Well, friends, today’s FINALLY the day!
I’m gonna keep it short and sweet, because some things are just to important to joke about.
Not abortion or Engrish jokes, obviously. Those are free game.
No, I’m talking about the fact that a few weeks ago, MTV- yes, you read that right, MTV- they came to me.
Little old me.
And well, basically… they’ve offered me the chance of a lifetime.
As of today, June 21st, I am one of 20 contestants competing in “The Search for the First MTV TJ” – aka Twitter Jockey.
And so, in three little words…
I need you.
In a few more,
I need you to make my dream come true.
To check out the full details, my ridiculous intro video, my full profile- all that is here.
Meanwhile, in this place, all I can do is ask for your help to make my dream job a reality.
The job itself may not have existed yet when I was born, or even two months ago, for that matter… but I believe it was meant for me. And, frankly?
I would own it.
And so, selfishly, unabashedly, I am asking for your help. For you to help me spread the word, via Twitter, an email or a Facebook shout out to your friends (are WE friends?? Make sure!), blogging it, posting the badge below… and eventually, for your vote when the voting opens in a few weeks.
In return, I vow to fill all the vending machines with PBR, Big League Chew, and unicorn farts for everyone!
Or something.
HOW TO HELP A GIRL OUT:
Add this badge to your sidebar (275 px):
Smaller version (175 px):
Tweet your heart out for me, all day, every day! (Yes, yes I’m greedy):
Follow @LivitLuvit, my favorite contestant in the @MTVTJ search for MTV’s first Twitter Jockey! #zyncmtvtj
(Feel free to modify, the above suggestion is just for your copy & paste convenience. Cause I’m good like that.)
And then, my love ducks… then we pray. Until we can vote. And then we vote and pray again.
I know there might be a lot of newcomers today, so I’d like to officially welcome you to my humble corner of the interwebs with the musical stylings of my partner in crime Maxie and myself, in the key of Stephen Colbert:
You’re welcome.
If you have any questions, new reader or old, please comment or email me. I’d love to hear from you in any and all formats.
But mostly by you pimping me on Twitter.
What?
Update: Here’s my intro video I sent into MTV. Um, after watching the others, it’s a little… DIFFERENT. But you wouldn’t expect anything less from me, would you?
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SO STOKED! GO LILU!
OMG this is amazing!!!
This would be so perfect for you!! I can’t wait to help & start tweeting you to high heaven!
I VOTED and will continue to do so until they take my very life from me!!
Wow. I am super dramatic.
WIN.
Awesome! That was news worth waiting for. Good luck, LiLu!
Just did my happy.dance for you. And I’ll get the word out or threaten them with a small annoying dog that may or may not be mine. =]
So cool! I’ll definitely tweet this!
I believe this was the reason you were put on this earth. LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN!!
Congrats lady. This is so awesome and MUCH deserved!
OMG, this is sooo exciting!! let the pimping begin!!!
I didn’t mean vote. I meant tweeted.
Is it okay to have stupid people help you out?
Cool! How exciting!
Yowza! True to Lilu form, you really blew me away with the surprise. So congrats on being one of the 20! AWESOMESAUCE! You can bet your ass I’ll tweet this for you, babe. xo
As always, you won me over with cats.
I’m so excited for you!!!! If you meet Justin Timberlake through this gig, I wouldn’t be too mad if you gave him my number.
YAY!!! I am so excited for you and have already been pimping away.
I shall give you my unbridled, undying commitment to MAKE. THIS. HAPPEN. Going to put a feather in my hat so I can pimp you out properly via twitter!
I’ve been (im)patiently waiting for this post all day. So excited for you =) Of course you have my vote & support!
You would be so awesome at this that I might finally join Twitter just to support you. I’m feeling a bit sad that the MTV stuff doesn’t show nearly enough about how quirky/great you are. I still chuckle often about the trust fall.
AWESOME! congrats! when they throw you a big winner party can i be invited
I just tweeted it. Have you seen it? Have you? Have you???
AHH! This is so awesome! Social media WHAT WHAT
I saw a commercial for this on tv and I thought “wow…a summer long job competition….that’s intense” HELLO AWESOME!!!!! You would be wonderful for this and I can’t wait to watch your video when I get home from work
Congrats!!!
“Flying attack cats” always wins, you’ve so got this.
I would almost Twitter, just to support you. I heart you!
WOW! Awesome! You go, LiLu!
And, remember the little people.
It’s okay to step on us once you’re famous…. just remember us.
You have my vote.
Can we all be allowed to say “We knew her when…”
Get the fuck out.
YOU WILL WIN THIS SHIT if I gots anything to say about it
Yay! Congrats! Can’t wait to vote for you. Loved the video!
So. I love you. And I love MTV for loving you. And I’d be more than happy to pimp your beautiful ass (WHAT?) all over my tweets and facebook. And guess what, I PROMISE not to Ike you, and smack you around…cuz I love you that much.
For reals, congrats lovely!!!
YESS! So excited for you!!
This is so incredibly exciting! Who wants to be a VJ – screw that!
FINALLY!
tweeted that shit for ya. it’s easy. plus i’m sort of a tweet-a-holic. among other a-holic things…
holy shit, I’m pretty sure I just wet myself in excitement. this was totes worth the wait, lady. adding your badge to my sidebar right neeeeow!
PS – the video. omg, I’m dying.
I have to say, this really would be a dream job for you. Best of luck, my friend. And I’ll pray extra hard! Cause my prayers count double with Jesus.
I don’t know why, but they do.
This is freaking fantastical woman! Go you!
AWESOME!!!!!!! I’m totally on board… No one cares what I post on Twitter anyway, but I’ll pimp you out like the shiz you are!!!!! This rocks!!!!!!
OMG OMG OMG!That’s cool to jupiter and back!!!yaaay!!I’m gonna tweet it like I mean it
The video?RAWK.hehe
Amazing!! You are totally going to win!!!
Oh man I’m like kvelling on your behalf.
before i vote for you i thinkyou should share what your responsibilities will be. like, what the hell is it? you twitter about mtv….for mtv? by mtv? what? im serious about voting. i liked to make informed decisions.
and, is there a vote, or just a twitter?
@fizzgig, I hear ya! Here’s the first post on the MTV site where they describe more about the job and competition:
http://tj.mtv.com/2010/06/11/welcome-to-the-search-for-the-first-mtv-tj/
Basically, I’d still be me, but on behalf of MTV, acting as a liaison between the audience and the “behind the scenes” of MTV. Awesome? Yes, I thought so.
There will definitely be voting, but not til the end of June. You know I’ll keep you updated!
Twitter is overcapacity. Must be all the people tweeting for you! Go LiLu, GO!
Woo hoo! I’m so excited for you! I don’t have a Twitter with which to follow you, but I’ll happily put the badge on my Tumlbr, and force everyone there to follow you. Kay? Kay.
Best of luck darling! This is so yours.
This is so awesome. When voting opens, I’ll put a link on my blog! : )
That’s awesome! Best of luck and I’ll certainly help out as much as I can. And you know what…I’m not even jealous. Of course, if you were getting a job with VH-1, I would be seething and green right now.
Oh Hell Yes!!!!! Im tweeting, facebooking and harassing everyone I know to help spread the word!
WAY cool! And you know I’m a pimp…..
My sister sent me that link for the MTV twitter person and I immediately thought — she thought of me as I’m unemployed and I thought Dear God, I don’t even know what’s on that channel (I am hoping the bf/gf show picked by your parents is still on)…I will vote for you.. I will twitter for you and will post badge for you…Just give a couple of days. I’m really rather slow at getting my act together, but will for you!
Very cool. I don’t Twitter, but I will be sure to vote for you when voting opens!
YAY!!! I’d be happy to help
This is so cool!!!
Yayy…the tweeting starts! Watch out for a dozen tweets of your name by me! Good luck.
Okay, but only if the Big League Chew is the green apple kind.
Congrats baby girl!!!
If you get the job, perhaps you could ask them to STOP hiring vapid robot morons foe The Real World and actually hire…Real People?
I’ll totally whore my blog out with a badge for you. This is awesome, congrats!
Though, I hope you like Twilight. In fact, if you don’t, no worries, just send Mr. Pattinson and Mr. Rathbone to me. I’ll leave a fwding address for Boston.
WOOT! So excited for you!! Laughing at the vid above, you both are hilarious! And @ihatesomuch’s has the most awesome headbang. You are going to be famous!! (Well actually, you already are…)
buahahahaha. im routin for ya! didnt know you lived in chapel hill, nc! FREAKING LOVE THAT PLACE. my sister used to live there and it was our favorite visiting spot.
you’re my favorite. also, you’re the prettiest. total shoe in. love you!
Congratulations!! Tweet from my account promoting your victory? Check.
GIRL you own it! This is so exciting! I will force everyone I know to vote by threats and/or baking of cookies. We’re all behind you!
I am sitting at my desk laughing hysterically at that video! Congratulations! What an amazing opporunity!!
SOOOO excited!! This is awesome! As if you held it in this long!! Totally on it, and voting as soon as we can. Because I will be begging you for the same thing in T-3 weeks
Good luck!!!
Ok, wait. What the hell is this? Whatevs it is sounds pretty effin’ amazeballs. I need details and I need them pronto.
Anyone who passes up a video like that is crazypants.
Hi. I’m Surferwife by the way. Nice to meet you.
So excited for you! I will pray for you…Tweeting daily works, too!
Go, Lilu!
HOLY SHIT!!!! Congratulations!!!! This is amazing!!!!! I’m not on the Twitter wagon (don’t shoot me), but I promise I will vote for you!!
i am going to VOTE THE PISS OUT OF YOU.
You better tell B to start looking for jobs in NYC, cause I think you’re gonna win this thing by a landslide!
Dude! So fucking cool! I am very excited for you
Oh that is totally awesome! Methinks you are going to blow the competition out of the water. Congrats! (Also, nutshell heels: the fashion wave of the future?)
amazing! you will be great. keep us posted on voting!
I figured out how to add the button to my blog! so once again, you have enriched me as a person, via html and blogger.
you SO deserve this! congrats on the nomination and fingers crossed for the next steps!
although i am giving myself a headache trying to figure out this hashtag #zyncmtvtj
SUPA SWEET!! would the 2 of you move to nyc for a year if (when!!) you get this??
@Alice, I would. B would stay here and we’d do that unsexy long distance thing, at least for the first year, and then play it by ear.
Bolt Bus here I come!!!
OMG! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!!!
This is so fucking exciting I can hardly stand out. Guess I have to break down and get a damn Twitter account. It’s worth it for you.
I just saw the words “unicorn farts” and yep, you’ve got me sold. Luck you, I’m good at pimping people OUTTT. You’ve got my vote!
http://www.firednfabulous.com
You know what missy? Once again I can’t view the video as I’m not important enough to be in the right region. You are motherfuckers, MTV, but still, give LiLu the job because she’s insane and won’t let you down. Just don’t let her sing. Well maybe.
YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are kind of a big deal!!
Go LiLu!
**wiggles excitedly** Wow! That would be amazing. I have every possible body part mentally crossed for you.
Just posted your link and details to my sidebar. I’m looking after support from the Irish contingent.
xx
Oh, hell yea! I hate twitter, but I sooo hope you are the winner! You rock, girlfriend!
Good luck- flying cats are always a crowd pleaser!
Yay!! That’s really super awesome.
This is so incredible! I’m gonna help all I can. Is it bad that my first thought was how that I can drop your name when I’m going for a new piece of ass!?
You definitely would own this job. This is like 1997 all over! Remember when that nutcase won the mtv VJ award? I can’t remember his name. You’re 100x better!
Oh man you’ve got it in the bag lady! No I really mean it, you’re sorta a bag lady…
Does one have to move somewhere to be a Twitter Jockey? I mean I think that could be done from anywhere you please no?
lmao. LOVE IT. Good luck!
HOLY SHIT!!!! **LOUD SCREAMS FROM VEGAS***
I’m ON IT! **logs into twitter to RT good news!!**
Any chance i can get the vid in youtube format so i can see it in my region?
Damned thing won’t play for canadians!
We can still vote, right?
HOOOOORAAAAAY I CAN FINALLY PIMP YOU OUT ALL OVER TWITTER
I’m going to be the creep that comments on your boobs (again). Your boobs look amazing in your intro video. And you’re hilarious and of course I’m going to vote for you when they’ll finally let us vote. Hurry up MTV, we want to be heard!
CONGRATS! i will post on my blog
LOL! The cat video is hilarious. I hope you get it!
I’ve seen the commercials for this and thought about applying – but I don’t even have a Twitter, nor do I want one. You would be AWESOME at this…I’ll tell all my students to vote
How exciting for you!! You know, when I heard about this contest I kind of figured I would know someone who was competing. I’m totally excited for you! Good luck!
even though i’ve already tweeted this out, seriously this is awesome. i am so excited for you and you would rock this if you win it and i hope you do!! woo!!
this is so awesome! just tweeted!
Pretty sure you are PERFECT for this – congrats!!! ROCK IT!!!! (and I’ll totally tweet my heart out all day long.)
I felt really stupid because It took me awhile to figure out what a TJ was. I get it now..
But I am SO impressed and proud of you!!! I have NO DOUBT that you WILL be the NEXT MTV TJ!!! I’m writing in ALL CAPS because I’m SO EXCITED for you!!!!! I believe you have the quirky crazy personality and backing to WIN THIS THING! GOOOOOOOOOO LILU!!! <3
i am SO excited for you. holy freaking batman.
Holy fishballs! You go girl! Imma know a celebrity! Also, can’t watch the video you submitted to MTV cuz I’m Canadian. harsh.
Dude this is wicked exciting. I’m really happy for you. And if you win and live in NYC, can I crash with you?
Kidding. BEAR HUG!
Yay, it’s finally public!!!!
You should win just based on your video alone. Flying cats and a 30 Rock reference sealed the deal.
The small one has been added to my sidebar – small b/c the big one would throw my template off. ;o)
Good luck.
Love love love this! Girl, you are amazing and you certainly have my vote. So excited for you!!!
AWWWWWWWWESOME!
HOLY CRAP! Good luck!!
AHHHH!!! Congrats crazy girl! That is amazing……
You are absolutely adorable and OF COURSe i’m voting for you!!! Good luck!
I can only assume that this year you will actually get me my desired birthday present, Lil Wayne.
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SHUT UP! I’ve been seeing those commercials on MTV and I actually started thinking about some of my favorite bloggers, you being one of them. You’re totally going to win!
wooot-woooot…
go you.. i am sooooo adding the widget!!!!!!!!!
Very, very cool girlie!!
Best of luck! Your awesome sense of humor would definitely breathe some life into MTV! Go LiLu!!
I’m so impressed with the quality/success of your blog! Best of luck with the MTV search and I will definitely help spread the word!
Congrats on being selected to be “in the running”!
-Q
http://qwithouttheu.wordpress.com
CONGRATUFUCKINGLATIONS!!! That is badass!!! Go get ‘em!!!
OMG, this is amazing news. I can’t wait to give you my undying support on twitter.
that is SO awesome, good luck girl!!
okay, need to follow ya on twitter – how do i do that? i have a twitter account but fail so i will search! CONGRATS, very exciting!
No. Friggin’. Way.
I hope you win!! I shall tweet about this right now.
This is very exciting.
Whoot whoot.
so i watched all thier vids and let me tell you that i think yours is the best! and you are the most entertaining. i think only one person is going to be competition and that’s Xavier.
make sure you let us know when to vote!!
done, and done. first time i’ve gone on twitter in 9 months, according to twitter
wow! Congratulations!!
woo!!! Good luck!
This. is. awesome. Seriously ridiculously awesome. As soon as I get on a computer with an internet connection worth a damn I will be pimping your shit. You totally deserve to win this! Yes! So excited for you!
xoxo
SO awesome! Congrats!
OH MY EFFIN GAWD. A FORMER MASSHOLE FOR MTV! I COULD NOT LOVE IT MORE. YES!
This is beyond awesome!! I am so excited for you!!
Ooooo I saw your little (with 18 others) during the Hills tonight!!
I paused the DVR to show R that I “know” someone famous!
I sincerely hope you win, you never fail to make me giggle!
Seriously I don’t know how you don’t have this job already, who needs a contest, hands down you’re the winner.
OMG – this is so cool!
DO IT! do it DO IT!!!!!!
(I will even stop voting for myself now… being called out by MTV is much sexier than trying to contact THEM
)
It’s time like this that I only have one thing to say and the only people who can say it properly are called 2 Live Crew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOzOlldM7Pw
And ignoring all the stuff about penises, what I’m really trying to say here is: GET IT, GIRL! GET IT, GET IT, GIRL!
OK so I tweeted that line. Is that all I can do? Can you vote or something? Maybe the answer is in the other comments but no time to read them all! Tell me if there is anything more to do! I want you to get this job!
Whoa, congratulations on such a great opportunity. Your blog is so engaging and compelling that I know that things will turn out well for you.
ummm…soooo wow!
break a leg kiddo!
xoxo
Amazing! Just annoyed I can’t watch the MTV video because I’m in Australia! boo
Definitely cheering for you though.
Holy Crap, how awesome is that!?!?
My sister came to me the other day and told me about the contest and I was proud to tell her that I already knew someone in it
I’m sending you good energy vibes to win this thing LiLu!
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