A photo of me after I told C my bloggity plans for September.Doesn't he look proud?
Or, maybe he's just watching the Twins' Game we were attending--absolutely oblivious to his annoying wife taking my-space-style photos of him.
Hand to Blog-God (also know as Lindsay Lohan---girl has some serious issues but blogs like a mofo) (Just kidding...I only like to read her stuff so I can feel all superior about my use of actual grammar and, in general, the English language*)..........
-->Starting September 1st<--
I will (once again) be attempting to blog every single day for at least 30 days.**
I'm not saying I won't fall off the wagon*** and end up on the side of a prairie road with my hoop-skirt up over my head, but I'm willing to give it a shot.
I will (once again) be attempting to blog every single day for at least 30 days.**
I'm not saying I won't fall off the wagon*** and end up on the side of a prairie road with my hoop-skirt up over my head, but I'm willing to give it a shot.
Please, oh please, let me still have a few readers. But not Lindsay Lohan, because I don't think she get any of it. On that same train of thought....drunk, incoherent comments are always welcome!
*...and my bad-ass use of "...", way too many asterisks, parentheses, run-on sentences and never knowing where to put the period if I type something like, Lindsay Lohan is "awesome". Should the period go on the inside???
** In a row
***See June.
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29 Charitable Assessment(s):
Nope, period goes on the inside.
Memarie: Seriously--THANK YOU. Now I just have to think up a clever thing to help me remember. Maybe I can make it a tribute to you? How about Memarie.Lane? (See? The period is inside?)
I had a sucky candy in my mouth when I opened Google Reader and I choked on it when I saw that you had posted. I'm not saying that in a "OMG! I laughed so HARD I spat JUICE all over my COMPUTER SCREEN!" kind of way. I actually choked on my sucky candy. I almost died.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR SEPTEMBER!! Yes, that did require yelling.
Welcome back, friend!
Hills: HOLY LORD I ALMOST KILLEDSOMEONEWITHMYPOST. I'm extraordinarily relieved that you're still with us!!!
Wow! I am looking forward to September. I have blogged for a month straight before. It was intense. Good luck!
Sparklie: I wasn't kidding about "stretching via twitter"---I'm a bit nervous about the intensity. I may have to do some cop-out posts where I post a picture and just write a few smart-ass sentences. That way I won't implode from too much creativity.
Don't hurt yourself;)
I look forward to September posting.
I am drunkish per Warrior Womans drunk posting contest.
but I think I can do the word verification. ( I hope)
Witchy: I don't trust myself with WW's challenge. I oftentimes sound like I'm writing drunk...God forbid what I'd write if I actually WERE drunk.
WTH? Did you quit your job? Take a month-long sabbatical? Are you going to stop sleeping? Stop eating? How will you have the time to blog daily? I'm not complaining, mind you... I've missed your wit.
And BTW, I thought the period went on the outside if it was not essential to the words in the quote and ended the sentence. As in, Lindsay Lohan is "awesome" but awesome isn't a sentence and therefore the quote stands alone, the period is part of a larger sentence. If you'd have said "And then I'm all Lindsay Lohan is the goddess and she's awesome." then it's part of the quote and the period goes inside because the quote is a sentence unto itself. Um, yeah. That's what I'm going with. =)
Good luck with that month posting thing. I am just thankfull I have two people that get roped into it when I decide to do that.
Instead I decide to do a year long photo campaign... smart.
/sigh
Anyways, when I get back from Europe you can steal some of my post and blog them as your own if your desperate. I can guarentee they were written while drunk.
Hyphen: Hey! That's an idea! I'll quit my job! Heh...I wish. As for the period thing...I was thinking the same thing you were, but then it seems like other people say what Memarie did....so, I'm going to have to check the bible. Ya know, Wikipedia.
Bridge: Thank you for the permission to steal b/c I'm definitely considering it. Could you change your copyright statement on SHSNE to include "except the over-thinker---she can copy all she wants, also, she is pretty"---kaithanx!
It's said traditionally that periods, question marks, and exclamation points ALWAYS go inside quotation marks. But it's a newer trend (one that I follow) to only put those punctuation marks in the quotation marks if they are actually part of the quote. Otherwise, they go outside.
So in short, you can justify doing it either way you like.
Sra: Ohh--okay. Ya know, I knew I could count on you for the best answer!
yeah! i am excited to hear you will be back! i am looking forward to reading more of you. i have forced myself to blog this last month. it has been hard to come up with stuff to say for sure!
and as far as the quotes got i tend to put the period on the inside if the whole sentence is a quote and the period on the outside if it is just part of the quote.
for example...
i was telling will about the yummy tripe soup i ate and he said, "yuck, i hope you never make that for us".
will said, "yum, i love when you force me to eat cow stomach."
i'm sure that isn't the actual way to do things, but i like it. it makes sense to me. of course i am not a true writer so don't ask me for the actual rules on these matters.
yea!!!! for blogging!
You are back! Hooray! I was stating to wonder if you had quit altogether.
Looking forward to September :)
Natalie: I was talking to this lovely lady that blogs from Turkey and I was all "Not the tripe!! ANYTHING but the tripe."
Angella: Ha! Nope, I didn't quit. BlogSpot only pays unemployment if you're fired, so I'll hold out for that.
so i typed out this long ass comment yesterday on my phone...and then i hit the WRONG GD BUTTON...
bye bye long ass comment.
so. here i am AGAIN. but this time i'm smarter - i'm on my lappy.
bridge and al don't know this yet, so here's my EXCLUSIVE announcement, live from YOUR BLOG: i am ALSO posting every day in september for NaBloPoMo - i really liked september's theme, which is "ha!" (punctuation always goes inside the quotes, fyi...)
i'll be posting this announcement on monday. HA. i hope no one thinks i'm copying you...i've just been keeping it a secret.
Jess: How dare you. I mean HOW DARE YOU!!" (quote thrown in for fun) I can't believe you're copying me by posting daily on your blog. Way to steal my originality. I'm over our friendship! Simply OVER IT!
SUCK IT, JESS!!!
Jess: That was me practicing my "HA!" style of posting for NaBloPoMo. Quite righteous, yes? So, we'll have to coach each other with encouragement when we feel like we...just...can't...post anymore!
i'm glad you are back.... wait a sec i will go get my beer out of the freezer ........................................... ahhhhhhhh. if you post every day in sept. i will be here every day too. [figuratively]...
FriYet: I will save you a figurative cold one each and every day!
Oh Thank God you're back!
Lynne: You are so sweet, thank you! I'm glad you came back, too!!
Sorry, that big ass thunk everyone heard was me passing out and falling over in shock.
WOOT!
(Sorry this is belated. DUDE. I can barely remember to check my own damn blog without my reader. Seriously. I have to come up with a better plan. I'm pissing people off.)
Loralee: Please don't pass out! I'm about to revive you with ANOTHER post!
**BIG ASS THUNK**
Loralee! Quit passing out! Doc! We need some Diet Coke stat...get the IV!
I keep meaning to do this - and then not doing it.
You are an inspiration to bloggers everywhere.
Moose: You know, I'm continually told that I'm an inspiration. By myself. Um, you were saying?
Glad you're back on the blog circuit. I look forward to 30 days of posts. Good thing you didn't commit to October. It has 31 days!
Ilinap: I know! See, if I would've played my cards right, I would've done this in February.
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