1. You DO NOT have to have a blog to take part in the Half-Drunk Challenge. If you would like to write something specifically for us, we would be honored. Write write away, submit your essay/story to one of us via e-mail, and we will take it from there. (See those nice little e-mail buttons over there to your right? Go.)
2. You DO NOT have to be drunk (or daring) all week. We are not promoting total annihilation of holiday responsibility. We are simply giving you a week to put together your most daring, bravest and, if you so choose, most drunken writing experience.
2a. HOWEVER, if you would like to submit more than one entry, PLEASE DO. (You will have more chances to win!) McLinky up to each individual post. (Or, flood our e-mail inboxes if you are a non-blogger. See #1.)
3. We will judge winners on—oh, this is a hard one—how much you speak to us. And the level of daring that we perceive in your writing. We will not judge you on the type of alcohol you choose to consume or not consume. Sarah and I will each read every post and then we will discuss (as we do all the time anyway). In the event that we cannot agree on a winner, we will go out drinking together and duke it out. (Last one conscious gets to choose the winner?)
4. At some point during the week, Sarah and I each will post our own Half-Drunk “entry,” neither of which will be eligible for the winning treats. (No matter how much Momalom’s mom insists we are the brightest and daringest of them all.)
5. Please use McLinky to link up to each POST (not the home page of your blog).
6. If you have no idea what I am talking about–or if you just need to link up to enter–please go here.
7. If we still have left out something or if you’re confused, e-mail us.
8. And now, a few ideas for you, should you choose to join our challenge:
Write about …
• how you really feel about your mother-in-law, boss, best friend, spouse, child. Self?
• your biggest fear or your smallest
• death–yours, someone you love or someone you don’t know
• a lie you told (or wish you had)
• a crime you committed (or have fantasized about committing)
• a turning point
• your biggest challenge today, as a child, in your foreseeable future
• why you love your dog more than your mother-in-law, boss, best friend, spouse, child. Self?
• guilt
• love
• hate
• happiness
• Write about that which comes to the surface first. That topic that you always push down when you are faced with a blank screen. The thing that you always question yourself about. The topic that begs of you, “Is this my story to tell?”
Write about that.
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Merci. (Mercy?)
Thank you for the clarifications (now that my buzz has finally worn off thanks to water, potatoes, and Tylenol – no potato alcohol – just potatoes). Love your ideas! (Had enough drinking for a day or two, thanks.)
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
Jen – your words have me thinking I truly can do this every day but some of the writings are things I cannot post. I just can’t. I will need a pen name and a new place to put them. Not very brave, eh?
Twitter: NickiinNY
Nicki… you are welcome to post on my blog anonymously. Can close comments, whatever you want. The space is yours if you want it! Sometimes just the act of putting words on paper (screen) is as much bravery as any of us can handle in one sweep. Just send me a message.
Oh, and I? am officially the Least Judgmental Person in the world. So don’t worry about me.
Goldfish – your offer to Nicki got me thinking… because I also just CAN’T post a lot of things on my own blog… Jen/Sarah – maybe I could just send you an email with my entry and NOT post it on my own blog? The people I worry about would never find out… would that be ok?
Otherwise, I’m afraid I just can’t be as daring as I’d like!
Twitter: dramaformama
Maybe we need to start some sort of blog co-op… on an as-needed basis….
Holy fuck girls! This is a fantastic idea. Let me talk with Jen and figure out what we can do to help with this. Maybe we can just post them ALL on Momalom. Or, we can do that for whomever wants to and is shy of posting things on their own site. I’m sure we could get a few more helpers…Goldfish, Wolfie, etc?
Will get back in touch. In the meantime Becca, just write something. We’ll figure it out. Really. Truly.
Twitter: Momalom
Goldfish – Thank you! I will keep that in mind. I will probably suck it, like a big girl, and post it on my blog. Just don’t remember this is what I said. I am bad…trust me!
Twitter: NickiinNY
OMG!! This is too funny and too great and too true! It’s like group therapy, but we all need our anonymity! (See why I stay in the shadows under my glittering hat?)
WHAT A TERRIFIC IDEA! (But can one of you tell me how to get a mouse out of my house???? Moms? Dads? Anyone? Help???? (I may have to start drinking again immediately, and I don’t think that I can call the fire department to search for a mouse that’s 2″ long, though there might be a hottie firefighterin a cool hard… hat…)
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
I would think twice, BLW, having dated many firefighters in my time. The call may be worth it, even if they are unhappy about it. LOL… And there is someone here who has been known to put a tool belt and hard hat on …LMAO (I am going to get myself in trouble).
Seriously, on the mouse, I use poison but traps work. A good cat is another idea.
Twitter: NickiinNY
I’m not going to HURT the mouse! You’re cracking me up… never knew any fire fighters, though I’ve been hit on in France by one or two (funny, non?) – in french they’re called “pompiers” which strikes me as even more amusing… indeed.
SO. If mice like peanut butter – creamy or chunky? skippy or jif? (I’m just happy it didn’t die in the vent over my stove, but NOT happy it’s got the run of my house and is teeny enough to go where he pleases! And OBVIOUSLY a he!!!) You’ve got someone “about” the place in a hard hat and tool belt? (Is YMCA playing in the background? Shit. Now I”M going to get myself in trouble. And I”m totally sober. Dontcha know. Fucking mouse. WHERE’S A BIG HE-MAN when you need one?????)
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
I am obsessing a bit over my drunken post…because a) I want to be really drunk when I write it…b) it ain’t easy finding time to be drunk when you have two small children… c) I love being daring…d) I have not posted in, oh, forever, due to the infamous plague at my house (hubby has now hit 101) and e) I have NO FRICKIN’ clue what I’m gonna write about. It’s tricky…I have co-workers who read my blog and cousins and…well, you get the picture. I figure I’m just gonna use this as an excuse to hit the bottle and see what surfaces. And how funny is it that we are all willing to email YOU TWO our most secret thoughts, but can’t bear to post them??? Hmmm..sarah & jen, the blackmail possibilities are endless….
Okay. It’s official. Jen and I have to work out the details of an anonymous posting system tomorrow. I know that there are other groups of bloggers that do this, but let’s just figure out how to do this for each other.
I’m in if you’re in. Email one of us if you are interested in posting something on another site. And also if you would be willing to post someone else’s post on your own site. We will post something OFFICIAL on the blog tomorrow after we actually get a chance to speak.
And now? Lights are dimmed. I’m on my fourth drink.
Twitter: Momalom
That would be great to have one central place where we can all put these. I KNOW I can’t be putting my, hmmm ‘post’ (and there are people who know that is a pun since you know what I am going to write about) on my own blog.
Anxious to see what you come up with.
I’m in for a group blog. A place where we all post annonymously would be just fantastic!! Also, still planning on getting 1/2 drunk for the first time in more than three years and seeing what comes of it. Maybe tonight, possibly tomorrow. Depends what happens between now and then. Great thanks to all of you for PUTTING IT OUT THERE!!