let me first start off by saying i am not bitter or anything regarding me not getting into the last round. i don’t care.

what i am going to rant about is the fact that some of the nominations in the next round should not even be there and i will tell you why.

this morning i got an email to say the nominations are up and we should go and vote. i go through the list and being a good person i go to each nomination’s blog to check it out and see why they have been chosen.

anyhoo, i checked out some of these and started ranting on twitter about some of them.

how can http://wikus.co.za/ be a nomination for “new best blog” it’s been dead for almost 2 years and last post was 2009 #justsaying – about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck

dieantwoord.com is NOT a blog. #justsaying – about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck

baydu.co.za is being nominated for best entertainment blog but firefox is blocking it due to “distribute harmful software” #fail – about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck

someone on twitter pointed out

This has been nominated for an award and doesn’t seem to exist: http://parklife.za.net/

a few other people shared their disgust about the whole thing. there are others that have ranted and raved about it on their blogs too.

*UPDATE*
Chris has been so kind so give us an update and said that they have fixed www.parklife.za.net link, notified baydu.co.za of his little malware attack on the site and they have removed dieantwoord from the category. Thanks again Chris for the update.

does sablogawards not go through the nominations and check the sites and that they are valid? do they not check to see if they fit into the right categories? do they not notice the duplication of blogs?

it just looks sloppy, unprofessional and very embarrassing.

go check out the nominations and tell me i am wrong. oh and as i type this, their site just cannot handle the amount of traffic it is experiencing. surely you should have seen this coming?

if you are going to vote (whenever they decide to bring the site back up again), please vote for the following because they deserve it.

The Exclus1ve Best Entertainment Blog:
bangersandnash.com

The Best Post on a South African Blog:
6000.co.za/dear-uruguay

The Best New Blog:
capetowngirl.co.za

The Best Science and Technology Blog:
igeek.co.za

The Evox Advanced Nutrition Best Sports Blog:
SAcricketblog.com

The Best Indigenous Language Blog:
watkykjy.co.za

The Most Controversial Blog:
exmi.co.za

The Best Personal Blog:
beingbrazenbooks.blogspot.com

The Ogilvy Twitter Microblogger of the Year:
twitter.com/robynhobson

The Ogilvy Best Media and Marketing Blog
integralwebsolutions.co.za/blog.aspx

The Best Company Blog:
rlabs.org

they deserve it. just do it and you might just make the SA Blog Awards seem ok this year.

just reading over this i noticed i came across nicer than i thought (no swear words what so ever, so does this classify as a rant?). if i had written this earlier this morning it would have been a full scale assault.

about a month ago i entered a competition to win sunglasses. i have not owned a pair of sunglasses in years! everytime i got a pair they either get broken or stolen so i was secretly hoping that i would win the pair!

a few weeks later the winners were announce and i am now a proud owner of one of these black fly sunglasses!

thanks to the guys from MusicReview and Black Flys.

watchout Seth, i think i might just look cooler than you now

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Stats and Facts
Real Name: Jean-Grey Summers
Occupation: Adventurer, teacher
Identity: Publicly known
Legal status: Deceased (for now)
Place of birth: Annadale-on-Hudson, New York
Marital Status: Married
Known relatives: John (father), Elaine (mother), Scott Summers (Cyclops, husband), far too many children/clones to name
Group affiliation: X-Men, X-Factor
Base of operations: Westchester, New York
First appearance: X-Men (Vol.1) #1
Height: 5’6″
Weight: 115 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
Powers/abilities: Jean grey possesses a telepathic and telekinetic powers. These allow her to read minds, project her thoughts, mentally stun opponents with pure psionic force as well as allowing her to levitate and manipulate objects. The Phoenix Force grants Jean cosmic powers allowing her to manipulate all matter and thoughts
Enemies: Steven Lang/The Sentinels, Clan Askani, Shadow King, Shi’ar Guard, Mastermind

pool name: Spartans

pool code: snobchew

league name: Sparta

League code:  13358560341728

league name: Spartans
league code: 14014176080023

check the video out for the whole thing.

the quaterfinal stages will take place on the 1 april (1st leg) and then the 8 april (2nd leg)

here they are (home teams first):

• fulham vs wolfsburg

• hamburg vs standard

• valencia vs atletico

• benfica vs liverpool

semi-finals 22 and 29 april

• hamburg/standard vs fulham/wolfsburg

• valencia/atletico vs benfica/liverpool

and the finals being on 12 may

the quaterfinal stages will take place on the 30/31 of march (1st leg) and then the 6/7 april (2nd leg)

here they are (home teams first):

• lyon vs bordeaux

• bayern munich vs manchester united

• arsenal vs barcelona

• inter malan vs cska moscow
  

and then after that
semi final:

• manchester united/bayern munich vs lyon/bordeaux

• arsenal/barcalona vs inter malan/cska moscow

the winner of semi-final one will be the home side in the final.

* 1 years subscription to connect magazine, courtesy of hypertext media
* a springleap t-shirt of awesomeness
* a poken from poken Africa
* and to the fourth treasure hunter? R150 kalahari voucher!

so how do you win these things? i?ve hidden an immunity idol on my site, it?s related to nerd mag and is positioned on a page where i have one of these poems i came across in world of warcraft and it is a beautiful poem. all you need to do is find the idol and click it ? there are 10 idols out there, on the blogs below, but only 1 is the real idol, so if you find the idol on my blog and it leads to a dead page, then you?ll know that you need to select another blog from the blogs below and go hunting!

1. http://cathjenkin.wordpress.com
2. http://meganstow.wordpress.com
3. http://becauseican.co.za
4. http://davidanthonyalves.blogspot.com/
5. http://imod.co.za
6. http://shebee.co.za
7. http://blog.empyrean.co.za/
8. http://justinmccall.co.za
9. http://www.nickhuntdavis.com/
10. http://blindcripple.co.za

once you?ve been to all the blogs and found the winning idol, there will be a unique code on that page. the first four treasure hunters to either email sheenagates@gmail.com the code, or DM it to @SheBeeGee if you?re a follower, will win.

Uefa Champions League Last 16 Draw

so just to get the excitement for the champions league going again, it is that time again!

tuesday, the round of the last 16 begins!

here is the fixtures for the 1st leg for the teams.

voting is now closed.