Today is a great day for freedom. i think it's entirely fitting that i have chosen this day to announce the biggest event in the blogosphere's short history. Today is the long awaited launch day for Nose In The Air Media.

What is Nose In The Air Media, you say? Perhaps you've noticed the new icon on my sidebar, under blogging affiliations. Go ahead and look. See it?

Nose In The Air Media is the brainchild of blogger annika, of annika's journal. That's me. i made the whole thing up. The editorial board consists of me. The graphics designer is me. i'm the CEO, CFO, COO, judge, jury and executioner. i do all the work and i get all the credit.

Here's what Nose In The Air Media is all about:

Nose In The Air Media is not a club.

You don't have to join Nose In The Air Media to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be invited into Nose In The Air Media. Just like some other hoity-toity blogging cabals, you might find yourself waiting forever.

If you are reading this, and you want to be in, you're in.

And you'll want to be in. It's that cool.

You don't have to be a "big time" blogger to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to get linked by any "big time" bloggers to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to have been interviewed by Time Magazine to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be remotely interesting to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't even have to have a blog to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to have a cool site design to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be a conservative to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be a liberal to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be political to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to wear pajamas to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to wear anything.

Your front page can load in less than five minutes and you can still be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to like annika's journal to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to link to annika's journal to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't even have to de-link annika's journal to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to have been mentioned in Hugh Hewitt's book to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You can have a crappy template and be in Nose In The Air Media.

You can say fuck on your blog and be in Nose In The Air Media.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fucking fuck.

You don't have to be hot to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to pay dues to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be high on the Ecosystem to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't even have to know what the Ecosystem is to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to care at all.

You can post about shit and still be in Nose In The Air Media.

No one is going to kick you out of Nose In The Air Media for hatin' on me.

You'll get no money for being in Nose In The Air Media.

In fact, there's absolutely no advantage to being in Nose In The Air Media.

We have no blogroll.

We have no bankroll.

You don't have to post any icons.

You don't have to link to any other members.

There aren't any other members anyway.

You don't have to take part in any carnivals.

You won't get bombarded by a kazillion spam emails.

You can post as much as you want, or as little as you want, if you join Nose In The Air Media.

You can join Nose In The Air Media, and then quit, and then join again, and then quit again, and then join again, and then quit again, as many times as you like.

There are no celebrities in Nose In The Air Media and being in Nose In The Air Media will not make you a celebrity.

In fact, you can be in Nose In The Air Media and still respond to e-mails from non-celebrities who read your blog. Your head won't even explode.

You don't have to have a clever name to be in Nose In The Air Media.

If you're in Nose In The Air Media, you won't be required to agree with everything that the famous big blogger of the week says.

On the other hand, the famous big blogger of the week won't ever link to you if you're in Nose In The Air Media, even though he or she reads you regularly. But then, they weren't linking to you anyway, so that's no big loss.

You don't have to be a member - of - a - discrete - interest - group - that's - usually - thought - of - as - left - leaning - whose - conservative - views - have - made - you - a - darling - of - the - big - bloggers, to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be all overly serious and self-important to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to have a law degree to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be a journalist to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be any kind of jerk to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be a nun or a minister to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You can smoke pot and be in Nose In The Air Media.

You can even blog about sex and be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to have a paypal button to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to solicit money for projects that you promise to do, then forget all about the project, but keep the money anyway, to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to use a fake name to be in Nose In The Air Media.

It's okay to correspond with your visitors when you're in Nose In The Air Media.

It's okay to be one of the little people when you're in Nose In The Air Media.

Even when your blog is ranked higher on the Ecosystem than many so-called "big time" don't-bother-me-I'm-so-serious blogs, not that you care about that shit anyway because it's all bullshit, and you're not competitive in that way, except for just a little bit.

It's okay to hit a paragraph break every once in a while when you're in Nose In The Air Media.

It's not necessary to have a blog ad with a grainy picture of a guy doing isometric push-ups on your sidebar if you want to be in Nose In The Air Media.

You can actually read and comment at other people's blogs when you are in Nose In The Air Media.

In fact there are almost no rules for being in Nose In The Air Media.

You don't have to be great.

You don't have to be more popular.

You don't have to be more interesting.

You don't have to be funnier.

You don't have to be better than any other blogger out there.

In fact there's only one prerequisite for being in Nose In The Air Media.

You have to THINK you're better than everyone else.

And if you can do that, welcome. You're in.

Posted by: annika at 08:44 PM | Comments (29) | Add Comment
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1 Only I could have written it better.

Posted by: Scof at December 16, 2005 01:15 AM (RDouC)

2 Shit, annika, I've always known I was better than everybody, except for my father. I'm even better than you, except in the 'cute chick' department.

Posted by: Victor at December 16, 2005 06:04 AM (L3qPK)

3 Victor is ineligible to join because he does't think he is better than anyone else-he knows he is better.

Posted by: Jake at December 16, 2005 07:23 AM (r/5D/)

4 Joining the flame war against Pajamas Media?

Posted by: reagan80 at December 16, 2005 07:30 AM (K9tdw)

5 what's a pajamas media?

Posted by: annika at December 16, 2005 07:37 AM (nxq8n)

6 Annika Obviously exams are over and you have too much time on your hands. Go view these videos of the new Sony Robot. Amazing stuff. http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/videoclip/

Posted by: Jake at December 16, 2005 08:15 AM (r/5D/)

7 "what's a pajamas media?" http://pajamasmedia.com/ A group of bloggers including Moxie has been bashing the new OSM venture lately. Some OSM members are feuding with the critics.... http://moxie.nu/moveabletype/archives/003424.php

Posted by: reagan80 at December 16, 2005 11:45 AM (K9tdw)

8 Thanks for the heads up Reagan, i just followed the links. wild stuff, i was so busy with finals, i had no idea this thing was so controversial. heh heh for the record, no one ever invited me. just so you know. Them grapes were sour anyway.

Posted by: annika at December 16, 2005 06:07 PM (rIVqV)

9 No problem, Annika. I posted a link to your N.I.T.A. logo and another link to this post at Moxie's. Hopefully, that won't attract more trolls here since Atrios linked her recently.....

Posted by: reagan80 at December 16, 2005 06:57 PM (K9tdw)

10 heh, heh...she said "fuck"...heh..heh

Posted by: Pursuit at December 16, 2005 07:09 PM (n/TNS)

11 Best critiqe i've seen so far is at Hog On Ice.

Posted by: annika at December 16, 2005 08:34 PM (aEcBH)

12 Hah! Finally found me a blogospheric home to call my own. Consider me joined!

Posted by: Desert Cat at December 16, 2005 11:10 PM (xdX36)

13 I will join NITA if you put my comment at the top of the list, so I am the first one to have read you post and joined. I HAVE to be ahead of Desert Cat at the very least.

Posted by: Billy Budd at December 17, 2005 06:25 AM (BtK0i)

14 I forgot......How much does this pay again?

Posted by: Billy Budd at December 17, 2005 06:27 AM (BtK0i)

15 OT: Annika, since you're interested in aviation: today is the 70th anniversary of the Douglas DC-3. The first flight took place exactly 32 years after the first flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.

Posted by: David Foster at December 17, 2005 09:06 AM (7TmYw)

16 I'm looking forward to a self-referential essay on the importance of Nose In The Air Media in the evolution of the blogosphere. Kinda like when TV airs a special on Nielsen families. (I'd write the essay myself, but you know that I have more important things to do.)

Posted by: Ontario Emperor at December 18, 2005 12:10 PM (4sNu+)

17 This was the post that doesn't end Yes it goes on and on my friend Some people started reading it and not knowing what it was And they'll continue reading it forever just because...

Posted by: Mark at December 18, 2005 11:29 PM (KOJUV)

18 Beware of sticking your 'nose in the air' smoeone my take a dump on it........

Posted by: Wm H at December 19, 2005 09:11 AM (c59X1)

19 Only poseurs think they are better than everybody else. Those of us who really are better than everybody else know we are.

Posted by: MarkD at December 20, 2005 12:34 PM (oQofX)

20 What if I don't think I'm better than everyone else, but rather mroe humble than everyone else ?

Posted by: ch2 at December 22, 2005 06:51 AM (C/uoF)

21 I'm in the Axis of Asshole. I just joined your club, too. Does that make me a Pompous Asshole?

Posted by: Acidman at December 22, 2005 09:53 PM (tZcNR)

22 A club that only has rules about what you don't have to do? I'm in. Hell I'm so much better, those jealous big dogs are afraid to link to me.

Posted by: Libby at December 23, 2005 06:14 AM (DGO1F)

23 Think I'm better? Everyone KNOWS I'm better. Wait, maybe I mean "bigger"

Posted by: og at December 23, 2005 07:05 AM (ip7cG)

24 I've joined, quit, and re-joined 18 times so far today Great fun!

Posted by: Misty at December 23, 2005 09:12 AM (YYX5i)

25 Nose in the Air Media revolutionizes new model marketing, bringing to bear fundamental technology with exciting innovations that maximize stream revenue through the dynamic convergence of the time tested and the next big thing. And if you put me on the Board, and how can I doubt that you will, you can be quoting the board member of a large and highly respected organization when you quote me.

Posted by: JS Narins at December 23, 2005 01:16 PM (L4z1p)

26 Annika, This was the first post of yours I ever read. I read some more. Please remove me from NITa media. Your nose is up the RNC's rear orifice.

Posted by: JS Narins at December 23, 2005 01:23 PM (L4z1p)

27 JS, I read more of your blog. You might try removing your ample nose from your own posterior, after you remove your head and shoulders, and when you can see what an insufferable and fact resistant tool you are, try to go get a clue. Of course, I can't imagine you doing that, it would require sanity and reason.

Posted by: og at December 23, 2005 02:10 PM (ip7cG)

28 I'm in...

Posted by: Circa Bellum at December 23, 2005 04:44 PM (NCmy7)

29 You mean I can just take the button and put it on my blog and link back to you? LOL

Posted by: Alabama Improper at June 24, 2006 08:35 PM (w29Gv)

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