The GayVN Award Nominations Hit Us Like Chris Brown Hit Rihanna At The Grammies

Ok, it wasn't that violent, but if each nominee weighed a pound, that would be 187,643 pounds hitting us at once, or something like that. So, yeah, there are lots of nominees.

If you care, you can check out the full list of nominees over at The Sword. We'll second the collective WTF of the gay porn blogosphere about the lack of a Best Website nomination for both Randy Blue and Sean Cody, two of our favorites, and definitely two of the most high profile gay porn sites out there. But here at Fleshbot, we only like winners, so we're going to wait until the actual trophies are given out to really get into it.

Speaking of winners, yesterday was a big day for Steve Cruz, who was not only nominated for Performer of the Year and got a ton of nods for his directing debut "Blue Movie," but he was also named the Naked Sword's Man of the Year for 2009. Even though being a naked swordsman always sounded a little dangerous to us (it's so easy to get nicked if you're playing with sharp weapons without any clothes), it is quite an honor for Mr. Cruz, who professed his gratitude on his blog.

But really it was the announcement of the award that was the big news. We would make a bunch of jokes about the silly categories and whatnot, but Unzipped Blog beat us to it, so go and enjoy their list and pretend that the screen is all pink and it says "Brian O'Brien" next to it.

· Some GayVN Award Nominations We'd Love to See (blog.unzipped.net)