I won Michael Kwan’s Make Fun of John Chow contest.

This was my winning entry.

Thanks to all for your support and tolerating the endless parade of entries. Here they are again for your viewing pleasure tolerance:

1. John Chow Meets the Even More Evil John Chow
2. John Chow Kills Kenny
3. Chow Wars
4. Britney’d John Chow
5. John Chow and the Pandas of Dot Com Doom
6. Recession Hits John Chow Hard

The question is, does this count toward my blog earnings in August? I think not, since it was a contest and not a payment of some sort. Plus, it’s a box of goodies and not a cash prize.

John Chow Hit Hard by Recession

I had to do another entry in Michael Kwan’s Photoshop contest, which is running on Beyond the Rhetoric until the end of July, which is today. I was moved to action after seeing the “Dot Com Segway” video, where I noticed something familiar…

As you may recall, Nina, a.k.a. SF Girl, tagged me with the “Seven Weird Things About Me” meme, which she caught from Mel. Here’s #1 and #2.

Weird Thing About Me #3

I can sew. I don’t think too many men sew these days, and it seems a dwindling number of women do as well. My maternal grandmother has two daughters, two granddaughters and one grandson, which would be me for those of you who are really bad at math. Guess which one knows how to sew?

Well, there you go. Stay tuned for Weird Thing About Me #4 who knows when?

I was tagged by Awake in Rochester with this meme.

So, here we go:

I am, I am, I am Superman. (JD)
I think I’m gonna be sad. (JD)
I know what I know if you know what I mean. (JD)
I have run through the fields, only to be with you. (JD)
-> I wish I could go back to the day before we met.
-> I hate myself for losing you.
-> I miss you (I miss you). There’s no other way to say it.
-> I fear the most is whatever I see before me.
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow. (JD)
I smell like I sound, I’m lost and I’m found. (JD)
-> I crave for you.
-> I search the place for your lost face.
-> I wonder a-what went wrong with our love, a love that was so strong.
-> I regret and drown out these embers.
I love Rocky Road. (Teeni)
-> I ache for you.
-> I am unafraid.
-> I believe that when the hurting and the pain has gone, we will be strong.
-> I dance around with the night down in blue eye.
-> I sing today, today, today.
-> I cry just a little, when I think of letting go.
-> I fight against the hours.
-> I win, we lose.
-> I lose, bad news.
-> I never told you, I’m so happy that you’re mine.
-> I always knew that we’d survive.
-> I confuse the rain with memories.
-> I listen to the rain, whispering your name.
-> I can be found sittin’ all alone.
-> I am scared of the dark.
I need you tonight. (JD)
I am happy, don’t worry. (Awake in Rochester)
-> I imagine your hand on mine and I’m filled with butterflies.

Well, you know I have to put my own spin on these things. Each of the lines above is a song lyric, or a partial lyric. Be the first to identify a song and artist and get a link. In the case of multiple artists for a song, if you pick one from the 80’s, you’ll be ahead of the curve.

Bonus points if you can identify which song would be my favorite among these.

And, no you’re not getting out of this meme either. I tag:

JD
Michelle
Pete (Oh, he’ll have to do pictures. Won’t that be a challenge. Muhahahahaha.)
Teeni

John Chow and the Pandas of Dot Com Doom

Here is another one of my entries into Michael Kwan’s Photoshop contest, which is running on Beyond the Rhetoric until the end of July. Now, he said one could do anything with the pictures he supplied, so I take that to include deleting everything but what I want to use. This one is my most radical departure from the base pictures, as I’ve pretty much deleted everything except for John Chow and Ed Lau.

Since I haven’t yet finished my regularly scheduled Monday post, I’ll do another one of these entries into Michael Kwan’s Photoshop contest, which is running on Beyond the Rhetoric until the end of July.

This is my third entry.

Chow Wars

After the Clone Wars, there is a little known episode of the Star Wars saga, and that is the Chow Wars. The newly-formed Galactic Empire was struggling with a poor economy and turned to a smuggler even more evil than Darth Vader for help.

As previously mentioned, Michael Kwan of Beyond the Rhetoric has a Photoshop contest running until the end of July.

This is my fourth entry. (Haven’t finished the third yet.)

Britney’d John Chow

As previously mentioned, Michael Kwan of Beyond the Rhetoric has a Photoshop contest running until the end of July.

I couldn’t help but post a second entry after I was inspired by this entry. I thought, hey, I can do speech bubbles! Click on the image for the full-size version.

John Chow Kills Kenny

Michael Kwan of Beyond the Rhetoric has a Photoshop contest running until the end of July.

Here is my entry. Click on the image for the full-size version.

John Chow Meets the Even More Evil John Chow

In this image, John Chow is holding the robotic head of Ed Lau as the even more evil John Chow laughs.

Pete likes messing around with Photoshop too, so we’ll see what kind of entry he’ll come up with. Same goes for Michelle.

Sparkling Awards

I was awarded these two awards by Awake in Rochester. Thanks! It looks like they originate with Glitterfy.com, not Glitterfly.com as I first thought, so let’s give them a link too.

So, who shall I award these to? Well, as they say, the early bird gets the worm, so I’ll pass these awards on to the early commentators on Web Trek II: The Wrath of the Single Blogolope. They are: Michelle Gartner, Rolando, Teeni, Awake in Rochester (imagine that–you’ve been doubly awarded!), Opal @ Vegan Momma, Kacie, Robert A. Henru, Lillie Ammann and the real MrBaconpants.

Pete’s usually early on the scene for these things, but he’s MIA so he misses out on this one, even though he’s the Top Commentator.

And, Joanne, wherefore art though, Joanne? MIA for over a month now, and Pete’s taken the Top Commentator spot away from her.

I Named a Ferret!

Doug had a “Name that ferret (contest!)” and I won! Doug actually preferred a different name, Dweezil, but was outvoted by his family. We all know how that goes… Anyway, I won a $25 gift certificate from PetSmart.com, which means some Chihuahuas are going to be very happy when they get their favorite treats that are only available on PetSmart.com (the local store doesn’t even carry them).

And, now Doug’s new ferret will be known as Ferret Bueller. So, if Ferret runs off like the last one, they’ll just need to hire Ben Stein to walk their neighborhood saying “Bueller. Bueller. Bueller.”

But, anyway, let’s extend some link love to the other contenders in the contest: Chris (no URL listed), dcr (wait… that was me…), Dwight Wannabe, Anduin, Tracy MacNish, Stamper in CA (no URL listed), Angel (no URL listed), Dean, microsoar, C2 (no URL listed), shaina, rawdawgbuffalo, fiveandfour, Lucie (no URL listed), Neo and CornDog.

Crossing Memes Off the List

I can cross this one off the list, since I got them all (I hope!) in yesterday’s viral story.

Star Blogger Award

Jeanne awarded this one to me back in January. Thanks!

I’m going to pass this along to Pete for his educational videos, Robert for giving everyone a reason to smile, and Bobby because we don’t want to make him mad. Ever.

And, whoever the blogger is that has pop-under ads for Netflix, I am going to track you down and make Bobby mad at you. I hate those pop-under ads. And, now I dislike Netflix for using them.

You Cheer Me Up Award

I was awarded this one by Ann of A Nice Place in the Sun, also in January. Thanks!

I am going to pass this one along to Terence for his Smile My Day blog.

Have a Happy Winning Tuesday everyone!