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30 Days of What?



You know, I think I've lost it. And I don't even know where to begin to find it. I've just spent the last couple of month's recovering from Ziva's latest 30 Days of Photos challenge. After that little effort I was totally bereft (big word!) of ideas for the blog. I was empty, wasted, tapped out. Get the idea?

What did I do about it? I just agreed to participate in Nicky and Mike's 30 Day Writing challenge. Well it's actually a 30 day minus 2 because it takes place during February. That must be what attracted me to it. Two days fewer...what a deal! Or maybe because these guys are Canadian and us Canucks gotta stick together. Or maybe because they like cheese. I dunno.

And look at these prompts...



  • Cheesy
  • Hold on
  • And the next thing I knew
  • Friendship
  • You better put out
  • Haven
  • Texting
  • French
  • 15 minutes
  • The mayor
  • Road trip
  • The day I met Abraham Lincoln
  • Unintended
  • Where can I get a good blintz?
  • Or else
  • Music
  • Whatever, dude
  • Home at last
  • Little things
  • The other shoe
  • Last train
  • Compulsively
  • Absurd
  • Confucius
  • Fact or Fiction
  • Deal with it
  • And that’s why I got drunk
  • Is that all

  • Yeah, pretty damn wacky. Who the hell thought those up? But I'm a man of my word. I said I'd participate and I will...for 28 frackin' days in a row. So come back February 1. See what I've come up with. And be sure and visit Nicky and Mike every day and check out the linky dinky thingy to see what the rest of my nut-job friends have written. 
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    Unfinished Person said…
    God help me, I'm in too.
    28 January 2013 at 12:27
    nonamedufus said…
    God help us all, Bryan.
    28 January 2013 at 12:30
    Linda Medrano said…
    If you said "yes" while you were still sick, I'd understand it better. Have you lost your mind? Did you feel you were under duress? 28 days will land you in the asylum. Mark my words.
    28 January 2013 at 12:32
    nonamedufus said…
    Nicky tricked me. I was sick when I said yes. As a result, now I'm even sicker. Well, I must be, right?
    28 January 2013 at 12:36
    Ziva said…
    Nicky totally tricked me into doing this, too. Tall heels, awkward bananas, whispered words. How could I possibly say no? But that was before I saw the list of prompts. We're doomed, I'm telling you.
    28 January 2013 at 12:39
    nonamedufus said…
    Tell me about it. And blintzes for Valentine's? C'mon!
    28 January 2013 at 12:43
    Indigo Roth said…
    Hey Z, no complaining! You used the exact same, positively Kafkaesque tactics on me to sucker me into YOUR 30 Days challenge...
    28 January 2013 at 13:22
    Indigo Roth said…
    Yeah, I've been suckered too 'Dufus.
    28 January 2013 at 13:23
    Tami Von Zalez said…
    Quit yer bitchin - you know you love it! I'm in too - see ya in a few days ~
    28 January 2013 at 13:48
    nonamedufus said…
    That Nicky's a smooth one.
    28 January 2013 at 14:38
    nonamedufus said…
    Awkward banana? That's not a prompt.
    28 January 2013 at 14:40
    Ziva said…
    Maybe we could make it one?
    28 January 2013 at 15:19
    nonamedufus said…
    I wouldn't know where the heck to begin to write about that one.
    28 January 2013 at 15:24
    mike said…
    It's pretty sad, but even I got tricked into this mess.
    28 January 2013 at 20:31
    nonamedufus said…
    Oh yeah? But it's your blog! Now we know who wears the pants on your website!
    28 January 2013 at 21:00
    mike said…
    What can I say. She went rogue.
    28 January 2013 at 21:30
    Shawn Ohara said…
    I can't believe it. I'm in too.
    28 January 2013 at 21:35
    Nicky said…
    I honestly don't know what everyone's going on about. Those are the best prompts ever.
    28 January 2013 at 22:53
    meleahrebeccah said…
    OMG. YOU ARE CRAZY! Good luck! Have fun!

    I'll be cheering everyone on, from the sidelines!
    28 January 2013 at 22:59
    nonamedufus said…
    Share the pain, Shawn, share the pain.
    29 January 2013 at 08:08
    nonamedufus said…
    I think you're the smart one, Meleah.
    29 January 2013 at 08:09
    nonamedufus said…
    Rogue, eh? I think she went right off the deep end.
    29 January 2013 at 08:11
    Cheryl P. said…
    Dufus, I think you are brave...really brave...oh and a little crazy but still brave.
    29 January 2013 at 09:28
    nonamedufus said…
    Crazy? Hell, I must be nuts (like the picture!).
    29 January 2013 at 09:33
    Laughing Mom said…
    You just want all of those fabulous points that Nicky hands out so freely!
    29 January 2013 at 10:18
    meleahrebeccah said…
    LOLZ.

    After NaBloPoMo & NaNoWriMo in November - I will NEVER participate in another writing challenge again. Besides, I'm supposed to be working on my novel.
    29 January 2013 at 11:06
    nonamedufus said…
    I understand completely.
    29 January 2013 at 12:58
    nonamedufus said…
    Are you talking about the point at the tip of Nicky's pretty little head?
    29 January 2013 at 12:59
    P.J. said…
    Yes, wacky is a good way of looking at it. And none of this was my fault, I can assure you of that. No matter what Nicky says. But it should be fun. Right? RIGHT??
    1 February 2013 at 02:14
    nonamedufus said…
    Fun? Are you mad, man?
    1 February 2013 at 07:41
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