Archives for May 25th, 2007

I just wanted to remind everyone that the Third Annual Satin Pajama Awards are out and that it’s time to vote!

David asked me to help out with the nominations this year, so I submitted some candidates for the “Best Southeastern Weblog category” (Belgrade 2.0, Balkan Baby, Our Man in Tirana, Neretva River, Anegdote, The Balkan Yankee and Illyrian Gazette) and the “Best Expatriate Category.” (Isoglossia, Loxias, Our Man in Tirana, and The Copy Dude.) I like all of these blogs — and not just physically. I like them for who they are inside. And in case anyone is wondering, I also tried to pick blogs that haven’t appeared in the contest before, which is why I left out some big guns like East Ethnia or histologion etc…

The interesting question now is whether Slovenia can manage a trifecta. So far, there has always been a winner from here, thanks to La Poulette’s rip-roaring victory last year. For this illustrious tradition to continue, Isoglossia would have to win the expatriate category this time around. Right now, he’s trailing Meg of Le Blagueur a Paris.

Interestingly, Meg’s got a ringing endorsement from blogging heavyweight Petite Anglaise. Most of you probably won’t remember this, but it was PA and Carniola that went head-to-head in the first award competition, during which Carniola unwittingly and suspiciously won.

Now it seems that we’re again (indirectly) up against one another. History repeats itself, as they say. I’m not sure if this time will be tragedy or farce but I suppose we’ll see.

At any rate, go show Slovenia and Isoglossia some love and go vote!

UPDATE: It smells like victory. And I love that smell. So does A. Medved, whose victory speech is here. It doesn’t end with a hooah but oh well. Big congrats to all the winners, and hooray for Slovenia’s three consecutive years of victory!