I have a bit of an OC complex, as you may have noticed by now, and I keep an eye out for this blog’s statistics.
“Obsessed” is an understatement, really.
This morning, when I noticed that my Technorati authority had gone up a few points, I immediately clicked the widget to see what made it so. I was in for a big surprise.
Apparently, Kat S., a good online friend from my LJ days, found this website useful enough to nominate me one of the Top Ten Emerging Influential Bloggers of 2008.
Surprise!
First …

I can’t quite figure out how to say this right now, but thank you thank you thank you and a dozen more thank yous to Plotdog Press for giving me the Arte y Pico Award. The award is given to five blogs you believe contributed somehow to the blogosphere, regardless of topic or language.
Based on the rules of this award, I should pick my own Top 5 blogs that I think deserve the Arte y Pico Award. This can be quite tricky, considering I have made a lot …