To discuss updating me on your Situation. But not The Situation. Your blog situation.

One of my unofficial resolutions* has been to get back to semi-regular blog commenting, something that I sorely lacked in the latter half of 2009.

* By not making it official, I don't feel guilty when I fail. Other unofficial resolutions: Working out more; submitting story ideas to magazines; putting money aside in savings; getting cast in the next season of Jersey Shore by virtue of my audition tape full of Italian stereotypes, up to and including eating a big plate of lasagna like a human Garfield.

But as I got back into commenting, I noticed many of you have:
A) Stopped blogging forever
B) Stopped blogging for several weeks/months, and are now writing again
C) Completely changed your Web site design
D) Changed your blog to a new address/name

While there are cool things like 20-somethings Bloggers to help keep us up to date on what everyone's doing, I think most of us get overwhelmed with it all and fall into a lapse of not blog reading/writing, and then completely miss all the changes going on.

So, to help out, I'd like to invite anyone who has done B, C, or D (A people, it was nice knowing you) at some point in 2009 to comment and let everyone know what's been going on, so that we can check it out.

New web site - what's the address?
Resumed blogging and want people to start coming back?
Just started blogging and are looking for people to come by?
Filming a soft core porn movie and are camera shy?

I'll keep checking the comments and start adding to the post as people (hopefully) tell me what's going on. I gotta update my link roll, anyway, as it's as out of date as a "Saved by the Bell" reference. Time out!

Let me give you a few to get you started:
Hautepocket, who at one point rocked my world with a co-Q&A feature, is now at karlieanne.wordpress.com
LBluca77 moved on over to So ... This Is My Gig.
One of my favorite overseas bloggers, Miss Smidge, moved to a new site.

Updated from comments:

• Cavy will have a new design on her soon-to-be self-hosted site, caviandra.com in a few weeks, so check back on that soon.
• Fellow SBTB lover StealthNerd (who got married in '09!) took a five-month break from blogging, but is back in action at shenaniganist.wordpress.com. And, to be a true overachiever, she also started another blog, streetcake.wordpress.com
• One of blogging's best commenters, Heather, took some time off from blogging, but said she's back in action.
• Just as a mention, I started a reality show blog in 2009, Real Blogger of York County - it's more P.C. than this blog, since it's for my newspaper, but I do interviews with reality stars and more.
• Herding Cats updated her site, which today featured her plan for 2010. I can't even figure out my plan for today.
• Dominique is a new blogger.
• Jurgen Nation started blogging again, and also resurrected a art/literary submission site (not to be confused with a sexual submission site. That involves whips, you know), indieink.org
• Libby, who was an "on and off" blogger in '09, is back in '10. Jess says she's back, too, although she says she's taking it "one day at a time," which is what you say to a guy that is good in the sack but has no personality.
• FunnyGal KAT is wondering why she gets no love for being consistent. OK, fine, we love you.
• Jen Tsk is back in action at Confessions of a Secret Keeper. I hope her secret wasn't that she's back in action, or I just ruined it.
• P has been blogging all the time, but wondering why people with private blogs haven't invited her to read. Help her out by sending an invitation to pollypoptart79@yahoo.co.uk
• AmyXXOO had to stop blogging for a bit in December, but give her a break, she had a baby. That was my excuse, too.
• MinD is hoping to start blogging regularly again at A MinD in MoTown. I suggest she try that yogurt Jamie Lee Curtis always is trying to sell.
• Jenners, whose blog popularity seemed to soar in 2009 at mrsfligs.blogspot.com, is trying out a new blog commenting system. Go try it out, and by that I mean, go comment.
• Sam I Am, one of the few bloggers who knows me in real life, wants to return to blogging soon; she got married last year, so cut her some slack.
• Clairebear decided to get rid of her much-abridged blog address, grlshakeswrld.wordpress.com, and move to girlshakesworld.com
• Kimmers swears she's back to blogging now. Make her uphold that promise at kimmersforlife.typepad.com
  
• Expect regular posts again at Harmful if Swallowed, says Emmeline.
• Elisse, who just wrapped up a whirlwind decade, is back to blogging, too, now at Hip Deep in Pie (which sounds delicious).
  

If you help me with this, a baby Jesus gets its wings.

P.S. As part of my re-entry to Blog Land, I came across Joshlos' amazing post on a girl we evidently both appreciate. Our secret is out. Might as well admit it.

To discuss the Wild ARS Awards: They've got pomp AND circumstance

I have a tough time letting things go. Nickelodeon's "SNICK." Last fall's fashion. Bosoms. And 2008. Not like it was the best year, but it was the year I started blogging, reinvigorating my interest in the Internet not seen since the early days of instant messaging. So it's only fair that I honor those that have made my first year so memorable- all of you. Here are the winners of the 2008 Wild ARS Awards. Collect your button, leave a speech and celebrate the best of 2008... No one's allowed to pull a Faith Hill or Kanye though, or I'll revoke your trophy.

Blog Categories:

Most prolific and supportive commenters on WildARS: AmyXXOO, MissTiff, and Sheila. Out of all the commenters, I most frequently look to make sure you three like what I wrote. Plus, you've been with me for a long time. We go way back. Like, a few months.
Blog that keeps me laughing: Hautepocket and Motherhood in NYC. I am still laughing at some of the things Haute said in our Q&A mailbag, and Marinka can make something innocent like a Reese Witherspoon TV show appearance into a good time had by all.
Best new blog: SamIAm is funny all the time, plus she's always up for a good meme. Coincidentally, we went to college together, but have talked FAR more since we started blogging.
Most consistently entertaining: LBluca. One of her posts, "My Boobs Work for Free Drinks," was the stuff wet dreams are made of. And she has great TMI Thursdays.
Sweetest, Cutest Girlfriend on a Blog: Capricorn (She wanted her own award, and how could I say no to this face? Oops, I meant this one.)
Best blogger at old-school references: Joshlos. When we wrote about our favorite sports movies, he whipped out references left and right, and even used the street-savvy spelling of 2pac. That's not to mention his old-school MySpace posts.
Most likely to make me jealous of their writing ability: No Ordinary Rollercoaster. He helped turn what would've been another excellent co-blog into one that took on a life of its own. It might be because of his Dream Date with me.
Blog sure to go big places in 2009: Diane's Addled Ramblings. Her comment totals keep growing and growing as she gets funnier and funnier. And Southern Belle- Those Aussie word definitions are bound to cause an Internet sensation.
Most fashionable blog: Love Maegan. Now she just has to let me do a Simply Gratuitous post with her.
Best photos on a blog: Erin's animal shots are one of the reasons I got interested in getting a DSLR.
Best blog at keeping it real (funny): Smell the Glove and Lump. They are more honest than a lie detector test, that is, if the lie detector dropped the f-bomb and used sexual references often. That would be one sweet lie detector test.
Best blog post titles: The Funny Gals always have a good one: How much is that doggy... in the cardboard box... out by the road... at 5 o'clock in the morning?
Best blog title: My Friends Are Sluts... I wonder what she calls her enemies.
Best writing style: Finger Talks. Now if only I could get her to write more often. She's like the J.D. Salinger of bloggers... On the guys' side, I admire how So@24 expertly breaks down his dating failures and need for a good woman.
Best compliment about me: Tie: "Andy will pop culture the piss out of you." Thanks, JenBun... I hope you're pissed at me all day.... And: "You're like the gay friend I wish I had, except your straight." Thanks, Heather. We should totally go clothes shopping together.
Best Get to Know Me Post: I rolled out my inaugural Get to Know Me Week last November, and so many of you participated. But Geiger Girl took the cake-- She talked about Playboy, pot, Mormons and her mom, all in one post!
Most original blog ideas: J-Money's House series using instant message lingo is genius and hilarious. Or, as she would say, shiz so funneee lol.
Best blog design: Elle Michelle. Clean, elegant, uncluttered... the opposite of mine.

And finally: My Favorite Blog Entries of '08 (Since I started blogging, at least)
(Drum roll and shots of the contenders in split screen):

Honorable Mention: SamIAm... The writing style she chose for this meme is just perfect, as is her description of junior high school life.
Second runner up: "Lost My Hoboken Virginity" by Finger Talks... For various funny phrases, such as her breakdown of pre-gaming for a night on the town: "Stage three: random pictures of each other doing things that we're sure will be hilarious in the morning when we can remember where we are or where are pants went."
First Runner Up: My Friends Are Sluts, "Not For Weak Stomachs in the Audience."... One of those "Fluids are likely to burst through your nose it's that funny" kind of posts.

And my favorite blog entry: J-Money, "Warning: Use As Directed." I could have chosen several from her site, but this is one that sticks out in my mind. I can only hope to have something awful like this happen to me so I can write about it. Fingers crossed!
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Don't fret if you didn't haul in an award this time- If I'm reading your blog, I must like you, because why else would I keep coming back? Plus, there will be more awards in future months, and I like to spread those around like herpes at afterprom.

Thanks to everyone who has read me so far these past five months...you stroke my ego more than a $5 hooker with a $100 bill...
If you haven't already, add me to your "Following" list, your Google reader, or befriend my Facebook fan page- it will help me feel less guilty about reading 50 blogs a day.

If you happened to have won an award, feel free to take the button to show off (just link it back to this post). It's not an MTV Movie Award popcorn trophy, and there's no swag... but it's better than a kick in the groin, right?