26 Things That Make You Go Hmmmmmmm

So, I expanded my horizons and got me a pretty lil thing called a tumblr account about eight months ago.  Stumbling my way through the entries, finding old friends, I discovered this one post that was a list of 26 questions.  Some simple, some deep, some dark, and some just plain crazy.  I thought I would share them with you and give you a little something to think about.  Feel free to pick and choose a few to answer.  Post them here in the comments section.  Enjoy!

1. If you could get away with one murder in your lifetime without any legal, social, or emotional repercussions, would you kill someone?       
2.  What is your first thought when you receive a message on Tumblr, are you excited for the idea of someone from potentially the other side of the world wanting to talk to you or fearful that someone will criticize you?
3. Have you ever looked down on someone because you thought your religious views were superior? 
4. Would you rather know everything the universe has to offer but in exchange lose all emotions or remain the way you are now?
5. If you could live and be healthy without sleeping or eating/drinking, which would you cut out of your life? 
6. If you could take on the exact body and form of anyone else on Earth, who would it be? 
7. Would you rather burn or freeze to death? 
8. If it meant it would solve all world hunger, war, disease and bigotry, would you spend the rest of eternity in Hell? 
9. Was the first crush in your life something you had or something someone had on you?
10. Could you live without having sex ever (again) in exchange for eternal youth?
11. Have you ever watched a full length pornographic movie? 
12. The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? 
13. If you could have the ability to manipulate matter or energy, which would you choose?
14. What was the worst nightmare you ever had? 
15. Would you rather spend one year with your one true love just to never see them again or the rest of your life with second best? 
16. All the sequels/remakes/adaptations/rip-offs in movies nowadays, good or bad?
17. Would you rather be dirt poor and emotionally fulfilled in life or be rich beyond imagination and emotionally dissatisfied for life? 
18. Do you have any (secret) feelings of bigotry to any group of people? 
19. Would you rather be the only person in the world that can read minds or have everyone else in the world be able to read minds except for your own?
20. If everyone in the world would automatically only know one language, which language would you choose?
21. If you were old enough and not in a situation where it would be inappropriate, would you sleep with one of your (past) school teachers/professors? 
22. A world without religion, good, bad, neutral? 
23. The men's rights movement, legitimate cause or laughable, and why? 
24. You can eliminate one of your five senses to substantially strengthen the others, which one and would you do it? 
25. Do looks mean anything to you? Don't lie, could you fall in love with someone you thought was ugly? 
26. Can you understand the mindset and logic used by the opposite spiritual opinion? An atheist understanding the belief in a higher power and vice versa.

What the Heck Was I Thinking??

Or maybe a better title should be.... "I Really WASN'T Thinking!"  Yeah, that's the one I should have gone with when given the chance.  

Some of my readers may have heard of this little project called NaNoWriMo. Well, in a moment of weakness stupidity insanity, I signed up.  The premises of NaNoWriMo is to spend every day (and/or waking moment night) of November putting the proverbial pen to paper on a novel.  By November 30th, you should have at least a 50,000-word novel. (Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!)

What my great American trashy novel will be about is yet to be determined.  They always say to write what you know... so look out world, I'm pouring my heart and soul into this bad boy! And if  you ever passed through my life, you might just get your fifteen minutes of fame.

Will I get to 50,000 words by November 30th? Maybe, maybe not.  But I do know that I will give it my best shot. And who knows where that will lead.  Nowhere? Somewhere? Published or not? I will hold my head up proudly and say at least I tried.

And so it begins...

Back to Blogging Challenge - Day 3 - The Post I'm Proud Of

Well,  here we are again, day number three of the Back to Blogging Challenge. Today's assignment, which I chose to accept, is to re-post a blog that I am most proud.

Since I've only been blogging for a few short months, I don't have many posts to choose from for the first three topics of the challenge.  The following blog was written over the course of entire day and was edited over two additional days before I finally uploaded it to my blog. Three long and very tedious days which I basically ignored my two boys and just typed, deleted what I typed and typed some more.  It's the blog that took the longest to write out of fear of commitment... PUBLIC commitment to write a children's book!

 

I Wanna Write a Children's Book... I Must be Certifiable!

Several month's ago, Kelly DiPucchio came to my son's school to speak about what it's like to write children's books. Holy cow! I didn't know when I volunteered to help with getting the students shuttled in and out of the Media Center that, by the end of the morning, I'd have the writing bug. It didn't jump out at me right away. It sat, festering inside of me. Lingering, just waiting for the right moment to start screaming like a banshee "Let me out! Let me out! And let me start writing!"

About a month ago, it hit me like a tons of bricks. I want, no, I NEED, to write a book. So like any good and semi-intelligent person would do I googled "Writing Children's Books" and came back with so much information my head was spinning. Was I crazy? What was I thinking? I can't do this. My work isn't any good. I can't limit my book to 1,000 to 1,500 words. I'll never be a writer! Hogwash!

Later that evening while chatting with the hubby, I asked him what he thought if I told him I wanted to write a children's book. His reply was less than stellar. In fact, he looked at me like I was, in fact, certifiable! *Poof!* Went the dream. Or so I thought!

The next morning, I sat down and wrote 676 words of my story. I am so proud of my accomplishment so far. The book sits unfinished to date due to having a life outside of my computer. But I've already asked my cousin's daughter (who I've never met but have seen her amazing work) to be my illustrator. She is an uber-gifted artist! Now I have even more reason to finish the book since now the world knows I'm writing it!

Do I know if it will ever be published? No. Do I hope it will be? Yes indeed! It's my dream, my heart's passion. And I'm running with it! Let's hope I don't trip along the way and fall flat on my face!! 

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And now for the business part:  This post has been recreated and inspired by the SITS Girls BACK TO BLOGGING EVENT.  Interested in more information about this challenge?? Check them out at Back2Blogging.  Who knows  where  it just might lead you!


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