For the up and coming Philippine Blog Award’s Bloggers’ Choice, my vote goes to our main man, Mike Villar. In the next several paragraphs, I’ll try to knock some logic into this decision primarily to convince myself why. LOL
Flashback, Winter 2005: I had been blogging for five months when I got a message in my then blog’s ShoutBox (shut up) from someone who I consider to be a somebody in the Philippine blogging scene. Only much much later will I find out that he isn’t really a “somebody” and neither is there anything that closely resembles the big, glittery, star-studded Philippine blogging scene that I wanted so much to belong to. Such ideas only existed in my daydreams alongside me quitting my day job, taking kick-ass photos, rendering short videos with 3D effects, and making it good in corporate. The big difference is, the latter three actually happened (duh). Sorry for getting ahead of myself with the story. Nostalgia can be a nagging bitch when let on her own.
Anyhootz, I did say I got a message in my Shoutbox (see image insert above).
Saw my reply? “Love your site man. Kaya ko ni-link.” The HELL was I thinking?! That, my dear friends, only goes to show how much of a suck-up I’d let myself be to Mikey primarily because I adored the guy. His style reminds me to this very day of one other blog I happened to follow during that era: Jason Mulgrew’s. They both love writing so much about their penchant for self-sex and their drunken mischief back in the day. Gotta love that! To cut the long story-of-the-sidebar-comment short, and with four other editors, the Man Blog happened (a little bit of trivia there, boys and girls).
At this point, I would to make a shout out disguised as a vehement “fuck you” to Lauren, Ade, Pau, and Baddie for making their kickassedly rendered “I Vote for Mikey” entries SO kickass, you wouldn’t let yourself be caught dead making something sub par. I mean come on guise, must it be THIS hard for all of us?! (s_annoyed)
Moving on.
Despite the guy’s seemingly horrid/tasteless/”classy, NOT!” stories that lowers his self-esteem down to the level lower than blondes, this Mikey fella is actually an OK guy. How else can you rise in the marketing corporate ladder like he does if you can’t sell yourself despite everything you’ve written (his style) on the internet in plain view of all the CEOs in his organization/companies he may want to work for? What kind of people can partition stupidity and careful/calculated judgment and get away with both of them in two separate “worlds,” online and IRL? A genius, I tell you. Goes to show he wouldn’t call himself Michael “Fucking” Villar for nothing.
I can’t believe I still suck-up to this guy at this day and age!
Whew, I’m nearly done. Let me leave you with a photo of Mikey which I Fritzparazzied during the second Taste Asia bloggers’ party at the SM Mall of Asia.
Got the irony? Priceless!
That said, I urge you to vote for Mikey, too, and now! Mike Villar, FTMFW!
PS: Please win, buddy. Bim sacrificed his stake for you with this vote. (Please refer here for the guidelines on how to vote for YOUR OWN Bloggers’ Choice. The site also shows the complete set of nominees.)
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11 September 2008 at 11:25 am
I think I’ve already heard someone say this before but, “Ang daldal talaga ni Fritz! Walang kupas.”
Every I Love Mikey post counts as a vote and will eventually let us bypass the purgatory, right? Hmmm…
11 September 2008 at 11:33 am
Si Helga ata yan! Sinasapawan ko raw minsan kadaldalan nya. Minsan lang naman.
15 September 2008 at 2:14 am
oh noess~! im voting for batang yagit!!! :D go batang yagit! hehe
15 September 2008 at 7:08 am
Onga. Andyan din si ThisIsCoy.net, FruityOaty.com, FilipinoVoices.com, Brinknotes.com, KainPinoy.com, JesterInExile.blogspotcom, SenorEnrique.blogspot.com, MarketManila.com, Ederic.tinig.com. Tas kay Winston sa BatangYagit.com. Sana lang talaga hindi lang 1 vote ang pwede i-cast. I’d like all these guys to win. :D
15 September 2008 at 8:58 pm
Hindi ako madaldal, malakas lang boses ko at malikot!!!
16 September 2008 at 4:40 am
WHAT? Nuh-uh, NOOOO! VOTE FOR FRITZ!
I’m voting for Fritz despite the fact that someone or some people where obviously on drugs when they decided to nominate my dead blog.
Mike Villar and his masturbatory opus does not need my vote. He’ll get plenty of votes without my help. Mike Villar eats puppies and caused the destruction of the rain forest. Yeah, obviously I totally made that up… and I have nothing against Mike Villar… even if he does eat puppies. I’m obviously kidding. Totally. Maybe. :P Good luck to him.
Now I just have to force myself to come out of my 6-month hiatus, move my ass and write that endorsement (for Fritz) post by tomorrow.
VOTE FOR FRITZ! Because he’s Fritz.
16 September 2008 at 4:51 am
pero no choice.. we need to vote for the best… batang yagit!!! hehehe :D
16 September 2008 at 7:14 pm
Oh, wtf… for some reason… I thought your name was on the list. What list was I reading? LOL. Crap, ok… so I can’t vote for you.
16 September 2008 at 7:32 pm
awwwww, I’m really REALLY touched Ms. Fuityoaty! And you will seriously snap out of a hiatus to vote *sniff* truly touched Ma’am! Honga, di ako kasama sa list. Okz lang. Hehe. Salamat ule, fuityoaty!