{"id":5974,"date":"2010-02-27T20:53:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T03:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=5974"},"modified":"2010-02-27T22:07:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T05:07:55","slug":"the-best-of-the-just-posts-for-2009-semi-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/27\/the-best-of-the-just-posts-for-2009-semi-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of the Just Posts for 2009: Semi-finalists!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you notice Alejna<\/a>‘s post<\/a> about how we’re announcing that the finalists for the Best Just Posts of 2009 will be up and ready for your voting by the end of January?\u00c2\u00a0 I know, exciting!\u00c2\u00a0 Let me tell you on no uncertain terms: Alejna?\u00c2\u00a0 She gets stuff DONE.<\/p>\n

Oh, wait, except that *I* am involved.\u00c2\u00a0 Seeing as how I’ve been writing that dissertation for… can we just say a long time and leave it at that?… getting stuff done is not really my best strength.\u00c2\u00a0 I think having lots of unfinished projects makes me feel secure or something.<\/p>\n

Back to the JPs.\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, so it’s a few days past the end of January.\u00c2\u00a0 But we’re on it.\u00c2\u00a0 We got a little behind because we had to read 300 posts.\u00c2\u00a0 But then we wanted more than our collective four cents weighing in.\u00c2\u00a0 And because we’re academics who have done way too many conference paper reviews, we decided it was important that all 300 were read by at least 2 different people that weren’t us.\u00c2\u00a0 Which meant… 600 separate reviews.<\/p>\n

600.\u00c2\u00a0 Whoa.<\/p>\n

There were a lot of emails.\u00c2\u00a0 There were a lot of numbers.\u00c2\u00a0 And now, there are a lot of thank-yous.<\/p>\n

Thank you thank you and thank you, friends and Just Post supporters, who read and evaluated batches of posts.\u00c2\u00a0 You rock stars made our days.\u00c2\u00a0 Each evaluation was like a big internet hug, followed by a Saints first down.<\/p>\n

For their time and care, we send out sincere thanks and grateful hugs to the following beautiful people: Amanda<\/a>, Anne-Marie, antropologa<\/a>, Barbara<\/a>, blc<\/a>, bon<\/a>, bshep, Catherine<\/a>, Charlotte<\/a>, Chrissie<\/a>, Christine<\/a>, Christine, De<\/a>, dee<\/a>, defiantmuse, denguy<\/a>, Donna<\/a>, Elizabeth B, Eli<\/a>, Emily<\/a>, Erica<\/a>, Erika <\/a>, Heather<\/a>, Janet<\/a>, Jean, jen<\/a>, Julie<\/a>, KC<\/a>, Kitty<\/a>, laloca<\/a>, Leslie<\/a>, Lin, Mad<\/a>, Magpie<\/a>, Mary G.<\/a>, Meagan<\/a>, Mme. Meow<\/a>, Painted<\/a>, Robin<\/a>, Sarah<\/a>, Shokufeh<\/a>, Stacie<\/a>, submom<\/a>, Susanne<\/a>, Tabba<\/a>, and wreke<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And extra big fat sloppy kisses go to De, denguy<\/a>, Donna<\/a>, Erika <\/a>, Heather<\/a>, Kitty<\/a>, Leslie<\/a>, Mad<\/a>, Mary G.<\/a>, Sarah<\/a> and Tabba<\/a> for going above and beyond the call of duty, and coming back to help with more.\u00c2\u00a0 Or, in the case of Heather, came back and back and back again.\u00c2\u00a0 Heather<\/a>, would a kidney do?<\/p>\n

And to all of you above: each time you said, ‘wow, I’m so glad to have found this new blog,’ or ‘thanks for giving me the opportunity to read these,’ or ‘I learn so much from the Just Posts,’ it was like the internet opened up, handed us hand-made chocolates served on paper doilies, then cleaned our houses and did the laundry.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean it.<\/p>\n

Y’all got a round of free drinks waitin’ for you in NOLA, baby.<\/p>\n

We also appreciate those of you who, while you were not able to actively participate in the project through reading and reviewing posts, expressed your interest and support in the endeavor.\u00c2\u00a0 (Also, I feel like I need to thank John, who let me keep Alejna up chatting online and by phone waaaay past her bedtime.)<\/p>\n

In the meantime, would you like to see our list of semi-finalists?\u00c2\u00a0 These posts are those which at least one of two reviewers asserted should make our finalist list.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re categorizing these and the top scores in each category will be our final-finalist list.<\/p>\n

Then, we really hope that you and your friends and your family and your co-workers and neighbors and school teachers and dentists and all those other people you interact with each day will ALL VOTE.\u00c2\u00a0 Because we’ve got PRIZES.\u00c2\u00a0 OH YES, wonderful and beautiful and fantastic hand-made prizes.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay tuned.\u00c2\u00a0 Because we have a new deadline!\u00c2\u00a0 March 1st.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s, like, next Friday, right??<\/p>\n

Semi-finalists!\u00c2\u00a0 Below!<\/p>\n