Woah, sorry. Just woke up from my Kit-Kat coma. I passed out in a bunch of wrappers. Kind of looked like this. (Actually, if you haven't seen all the kitties yet please click here. Why? Two words: invisible bike. Via Sweetney, of course).
Check this out: NaBloPoMo Randomizer!
So happy somebody put something like this together because I am definitely going to need to steal ideas, i mean, get inspiration from other participants. Presented with a long list of links I will just go to the blogs I already know most of the time. This gadget forces me to live a little.
I've been thinking about what I really want to gain from this exericise. I think the biggest thing is to maybe get a little looser, stop being such an uptight perfectionist which is what keeps me from blogging most of the time. I also might post a little poetry (Oh god, come back! I'm kidding. Well, actually, I'm not, but I promise it will be short and relatively painless). And maybe mine my past a little. I used to rock'n roll, honestly. And visit war zones.
See? Just like Grandma always said, "To get letters, you've got to write letters." Hi! Thank you for commenting on my blog. Funny, I read a Q and an S, and now a B...
That's my new project for the coming year: to find all the letters of the alphabet in the "blogosphere."
Posted by: Holly | November 02, 2006 at 02:40 PM
Holly, I made some comment about the "blogosphere" to my husband and he made me stop and repeat myself three times, so he could laugh heartily and in derision three times. I felt very small. And dorky. (But this is in no way a comment on your size or dorky/coolness.)
So, yes. The exercise does have worth in that it gets you past whatever hang-ups you have about putting words out there that may be boring/ridiculous/dumb/misspelled/unintelligible. It's a hump, and this is your chance to do the humpty-hump dance. You go.
Posted by: Mignon | November 02, 2006 at 06:27 PM
Welcome Holly! I will defeat all those other letters. Pretenders to the alpha throne! B rulez!
Mignon, can I do the cabbage patch too? Because I am sooooo good at it.
Posted by: LetterB | November 02, 2006 at 07:09 PM
so wait, if i get a blog do i get to hump too?
Posted by: kara | November 02, 2006 at 08:43 PM
You've inspired me...to waste more time! Thank you.
Posted by: Feral Mom | November 02, 2006 at 10:16 PM
Those cat pics are freakin' hilarious!
Posted by: wordgirl | November 02, 2006 at 10:39 PM
I am the last person to be peddling the cheesy cat photos but I just sent that URL to all of my friends and family, all the while laughing so hard I was in tears.
Thanks for commenting on my blog, certainly due to the the NaNoBloMoFo thingy. I would have missed on the invisible bike if it wasn't for you.
Posted by: Chair | November 03, 2006 at 10:14 PM
Nobody should miss invisible bike. I have lurked much on your site, chair. So yes, feeling the nanoblomofo spirit and commenting without fear.
Posted by: LetterB | November 03, 2006 at 10:34 PM
I am in total, unashamed love with the NaBloPoMo Randomizer. How else can I get to such wonderful, diverse writings? Certainly not on my own!
NEVER be afraid of poetry! Release your expectations, ignore the rules and speak your heart. You can't go wrong that way.
Posted by: Mrs. Chili | November 05, 2006 at 11:55 AM