Journals Editor Joe's Third Anniversary Blog Picks for 8/18/06

Hi folks -- as you can see, I'm doing this week's Editors Blog Picks, but it's going to be short, sweet and straightforward (well, maybe not so short), because it's not about me -- it's about all of you -- specifically, what you're doing to celebrate the AOL Journals Third Anniversary, which happens on Monday, August 21.

As I've been saying all along, the great anniversary activities are coming directly from you folks, so I'm just trying to stay out of the way, provide an anniversary graphic or two, and promote what you're doing as I can.

Now, I'm going to be pointing out six or so of your Journal entries and Journals that you've set up for the Anniversary festivities; I know a lot of you are participating, and I can't link to you all, though if you use the "AOL Journals Anniversary" tag, it's an easy way for people to find your Anniversary content. (See how to add the anniversary tag to your blog entries.)

With that said, here are some of the movers and the shakers behind the Third Anniversary:

Pictured here: Dianna, Donna, Betty & Sugar. Or at least, 49-pixel wide slices of them.

* First off, Journaler Vivian is maintaining the 3rd Anniversary - AOL Journals blog, so it's a great place to stop by and see everything that's going on.

(On a side note, I was just looking at Vivian's public Journals list page -- she's got 20 Journals. I'm not sure, but that could be some kind of record.)

* Journaler Sugar has set up a Memorial for the Beloved Pets of J-Land, for people to remember the pets that they've lost over the past 3 years.

* Speaking of loss, Journaler Dianna at Dianna's Mindless Musings has blogged a memorial to Journaler Pamela, who passed away this year.

* Over at It's Raining Photos, Journaler Steven has put up a bunch of anniversary-related albums, using AOL Pictures, Woohoo, Flickr and every other means at his disposal (and also managing to fit in a CSS Float Tutorial and more).

* Donna over at This, That and Hockey is managing a contest to caption the lighthouse graphic that they've put together to celebrate the anniversary.

* Betty of My Day, My Interests Photoblog will be helping to host the Journals Anniversary AOL Chat, Sunday, 8/20 at 8PM ET. (Stevie will be hosting a chat for UK Journalers, also Sunday, 8/20 at 8PM GMT -- this is the same Stevie who did the great J-Land 3-Year Tribute Video, check it out).

That's 6 Journals already (well, 7), and I still haven't even scratched the surface of what's going on:

* As I mentioned previously, Andi of She Said WHAT? will be managing the red carpet on Sunday.

* Krissy of Sometimes I Think has an activity planned for Monday where you do an entry on the theme, "My Past Year in J-Land."

* Shelly over at XX Roxy Mama XX is working on her Memorial Quilt.

And of course, lots and lots of people are posting the outfits they're going to be "wearing" for the gala event on Sunday.

Apologies to anyone I've left out -- as I said, the best way for you to keep up with what's going on with people's Journals for the Anniversary activities is to see Vivian's 3rd Anniversary - AOL Journals blog, and keep tagging your entries so that other people can find them easily.

I have to finish and post this entry, after which I will post the picks to the Journals Main Page and in the Journals Message Board (the new Message Boards are having problems with embedded URLs, though, so keep that in mind) and the Editor's Picks Alert.

As always, please leave a comment in the Journals or blogs that you read. Also, don't forget, if you want your own chance at being a Guest Editor, send me an e-mail at JournalsEditor@aol.com.  (Please include a link to your blog.)

Also, if you have an anniversary activity you're doing, feel free to leave a link in the comments below (be sure you tell Vivian, too).

Have a great weekend.

Thanks -- Joe

Tag: Guest Editor's Picks, AOL Journals Anniversary