A quick Sunday afternoon whip-around of how things are going with Round 1 of Blarch Badness:

WEST SEATTLE
On the whole, this bracket has featured no surprises, unless you want to say Anita Rowland leading Seattlest is an upset. Which it’s not, as Seattlest effectively conceded last week.

Oh, and Dave Postman looks like he’s moving on. The P-I’s blogs are on course for an 0-3 finish in the tournament, while the Times’ singular blog in this pageant looks to be moving on. And the Times has been much slower on the uptake with blogs compared to the P-I. Go figure.

CAPITOL HILL
Hard to say what the bigger story is — the Slog trying to hang on to a slim lead over jameth, or the absolute shellacking Sound Politics is receiving from Lookout Landing. But let’s talk about this rout. Sharkansky and others have this large reader base, right? So why can’t they show up on here and vote? At this point, they’re down 212-19. That margin is wider than the total number of votes in the Slog-Jameth battle. Yearrgh. Stick a fork in ‘em. They’re done. Just like they were last November. A baseball-football showdown looms in Round 2.

BALLARD
It’s pretty clear now that West Seattle Blog has a posse. But is the Yeti just lying in wait, getting ready to unleash his tens of thousands of readers upon the ballot box? Or is he just ignoring us in the name of The Stranger Hates Us?

Meanwhile, the rest of the bracket is effectively busted, with only Electrolicious winning as a high seed. The path may be clear for West Seattle to get to the final, taking their annoying “Why are we in Ballard I know it’s been explained a thousand times by you and on WSB but I don’t know how to read so why why why” readership with them.

U DISTRICT
And over in The Bracket No One Is Voting In, it’s really quiet. Well, except for Capitol Hill Seattle reaping what it sowed. Good job, guys. And our lone Bloggie nominee Not Martha is looking like toast against John Moe. Not good, Not Martha.

Again, voting in Round One ends on different days in different brackets.
West Seattle: Monday night
Capitol Hill: Tuesday night
Ballard: Wednesday night
U District: Thursday night

And to make life easier for you, all sixteen polls are after the cut. And feel free to use the comments to say whatever you want about the tournament so far.

WEST SEATTLE REGIONAL
Opening Round

#1 Chris Pirillo vs #8 Glenn Fleishman

#2 Seattlest vs #7 Anita Rowland

#4 Postman on Politics vs #5 KEXP Blog

#3 Seattle Daily Photo vs #6 Michael Hanscom

CAPITOL HILL REGIONAL
Opening Round
#1 Slog vs #8 jameth

#4 Seattle Bon Vivant vs #5 P-I Buzzworthy

#2 Sound Politics vs #7 Lookout Landing

#3 Educating Mom vs #6 Field Gulls

BALLARD REGIONAL
Opening Round
#1 Defective Yeti vs #8 West Seattle Blog

#4 Electrolicious vs #5 UDub Dish

#2 Orangette vs #7 #!/usr/bin/girl

#3 Gluten-Free Girl vs #6 BlatherWatch

U DISTRICT REGIONAL
Opening Round
Feb 9
#1 Not Martha vs #8 Monkey Disaster

#4 USS Mariner vs #5 Ted Leung

#2 Horse’s Ass vs #7 Capitol Hill Seattle

#3 Rain City Guide vs #6 izzlepfaff