway, and it was convenient, though it took me a couple weeks to motivate myself to actually do my illustrations... otherwise, I may have taken the out and looked like the jerk I really am... which you now know I am from reading this... shit.).
So, my 10 favorite things in the following categories:
Food:
Bacon
Color:
The color of your eyelids when you close you eyes and turn your face to the sun on a warm day.
Kind of cheese (suggested by Bonnie at the FB fanpage):
Gouda... or Butterkase, which is really plain looking and not very fun to draw.
And finally, my favorite video game:
Na na na na na na na na na na, Katamari Damacy!
And... If you wanted to answer your favorites in these categories (with illustrations) on your blog, I will happily come and look at them if you direct me to the post!
Thanks again, Mollie... and I look forward to working with you voluntary unpaid award coordinator, whoever you might be!
