Friday, November 02, 2007

New Idea for NaBloPoMo

I was exchanging email with Her Fluid Pudding-ness and we were groaning about this whole extravaganza and how it sucked and we are so dumb for agreeing to do it and blah, blah, blah.

In the spirit of this exchange I hereby steal her post for November 2.

Jon wrote:
My brain just went “ping” and I am driving great big ol’ ZILCH-mobile of things to say down the road of doom that leads to a giant dead end of a blank page.

I don’t swear that often, but damn, I’m screwed.

Can I just steal your stuff?

Fluid Pudding wrote:
I woke up this morning with a HUGE sense of dread.

I fucking HATE NaBloPoMo!

You know it’s bad when you’re considering just puking up some Cher song lyrics…

Jon wrote:
Resolved:
I am just going to start stealing stuff.

So what if people get confused because I start talking about my kids, ”Harper," ”Henry," ”Leta," and ”Jackson”? They’ll get over it, I need material!

And since NaBloPoMo obviously isn’t going to be about quality writing, I can feel free to become what I’ve always wanted to become!

The Wal-Mart of Blogging—Cheap, plentiful and smells kinds of strange.

ONWARD!

Fluid Pudding wrote:
Wait a second. I think you’ve got something!

“I am just going to start stealing stuff.”

Why don’t you spend the month shoplifting—and then document how it made you feel?

Increase the value every day. Like, today you could take a penny out of those “take a penny if you need it” containers. You don’t need that penny—but you’re going to take it, damnit! Stolen penny!

Tomorrow? Steal candy.

Thanksgiving? Steal a flat screen television!

November 30th? Jeep Cherokee.

I promise to NEVER turn you in.

Jon wrote:
You simply MUST use this email exchange as your first NaBloMoPo post.

I literally snorted so loudly when I got to Jeep Cherokee that someone asked if I was OK.

I made “Wal-Mart of Blogging” my official tagline when I made my badge doo-dad.

Fluid Pudding wrote:
I say we BOTH use it.
I already puked up my first. If you don’t mind, our exchange will be cut, pasted, and belched out first thing tomorrow morning.
Hell, we should do this more often.

Wal-Mart of Blogging is perfect, by the way.

Fin.

And, since she hasn’t posted her version of the exchange as of this second as I hit “publish,” I WIN and she will have stolen from me! Ha!

Anyone else want to play? I’ll delve deeply into your archives, copy and paste directly and then pass it off as my own when I’m hurting for content!

It’s a FUN game!

1. You’re welcome to steal from me. Isn’t it the best form of flattery?

   Posted by Anitra  on  11/02/07  at  06:13 AM

2. As a twist, you could steal from increasingly high profile bloggers. You know. Start with small time nobodies and work your way up to like, Wil Wheaton and Dooce.

   Posted by Radioactive Jam  on  11/02/07  at  06:18 AM

3. Wal*mart of blogging is beyond perfect.  If I can’t think of anything to say this month, I can at least put up a pair of shoes for NoBloSHOEMo.

   Posted by OMSH  on  11/02/07  at  09:28 AM

4. Oh, please steal a post complaining about PMS. That would be funny.

   Posted by Michelle  on  11/02/07  at  11:56 AM

5. Okay, because I’m nice and don’t actually want anyone stealing anything, I’ll offer up Miss Zoot’s Prompts for your NaBloPoMo inspiration.

   Maggie Mason’s book is also wonderful - I bought it last year for the express purpose of helping me get through November. Surprisingly, I’ve only used two of her prompts, total, since I’ve had that book.

   Posted by Michelle  on  11/02/07  at  12:36 PM

6. I like how you “resolved” to start stealing stuff, after such a long, intense and obviously painful thought process. Way to wrestle with the old ethics there… ; )

   Seriously - Jeep cherokee was priceless.

   Posted by tortoiseshelly  on  11/02/07  at  04:24 PM

7. Walmart of Blogging.  Hope your stuff isn’t recalled. [pah-DUM-pum]

   Posted by regina  on  11/02/07  at  05:09 PM

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