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Hi, what’s going on with Chubarama?

Matt — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:12:10 +0000

Here are some frequently asked questions:

Q: Did the guy who writes Chubarama die?

A: No, no he did not. I'm still here, I still have a crack team of Chubarama Elves on Chub Safari, and I still have plenty of fans and readers sending me pictures and videos, too. I've been rudely ignoring them, for the most part. But I'm alive and well.

Q: Why are you not updating any more?

A: A lot of reasons. The biggest being, I haven't felt like it. I started Chubarama what feels like a long time ago, and while I've never lost my passion for big men appreciation, I did feel for a while that the blog was mostly on autopilot. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, of course, and Chubarama's readers never seemed to mind, but it was getting to be more of a chore than a fun hobby sometimes. Also, my life is a lot different now than when I started the blog. I'm busy, I have a personal and social life, and quite simply I've had other things taking up my time.

Q: Could you please start updating more?

A: Yes. I probably will. There is no way for Chubarama to go back to the days when there were 10 updates a day, but after some encouragement from people I care about I'm going to start ramping up production. Posts will appear less often, but they will appear. At least one new author is going to be added into the fold. The site will probably get a complete redesign and overhaul by the end of the year. As a long-term project we're thinking about drastically changing the format of published posts, or adding new sections to the site. We will absolutely do Chub of the Year 2010.

Q: But no, seriously, where have you been?

A: Ok. Honestly, I'm still reading Tumblr a lot. I started Chubarama before anything like Tumblr was on the scene, but if Tumblr has proven anything, it's that anybody can do what I do here. And I mean that in the best possible way; I do not have any monopoly at all on trolling the internet for pictures of chunky guys. There's a wonderful collective sense of discovery that comes with tens or hundreds of people finding and sharing images of big men together, which was exactly my motivation for starting my little blog here in the first place. "Hey, check out how beautiful this guy is. Isn't that great? Let me share it with you!" So it's with that inspiration, plus the positive feedback from my readers, that will keep me going here.

Now let's go check out some fatties.

Erik Chopin is a Reality Show Loser

Matt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:13:52 +0000

A kind reader just sent in this promo for "Confessions of a Reality Show Loser," which profiles Erik Chopin. Erik won season 3 of NBC's The Biggest Loser, but has subsequently gained much of the weight back.

We here at Chubarama have always been huge proponents for everyone being at the weight at which they are happy, so here's hoping that he can get back to where he wants to be, and that this show provides a record of when he was large and in charge for all of those chubby eye-candy seekers out there. News story and more pictures here.

Updates

Matt — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:53:25 +0000

Hey folks, we have a lot of great stuff to bring to you as we head into the last part of 2009.

The Chubarama Flickr Pool is still updating all the time with new pictures sent in by some of our biggest readers.

We need lots more votes for Chub of the Year 2009. We've started tallying the results and the vote count is very, very close! If you haven't told us who you're favorite chub of 2009 is, you better get on it!

If you haven't noticed you can now become a fan of Chubarama on Facebook. We're at 85 fans, can we go for 100 by New Years? Tell your friends!

We're picking up new followers on Twitter every day. Follow us if you want to follow all of our updates via Twitter, and check out some of the cool friends we follow here at Chubarama HQ.

Stay tuned we're going to finish 2009 with a bang!

What’s Going On Here?

Matt — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:53:12 +0000

Happy Saturday, all. It's once again that time, so take a look at the picture above, and tell us in the comments - what's going on here?

Michael Sarver done on American Idol

Matt — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:29:25 +0000

Not too choked up about this one. He was nice and husky and kinda cute in a way but on stage he was boring and forgettable every time out of the box.

Don't forget to check out all of our previous American Idol coverage, and to see how big men should do it on stage, check out two of our all-time favs, Chris Sligh and Canadian Idol's Mark Day.

Past American Idols hit Disney World

Matt — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:09:32 +0000

Grand Opening of Disney's The American Idol Experience, biggies Chris Sligh and Ruben Studdard in attendance. [Orlando Attractions Magazine]

Chris Sligh – Here Comes Goodbye

Matt — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:52:51 +0000

Here's Chris Sligh's song "Here Comes Goodbye" which was just recorded by Rascal Flatts and released as a single. Soon he will be changing his name to Chri$ $ligh.

In other news...man that profile shot of him at the piano is quite nice. Talk about an eyeful.

Spring thaw can’t come soon enough

Matt — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:53:34 +0000