The Friday Awards

The Friday Awards committee (aka HADS) is back with your weekly dose of Spark<3, praise, and brains (for Halloween). —Sparkitors

Happy almost Halloween!

Everyone at HADS is psyched for candy. I don’t know about you, but when I’m done with this, I’m going to go and run around the block trying to get off this sugar high. This Sparklewarder is already on a sugar high because her school lets the students go trick-or-treating at different classrooms during lunch.

This week’s thing to think about: if you could choose, would you rather be killed by Voldemort or Darth Vader?

Now, the awards:

The How Did You Ever Understand It? Award goes to pollysmiles101 for this comment on the Harry Potter post:

Um... *bows head in shame and sheer embarrassment*

This is the order I read the books in:

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Stop glaring at me! I know I'm pathetic, okay???

The Quickest Transformation Award goes to Iz Cloa for this comment on the same post:

I kinda have a funny story about not reading Harry Potter too. You see, my sister was in full Harry Potter fandom. I'm talking dressing up as hermione for Halloween, wanting to be called Ginny(so she could marry Harry) and being there for every movie. I was in the height of an anit sister stage. So I refused to read the Harry Potter books. I also have a rule that I read the book before the movie so I never saw any of the movies either. Then, my best friend threw a Harry Potter birthday-she told met it was in 4 days. I was faced with a problem-I had to break one of my rules. So I read all the Harry Potter books in 4 days. And.I.Loved.Them. Soon I was writing fanfictions,making references, stealing my sisters Harry Potter posters.....Yup.

The Don’t Be Ridiculous, Only the Ghosts Do That Award goes to SamRaven2 for this comment on the same post:

I also wasn't allowed to read Harry Potter until about 5th grade, though for a different reason. My parents had already read the first few books and they were afraid that if I did, then I would start trying to run through walls...or something like that.

The You Should Do Stand-Up At MIT Award goes to Silly_Elphaba for this comment on the Nerdmance post:
Chem: I think *we* have chemistry
Regular science: So, two electrons walk out of a bar. One says "shoot, I think I left my electron inside" the other says "are you sure?" ..."yes, I'm positive!"

The Identity Theft Consolation Award goes to E is Pulchritudinous for this comment on the same post:
Okay. You people all keep STEALING MY NAME.
I had never ever ever EVER read this ANYWHERE except dictionary.com until I made this account.
...I feel like an unwitting nerdly trendsetter. Which is pree' cool. :]

The We Know Exactly What You Guys Mean Award goes to dumdumwantsgumgum for this comment on the indie guy post:
i'm gonna pretend i no who those people are: YEA! I TOTES AGREE! THAT BIRD GUY IS SMOKIN!

The Punniest Halloween Costumes Award goes to these Sparklers for their amazing ideas on the Witty Halloween Costumes post:
emMCie for
We once had a girl from my school dress up as a bunch of grapes with math equations taped to them. The result....GRAPES OF MATH!!!!
PUNNY RIGHT!!!!!
Though Grapes of Wrath would be equally awesome.

saranvd for
one of my friends took paper and wrote "go ceilings!" on it and taped it to his shirt. he was a ceiling fan.

biblomaniac27 for
Also, if your name is Rhys, you can just carry a spoon and be Rhys With-a-spoon! Like Reese Witherspoon... no?... Well I thought it was funny...
BananaEasy for
Get a box of cereal and put a knife in it. Cereal killer.

hubbabubba515 for
my friend (Imz) put on a white shirt with a black letter P on it and painted a black eye on herself. She was the Black-Eyed Peas!

The We Apologize To Inanimate Objects Too Award goes to amazinggrace7 for this comment on the Tantrums post:
I walk around my house in a grumpy mood yelling out "I'M IN A RAGE!" Generally I end up slamming my door and then feeling bad about it and apologising.

The We Just Might Have To Cheat Now Award goes to amanda_bear23 for this comment on the Board Games post:
Do you know how you win all board games?
You cheat.
You cheat like your life depended on it.
You cheat like Edward Cullen will kiss you and/or write you a lullaby if you don't.\

The These Kids Are REALLY Good At Sorry Award goes to sir gandalf dumbledore-kenobi for this comment on the same post:
Once, I was babysitting. And the kids wanted to play Sorry. So we started to play. And I was losing. So I cheated a little. Then I was still losing. So I cheated some more. Then it was dinner-time and I was still losing (they play LOOOOOONG games of Sorry). So while they ate, I cheated some more. Then I lost. And they didn't cheat at all. It was depressing. Like these short, choppy "sentences." Which are almost all dependent clauses. And other such nonsense. So this comment is grammatically evil. MWAHAHAHAHA I have just cheated grammar
The We Know Where You Sleep >:) Award goes to moy65 for this comment on the Favorite Punctuation Mark post: [http://community.sparknotes.com/2010/10/26/what-your-favorite-punctuation-mark-says-about-you-part-ii]
Are you following me around? Because ellipsis are my favourite punctuation, and that describes me perfectly! (Well, except for the part about falling asleep while bowling, but I do like to sleep...)

The Deceptive Neighbor’s Award goes to sweetsassymolasses for a comment on 15 Reasons Showers Are Terrible:
ooohh you have a neighbor named scientist? I have know a couple whose names are Statistics and Experts. Everyone believes them. And they lie a lot. deceptive bunch.

The My Mind is Totally Blown Award to synchrogirl117 for this comment on the Raiding Your Parents Closet post:
On a completely unrealated note, I also wonder if we all percieve colors differently but we all just call them the same thing, so that what I call orange is the same color you call purple. Did I just BLOW YOUR MIND?

The I Wanted to be a Ballerina/Bus Driver/Fairy Award to Chabelinni for this comment on the Dinosaur Movies post:
I wanted to be an astronaut in first grade.
AND a wizard.
AND a fairy.
So I think I would be an astrofairwiz.

The We Completely Agree Award goes to sgtpepper191 for this comment on the What Not To Do When You Get Rejected post:
See, this is why it's a better idea to crush on fictional characters. They can't reject you! Even if they're a romantic leading character, you can tell yourself it's just because he hasn't met you. Heartbreak=not a problem!

The Don’t Worry, So Have We Award to skysquirrel417 for this comment on the What Not To Do When You Get Rejected post:
uh oh...too late. I've already done like half of these.

The AVPM Reference Award goes to Superhero001 for this comment on the Blogging Breaking Dan post:
That's it. Tonight, we eat S.Meyer for dinner.
-Ahem-
She thinks that we're finished.
She thinks that we're done.
She thinks that it's over, her battle is won - HAH!
She thinks that it's finished
But we aren't through...
Stop, and think, my man, what would SparkLife do for you??
SparkLife never gave up the fight, SparkLife would do what is right,
So now it's your turn! Your TURN!
Make a joyful sound, S. Meyer is going down.
I can see the books burning.. now it's time to be a man..
A great big, tiny wristed, calf-flexing man! (AHAA!)
We won't be pushed around any more
We'll be a force she cannot ignore,
We'll be an army for D-BERGSTEIN! FOR D-BERGSTEIN!! (AHA!)
We must UNITE! So we can FIGHT! Turn this battle around!
Time's running out, it's time to shout...
S.MEYER IS GOING... DOWN!
Don't give up, Dan. It's worth the fight. You. Can. Do. It. We love you.

The Gee Whillikers! Award to ChangminsBabyGirl for this comment on the Halloween Candy post:
Butterscotch: You like antique shopping, denture cream, and sensible shoes. You often find yourself saying things like, "Gee whillikers!" and Facespace and MyBook and Tweeter confuse the bejeesus out of you. Also, you really, REALLY like cats.

The Hyperventilation Award to nycomic56 for this comment on the same post:
I like all types of candy, does this mean I have split personality disorder? Or does it mean I'm fat?!? Or does it mean I'm fat AND have split personality disorder?!? I need to call my therapist ASAP!!!

LOL Points go to….
snoboardgrl12 for this comment on the Harry Potter post:
I would die without Harry Potter.
No. I would commit suicide by calling Voldemort fat.

darthvortex for this comment on the Auntie Fear of Rejecting post:

And this one time, I actually ran away from someone. Like, ran. I heard the phrase, "You know, you've been one of my closest friends at this camp," and I was all "Wanna race? Cool! Let's go!" And now, instead of recognizing that the guy was something of a stalker (which he was), everyone thought I was the weirdo. Just wonderful.

secretlylookingatyou for this comment on the same post:

Don’t trust Dudebro Guyperson, he’ll only break your heart!

I’m not really sure what I’d do if I had to reject someone.
“HEY LOOK HOW ASEXUAL I AM” *performs mitosis*

aab19 for this comment on the Nerdmance post:
my physics teacher claims that the pick-up line "ive got mass, you've got mass, baby, we attract" has a 100% success rate

midnight_masquerade for this comment on the Halloween candy post:
you forgot... REESES.! the food of the gods!!
or wait... maybe you left them out of the list on purpose. because, obviously, you would never give THOSE to a bunch of whiny little pirates and pricesses. you would sit in your house and eat the whole bag for yourself (:

Maura44 for this comment on the raking leaves post:
Dan has never made a truer post in his life. Well, except for all the ones about Bella's stupidity. And that one horoscope. And...never mind. The point is, Dan rocks!

SuperNinjaQueen for this comment on the same post:
BAM! (I'm not putting a number,so it will STAY a bam even if it's late. Mwahaha.)
Dan, you are brilliant. I shall use this list tomorrow when my parents tell me to use my precious Saturday to rake leaves, as they inevitably will.
I have another reason why: The stupid freaking leaves KEEP FALLING! I mean, really, dad, I JUST RAKED YESTERDAY. I do NOT have to rake again just because the darn leaves decide to die and fall on my parade through the leaf-less yard. If they want to fall on our grass, let them. They had to watch our water balloon fights, mad dashes through the sprinklers, laying out in the sun, and other crazy things people do all summer. If they die because they had to watch our insanity for four or five straight months, why should we interrupt their funeral? We already killed them. Let's not be indecent and spear them with rakes after we murdered them. THAT would just be WRONG.

LOTR_junkie6 for this comment on the same post:
Dan, your brilliant ideas are as wondrous as your smile. Because I've seen your Facebook, and you've got a pretty great smile. ^^

TheAtomicWatermelon for:
Dan, your brilliant ideas are as wondrous as your smile.
I have at least a kabajillion trees in my yard. Whenever I rake, the trees just drop half of their leaves as soon as I'm done.
Freaking conspiracy, I say.

llera fort:
Hm, I don't think we ever rake leaves. Do we even OWN a rake? *checks garage* We do not.
Plus, rake is a stupid word. So there.

snowyowl2317 for this comment on the Reasons Showers Are Terrible post:
When I read the first Scientist one, I definitely thought it said his tin-foil CAT. And I imagined an old man sitting in a rocking chair on a porch petting a cat-shaped wad of tin foil. And talking to it. And I was confused.
Oh, and why does he only SLIGHTLY smell like canned soup? I bet it's because he SHOWERS! :O ~Gasp!

sciencenerdess94 for this comment on the Dating and the Muslim teen post:
I agree with these reasons so much! I've never understood what's so great about dating anyway...
It helps that barely anyone in my school dates. The guys are way too interested in their video games to pay attention to girls.
Carbon dating is cool, though.

LOL Points for the following comments on the Blogging Breaking Dan post:
blue_wafflez:
Oh Dan.
If it makes you feel better, you helped me decide what I'm going to be for Halloween. I'm going to wear a Twilight shirt and say I'm bad literature.

AngryHobbits:
Sparklers, Sparkitors, one and all--
Hear this dramatic battle call!
Smeyer's attacked, she's assaulted our KING
which is, dear people, an *unforgivable* thing
He sits broken and lost by the blue lake
staring listlessly at a single lone drake--
we must AVENGE this wrong against King Dan
Tear the pen from Smeyer's maniac hand!
So come one, come all, hear this cry
FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT SMEYER SHALL DIE

The gummybeararmygeneral Sparkler of the Week Award goes to every Sparkler getting ready for NaNoWriMo! She hopes that this will help mentally prepare everyone, which is what she is working on.

Next week’s Sparkler of the Week will go to whoever is the first to correctly guess what gummybeararmygeneral’s Halloween costume is.

The hints are:
- She’s wearing a vintage dress.
- She has a lot of makeup on, including a ton of blush.
- She has her hair in curls.
- She has been very pale and stiff lately.

Have a great weekend!