Nov 01 2007
Because I love to make promises that I can’t possibly keep…
Yeah, okay. Generally, when there’s a bandwagon, I run away from it screaming. If “everyone’s doing it,” I try very hard not to do it at all. I’m ME, and I’m all I’ve got, so I try to make the most of it. Turning me into someone or something else would seem like a complete waste of myself. This is perhaps why I have never read a Harry Potter book.
Oh, don’t look at me like that.
Or, perhaps, why I never owned a pair of Birkenstocks. (Seriously, who looks like the idiot now?)
Occasionally, though, something comes along and I just can’t resist. I know, I KNOW everyone’s doing it. But I hereby announce that I’m officially throwing my hat into the NaBloPoMo ring.
There was a time, not so long ago, that we here (and when I say “we” I just mean *I*, of course) posted every single day ANYWAY. It’s just how things were done here. But then life happened, if that’s what you want to call it, and I’m lucky if I manage to throw up more than two posts a week. And guess what! I’ve missed the every day thing. It just seemed like it was time to do something drastic to help me get back on my bloggy feet. And so, it’s official.
Now, how in the crap am I going to pull this off? Well, I’m going to start writing drafts, for one. That way when life happens again, I can just hit “publish” and be done. That’s assuming I can think of things to write and leave in draft form. Yeah… that’s totally not gonna happen. Still, it’s a good idea, right?I’m also going to go back and look through the topic-suggestions I bummed off all of you a few weeks back. Many of you may have seen that my dear friend Luisa from Novembrance has asked for topic ideas (a “scavenger hunt,” she calls it) for NaBloPoMo and that she’s created a spreadsheet for her November posts. Hahahaha. Oh, you can always trust Novey-Lu (as I affectionately call her) to be way more organized and brilliant than I am. I kinda like the idea, and she has given me her blessing to steal it, though you and I both know that no spreadsheets will be used, as I have zero knack for organization of any kind. So, if you think of any more topics for me, you just let me know. It can be silly (like, “use the word ‘gopher’ in a sentence”) or a direct question (like, “what is the weirdest thing you ever found while flossing your teeth?”) and there will, of course, be linky love for those whose topics I use. I know, I know. You feel like you just did this for me, and it’s true—you did. But look at how much fun we had! I mean, my last topic-begging led to me posting my Donny Osmond story once and for all, which was actually picked up by the official Donny Osmond Fanclub Website. HAHAHAHAHA. Just think of the jewels I may still have in the recesses of my memory that will make grown women who are still obsessed with teen idols giggle like school girls! (Hey, did I ever tell you about the time David Cassidy hugged me? Dead serious. He’s forty years older and two feet shorter than me—and I was wearing platforms, because I’m pretty sure that there’s a law that if you go to a David Cassidy concert, you need to be wearing platforms— so perhaps there was some awkwardness. But he totally hugged me. Hmmmm, maybe I need to tell that story.)
Hmmm, I seem to have strayed from the point of my post. What was it again? Ahhh, yes. NaBloPoMo. And me needing you. I need you!
Hey look! I’m already TOTALLY ROCKING at NaBloPoMo! Of course, it’s only the first day…
Okay. The end.
(No spreadsheets were harmed in the making of this post.)
I’ve never read Harry Potter either! Hahah.
I’m still deciding if I’m doing this Nabloblahbleedahdeedah thing. I guess i have about 24 hours to decide . . . hmmmmmm
It’s Birkenstocks. I joined napoblomo or what it is called but could not get a badge. The site froze my entire computer….whine, pout, cranky face………..
Never read a word of Harry Potter either even though friends look at me incredulously!
I love the spreadsheet idea although everyone writes in a different way. I just open my brain and allow it all to spill forth - but it can get messy…
Best of luck to you although luck has nothing to do with it, you have a talent - go forth and impress!!
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You know… I’m a lot like you. I even shared your opinion on Harry Potter for a while (long story short, I was given a book to read and actually liked the story, ended up buying the series). My comment turned into a long-winded psuedo-plea to try something new.. and I realized I sounded like my mother. ugh.
Good luck with NaBloPoMo, Brill. I’m totally unable to join. That sucks. I like being one of the cool kids.
I want to hear about one of your favorite moments with your daughter. Something heartwarming. Or funny. Or whatever.
Good luck Brill. I’m in to. I thought about doing it last year, but I rebelled. This year my rebellion seems to be asleep. I don’t know how I’m going to be consistent for an entire month. That seems to totally go against my nature!
Good luck, I’m sure you’ll do great and I’m looking forward to reading them all.
hey… I have a pair of Birkenstocks! (That I don’t ever wear in public, but still…)
Good luck! I’m looking forward to it!
Hm. I had a topic all picked out, and then I heard Beaker say “No, you can’t eat the cards, you like card shark” to Punkin. Apparently he’s trying to teach her how to play poker.
Hey!
What’s the craziest most age inappropriate thing your husband has tried to teach your kids?
Lol. That sounds like quite the undertaking. I DO hope you’ll tell your David Cassidy story. Here are a couple more topics for you:
1. Have you ever had to call 911? If so, why?
2. Have you ever been in a car accident?
3. What was your first car?
4. I know you spent a lot of time in the Middle East–what is your view on things there nowadays? What do you think is the solution to the mess there?
I’ll probably come up with more. Good luck with posting every day. I’ll be here reading your daily posts!
Delurking…now. Love your site. I’m excited to read your daily stuff - there’s bound to be some interesting stuff in there!
I want to hear about you and opera; opera and you. How did you fall in love with it? What training have you done? What does it do for you? Why can’t you open your mind to the possibility that beautiful music was written after the year 1900?
Just kidding on the last one.
I await with baited breath the gems of wisdom and humour that shall fall from you agile fingers.
Yay! Someone else in my anti-Birkenstock club!
On a similar note, here’s a topic: IS there something you cringe at having worn in the past?
Others:
If you were a shoe, what kind would you be?
What is your favorite candy bar and why? (And please don’t say you dislike chocolate; I want to keep loving you.)
What is your favorite book (or author)? Which one do you think deserve to be sent to the shredder?
If a movie were to be made of your life, who would you pick to play Brillig the Great?
I never liked Birkenstocks, but Harry Potter sucked me in. I resisted till book four! Umm…I haven’t read anything by Stephanie Meyers. Yet. Am I cool and non-conformist or what?
Umm….ideas…let’s see.
A pictorial tour of your life? What makes you come back to a blog? What makes you think a book is EXCELLENT? Describe your favorite pair of socks. Do you have a hidden talent that no knows about? What is your favorite kind of cheese? Most creative parenting moment?
Yay on NaBloPoMo! I’m sure it’s common to drift from every day writing or there wouldn’t be such a thing as NaNoWriMo or NaBloPoMo. Looking forward to your month of posts!
Here’s some questions:
Which vegetable would you never eat when you were a kid?
Did you ever see ‘Logan’s Run’?
Have you ever jumped from a high diving board?
Did anyone ever bury you in sand and then run off?
Both a Birkenstock wearer and a Harry Potter reader.
Also a Nablopomo participant, because, yeah, all the cool kids are playing…
Secrets, secrets we NEED juicy secrets. Anything that is scandalous and gossipy and cool.
and by “we” I meant “me”
Umm . . . what are Birkensocks?
Hi, just came over from the “buzz”.
Wow, writing a post e v e r y d a y?! You deserve an applause for even considering committing to it! Lol, I think just living in Utah gives you at least one complimentary “Osmond connection”. Although yours was a bit more elaborate than most. Mine is that my parents bought one of the Osmond’s previous homes. The knocker on the front door still has “The Osmonds” etched on it (because my parents are nerds and love to show it off). One day I ended up in a group date with one of the “Osmond cousins” (Don Jr’s cousin). He was so excited when I told him where my parents lived and we showed up to see if the house was still the same as it was when his grandparents lived there. Group date with an Osmond, you can’t get much more “Utah” than that.
aww… your going to do great! just have fun with it!
ooh good luck… you are a braver woman than I!
Never got hook on Harry Potter…just not me…
Good luck then, will be checking your blog daily now (for at least the month of november)….. *wink*
Birkenstocks might be ugly, but man are they comfortable.
Besides, they fit my gigantic feet. 
Donny AND David? Geez woman I may now have reason never to forgive you out of pure pea-green jealousy. Well…not really never forgive. But It sounded like a good threat, right?
And you are in the cool kids club while I am cheering and moaning on the sidelines (sight). Life is just busy right now giving me SOS fodder (pout). Have fun though and we’ll all enjoy seeing what you come up with next!
As for my contribution to the idea pond, my question is to you “Just what have you NOT done (but wanted to)? And are there any plans to fill in that/those gap/s ?”
Seriously you are so amazing and entertaining at the same time and it is just great fun reading about all your adventures, past and present. November is going to be great reading! Good Luck!!
I’ve never read Harry Potter, too!