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The morning I woke up hungover and remembered I had actually published a post entitled Drunken Rambling about my Optimistic Clitoris I decided to challenge as many readers as I could to write something daring. This particular post of mine was clearly the result of Nablopomo pressure, four Gin and Tonics, and a lack of any other ideas at the time. But I wondered what could happen if we actually PLANNED to get loose and write! So here we go. Start your engines. Get out the cabernet.
This is a challenge to write something a little bit daring. Stretch and push yourself for a day or a night and see what comes of it. Find something that makes you a wee bit uncomfortable and then muster the confidence to explore it. You might surprise yourself.
Make us laugh, cry, think and ponder. Make our jaws drop just a little bit. By pushing ourselves I do believe we push each other. So let’s let our hair down, shall we?
Half-Drunk is not a requirement. You can be No-Drunk, Three-Quarter-Drunk or Fully-Drunk. It’s up to you. I do believe there is something to be said for having a few glasses of wine with the intention of writing something for the public, no matter how slow the typing is and whether or not we can see the screen clearly while we’re doing it. Tell yourself you are going to write something and you are going to publish it, come hell or high water!
You may choose, like Jen, to have a topic in mind before you imbibe. Or you may be more like me and have no freaking clue, using it as an excuse to toss back some lemon drop shots, full well knowing you’ll just wing it.
If you you do not drink you are STILL WELCOME TO JOIN US. And? you might be even more daring than the rest of us if you do!
DETAILS:
Sometime between December 6th at 12:01 am (EST) – that’s TONIGHT, PEOPLE – and Saturday, December 12th at 11:59 pm (EST) publish a new, “half-drunk” post at your own blog and then come back here to submit the link. Make sure you use the direct URL of the post and not the main web address of your blog. We want to be sure that we find your brilliance while we are surfing the blogosphere all tipsy with holiday cheer.
We will be reading and commenting on your posts throughout the week and looking for the best of the best. Like Five for Ten I am absolutely positive there will be a lot of comment love going around.
On Sunday, December 13th we will announce the winner! The winning entry will be posted on our site for a day. And maybe Jen and I will write reactions. And… there are prizes!
PRIZES:
- $50 Gift Certificate to your local liquor store (trust me, if I could ship you a bottle of Grey Goose or a case of Beaujolais Nouveau, I totally would) and a few choice drink recipes to help move you from Half-Drunk to Over-Drunk
- $25 Gift Certificate to Starbucks to jolt yourself awake the next morning
- A complimentary bottle of Tylenol for, well, you know!
Socially RESPONSIBLE note: We still love you if you aren’t a lush. In fact, if you never ever consume even one drop of alcohol we will not hold it against you, nor offend you by sending you money to buy booze that you don’t drink. Instead we’ll work out a comparable prize.
Jen and I will publish our own half-drunken posts some time during the week. I don’t yet know when, so stay on your toes. Also, Momalom’s Mom is sure to play along, and I think I’ve convinced my husband to join us so long as I transcribe his drunken slurs. It’s the season of celebration, folks. Let’s get our game on!
Grab our button with the updated link to this post and promote the Half-Drunk Challenge. See it down there in the sidebar? If we get 50 participants I’d be over-joyed. This could be some seriously good times and I’m looking forward to toasting all the brave writers out there all.week.long!
If you have questions, concerns or need any MORE bribing, feel free to leave a comment or email Jen or I directly. If enough people feel they need specific ideas, I just might have to put up some appropriately daring topic suggestions. And if that’s the case, you know I’ll be writing another one of my “Please help me out” posts. Yeah, I’m shameless. And needy.
Now GO. Drink! Be joyous. Be honest. Write freely. And come back here to share with us and everyone else. Check out your fellow daring writers and be sure to leave a trail of comments for all of the participants. It’s all about community and connections!
UPDATE: Go here for some clarifications and writing ideas (should you find yourself lacking in daring subjects).
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Let the games begin!
Twitter: MomalomJen
With all the spewing I’ve been doing on my blog I can’t even imagine what may come out. I wish I had a topic going in (suggestions happily taken) but I’m all about this cause.
And the bottle of gin waiting for the occasion.
Hmm. If I get more questions for topic ideas I would consider posting a few suggestions tomorrow. Stay tuned!
And for shits and giggles you could always just write about the GIN.
Twitter: Momalom
Well, that’s a relief. If I understand correctly we do not have to spend an entire week being half, three quarters, or fully intoxicated. Just one episode of aforementioned behavior? (Frankly, neither my stomach nor my wallet could manage a week, not to mention the requirement to parent… )
And I haven’t dared sufficiently of late, to do my share of spewing as well? (Great word from Jill.) What is the McLinky thing?
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
After 12:01 PST you’ll see what MckLinky is. It allows you to link up your post on our site. Very self-explanatory, it’s just not open and running yet.
And come back to the site when you get this email…I added a special tune to snazz y’all up. I think there will be more music in the days to come!
Twitter: Momalom
Oh and Wolfie? Total FYI and shameless pressure on you: I’m expecting brilliance from your Plate of Crazy!
Cause why? We all know you got it in you, girl!
Cheers! and a nod of my hat…
Twitter: Momalom
I am so looking forward to this! Trust me, drinking and writing brings out some interesting things with me.
Twitter: NickiinNY
Yes! Drinking and writing! I always feel like I win some, I lose some…so I’m totally crossing my fingers with my own post. But just canNOT wait to read those of everyone else!
Bring it, Mama!
Twitter: Momalom
Man…I don’t know if there’s anything I haven’t explored on my site…but for liquor and coffee I’ll try to find something!
There HAS to be something. HAS.TO! And? I totally can’t wait to read what it is!
Twitter: Momalom
Okay, I’m in. This sounds like too much fun to pass up. Then again, I have no topic in mind and with me it’s just as likely to be weepy, weepy as silly, silly.
Twitter: Motherese
Ditto, friend.
Could shed a piece of my soul with the weight of my tears OR find something curiously important about describing the toothbrush situation in this house, or the dirt, or the innumerable screwdrivers stashed in every.possible.location – or any other little foolish benign thing.
Let’s hope not though, right? Let’s hope I choose the right beverage on my night to write…one that shall induce all forms of wise, witty and brave verse!
Twitter: Momalom
OK girls. I’m in. Haven’t a clue what I”ll write about, but something will surely percolate to the top if I futz around on my computer long enough. And add a little wine/gin/Bailey’s to the mix? Sure to be an interesting, albeit incomprehensible, post. Or, hey! there are a half dozen bottles of wedding champagne languishing in the basement. How perfect. Champagne bubbles always make me burp – maybe that’ll translate to my brain. Brain burps. Fizzy synapses. Or something.
WooHoo Geege. We have reserved a spot for you. So tip back that glass (is it 4:59 pm yet?) and settle in on the red couch with your laptop. We’ll be waiting for that fabulous drunkenness of yours to spill over onto Momalom.
Twitter: Momalom
Momalom’s mom has a red couch? I knew I liked her. But mixing wine, gin, and Baileys? Uh… she’s going to need that tylenol more than the rest of us.
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
Wait. Wait. Where’s that picture? The one at the bottom of the post she wrote? Wasn’t that the red couch? Or the one of Dan sleeping on the couch on Thanksgiving? Wasn’t THAT the red couch. Wait…I’ll send you one. Red couch. Yes. And? The bestest, most comfy house ever. Just look at that pic again of Dan on the couch sleeping away – it’s my Thanksgiving post and the picture was actually taken on Easter or some shit. He naps on the holidays. On GG’s couch. Every.Time.
Twitter: Momalom
Wolfie, You psychic? How’d you know about the red couch? My mother, momalomsmomsmom? – aka Nanny – always said the family color was red, and I guess it stuck ’cause there’s red all over my house.
Not brave or tipsy enough for the challenge tonight……
Good grief, MomalomsMom – you guys got so many moms and moms of moms it’s like the Royal Family!! (Do you have any crowns or tasteful tiaras as well?)
Speaking of royals – red is MY fave color – regal, energizing and passionate. It’s ALL over my house. (It works almost as well as the caffeine.) CLEARLY you are all a family of generationally wondrous women – particularly since your couleur de famille is RED.
NOW what I want to know is… will Momalomsmomsmom do a drunken post? THAT WOULD BE OUTSTANDING!
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
I am in and have no idea what to write. If I had been able to drink tonight it would be about disappearing and leaving everything behind (it has been a BAD BAD BAD day!). Who knows what I will be feeling that night? Maybe that is still a good post. Can’t wait to read them all!!
Twitter: cfoutz
I’m with you, Crystal. No IDEA what I’m writing yet. However, Wolfie’s post was fabulous and may have lit up a spark or two inside my mind. That said, I know that everything is subject to the whims of the drunken mind. So I am going to pick a good night this week, give in, and give way. Wooooo-boy!
Twitter: Momalom
I am quite disappointed that the official rule does not require one to actually consume any booze. I was really looking forward to do the Jackie Chen “Drunken Master” thing: his kung fu gets better the more drunk he gets. (Eh, perhaps there has been NO venn diagram to be drawn between your readers and viewers of Drunken Master. Well, there is always a first to anything…) This is at the same time exciting and terrifying. I guess it is exactly the point. (Seriously? People have already posted? You are allowed to get drunken on a Sunday, in the United States? <– Being sarcastic here) I can't wait to see all the posts that come out of this.
First of all, why the fuckity fuck did Akismet spam block you? Is there something spammy about Jackie Chen? I guess there must be something spammy about the words “Drunken Master” being mentioned twice in one comment. What the…?
I would have loved to require a three drink minimum. And also? that everyone divulge their drink(s) of choice – listed first and foremost so that I can get an initial feel for the tone of the post. You know…like OOOHHHH this is gonna be a gin post….or a wine post….or an “I just did five shots of tequila” post. Each has their own tone. To be sure.
However, while it is not generally my style to be ultra concerned about the PC thang, I still ultimately believe that we all need to dare ourselves every so often…
So y’all get drinking! Spread the word around. Let’s get some sassy subject matter round these parts.
Twitter: Momalom
GOOD GOD! A three-drink minimum? (Then you’d have to have a height/weight requirement. I have to have child doses of medication and anesthesia – 3 drinks and I’m out cold, unless consuming an entire loaf of bread in the process in which case I’d just be ill and unable to tap-tap-tap on my half-drunk-dead laptop.)
AND, Ambrosia made a wonderful point earlier that extreme sleep deprivation certainly renders the mind slightly, um… okay – these are MY words, not hers – a little “off” – so – glad there’s a bit of wiggle room to the rules, not only for the tea-totellers (how in the hell do you spell that anyway?) but for those of us who are PLENTY wild on two drinks, and do have to be conscious in the a.m. Yep. I’m a cheap date. (But not necessarily a cheap drunk.)
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
Wolfie, I love your spelling questions. Kahlua. Tee-totaler.
(I’m a bit of a spelling snob. Shh… don’t tell.)
Twitter: MomalomJen
I’m the wimpier of the two of us and kind of pushed the “We can’t REQUIRE people to drink” angle. So, ignore me if you wish and go with the three-drink minimum.
Twitter: MomalomJen
Well, I’ve been ttying to get my blog going; maybe this is what I needed? Will have a go with a hot chocolate and Bailey’s by my side. Will be interesting to see what I come up with. Hmm, better get more Bailey’s….
Twitter: CZRiley
Yum. And, blog or no blog, we’ll take it. Just e-mail us your entry!
Twitter: MomalomJen
Whoohoo! Now all I need to do is get drunk. Since today is my youngest’ birthday, that day probably should’t be today. Or maybe should be…hmmm.
Twitter: nevertruetales
Hmm. Funny. I scanned your comment and my mind was all…”Since today is my youngest’s birthday, that day should probably be today.”
Yeah. Then I actually read the words a little closer. Birthdays are at once both a cause for stress and celebration. Um, drinks anyone?
If you wait until tomorrow, or even till Friday, we’ll still be here! With drinks in hand.
Twitter: Momalom
I love this! I think half of my really good posts have been written with at least one too many glasses of wine…
Twitter: crnnoel
Oh yes indeed! I hear you. And I do hope you’ll be joining us. It’s the season of giving…Let’s all give each other something to talk about.
And also? More reasons to drink.
IN-DEED!
Twitter: Momalom
Another fabulous idea from you two! I can’t wait to see what the week (and wine) brings forth. I am feeling a bit sheepish about this one. Don’t know why. (Maybe it is because I am an endearingly insecure control-freak and the idea of publishing something more raw and daring gives me the shivers?) We will see. Might not be able to resist!
Twitter: ADonnRowley
Hmm. Shivers. All the more reason to imbibe and write, m’dear. There’s a quote I’ve been meaning to find and share about how that which makes us a bit uncomfortable can often times become our best writing. Something truly worthy of being said.
And? If truth be told, I’m a bit daunted myself. But drink I do. And write I shall do.
Be merry. Tis the season!
Twitter: Momalom
Daring for you might not be daring for someone else. Not to worry! (I’m a bit worried about this myself, actually. Like, hey, this is a big deal to me. And everyone else says, Hey, what’s the big deal…)
We’d love to have you participate!
Twitter: MomalomJen
Hello, Ladies–I’m in. I toasted the idea last night and promptly fell asleep, so you know I’ll be writing sober (or at least without the influence of alcohol.) I am a little afraid of MckLincky since it seems like the charming fellow who invented it wants me and my kind dead, or at the very least laboring under even greater injustice than we already endure. (By my kind I mean godless communist lesbians, of course.) But I’ll try to get over it because I LOVE you all. See you in the comments.
Ooh, Lynne. If I’d have known that I would have gone with another link-up system. Even after hearing of this I think I may have to change it. Shame on me for using the technology without doing a bit more research. I’m sure you know – but I will reiterate it anyway – that Jen and I are SO FAR FROM THAT MINDSET that you need NOT WORRY ONE BIT about us. At least there’s that. Have you read our posts about our own history of gay relationships? Yup. Tis true. I’ve been with more women in my life than men. And no, it wasn’t some sort of phase.
On another note…YAY! for joining in. Drunk or sober or sleep-deprived (see Ambrosia’s post), everyONE is welcome here!
Twitter: Momalom
Sarah, I so totally trust you guys. No worries there. I can’t find any way this guy benefits from us using his technology, except (this is a big except) to raise his profile so that more people have the opportunity to read his hateful spew. Do what you have to do, I’m just excited about the writing, reading and commenting.
A little late to the game, here, ladies. But I’m kind of disgusted about the MckLincky thing (which I’ve been misspelling all day and usually I care about stuff like that, but if this guy is full of hateful spew then I’m not going back to fix them). Keep us informed, Lynne Marie. And next time we’ll find another way.
Twitter: MomalomJen
Well I guess I am outnumbered by women … oh, 400 to one here, but maybe I will have the ‘balls’ to participate and tell tall tales from the male’s side of life.
What say you ladies?
I say yes, yes and yes. And? Might I add I live with four penises in this house. That’s four sets of balls and three vaginas too few. Damn good thing we’re bringing home a girlie puppy for Christmas. As Male #1 said the other night, ” Just trying to even out the numbers for you, honey.”
It is the male side of life I remember the least but need to hear the most. Make sense?
Twitter: Momalom
I have seen Steve drunk so it is well worth encouraging him to go over the edge in his writing. LOL
Twitter: NickiinNY
Counting on you now, Steve! Welcome. Does it sound creepy if I ask if you have any male friends you could bring to the table? So to speak.
Twitter: MomalomJen
I, too, am a cheap date. So much so that whenever my adoring (and occasionally deprived) husband sees me imbibe, he’s pretty sure he’s gonna get lucky. I’ll either have to drink and write in secret, or it will be a disjointed post. We’ll see.
(And “synaptic fizziness?” MomalomsMom, may I please steal that phrase? Because it’s kind of where I live now. Without booze.)
Um “disjointed?” How could you possibly be? Just wait until you see whatever the fuck I come up with. It will be sad, I tell you, sad sorry and sad. You know, not weepy, just kinda pathetic I’m sure. My goal is to stick true to the DRUNK part. :)
Can you tell I’m in “training” tonite?
Twitter: Momalom
Training is important. We don’t want anyone getting hurt due to inadequate preparation.
OKAY. I’m done with all my driving today (I hope, I hope). I have a pot of coffee on. An empty stomach (OMG), and I’m about to put kaluah (which I cannot spell SOBER) into my coffee. I have already written my daily post (and posted) – mostly because my computer is permanently drunk these days and I needed to make sure I wrote SOMETHING semi-intelligible and fast… so, it doesn’t qualify for half-drunk unless you count the machinery warming my (mmm, mmmm) little thighs…
Once I’ve had K-and-coffee (and feel the burn), OMG it’s lunchtime… might I come back and do some HALF-DRUNK commenting??
All in the name of “training” for the real thing, um, sometime soon, when no active parenting or driving (or thinking) is required.
Scandalous activity you moms, momaloms, momalomsmom AND (apparently) momalomsmomsmom have all initiated here. BRAVO!! This is exactly what our recessionary-depressionary culture needs. (You see? You are providing a public service.)
Twitter: BigLittleWolf
1:42 pm. Completely unrelated to this project, the thought crossed my mind about 20 minutes ago to maybe have a Bailey’s & coffee. And finish this godforsaken gingerbread house that the kids have long-since abandoned. But then I remembered that I have to pick up my son at preschool at 4. Oh, and I have a doctor’s appointment before that. I fear he would not be impressed if I show up intoxicated. Especially since he wants to evaluate my anti-depressant.
Life is getting in the way of drunk blogging. So I’ll just leave long, rambling comments that make people wonder if I’m drinking. Must keep everyone on her toes….
My training tip: prime the liver.
I think I was half drunk when I red the challenge. I thought I had to do one for each day! Ha. I guess I can relax and really choose which one. But I already did mine, in a hurry, to meet the deadline and I suppose I’ll wait to share. You know, to be sure it’s the “best” one I have.And to make changes throughout the week.
Vanessa, You’re not the only one who misunderstood our challenge! So we made a few clarifications. See the link on the Update, above. Looking forward to your submission!
Twitter: MomalomJen
Okay – I have decided I may join several others and post every day. This morning’s post is about something I do not like to admit but is not the post I am truly thinking of some evening with a couple drinks in me. LOL!!!
Twitter: NickiinNY
Go go go. You are all going to keep me and Sarah busy! I’m still getting caught up on these here COMMENTS. Egad. Better block off some time for READING the links.
Twitter: MomalomJen
Ok, you got me. I submitted one. However, I don’t drink anymore(health issues). So mine was not written in a drunken stouper. But it was written in the wee hours of the morning, before I had any coffee! Does that count?
Wee hours of morning? No coffee? I think that’s perhaps my most vulnerable state.
Twitter: MomalomJen
I am so excited for this drunken blogging challenge! Now that is something I can get behind! I’m thinking I’ll have a date with some Mike’s Hard Lemonade Light on Friday night and get going!
Twitter: momlissa
I’m in. Can’t guarantee I won’t be compelled to do another one, though. My liver thanks you.
I can’t figure out where I’m supposed to submit the link so hopefully I’m doing it right by posting in the website portion of this comment form.
The blog I wrote my post for is brand new and I’m writing it anonymous. There are somethings I’ll be writing in that blog that mostly I need to keep my family from knowing it’s coming from me. But, my husband shall never see this blog so, I’m safe. LOL Oh, and I’m also quite tipsy. ;)
Jen,
Sorry for any confusion. There is a lot of technical stuff we weren’t exactly planning on – clarifications and such. I posted your link into McKlinky for you. You can see all the entries by going to the post entitled Half Drunk Challenge Entries, or by clicking on the big blue Half Drunk Button right below our email envelopes in the sidebar.
Thanks!
Twitter: Momalom
I wish to high heavens that I saw this a week ago. Great idea. I do look forward to reading some of the submissions!