Yes, it's that time of year again. The time when I select a completely arbitrary day to start the Gold Toe Awards Competition. Now in its third year, the competition continues to grow. I can no longer count entries on one hand of fingers, so maybe this will be the year I start counting with my toes. No way! That would require removing my socks.
Will Orson S. return to defend his 2010 title? His multimedia joke submission edged above other excellent jokes, essays, plays, and photos from around the world. The stakes are high, and the steaks are juicy. The rewards are handsome, and the bragging rights are, well, braggy.
I think most of you know the rules, but for any newbies out there:
Submit any sort of sock-related item, or any sorted/unsorted socks as long as they're clean. Jokes, stories, drawings and photos are also welcome -- keep those clean as well. The competition is strictly open to friends, family, non-friends, non-family, sock-wearing pets, gray-sock squirrels, and semi-wild animals (those living in the woods, but have been exposed to modern conveniences such as socks). Official deadline is 12:00pm, February 24, 2011. Good luck!
Send entries to:
mirandaks@gmail.com
or
2011 Gold Toe Awards
P.O. Box 21743
St. Louis, MO 63109
USA
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Call for Entries: Third Annual Gold Toe Awards
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Socks on Ears
I had something of a John Hawkes weekend. After watching him in Winter's Bone, I switched gears and watched him again in Miranda July's 2005 film Me and You and Everyone We Know. MAYAEWK is a great movie that I'd seen many times, but on this viewing I took notice of a scene in the shoe department where Christine (Miranda July) hangs a sock on each of her ears. I wish I could embed a video of the scene, but I couldn't find one. I did, however, find a link to Michael Andrews' corresponding song from the film. His final score: one sock-on-ear to one sock-on-ear. Evenly matched.
It's nice to know my nephew (Socks: Not Just for Feet Anymore) and Miranda July are still doing creative work with socks.
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