Monday, August 15, 2011

One of these days, I'll actually practice what I preach

So, I keep saying that I'm going to pick a topic and write up a nice, shiny, thought provoking blog for you guys, but I guess you'll just have to wait for inspiration to strike. Or you could actually listen to me and comment with what you'd like to hear my views on, which I've mentioned twice now. Just throwing that out there. Instead, I'm forced to search the internet for one of those silly little forwarded message/facebook note games that my dad loves just soooo much. So there! Seriously, I need better ideas than...

100 (I just picked the first 25 to spare you the suffering) Random Questions.


  1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. "I'd ask Ali where Baba was, when I knew full well he was at the construction site, overlooking this, supervising that."
  2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, What can you touch? My decoy book.
  3. Before you started this survey, what were you doing? Blogging. Not wasting my time.
  4. What is the last thing you watched on TV? Psych.
  5. Without looking, guess what time it is. 10:42
  6. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time? 10:34. I am a superhero with super time telling skill.
  7. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? My fan. And my computer isn't actually making any noises, so I don't know what you're listening to.
  8. When did you last step outside? What were you doing? About a half hour ago. I was looking for the moon. I couldn't find it. My mom asked if I checked the sky. 
  9. Did you dream last night? Everybody dreams every night, sometimes you just don't remember. I happen to just not remember.
  10. Do you remember your dreams? What did I just say?
  11. When did you last laugh? Watching the latest Vlogbrothers video. Pretend I linked that, then look it up on Youtube yourself.
  12. Do you remember why / at what? Again, what did I just say? Are my answers supposed to be some boring one worded crap?
  13. What is on the walls of the room you are in? Paint. Posters. A mirror, a whiteboard. Blood. What?
  14. Seen anything weird lately? Yeah, this piece of crap.
  15. What do you think of this quiz? It's a piece of crap.
  16. What is the last film you saw? I'm assuming you count Glee the 3D Movie/Concert Experience a film, right?
  17. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? In a box under a bridge in Chicago.
  18. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy? A better house than my box in Chicago.
  19. Tell me something about you that most people don't know. This is creeping me out now. Saying "me" implies that you're a person that can actually read my answers. WHO ARE YOU? PLEASE DON'T MURDER MY FAMILY.
  20. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? I'd make sure all my homeless box neighbors have food and shelter. I know that sounded silly, but seriously.
  21. Do you like to dance? Only if nobody's watching.
  22. Would you ever consider living abroad? No, I don't do well with language barriers, especially since the only one I know well is dead.
  23. Does your name make any interesting anagrams? Yen Liar Wren, NLK. What, you think that after reading An Abundance of Katherines I haven't already tried this? My name sucks for anagramming. Sun Drop, however, becomes Porn Sud, which is hilarious for no apparent reason.
  24. Who made the last incoming call on your phone? Mr. Kapenga, my driver's ed instructor.
  25. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? iTunes, maybe. And whatever happens when my computer randomly restarts and says it installed important updates.
I am so sorry, my faithful readers. You know how to fix this.

2 comments:

  1. This gives me faith in stupid writing exercises; if you can be creative with this, you can be creative with anything. Maybe you should write a novel written as a series of blogs. It's not an easy structure to navigate, but you might want to read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" for a sense of how it works. (I know the title of the novel should be italicized, but I can't do that on my iPad keyboard.). Anyway, the novel is narrated as a series of letters, which works in the multiple perpectives angle you've been aiming to try. I'm sure there are other novels out there that use this format, but that's the one I thought of immediately because I think it works well. Given this list and others in your blogs, I think you have a sense of how to connect a series of shorter entries (like blog entries) into a more structured whole (like a novel) in a way that tells an entertaining story. I love your voice, but then again, I am a little biased...

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  2. You just went all Lit Nerd on my blog, mom.

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