whynose's Xanga

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:18:54 GMT

IT'S OVER!

1000+ COMMENTS IN 24 HOURS, THAT HAS TO BE A RECORD! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VOTING.

RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY ON SATURDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 2005. THE CEREMONY WILL BE HOSTED ON MY REAL XANGA PAGE:

WWW.XANGA.COM/WHONOSE

WHONOSE IS A PROTECTED PAGE, SO PLEASE EMAIL ME AT THE ADDRESS BELOW TO GAIN ACCESS.

whonose@gmail.com

OR YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE SITE, NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS GENERATED BY THE AWARDS WILL BE GRANTED ACCESS. TRUST ME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS THIS:

WHYNOSE WILL NOW BE CLOSING DOWN - THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.

TO ALL NOMINEES:

PLEASE COULD YOU EMAIL ME A BRIEF SPEECH, JUST 2 OR 3 SENTENCES TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU THINK YOUR XANGA IS COOL AND SO MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE YOU NOMINATED!

THANKS!

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:59:21 GMT

EDIT*

BLOODY HELL! DON'T VOTE YET!

I SAID VOTING STARTS WEDNESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2005 AT MIDNIGHT! SHOW HOW MUCH SOME OF YOU READ THIS STUFF!

ALL VOTES MADE ON THIS ENTRY DO NOT COUNT!

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU THE FINAL CONTESTANTS FOR THE MR & MS XANGA AWARDS 2005. THIS IS THE STAGE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.

AS OF MIDNIGHT, THE MINUTE STARTING WEDNESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2005, VOTING SHALL BEGIN ON THE FINAL CONTESTANTS FOR THE AWARDS.

VOTING WILL ONLY BE OPEN 24 HOURS, FROM MIDNIGHT - MIDNIGHT, SO BE SURE TO GET ALL YOUR VOTES IN.

MS XANGA 2005 CONTESTANTS:

HUGSCOOKIES83

MR XANGA 2005 CONTESTANTS:

THETHEOLOGIANSCAFE

WEHOROY

WUTUWAITN4

THE PRIZE:

SINCE THE TRADITION OF THE AWARDS IS TO REPRESENT THE AWARDS HOST AND XANGA, THE WINNERS OF THE AWARDS WILL RECEIVE A UNION JACK NOVELTY ITEM (as I am British after all) AND THEIR OWN HOODIE TOP SIGNED WITH THEIR VERY OWN XANGA SCREEN NAME.

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PLEASE NOTE - SOME VOTES WERE DISQUALIFIED AS THE VOTING XANGA ACCOUNTS CAST THEIR VOTE TWICE OR THE ACCOUNT WAS CREATED AFTER THE CUT-OFF DATE OF 1st AUGUST 2005. THE SAME RULES WILL APPLY TO THIS FINAL VOTING SESSION.

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:03:19 GMT

VOTING IS OVER! NOW GIVE ME A FEW YEARS TO COUNT THEM!*

*kidding, you'll all know by Monday. Have a nice weekend!

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:03:43 GMT

JUST ONE DAY LEFT!

PLEASE MAKE ONE VOTE FOR A MS XANGA AND ONE VOTE FOR A MR XANGA AWARD. THE VOTING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT (LONDON TIME) 9th SEPTEMBER. AFTER THAT THE 2nd ROUND WILL COMMENCE, AND THE CONTEST WILL REALLY BEGIN!

MS XANGA 2005:

GLORYCATO

HUGSCOOKIES83

SEXYVIETGIRL_UK

SHELLERNATOR

SHI

SUETALKSTOOMUCH

THATBOYSGOT_WOE

MR XANGA 2005:

PROJECTBLOGSPHERE

BRIAN_NUTZ

BWNEWMAN

C_EST_LA_VIE_MON_AMIE

C4SHORT27

CAKALUSA

CODEDIGGITYDAWG

ELEMENT_SK8ER_09

HAPPYMARCUS

KENIIIIIIIIIIII

THETHEOLOGIANSCAFE

ZMITREGNISTEGRA

In the meantime - i'll be here. Have fun you guys!

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:44:30 GMT

THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE MR AND MS XANGA AWARDS 2005:

DONT VOTE YET!!!

PLEASE NOTE, VOTING BEGINS ON FRIDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2005. VOTES WILL NOT BE COUNTED BEFORE THAT TIME
THIS IS JUST THE 1st STAGE OF VOTING - TO NARROW DOWN THE CONTEST TO TEN NOMINEES FOR EACH AWARD
PLEASE VOTE BY LEAVING THE NAME OF THE MR or MS XANGA NOMINEE ONLY ON FRIDAYS POST
ONE VOTE PER AWARD PER XANGAN
PLEASE DO NOT NAME-CALL ON THIS SITE
FEEL FREE TO RALLY ALL YOUR XANGAN FRIENDS TO VOTE FOR YOU
XANGAS CREATED AFTER 1st AUGUST 2005 CANNOT VOTE

MS XANGA 2005:

GLORYCATO

HUGSCOOKIES83

SEXYVIETGIRL_UK

SHELLERNATOR

SHI

SUETALKSTOOMUCH

THATBOYSGOT_WOE

MR XANGA 2005:

PROJECTBLOGSPHERE

BRIAN_NUTZ

BWNEWMAN

C_EST_LA_VIE_MON_AMIE

C4SHORT27

CAKALUSA

CODEDIGGITYDAWG

ELEMENT_SK8ER_09

HAPPYMARCUS

KENIIIIIIIIIIII

THETHEOLOGIANSCAFE

ZMITREGNISTEGRA

Monday, August 29, 2005

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:14:16 GMT

THE NOMINATIONS ARE IN!

Thanks a bunch to everyone who cast a nomination. Now I have the wonderful task of counting them and posting all the nominees up here, which will take place on Wednesday. From there I shall give you a few days to review the lucky xangans sites, and from Friday onwards (when I say!), the voting for the first round shall begin!

Take care my merry readers!

Another view of London:

Friday, August 26, 2005

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:42:53 GMT

Please continue to vote for your chosen nomination for the Mr or Ms Xanga award. On Monday, the final list of competitors will be highlighted on this fair blog for the 2nd round of the contest - but don't worry I shant be asking them to wish for world peace. After this, then voting shall begin.

In the meantime guess where I am (when I took this photo! I am still at home BTW!).

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:41:39 GMT

WHYNOSE IS GOING ON A LITTLE TRIP. WHY? WHONOSE! SO I'LL NOT BE AROUND THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER IT IS TIME TO START THE BALL ROLLING FOR SEPTEMBER IS ALMOST AMONG US - AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

MR & MS XANGA AWARDS 2005!

AS WINNER OF THE 2004 MR XANGA AWARD - IT FALLS TO ME TO HOST THIOS YEARS EVENT.

ANYHOO FOLKS, ITS TIME TO START PREPPING FOR THIS BIG XANGA EVENT THAT WAS SO POPULAR LAST YEAR! SO THIS IS WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS BLOG ENTRY (hey - even leave a couple of eprops if you'd like! ) WITH THE NAME OF THE BLOG YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR THE MR OR MS XANGA AWARD 2005. YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF ALSO. YOU SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE WITH THE NOMINATION A REASON WHY THIS BLOG SHOULD BE NOMINATED. ONE SENTENCE REASONS SUCH AS:

"BECAUSE MY BLOG IS JUST COOL!"

"BECAUSE I GET MORE EPROPS!"

- IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. REAL REASONS FOR REAL BLOGS PLEASE! WHEN I RETURN FROM MY TRIP, THE NOMINEES WILL BE ADVERTISED AND SORTED ACCORDINGLY, FOR THE NEXT STAGES TO BEGIN.

GOOD LUCK! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! THE MORE ENTRIES THE BETTER THE CONTEST!

Rules of submission:

Blog nominated must be a xanga.
Xanga's created after August 1st 2005 can not be nominated.
Xanga's nominated must not contain, nudity, racially discriminatory material or pictures of a violent demeanor (cartoons excepted). Feel free to swear away!
Whonose cannot be nominated - since that was 2004's winner. Whynose can also not be nominated because I say so.

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IF YOU DISAGREE WITH A CERTAIN NOMINATION, TAKE IT UP WITH THE NOMINATOR. I WOULD NOT LIKE ANY NAME-CALLING ON THIS SITE. THIS PAGE IS FOR ADULTS!

ALSO - IF YOU ARE NOMINATING SOMEONE, LET THEM KNOW YOU'VE DONE SO! THAT WAY THEY CAN COME AND SEE AND EVEN VOTE FOR THEMSELVES! THAT'S AN EXTRA VOTE!

AND FINALLY - PLEASE VOTE FOR ONE MR XANGA AND ONE MRS XANGA! DONT VOTE FOR 2 GUYS OR 2 GIRLS! AND COULD ALL THOSE COUPLED BLOGS APPLYING LET ME KNOW IF THEY'D LIKE TO BE VOTED FOR THE MR OR MS XANGA AWARD! (hmm - now THAT should be interesting!)

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:10:59 GMT

whynose blog #6

You Americans never cease to amaze me. A place where a single female nipple released during a concert can bring outrage and make the front page of most major newspapers chanting “ban this filth” from one state whereas a few states over the major city revels (nay, depends) on the constant display and exploitation of such shows to ensure a steady income and smiling tourists. No wonder most Americans never hold a passport – there’s so much to see within the confines of your fifty states.

So what was I to expect when I made my first foray inside your borders (country not bookshop)? Here were the whynose observations:

Drinking age:

What the hell is up with that? In the UK we have a written down law that states anyone over the age of 18 may partake and purchase alcohol in a public place. The unwritten law (and the one followed closer) states that anyone outside wearing nice shoes, skanked up in make-up, boobs pushed up, hair slicked back, can buy alcohol – so that’s pretty much everyone. During my first flight to the states an American woman smugly pointed out to me that the drinking age was 21 and over, and I was only 20 at the time. I wanted to jump out of the plane right there and then, but then I realised we were over Greenland and I’d wasn’t going to fall to Greenland sober…

Wide roads and far apart:

I know many Americans are obese and the cars are bigger but this was getting ridiculous. As I pulled out of the car park of the airport into the freeway (we call them motorways because trust me – they ain’t free!), I tried counting the lanes. I was still counting when I suddenly realised they had cars all going in the same direction. This was only one half of the road. And they kept criss-crossing each other like it was a synchronised display. Not that I was complaining that they were so accommodating to show this British tourists a good time but it was a little disconcerting when my friend who was driving happened to be on the phone at the same time and was driving with his knees. The distances between each establishment was alarming also. There were miles of nothing between each residential complex and store. This was unexpected , considering I am from a small island where neighbours start bitter feuds when next-doors tree grows a branch a few inches into their property. People have died over such things…

And then I was introduced to the wonderful world of car-pooling…

Eating

So… many… places… to… eat! In the UK we have McDonalds, Burger King, KFC and Pizza Hut. Most of us would be hard pressed to name any other chain fast-food stores. You guys have those 4 just for breakfast. I was given such a huge wealth of choice for unhealthy food! My first taste of it was a nice burger (no surprise there) at Red Robin. The waiter came up, said my accent was cool and took my order. I asked for some burger and fries and he smirks. I didn’t realise why at the time but I think I had an inkling when a pile of meat the size of my head falls before me with a little piece of bread perched underneath and on top like a nice little bowler hat. I was afraid if I were to poke the offending piece of meat it might go ‘moo’. Then when the free refills of fries kept on pouring over me I suddenly realised it was time to ‘f**k the diet’.

Kids

It was so cute to listen to all the little children whine in their nasal accents, and surprising for the illogical reason that I expected the kids to be too young to develop the accent, that it was somehow taught in school and before hand kids just naturally spoke with an English-accent like me. Very odd but that’s just me. But it was educational to hear what they were whining about. Things like they only had one ice-cream, or their tivo was out-dated or their bucket of popcorn wasn’t good enough. When I was a wee-lad I was lucky to get a bus into the shopping centres and I’d be luckier to get the bus back, forget getting anything special while I was actually there!

In summation…

America is big, America is loud, and America is full of sinners and saints all living their lives oblivious to each other. No wonder I went back within 3 months…

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:40:49 GMT

click here to watch this movie:

originally premiered on whonose, now for your whynose viewing pleasure: