DarkTopo Wins Best Writing and . . . Most Inspirational?

Well, folks, in case you missed the Yahoo headlines this week, DarkTopo received the Best Writing award at this year's BlogAsheville Blogapalooza! This is the second year in a row I've trounced my competition with impeccable grammar, witty prose, and vote buying.

Once again, for the third year in a row, congrats to Zenography, who always seems to edge me out for the Best Art/Photos. Watch your back, buddy.

The big shock--so big that I'm still going back to the announcement page to make sure I didn't make it up--is that DarkTopo also won the Most Inspirational award. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over? I'm mean, I'm honored beyond words (a first) but I'm also completely surprised. I didn't even coerce I mean ask anyone to vote in that category, nor did I vote for myself. I guess all those Highway to Heaven re-runs I watched as a kid are finally shining through.

At first, I was a little concerned about what the "inspirational" tag would do to my gritty image. I mean, have you seen the Ozfest work? I thought maybe I should post some pictures of bruises or grenades or rock and roll bands just to counterbalance things. But then I realized that I had already posted all of those in the past month, so the question that the Bard raised is pretty apt: What exactly am I inspiring people to do?

I'm not sure. But the public has spoken. I'm a role model now, sort of like Maya Angelou. And though I didn't ask for this responsibility, you can count on me, readers, to stay strong.