July 24, 2009
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Life Lesson From Xanga Contest: Prepare to Succeed
It's finished. Seriously. I just sent messages to the top 10 essay writers...there were more than 100 essays, but I was too tired to count the exact number. If you didn't get a message, thanks anyway--it was tough even to get to a top 25, that's how good the entries were.
What did I learn? Well, being that it's 5:30 AM, this won't be a great post. Basically, I learned that I should have anticipated success, and realized that I might get a ton of essays. I should have asked people to send in essays by e-mail, instead of letting people send it in in whatever format they wanted. And I should realize that no good deed ever goes unpunished.
But...but but but...there is an essay that finished in the top 5 that received ZERO comments when it was written. Finding such treasure was one of the biggest reasons I did this contest. I am happy, but tired. It dragged out for so long because I tried to think of a 100 different ways to scientifically analyze the essays, or get judges, or whatever else might work. Finally I just gritted my teeth and decided to judge them all myself, with good old pen and paper. I should have done that at the beginning!
I'm tired. Essays posted starting on Sunday. Meanwhile, I'll celebrate with new posts soon
missed you all.
Comments (9)
Sweet! We have missed you in the land of Xanga!
I submitted one, but it was on another site that no longer exists. Like in April. XD Oh, well. It wasn't what I wanted it to be anyways. Hard worker, though!!!
Sleep well.
Wow. Sure you can post mine. Thanks for letting me know.
Yee Haw!!! So happy you are finished. I am looking forward to reading the top 10 and knowing who won.
Happy 4 u! U can either repost my essay but I'd like it more if u cud give the people the link 2 the original post...! Cheers!
Hey thanks for all your work! I can't wait to read the winners!
it was a fun contest. there hasen't been one like this in a while, so it was fun. i ended up writing up my best stuff only two days after the due date. really wished i had made it sooner, but i think i made it when i had the good moment. will wait for the top10.
- congrats to all!
Yay! Welcome back to the wonderful workd of Xanga lol. I'm really interested in seeing who made it into the top 10, especially someone who didn't receive any comments. Sometimes wonderful things go unnoticed, and it's quite a shame.
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