Annie Rhiannon

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Irish Blonk Awards

My friend Technorati has just informed me I've been nominated by two people for this year's Irish Blonk Awards.

Two people! Being the proud owner of a Genuine Irish Mammy™ and having lived in Galway for five minutes as a teenager automatically qualifies me to "play for Ireland", apparently. Well thank you, two people, although I'm not sure how much weight that tenuous link is going to hold with other Genuine Irish Blonkers™, such as Sweary, Kav, Twenty, Devin and, of course, my most Truculent Horse — all of whom I've voted for myself.

Y'know (like most other people in the world) I always wanted to live in Ireland, but there was a typo on my application form and I ended up here instead.

20 comments:

  1. Congratulations. I'm jealous. With the exception of times that I have nominated myself, I've never been in the running for any blonk-related award. Would you win anything? I guess knowing you were better at Irish blogging than actual Irish people would be award enough.

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  2. "The definition of an Irish Blog is quite loose. If you are listed on IrishBlogs.ie or Planet.Journals.ie or are Irish and blog or live in Ireland and blog, then you can enter. We may even consider you if your only tie to Ireland is that you like stout."

    I am none of those things and I hate stout.

    It would be fun though, especially if I won for the "Best Political Blonk" and "Best Use of Irish Language in a Blonk" categories.

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  3. Well now, you also have a boyfriend
    in Ireland. I drink stout. Yum,
    stout! You could just blog about
    me all the time and that would
    automatically make your blog very
    on-topic.

    Besides, I'm sure it's only a
    matter of time until you realize
    that Iceland's main attractions
    (wind, rain and me) can all be
    found in far greater quantities
    over here!

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  4. I'm trying to blog about you less, cariad, not more.

    I like the line breaks in your comment, by the way. It's like you're writing poetry for me.

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  5. Congratulations!! You are very deserving of it, too, I am sure. Even if you hate stout.

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  6. Well bowl me over with a slice of toast annie. I never even considered you as a nominee. You have now been nominated three times.

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  7. Sniggering at the typo joke.

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  8. Ooh, thanks Kav. I'm moving to Ireland on March 1st, just in time for the ceremony, so don't worry, I will be there to pick up all my prizes. Although I suppose they just email you the prize or something, seems it's the internet.

    Anyway, currently browsing the web looking for other awards that I could be nominated for. The Romanian Blog Awards sound pretty promising — my friend has a friend who once rode a motorbike through Romania on her honeymoon.

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  9. Well I'll be buggered...er hold on a sec.Massive thanks Annie.I've never been nominated for anything before except for a good kicking at footie.
    " Murphy!Goals!
    Quinn! Right back!
    O'Brien!Left Back!
    HQ!Centre punch/kickbag and see if you can slow down their center forward when he tramples your head."
    Having an Irish mammy has you well in and I have heard you speak.You have a Cork accent you know.
    I think this years prize is a forthnight in Iceland.

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  10. Oh..and you've also been nominated again.

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  11. Funny that you should mention the typo joke - three days ago I met an Italian exchange student who wanted to go to Ireland but ended up in Iceland. The bloke didn't do much besides complaining about the cold.

    I kind of wanted to feel sympathy for him, but mostly I was just trying to hide chuckles. Heck, either you should double-check your applications beforehand or speak clearly to your mother.

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  12. WooWhoo! I've voted for you too as your blog is ace. I like it as much as chocolate and kite flying (not at the same time)

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  13. Yours is the Best Romanian Blog I've read

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  14. Arragh fek it, Annie! What ya mean ya hate stout? Shur don't ya have an Genuine Irish Mammy™. Didn't she not give ya a bottle o' stout putting ya ta bed iv a night? Ta help ya sleep, like.

    Anyway. You have been nominated under the Genuine Irish Mammy™ rule, so just lie back, think of I?eland and enjoy.

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  15. Tim (the Sailor)19.1.07

    Hi Annie, we are getting the shite hammered out of us here in the English Channel by a big storm from D'Atlantic, but you know about them in Iceland. Destination Cardiff Wales, isn't it boyo, Cymru ar bith and all. So if you know anybody in Wales who wants to buy some dodgy diesel I'm the boy for you. Congrats on all the nominations, Cheers Tim.

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  16. Honoured. I am honoured.

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  17. Come on now Little Cub, weren't you concieved on stout!

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  18. How ridick of me to not have visited you once in the time you've been Icelandish. Foolish is the word.

    Anyhow, you have received another blonk nomination for your services to Irish mankind. Perhaps you could make a celebratory GPO attendance for old time's sake should you win.

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  19. Oshi, I will move back here one day. Probably when I'm old and boring and it'll be no fun to visit me whatsoever. But yeah, the GPO. How did you know about that?! Sadly none of my friends go there anymore. I don't know if this is because they're all old and boring or because it just wasn't the same there after I left. No, probably just because it is crap.

    dtw, I can't believe that actually happened to someone.

    Hangar Queen, I do NOT have a Cork accent in the slightest! I have an English accent with a hint of Welsh. It just goes all funny when I'm under pressure in radio interviews like that. (I realise I say that like there's been more than one of them).

    Anyway, thanks to you all.

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  20. u WANTED to live here?!?

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