Round one still open!

Apparently, there are another two days of voting in round one for the Canadian Blog Awards. As you know, I've been nominated (thanks, Megan!) in the Best GLBT Blog category.

If you'd like to vote for me (or anyone else in that category - there are a bunch of awesome blogs in the category) you can do so here!

Thanks again, readers, for being super ultra supportive! And good luck to all the other awesome bloggers who have been nominated.

FT

Urgent poll numbers

Last week's FT polls indicated to me two things:

1. That I spend more time online than the average human (I'd have picked the last option)

The poll:

How many hours do you spend online every day?

One, if that	1 (3%
2-4	9 (32%)
4-6	10 (35%)
6-8	4 (14%)
8 or more	4 (14%)

2. That most of my readers disagree with me about the cuteness of bunnies trumping all other cute things

The poll:

What's more adorable?

Baby bunnies	2 (8%)
Kittens	10 (41%)
Puppies	11 (45%)
Baby seals	1 (4%)

Now that we've determined where my readers stand on these very serious issues, I'm going to work on a couple of new polls. Forgive me if they aren't as light-hearted; the news these days ain't so happy.

Self love

The forums of AfterEllen.com are a lot of fun, but I noticed by reading them (particularly the one called Why are you still single?) a lot of people are unnecessarily down on themselves.

So I started another one called What do you love about yourself?

I've had a few responses, but it seems not many people are as full of themselves as I am. One girl even used the forum to talk about what she dislikes about herself, too.

Anyway, I thought I'd ask my readers the same thing: What do you love about yourself? I know there's a lot to love, so don't pretend like there's not!

The gym/vampires/boobs

Anyone who knows me knows I'm so pale I am practically translucent. Some people may have even thought of me as a ghost or an imaginary friend.

After more than a month on the night shift, having only been in direct sunlight once or twice, I decided some vitamin D would do me good - not to mention some opacity.

At the gym, I was filling out a form for the tanning beds.

Q: How does your skin react when exposed to sunlight for prolonged periods?

Multiple choice answers included burn, tan, itch, etc.

"What if I sparkle?" I asked gym guy. He laughed at my joke. I love gym guy.

Anyway, for those of you in St. John's, you may not recognize me. After extensive tanning, I now resemble a living, breathing human. You may also note the guns - that's right, ladies, I've been working them.

The bad news: My boobs haven't shrunk yet. Apparently this takes longer than two weeks.

Gush

Dear Diary,

Today a totally cute girl talked to me. I want to date her.

Love,

FT

Good times, bad times, and times involving spider soup

My dear, dear readers. We've been through a lot together, haven't we? You've been a great audience. You were there for me through my love life crises, you've sided with me (or argued) about LGBT issues and you've voted on silly polls dealing with everything from views on homosexuality to spider soup.
Oh yeah. And let's not forget how you corresponded with me when I was kidnapped by the pope. Oh, Old Benny. Those were the days.

Want to be there for me again? Plz?

As mentioned in a previous post, I've been nominated for the best GLBT blog award in the Canadian Blog Awards 2009. The voting has now opened, and I can see the other wonderful bloggers I'm up against. Some of them I follow, and some of them even follow me!

In fact, they are all awesome in their own ways. So whether it's for me or them, I encourage you to head over here where you can vote for the best GLBT blogs in the first round. You can also head here to vote for bloggers in other categories.

Happy voting, and good luck to my blogger friends!

What if I like just tolerating people?

Readers, I am disappointed. I asked you which of the following is preferable, and here's how you answered:

Living your life alone	15 (78%)
Shacking up with someone you tolerate but don't really love	4 (21%)

The reason I am disappointed is because perhaps this means I am more jaded than most of you. I was hoping you'd tell me it's OK to shack up with someone who's alright, because, well, what if I don't meet someone who fits the dream girl bill?

And speaking of which, I did meet someone this weekend who is pretty dreamy. But alas, like many before her, she has a girlfriend*.

No biggie. According to the palm reader, I will meet dream girl in four months.

*Actually, most of them have boyfriends

Because femme got old

Also for your enjoyment: Here is a photo taken at the sausage party of my broody and tired alter ego, Lorenzo.

Ladies! The bet is off!

In a hilarious twist, the bet is off. Or at least it's almost over.

My co-worker wrote up this contract on the hilarious website www.bureauofcommunication.com.


Notice in the additional notes, the end date of the bet is Nov. 27/09 rather than Nov. 27/10.

So really, I will have won the bet in 50 minutes. What a fantastic error!

In the meantime... Ladies!

Last day of romantic freedom

Well, ladies, time is just about up for anyone hoping to get in on some FT love. The bet begins in 24 hours.

For those of you who don't remember, my co-worker bet me I couldn't stay single and celibate for a year, starting on my birthday (Friday). Keep up, would you?

So this makes Thursday my last day of romantic freedom before he straps a chastity belt on me and wards off any admirers with an ugly stick.

Barely anyone believes I'll make it, but I don't foresee having to fork out $20 any time soon.

Yup. It'll be a year of visits to the gym, hanging out with the boys and admiring ladies from a distance. Which is no different from what I always do.