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I must say, when I made my one rule of saying that the 2000th commenter's blog name couldn't contain the letters C, A, T, or E, I kind of thought that was ruling most people out, and that the 2000th commenter would probably be ruled ineligible. There, I said it.
The contest was not without some rules-related drama, as the omarphillips.net legal team did have to do some research on the winner due to a recent blog name change. However, it was determined that the winner did in fact change names prior to the announcement of the contest.
The winner, as I mentioned in a previous comment, is our favorite Californian by way of Idaho, Glo. Congrats, Glo. I can only imagine how emotional this moment must be for you, and how proud you must be. There will only ever be one 2000th commenter on omarphillips.net, and it is you. Nobody can ever take that away (except for me, because I can delete/reorder any comment I want).
As for your prize for winning the contest... um... I'm a little embarrassed to say that I haven't yet completed it. So it will remain a mystery until I do. When it is revealed, I would like to warn you that the entire internet will end up being insanely jealous of you. It's the price of victory.
To all that commented but didn't win, thanks for playing. Know that even though you lost, you're all winners. If I had the money, I'd get you all one of these Pong wall clocks. But I don't, so you'll just have to take my word for it.



Comments
Cate said:
This contest was WHACKED. I'm growing tired of this anti-Cate stuff.
Glo said:
Hey! Cate is trying to steal my victory. *pout*
I am, of course, insanely proud. Unbelievably so. This is my first ever contest win. Ever. Seriously. I've never won *anything* before. I guess fate finally decided that I deserved a little something of my own. If I were all nifty with computers, I'd make myself some sort of amazing certificate to post in my office next to my diploma. Alas, I am not nifty, so I cannot have such a thing. But in my over-active imagination, there is a certificate, right now, on my wall wherein I am declared the 2000th Commenter Extraordinaire (I added that last part for clarification in case Omar reorders comments or it turns out that Cate really did win.)
Thank you, Omar Phillips. You have changed the entire course of luck in my downtrodden life. I'm getting a little misty here and I think the orchestra is starting to drown me out, so let me just say that AIDS is everyone's problem and the war is.....*cue big booming orchestration*
RaJ said:
Glo - Congratulations! Woohoo! And the fact the contest was basically rigged to exclude certain competitors does not take anything away from your accomplishment. You won, fair and square within the arbitrary and capricious boundaries established by The Establishment.
Despite all this, I'm totally happy for you, and glad you won. I'll let my sour grapes turn into bitter whine and get ready to be excluded from the next contest.
I'm kidding. You know that, right Glo? Omar? Seriously: congratulations on the milestone Omar, and way to go Glo!
Glo said:
Hey! I am completely deluded into believing I won this contest fair and square. Please allow me to continue this fantasy! It's vital to my development!
cadiz12 said:
way to go, glo. color me insanely jealous already.
Syar said:
congrats Glo. :-)
how come I sense less hoopla and pomp this time round? maybe your PR team should look into that, Omar.
I'll be off with my fictional, virtual, promised-yet-not-delivered(yet) Pong Wall Clock. Good Day.
Radioactive am-Jay said:
Just wanted to say, hoo-ray for Glo-2K! Rockin' BlogsVille every day!