So, what kind of person signs up for an activity that requires daily blog posting, knowing full-well that she will be away from a computer for two days?

Me.

Eh, that leaves me out of the running for the prizes, but it doesn't mean I can't post every day for the rest of the month now, does it? And, yes, I know that one can post with a phone or via e-mail. But I don't have a PDA, and, while I do have a phone, I don't have text as an option. Not on the cutting edge of technology am I.

I left the pictures of what I did do this weekend at home. Instead, I leave you with a picture of what I was doing the previous weekend:

A Classic...

The topic of the day: Name your top ten list for a particular genre (CD, movies, etc.). In other words, which ones would you take to a desert island? (from MP and AL)

I'll start with a list of CD's and see how far I get before the baby wakes up. I will assume, though, that this desert island provides me some way to play the CDs. I always love these questions when they require powered devices on a desert island...

Top 10 CDs

1. ABBA Gold
2. If I Were a Carpenter (var. artists)
3. Erasure Top 20 Album
4. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
5. Best of Jethro Tull
6. Violator (Depeche Mode)
7. The Mozart Album (Canadian Brass)
8. 80's Mix (made for me by A)
9. Flood (They Might Be Giants)
10. God Shuffled His Feet (Crash Test Dummies)

I wish it could be more than 10 because I also have a fondness for the Grateful Dead, Toad the Wet Sprocket, James, Siouxie and the Banshees, Iz, and a bunch of others I am forgetting right now (baby is up- finishing quickly).

I suppose to be on the safe side, I should start making compilations of all of my favorite songs from all of my favorite artists on 10 CDs. You know, in case that desert thing ever actually happens.

Nantucket...

I have had a fabulous response from my friends. Today, I picked a fun and easy one:

Write a limerick about candy or water (from JS).

On Candy, My Sweet

There once was a candy called Nerds,
Whose pieces were sized for the birds,
In pink and in green
With a sour-sweet sheen
They’re eaten by children in herds.


Eh, why not, here's a water one, too...(great title, huh?)

The running of water, a brook,
Is moving each time that I look
The pebbles and soil
Washed away in a toil
It amazes me how much it took.

Off We Go!

Having accepted the NaBloPoMo challenge, it dawned on me yesterday that, starting today, I would need to find 30 things to say in 30 days. I'm one of those people who perseverates on every word, every topic, and every thought that might make it to the blog. Then, I don't post for a while because nothing is "just right." Or, alternatively, I end up posting on the hated "what I had for lunch" type topic (usually expressed as ramblings about my kid).

Fear not- I have found a solution!

I have asked my IRL friends who know about the blog to suggest topics or ideas. I have given them only a few restrictions (no work, sex, or hometown topics) but outside of that, creativity is welcome. I have already received a few responses, and it should be interesting. With 30 days, I won't get to every idea, but it will be fun trying! To keep it from seeming too random, I will include the suggestion/question du jour with my post.

If anyone finding this post has a topic suggestion, drop me a comment, and I will try to fit it in. Buckle your safety belts, it's gonna be a wild ride!

NaBloPoMo

I noticed the other day that I am creeping up on my two year blogiversary. Two years! And I have said, well, things. Stuff. Nothing earth shattering, I fear. So, in celebration of my two years of rambling on, I have accepted the NaBloPoMo* challenge. In the month of November you will get the good, the bad, and the ugly. All "dish-ed" up to you daily. Think of it as a blue plate special without the gravy. Oh, who the hell am I kidding, there might just be gravy on some of them- needed or not.

Tomorrow I rest and stock up on sugar.

*National Blog Posting Month. Credits to Cecily for alerting me to the occasion. For a complete list of rules and participants, go here.