Want to win a prize?
I totally forgot to announce or award a prize for the poster of the 9,000th comment on Midnight Sun. Now I'm not even sure who it was ...
So, to make up for such a gross transgression, I am awarding a bevy of prizes and whatnot to the person who posts the 33rd comment on this entry.
I'm calling it ... the Midnight Sun Wicked Wicked Awesome Awesome Prize Pack. You have to emphasize the italicized words. How you emphasize them is up to you. I suggest using a falsetto voice.
Notice how I posted this after the "continue reading" link. That was to make sure only die-hard Midnight Sunners are involved in this competition.
Also, I'm not going to publish any comments until the 33rd comment is submitted. That way you have no idea how far along we are, and everybody has a fair chance.
Ready?
Go.
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
that's very sneaky of you
Posted by: Liz Stambaugh | February 19, 2009 3:37 PM
Oh yea, what about me.
Posted by: Say now what!! | February 19, 2009 3:37 PM
I'll give it a shot.
Posted by: NR | February 19, 2009 3:37 PM
Give it to Tim Lumber!
Posted by: Say now what!! | February 19, 2009 3:38 PM
I need free crap.
Posted by: Say now what!! | February 19, 2009 3:38 PM
Sessa Rocks!
Posted by: Say now what!! | February 19, 2009 3:38 PM
Am I 33? i hope so!
Posted by: Say now what!! | February 19, 2009 3:39 PM
How very sporting of you sir.
Posted by: John | February 19, 2009 3:43 PM
i actually have a pitiful amount of stuff on my desk, so what the heck. 33 for the win!
Posted by: Allan | February 19, 2009 3:46 PM
Here it is. The 33rd comment. Right here. Yup.
Posted by: Andrew | February 19, 2009 3:52 PM
Can you kindly expand on your definition of "whatnot"? Or is it that you've yet to dig all the way back in your desk drawer, past the lint balls and the sandwich that's now a science project specimen? Ewwwwwww.
Posted by: Courtney B. | February 19, 2009 4:03 PM
Hey Sam - long time reader first time commenter - this blog is wicked awesome!
Posted by: Andy | February 19, 2009 4:06 PM
Firing Tim Lumber was the only prize we need.
Posted by: JD | February 19, 2009 4:06 PM
This is number (whatever). Let's see what happens.
Posted by: Alexander D. Mitchell IV | February 19, 2009 4:07 PM
Has anyone checked out the new lounge at XS yet?
Posted by: Melissa Smith | February 19, 2009 4:10 PM
Did you choose to reward the 33rd comment as a tribute to Eddie Murray?
Posted by: David | February 19, 2009 4:13 PM
Long live the Midnight sun blog! Totally wicked AND awesome.
Posted by: Paul Mac | February 19, 2009 4:15 PM
Also the headline "Want to win a prize?" will probably bring even casual readers into the posting. People like prizes.
Posted by: JD | February 19, 2009 4:19 PM
I will take a beer for my prize
Posted by: Adam | February 19, 2009 4:22 PM
Give me free stuff.
Posted by: Pat O | February 19, 2009 4:29 PM
It's gonna be WICKED AWESOME to go into bars and tell them I'm Sam Sessa so I can get free drinks!!!
Posted by: Brian Carmen | February 19, 2009 4:30 PM
I hope one of the prizes is a trip to NYC to see Wicked. I've heard that it's awesome.
Tim Lumber loooooves showtunes too.
Posted by: The Beav | February 19, 2009 4:42 PM
Cool, a contest!
Thanks for the opportunity... it would be pretty AWESOME if the prize were tickets to see WICKED on Broadway!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! :)
Posted by: Josh | February 19, 2009 4:47 PM
pewp
Posted by: Evan | February 19, 2009 4:47 PM
Got it? That'd be wicked awesome.
Posted by: design | February 19, 2009 4:47 PM
On Twitter? Trying again
Posted by: NR | February 19, 2009 4:50 PM
Doh!
Posted by: MrIncognito1 | February 19, 2009 4:51 PM
tought to comment when there is no discussion on the message board
Posted by: Adam | February 19, 2009 4:52 PM
Why 33, out of curiosity?
Posted by: pomme de terre | February 19, 2009 4:56 PM
Who doesn't love a contest?
Posted by: Sandman's neighbor | February 19, 2009 5:07 PM
I love just about anything that you can refer to as Wicked Awesome so you now have me completely intrigued.
Posted by: Sara | February 19, 2009 5:07 PM
I can't register my outrage over your slacker ways without participating in your sick little game. Curse you, Sam Sessa, and your mastery of The System!
Posted by: Patchen | February 19, 2009 5:37 PM
Will anyone win the prize today?
Posted by: Adam | February 19, 2009 5:44 PM
I wanna win something please!
Posted by: Wheelsee | February 19, 2009 6:45 PM
The winner is me..Tim Lumber! Living legend,trash talking world champ,and now 9,000 comment king! I may have got fired but I finally got some respect back...I am the winner!!! Thank you folks for telling Sam to pick me! I think since he fired me,he should!
Posted by: Tim Lumber | February 20, 2009 12:27 AM
Probably too late on the bandwagon, but the itals are great. Is there such a thing as "air itals"? You know, like air quotes, but indicating emphasis rather than mockery?
Posted by: mikawendy | February 20, 2009 1:10 AM
The loser is you ... Tim Lumber!
Posted by: JD | February 20, 2009 9:34 AM
oh, poor little tim lumber
everyone has your number
he keeps on parade
his never ending tirade
with his tiresome habit
of continualy being rabid
he has dim prospect
of ever recovering respect
we’re now getting to think
he needs to crawl out his last drink
Posted by: karlosi | February 20, 2009 10:58 AM
Sam,
I think karlosi's last post may have inspired a little poetry reading at the shindig. The topic could be MS blog-related (or not). Obviously, you'll decide on parameters since this is your blog. What do you think?
Posted by: Courtney B. | February 20, 2009 1:29 PM
You all are losers! Go cry you little babys! You need a kleenex to Sam! I like how Sam is to wimpy to back up a former writer! No dam respect,thats O.K. I will put up another message board post!
Posted by: Tim Lumber | February 20, 2009 1:44 PM
If we're all losers, why are you still hanging around and posting comments? You got fired from a guest columnist job on a blog. Grow a set and move on.
You're embarrassing yourself ... which, considering the writing you've done, is quite a feat.
Posted by: JD | February 20, 2009 2:09 PM
jd - tim hangs around because he's masochistic or he's enjoying the attention or both.
Posted by: karlosi | February 20, 2009 2:48 PM
if i were sam, i'd wouldn't be backing up a cry baby and loser, whose claim of being a writer must be dubious based on the "comments" i've gotten to read. ya'll never get rid of him if don't stop talkin to him or about him.
remember - don't feed the trolls!
Posted by: macopin | February 20, 2009 3:14 PM
Oh, I know why. It was a rhetorical question.
for Tim Lumber:
rhetorical question (noun): a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply
Posted by: JD | February 20, 2009 3:30 PM
JD....Richard Simmons called,he wants his pink shorts back he let you borrow! What have you losers ever done in writng? Google my name! I bet theres more stuff than your names! Sam Sessa is to busy thinking about Clay Aiken,Im the reason people come here! When I left people were calling this place The House of The Living Dead...OOOHHH! karlosi...Go comb you leg hair...Sasquatch! Macopin what a dork name! You sound like a troll! Maybe If a girl will rub your stinky feet(she would die 1st) you will have good luck just like a troll! Your more like a bowling ball troll! Your 300lbs and 4foot2"! You dont walk ..you wobble! For your birthday Sam should get you a gift card to All You Can Eat Buffet!
Posted by: Tim Lumber | February 21, 2009 1:09 AM