Monthly Archives: December 2007

this story is a virus

This Story Is A Virus

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This has probably been done before, but that is not stopping me, oh no.

Here’s what I would like to do. I want to create a story that branches out in a variety of different, unexpected ways. I don’t know how realistic it is, but that’s what I’m aiming for. Hopefully, at least one thread of the story can make a decent number of hops before it dies out.

If you are one of the carriers of this story virus (i.e. you have been tagged and choose to contribute to it), you will have one responsibility, in addition to contributing your own piece of the story: you will have to tag at least one person that continues your story thread. So, say you tag five people. If four people decide to not participate, it’s okay, as long as the fifth one does. And if all five participate, well that’s five interesting threads the story spins off into.

Not a requirement, but something your readers would appreciate: to help people trace your own particular thread of the narrative, it will be helpful if you include links to the chapters preceding yours.

There always has to be a start of a story, so here it is.

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I woke up hungry. I pulled my bedroom curtain to the side and looked out on a hazy morning. I dragged myself into the kitchen, in search of something to eat. I reached for a jar of applesauce sitting next to the sink, and found it very cold to the touch. I opened the jar and realized it was frozen.

***

Please continue this story virus.

I tag:

Johnny Yen
SamuraiFrog
Doc
Freida Bee
Sleestak
FranIAm

UPDATE:
Okay, inspired by FranIAm, and to sweeten the deal for the people tagged above, for any who continue this story, you will get a genuine Splotchy doodle drawn from a doodle idea you supply.

Just leave a comment with your doodle idea after you have posted your propagation of the story virus on your own blog.

who doesn't love posts about advertising

How Far Does This Insidious Jingle Reach?

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Please add a comment to this post, indicating

1. Do you know how to complete the number below?
2. Your location (State, if in the US, or Country)

588-2300

P.S. If you give away the completed phrase in a comment, I’ll delete it, and then I’ll find you and shoot you in the ankle with a squirt gun filled with cat urine.

UPDATE:

I decided not to delete the comments of the people who revealed the end of this phrase, but I’m still going ahead with the spraying of their ankles with cat urine.

meme, youtube

I Saw Her At The Anti-War Demonstration

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FranIAm sorta tagged me with this.

So I sorta did it. My music player was all nice to me for the most part, but it occasionally got a little hurtful towards me. Bad, bad music player.

Here’s the rules I followed, and follow them I did. Yes, there is a Lindsay Lohan song on my iPod (thank you, J.D.!)

1. Put your music player on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT(this is in capital letters, so it is very serious).

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY? Atras Do Trio Electrico – Caetano Veloso

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Wackity Schmackity Doo! – Patton Oswalt

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Opi Rides Again – Camper Van Beethoven

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Pride – The Red Krayola

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE? Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Yummy Yummy Yummy – Ohio Express

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Wilson Pickett

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS? Frankie And Johnny – Lindsay Lohan

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Judy Is A Punk – The Ramones

10. WHAT IS 2+2? Boa Constrictor – The Magnetic Fields

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Hell Hole – Spinal Tap

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Crap Hands (Bonus Japan Track) – Beck

13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Grammy Awards – Todd Barry

14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Australia – The Kinks

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? I’ve Been Tired – The Pixies

16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Captain Lou – NRBQ

17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Quick Draw – Bo Diddley

18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Midnight Man – Aalon

19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? South African Man – Bohannon

20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Sleeper – The Trashmen

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder

22. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS? I Saw Her At The Anti-War Demonstration – Jens Lekman

Thought I’d dig up the Jens Lekman song on the YouTube.

Here’s a live performance from Bloomington, IN.

This is kinda nice, too. It’s a little awkward, but according to the person who posted the video, it’s apparently from a performance he did in someone’s home in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, just a month ago.

Cheers!

politics, scanners

A Democratic Rhyme To A Tengrain Post

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There have been a handful of occasions when I see something in a newspaper or magazine that is so awesome (either terribly awesome or wonderfully awesome) that I feel compelled to clip it and stick it on a wall.

Seeing this post by Tengrain jogged my memory of a clipped picture I had cherished from the Bill Clinton years.

I rummaged through an old box of things, found and scanned it.

I’m sorry about the quality — it’s a little wrinkled and yellowed with age. Still, I think the power of the photo shines through.

Click on the pic to make Bill Clinton and the head he is palming even bigger!