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Blogathon: Debacle and rebirth
So as many of you know, the organizer of Blogathon abruptly declared the event canceled this year, on very short notice. As many of you also know, many of those who were planning on participating in the event have decided to shrug, raise fists of Insomniac Solidarity and do the event anyway, with or without a central organizing body.
As someone who still regrets skipping it last year, count me in.
Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 31, I will be blogging for 24 consecutive hours—one post every half-hour—to raise money for the National MS Society in honor of my mother Susan, who has been battling multiple sclerosis for many years. I will once again be blogging as a member of Team Venture, and will be sharing information about both my teammates and the many other awesome people who have signed on for this challenge once I get a more definitive list of names. My goal is to earn $500 for my charity; if you wish to make a pledge, you may let me know either as a response to this or any post I make between now and the end of the event, or by e-mailing me at slipjig3 AT gmail DOT com.
And as for a theme, I've decided to revive the All List Format that served my well in 2008. Which is the other part I need your help with: I need list ideas. Basically, any sort of list that can be written up (with appropriate commentary, as applicable) in a reasonable (i.e. less than a half-hour) amount of time will be more than welcome. Lists that I've used in past years have included:
* Least Popular Pizza Toppings
* Things That Should Not Be Used in an Erotic Scenario
* New Skills You'd Like to Acquire, and Why
* Personalities Least Likely to Get a Ben & Jerry's Flavor
* Fictional Worlds and Universes You Wouldn't Mind Emigrating To
* Authors You'd Most Like to Seduce
* Rejected Titles for Laurell K. Hamilton Novels
* Things I Cannot Afford Right Now
* Things You'd Do If You Had a Zeppelin
* Least Useful Borg Attachments
There's no limit to the number of list ideas you can submit. All such ideas will be placed in the fabled Hat of Destiny. and will be drawn randomly every 30 minutes and written on. Also, the ideas in the Hat of Destiny will be available to other bloggers as well, be they members of Team venture or no, in the event of writer's block. The sky's the limit, people.
So! Let's start 'em comin', folks!
As someone who still regrets skipping it last year, count me in.
Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 31, I will be blogging for 24 consecutive hours—one post every half-hour—to raise money for the National MS Society in honor of my mother Susan, who has been battling multiple sclerosis for many years. I will once again be blogging as a member of Team Venture, and will be sharing information about both my teammates and the many other awesome people who have signed on for this challenge once I get a more definitive list of names. My goal is to earn $500 for my charity; if you wish to make a pledge, you may let me know either as a response to this or any post I make between now and the end of the event, or by e-mailing me at slipjig3 AT gmail DOT com.
And as for a theme, I've decided to revive the All List Format that served my well in 2008. Which is the other part I need your help with: I need list ideas. Basically, any sort of list that can be written up (with appropriate commentary, as applicable) in a reasonable (i.e. less than a half-hour) amount of time will be more than welcome. Lists that I've used in past years have included:
* Least Popular Pizza Toppings
* Things That Should Not Be Used in an Erotic Scenario
* New Skills You'd Like to Acquire, and Why
* Personalities Least Likely to Get a Ben & Jerry's Flavor
* Fictional Worlds and Universes You Wouldn't Mind Emigrating To
* Authors You'd Most Like to Seduce
* Rejected Titles for Laurell K. Hamilton Novels
* Things I Cannot Afford Right Now
* Things You'd Do If You Had a Zeppelin
* Least Useful Borg Attachments
There's no limit to the number of list ideas you can submit. All such ideas will be placed in the fabled Hat of Destiny. and will be drawn randomly every 30 minutes and written on. Also, the ideas in the Hat of Destiny will be available to other bloggers as well, be they members of Team venture or no, in the event of writer's block. The sky's the limit, people.
So! Let's start 'em comin', folks!
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