DorkFest '09 Mid-Week Report

Well, it's been a quiet DorkFest thus far. Where in years past, contestants were savagely throwing elbows in a frantic attempt to clarify that they, THEY, were the dorkiest of them all, so far we have only seen a few modestly asserted claims to dorkitude.

I did, I must say, receive one Email message professing a truly awe-inspiring level of dork, but the writer emphasized that he or she was not participating in DorkFest, that if elected Dork he or she would not serve, and also kind of implied that if I confided to you the readers who he or she was and the nature of his or her dorky achievements, that he or she would track me down and break my kneecaps.

So, the field remains wide open.

Naturally, there have been numerous theories circulating as to why the 'Fest has been so quiet thus far.

1. Strategically-minded Dorks are planning to submit their material at the last minute, so it can't be picked over and undercut by the competition.
2. Everyone is spending every waking hour polishing their Dork resume.
3. Even the simplest video documentaries detailing one's dorkiness takes a few days to put together.
4. After seeing the hell that Rex Parker and g went through, who would want to be Blog Dork?
5. No one is feeling dorky in these troubled economic times.
6. Dorkiness? That's so 2008.
7. The gag is getting old.

Whatever! You have until Friday to state your Dork credentials, here in the comments, via email to m5kdecathlon at gmail, or on your own blog or website (just make sure to leave a trail of crumbs). And if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, it's all explained right.... here.