Wednesday, August 15, 2007

 

Thursday Thirteen #42 -- The Creativity Award

Ya know, I keep track of my awards here at home. I've got a small part of my website devoted to them, but that's still a work-in-progress. Who has time to prettify that page when you guys keep handing them out to me?

ShapeShifter wins awards, too, you know. Mitchell and Eric often duke it out for best guitarist, and Daniel gets noticed for his drumming. There's been great songwriting, fan selections, and even a vocalist award or two for the frontman himself, The Great Mitchell Voss. Or so Trevor likes to call him.

Thus, for this week's Thursday Thirteen, I bring you my latest award: PJ at The Urban Recluse was kind enough to award me the Creative Blogger Award.


Thirteen . . ., well, just read on.


1. Trevor: You know, more and more people are getting this place of ours. I like it.
Mitchell: It's like a band. You start small and get a few fanatics who'll be with you through pretty much anything. They help you get the word out and before you know it, the ink's drying on the deal.

2. Trevor: Except there is no deal for Susan.
Eric: It's a matter of time.
Mitchell: Yeah. People can only ignore things for so long, and then they wake up one morning and decide that no matter much it doesn't fit into their neat little world, they can't ignore it. Power of the people and all that.
Daniel: I wish there was something more we could do to help out. I mean, this isn't just about Susan. It's about us, too.

3. Trevor: It's about me, you mean.
Daniel: No, it's about all of us.
Trevor: The book's called Trevor's Song. TREVOR. That's me.

4. Mitchell: But the blog's about all four of us.
Eric: And some bonus friends.
Trevor: Bonus friends?
Eric: I wouldn't say it like that around Mitchell. One of them's Kerri.
Trevor: Like I'd touch that woman if you paid me to.

5. Daniel: The book may be about you. Mostly. But the blog's about all of us.
Mitchell: And the award was for the blog, not the book. See the difference?

6. Trevor: Like I know? I'm a bass player, for fuck's sake, not a writer.
Mitchell: Figures. Can't put up when we need you to.
Trevor opens his mouth to answer, but Mitchell interrupts.

7. Mitchell: The book's done. The blog's got some fans. Why aren't there more?
Eric: Exactly! Look at the gold mine here that no one's tapping.
Trevor: Mines cave in. Checked the news lately, Drummer boy? Does the state of Utah ring any bells?
Eric: Those poor people. Their poor families.
Trevor: You gonna pray for them?
Eric: I know you'll never admit it, but you are.
Trevor rolls his eyes but doesn't answer.

8. Mitchell: So far, Susan's been given three Thinking Blogger Awards, Three Rockin' Chick/Wench blogger awards, a Schmoozing Blogger award --
Trevor: Think Susan'll ever publish that post she wrote about it?
Eric: In time, Trevor. Everything comes in time.

9. Daniel: Including a book deal for Susan?
Eric: We can hope.

10. Mitchell: I just don't get it.
Daniel: Get what?
Mitchell: Why more people aren't jumping on this train.
Trevor: Trains wreck.

11. Daniel: Books aren't like demo tapes, that you can put out and circulate around and watch your popularity grow.
Trevor: Why not?
Eric: Books cost more to print. And we have this blog. Maybe we should be pushing it and let the book follow.
Trevor: The book has to follow. The blog's already here.
Eric: So we need to build the buzz higher and louder.
Daniel: How?

12. Trevor: More of me, of course.
Daniel: Less is more.
Trevor: Not when we're talking about Trevor Fucking Wolff, it's not.
Mitchell: We're supposed to be talking about Susan's awards.

13. Trevor: Why? I'm way more fun to talk about. That's why the focus of Susan's blog isn't Susan. It's me.
Daniel: It's all of us.
Trevor: You know, you sound like a broken record.
Eric: There's a lot to be learned from broken records, Trev.


Thanks again to PJ for the much-appreciated recognition!

And now, in keeping with meme rules, I'd like to pass it on to these people:
Rhian, whose creativity knows no bounds
Robin, who earned it this week.
and L^2, whose creative skill with a camera is mind-blowing.
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