It’s time to pick categories for this year’s 2008 Poppy Awards!!!!!
It’s not time for this part since we’re ONLY DISCUSSING THE CATEGORIES RIGHT NOW, but I want to give you some info up front:
Yes, you can nominate yourself.
Yes, you can nominate a blog I’ve never heard of.
Yes, you can (try to) bribe me (but that won’t work and I don’t accept sex gifts of any sort, thanks).
Any other questions?
Addendum:
The only prize is a graphic that shows which award you won. I don’t give tangible prizes, I just give my adoration, and really that should be plenty. According to my dealer, my adoration has a street value of $750 an ounce.
Last year’s categories:
Best Anonymous Blog
Best Blog Design
Best Blog Written by Someone with the Same Name as Me
Best Entertainment Blog Whose Keeper Knows Me by Name
Best Food and Drink Blog
Best Movie Reviews
Best Music Reviews
Best Overall Concept Blog
Best Photos
Best Post About Cats
Best Recipes
Best Team Blog
Best Television Blog
Best “The Office” Concept Blog
Best “The Office” Overall Blog
Best True Story
Best Use of Cheese
Best Use of Profanity in a Blog Post
Best Zombie Posts
Blog with the Best Incorporation of Fruit in Its Title
Blogger I’m Most Likely Related To
Craziest Mofo
Cutest Kid Picture - furry ; human
Grammar and Spelling Award
Greatest Blogger from [a given location, you'll need to fight for which one]
Guiltiest Blog Pleasure
Laziest Blogger (by request)
Most Feral Cat Posts in a Single Blog
Overall Awesome Blog
Post with the Most Toast
Untitled Category Because Poppy Wanted to Award a Poppy Award
Please fight for your favoritest categories because that’s a lot of categories and I want to add new ones this year so not all these will be used.
Once we’ve talked out which categories are liked I will rule the school and present to you which ones will actually be awarded this year then you’ll have a period of time to tell me who you think should win. Everything is my final decision but it’s fun to pretend that democracy exists, right? 
Let the redonkest category discussion begin!
I assume there are huge cash prizes for the winners?
Good point. I will update the post.
Here are some suggestions for new ones:
Best Blog Whore
Most Perverted Blogger
Most Prolific Blogger
Can’t you put them in a poll form or something so I can just vote for my favorites? I’m lazzzzyyyyyyy.
Ooooh, you clever. I can do that. I will do that. But I’m lazy too so gimme some time.
As far as your adoration, is it really possible for you to adore me any more than you already do?
I want to know who blogs about feral cats.
Well holy hell. What if you have the most feral children? Or how about the best vodka blogger?
Life ain’t all skittles and beer, ya know. (Vodka and chocolate, maybe.)
And um…my zombies rock, so there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chickanuts/sets/72157602744636182/
Toast?
Fab, you know it’s not possible.
Bearette, it was requested last year by someone who had posted about feral cats. It likely won’t be an award this year.
Kris, I will take those under advisement, because those are cool award ideas. And you do have awesome zombies, so you need to make your case because so do a lot of other bloggers.
Empanada, think “awesome”.
Ooh more blogger zombies! Hook me up, woman! I loves me some brains….erm, zombies.
Did you know that somebody else TOOK YOUR AWARD SHOW AND NAME ? True story.
Best blog that references Guitar Hero
You seem to have forgotten “Best Blog Written by Someone Named Aaron” and “Best Blog Whose Name Rhymes with Monkey Barter”. An egregious oversight, to be sure.
Kris, mmmmm, brains.
Creature, I’m ok with that.
Wah, good one!
Aaron, I kid you not, I was actually thinking of adding “funkiest blog” to the list. And, ya know, shoe in.
Best blog with a foreign title? (ME=
)
I think Aaron should win for Best Music Reviews, even though I never read those posts because they bore me. Ha!
Also, I think there should be a Best Library Blog, and that I should win. Because duh, I am the best librarian.
Oh, and I guess Aaron might also be a contender for Best Zombie Post, but only because I don’t know anyone else who writes about them quite so prolifically.
Maman, good one!
NPW, also good ones.
And I contribute to myself: Blog with Most Malthoughtout Award Nominations. And I don’t mean me.
You had Best Zombie Posts as a category last year? Because I was totally going to suggest that this year (with a particular Dover-based blogger in mind, obviously). :-) It seems he’s already got a couple other categories in mind, however.
I will fight for the Grammar and Spelling prize again, but I know it’s not time for that yet. It’s also not time to nominate myself for “Best True Story” on my anonymous Blog Share post.
Do you have one for best food porn? (There is no hope of my nominating myself for that, but I’ve seen plenty of other fine contenders for that title.)
I should read all the previous comments before I weigh in. Aaron is getting way too much attention here. ;-) What about me, folks? WHAT ABOUT ME??
Stef…. WHY are you not fighting for “Best post about lint, lima beans, and Kirk”?!?!??!?!
Everyone please ignore me when I add:
Best child molester stories blog
(Hands down, clear winner on this one.)
Please to ignore modification to award:
Best blogger advocate for kids to not be raped by slutty teachers
(Shoe in!)
I have no idea what you’re referring to in thost last two comments, but it sounds dirty and wrong. I am looking away now.
Also, BEST POST ABOUT LIMA BEANS AND BRAIN LINT!! :-) (I don’t give a damn about Kirk.)
How about “Best post about Grandma swearing”? That works too.
(I’ll stop now.) :-)
Not dirty, that blogger just happens to do a lot of PSAs about why children should be home schooled so they don’t get molested.
Noted about the category modification. What about:
Best Post About Lima Beans, Brain Lint, and Grandma, Dammit!
?
Best blog by someone who started reading your posts one day after the contest was announced?
I nominate myself for that, btw.
Also, I wholeheartedly agree with NPW that Aaron’s music reviews are really good on the basis that I never read them.
Noelle, you amuse me. Except by the time the awards go out you will have been reading for longer. Maybe you should stop again just so you’re a shoe-in for the award, and start reading again the day before the announcement? (That’s a joke. Stay. Please.)
Note to self: Best foreign language post on a predominantly English Blog. (WINNER DEFINITELY CHOSEN ALREADY. ZOMG!)
Note to self: Fucking perfect post!
How about Blogger’s Stupid Husband Tricks - I think I corner the market on that one. http://chickanuts.blogspot.com/2008/01/well-thats-one-way-to-get-out-of.html
Pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chickanuts/sets/72157603772063553/
Kris,
Note to self: Best open letter movie review
Note to self: Best thinker post about necrophilia. yup. good.