Okay, so now you’re learning some of my secrets.<\/p>\n
1) I LOVE love LOVE starting projects! Finishing them… mmm… not so much. (Duh. I mean I’m writing this post during work hours <\/span>time I surely could be putting to better use.)<\/p>\n 2) I fear conflict and delivering bad news. How can I tell anyone they didn’t win?<\/p>\n 3) Despite my snarky, grumpy, vitriolic side (grr), I genuinely do believe and see the good in everyone \/everything. Awww. Really, I loved loved loved EVERY entry I got.<\/p>\n For these and other reasons, while the contest was FUN FUN FUN, I should have realized picking a winner would be… challenging, or as we say at my place of work, a Learning Opportunity<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n Anywho, that coupled with travel and work demanding I do work has contributed to my delay in posting results. Also, I’m a giant slacker\/ champion excuse-maker.<\/p>\n But I love you people, my loyal ‘logger friends, so…. I pushed past these Issues and am ready to announce The Winner of Washwords First Blogger Contest.<\/p>\n And the Winner is….<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gee, I still can’t decide. The thing is ErinCarly<\/a> actually found me of her own accord and is a real live photographer I might never have had the pleasure of seeing otherwise. And she and Softloungeblog<\/a> both correctly called me out for dissing the Commonwealth, plus Softlounge makes a darn fine point about the whole taxation without representation thing and captures the hearts of many with his love of baseball and its return to the city. Soupy Meg<\/a> is a longtime pal, hillarious laugh-out-loud blogerette and not only one of my first readers, but the one that made me decide to tell people about the blog, a darn fine idear – but Soupy, you didn’t send a picture! I LOVED the colors in WhatLizSaid<\/a>‘s 4th of July photo and what she said about people who call the city transient. FamousDC<\/a> took the word of one caaaarrazzy tipster<\/a> and devoted some prime real estate to my little blog, which I loveeeed, plus the title of their entry (“We Better Win This Contest”) I’ll admit kinda scared me, but to be fair, they entered after the deadline, and while I judged after my own self-imposed judging deadline, the rules don’t apply to me, just everyone else. (Duh!), plus they nominated themselves for best blog you don’t know and uhhh, we know them.<\/p>\n So, in sum, everyone’s a winner, at least the 19 of you who entered this Historic Moment in Washwords History, and as such you will all be getting a prize, the WASHWORDS Guide to Washington DC, just as soon as, you know, I get that together, but only one (1) of you can be a little bit MORE equal a winner, THE winner, 2008 Washwords winner is…. (drumroll) ….<\/p>\n Hooray Herb! Why Herb, you ask, as you storm out of the room in a huff? Nope not because he called me his bloggy crush. (Hey, I have a bf mister!) or finagled me into some weird Fridge contest which got me enraptured in some freaky fridge fetish group. Nope, Herb won because I felt each answer most reflected the spirit of Washington DC and the spirit of this blog, snarks AND larks, what we love even while we hate. His secret was a real true secret (to me), his photo well maybe technically wasn’t the best but was the one I felt best embodied we live in this cool amazing tourist\/political\/ important historic place, we LIVE here! Also he entered on time, followed all the rules, and won eenie meenie miney mo, when things got rough. Seriously, it was a tough contest. Congratulations HERB!!!!!<\/p>\nHERB OF DC!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n