Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Challenged.

Are any of you planning to participate in the upcoming A to Z challenge?


 I have been dragging my heels about adding my name to the list.  I have been following the updates to the main page like a zealot.  And still... I have chosen my theme, have an ongoing list mapped out A-Z and am vigorously trying to fill in a subject for each letter.  It is something that is getting ongoing mental pushes on a daily basis.  I am down to the letters O and X.  They stare at me like two redheaded stepsisters that remain dateless for the Big Dance.  I glare back. "I have NOTHING for you," my brain screams.  And until I do I can't commit to The List.  Gah.  She bangs her head into the wall behind her desk.  Check that.  She only thinks about it.  The migraine already hurts enough.

If this is the first you have heard of the A to Z Challenge, it is a daily writing challenge for the month of April.  The sign up is now so that you have plenty of time to prepare.  The idea is that you write on a Themed Subject so that your readers get used to your topic.  (You don't have to write on a theme if you don't want... you can write on anything and everything if you so choose.)   It is every day but Sunday.  You can prepare all of your writing before April so that your time is spent reading and commenting, so that it isn't overwhelming in April.  The intent of the challenge is for you to meet new bloggers who are writing about things that you are interested in reading, and vice versa. 

So, let's flip to another page in the notebook.  Alex Cavanaugh is going to host a challenge on his blog in March, in the guise of Blog Hop, to list your Top Ten Movies of All-Time.


Are you freaking kidding me????  Can't we pick a genre, a decade, something?  Ergo, I have a running list that gets longer by the day.  Each movie that I think to add to the list triggers another movie.

Does anyone remember THE PLASTIC JOY AWARDS????

If you are scratching your head over that shout of frustration... that was an award intended to be fun (and OMG it was... so so fun) regarding fictional crushes.  However, I have this love of YouTube that is unmatched.  I maintain that they have laced it with visual crack cocaine.  Don't know how, but it's there.  And this award got slightly out of control.  I think you were supposed to choose five fictional crushes.  I think I chose 30.  Whatevs.  And it went for 3 days.  Again, it is the JOY of the award.  And no one says you HAVE to do it a certain way.  I mean the rules aren't set in STONE.  No one flogs you or anything if you go outside the boundaries.  A little.  Or a lot.  Moving on...

I think my quandary lies in the fact that I am not really known for following rules very well.  I am already looking for work-arounds with the Top 10 list.  Seriously... if there is a movie series... you should be able to count the entire series as ONE movie, right????  If not, I am thinking of panning them all.  I can't choose one movie out of a series and skip the rest.  Do you feel me?

So, what do YOU think?

So, am I the only person who would have trouble picking 10 All-Time Favorite Movies?  Does this Blog Hop sound like fun to You?  What about the A to Z Challenge... are you participating?  Does it sound like something you want to investigate further?   Do you prefer the idea of writing within the context of a theme or would you rather just fly by the seat of your pants?  Do you feel like you need to have all of your letters covered BEFORE you enter or are you ready to enter NOW?

11 comments:

  1. You are so on top of it, Robin! I am having such a hard time this year picking out a theme for A to Z. Ugh. I need to hurry so I can write my posts so I don't have to feel stressed out and crazy-like.

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    1. Hahahaha. This is what "on top of it" looks like? Egads. I suppose that means I need to add my name to the list and commit already...

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  2. If you commit now to the A to Z Challenge, I guarantee you'll come up with something for those letters!
    And if you want to go with just one genre, that is fine. I keep it open so those who struggle to think of ten anything can participate.
    You should've been there for my Worst Movies Ever Blogfest...

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    1. I am just about to ready to "sign on the dotted line."

      Aha. Compromise. I might be able to pull Ten of Something out of this crazy list.

      Worst Movies Ever.... Bwahahaha. I can only imagine the bickering on that one. Raising Arizona. Hands Down. I couldn't make it past the first 10 minutes.

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  3. I dunno that I could post on that many topics consistently... I'm still under the weather and simply not feeling well...

    'The Plastic Joy' Award... I think I received something like that once...

    *yawns*

    ~shoes~

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    1. I am absolutely certain you could do this. Favorite Rock Bands. A to Z. 1-2-3- Go. Easy Peasy. It would be a topic you would love writing on and something your reader would enjoy, too.

      Look at me, working more miracles.

      *yawns*

      ~robin~

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  4. >> . . . Raising Arizona. Hands Down. I couldn't make it past the first 10 minutes.

    ROBIN, although 'Raising Arizona' would not make my Top Ten Worst Movies list, I agree with you: that was one BAD movie!

    That has to be one of the all-time most popular bad movies ever made. It amazes me how many people like 'Raising Arizona'. I did manage to watch the entire stinker, but NEVER again!

    I can think of three or four movies right off the top of my mind that would absolutely make my Top Ten Worst list; after that I'd have to give it some real thought because there's a lot of competition.

    ~ D-FensDogg
    'Loyal American Underground'

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    1. Yeah, Worst Movies is not so hard. Much harder to commit to a Top 10 List. That list constantly gets larger the older you get or the more movies you watch. Depending. I suppose it makes you refine the list.

      I suppose I should just commit to both Hops and then I will have to get my stuff together for each, respectively.

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  5. I have narrowed mine down to ten before...my top two vary according to mood...but it's V for Vendetta and the shawshank redemption. I tried to watch your clips three seperate times yesterday and they wouldn't load for me....will try again tomorrow though.

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    1. If you can't watch them on my page, try double clicking on them so that it takes you directly to YouTube. Sometimes that will help...

      Interesting movie choices. Now, I have even more to think about... Hmmmm.

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  6. 10 movies ONLY??? But, how does one compare the silly vs. the heartwarming, the thought-provoking vs. the heartbreaking, and then come up with only 10??? I'd pick 10, then re-evaluate, then second guess, then re-write, then ....

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