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Writing CHALLENGE!

So, CC has not posted since last Wednesday. And it was a lameass survey. Ergo, in order to increase our posting on this blog and make this a real thing, I am going to issue a challenge.

A WRITING CHALLENGE.

You can complete one of three exercises by WEDNESDAY, February 13, saving you Valentine's Day to do as you so please. It can be of any length.

1. Write something involving a bear, a bee, and a Chevy. It cannot take place in the wilderness or a zoo.

2. Think of three words to describe yourself. Those will be the title of your piece. Afterwards, describe a completely different character that also shares those descriptions.

3. Free write off of the word "heart" (in honor of our upcoming holiday). Whatever comes to mind, just start typing. It can be anything from a personal anecdote to a rap.

The only rules are that you cannot post a link or a picture and you must post it by WEDNESDAY.

I welcome you to challenge me after your completion on WEDNESDAY.

CHALLENGE SENT!

Valentine's Day Approaches

This Valentine's Day, I know I will be watching Lost. I hope it is a Desmond episode this year.

While I do not find Valentine's Day to be a holiday forcing people to buy things, I do believe that there could be a deeper tone to it. I'm sure that St. Valentine was not all about romantic love, but was perhaps about the general idea of loving your neighbor as yourself. For instance, when I was in elementary school, we gave each other candy and little cards with cheesy sayings on them. While the sayings were cheesy, they were always positive. It was fun to think that the kid you barely knew in class really did think you rocked as hard as the California Raisins did.

So, I ask myself and others to think about Valentine's Day in a positive manner this year. Forget the loneliness or the hassle of pleasing your high-maintenance significant other. Instead, take a moment of appreciation and try to see it as a day that we should all just reach out and love our fellow neighbor a bit more.

Doppel Dopple Doppel

Age: 24.
Name: Cecile Marie Garcia
Soundoff: No, I'm number one! Two...
Dream Job: Writer, world traveler, discoverer of amazing things or long lost people or ALIENS
Favorite illegitimate child: Love Child, never quite as good.
Life: Well, my favorite life would probably have to be this one just because my memory of my other ones has faded.
Sandwich: The perfect grilled cheese. Really, it depends on my mood.
Book: I do not have one. Too many.... brain is combusting as I think about it.
String Game: Who can eat the most string cheese?
Ladder: A cute stepladder that I painted myself. Has not occurred yet.
World of Warcraft Class: Class Awesome.
Most desired phone: I have not done the proper research.
Actor: Right now it's a tie between Daniel Day Lewis and Hugh Laurie.
Color: Dopple 1 put Indian. I'm trying to figure out if that's racist. Mine is red or blue.
Sound: Rain, a ceiling fan, music, baby's laughter.
Punctuation: ?, although I do use ~ to sign off on emails.
Salad Dressing: Vinagerrettteee. That is totally spelled correctly. It depends on the salad.
Music: The soundtrack to Amelie.
Tape: Probably my Star Wars videotapes that I refuse to give up. Or electric or scotch.
Position: Shortstop. In softball. Not in sex.
Saboteur: Matthew Broderick in Election.
Disney Ancillary Character: Despite my love for tigers, I'm going to say Jiminy Cricket.
Insignificant News Story: I can't think of an insignificant one so I'll just go with the Orange Revolution and the poisoning of Yushchenko.
Race: Human, Wookiee, Barabel. Olympic swimming, The Amazing, Space.
Shepherd: I'm not totally up on my shepherds but the guy from Babe was pretty kickass. Also, the ones who visited Jesus.
Body of Water: The ocean. ANY of them.
Genetic Mutation: Sixth finger.
Least Favorite Game to Try "Fatalities": Game of Love.
Number:17

1 Dopple

Age: A score and two
Name: Pearce, Columbus, Christopher, V
Soundoff: 1
Dream Job: Assassin (for Google)
Favorite illegitimate child: Diamond Lee Surret
Life: probably about 1/5-1/3 complete
Sandwich: Any meat, any cheese, toasted
Book: Cat's Cradle
String Game: Cat's Cradle, Jacob's Ladder (tie)
Ladder: ?
World of Warcraft Class: Warlock
Most desired phone: Google's unreleased phone
Actor: Ed Norton
Color: Indian
Sound: Wooooosh
Punctuation: ~~~~
Salad Dressing: Ceasar
Music: Regina Spektor and me in a duet
Tape: Scotch, police (tie)
Position: Pheonix (fictional)
Saboteur: Ralph Nader
Disney Ancillary Character: Raja
Insignificant News Story: John Benet Ramsey
Race: Chicago Marathon, Asian (tie)
Shepherd: David
Body of Water: the lake that supplied life on Mars a bajillion years ago
Genetic Mutation: Nightcrawler
Least Favorite Game to Try "Fatalities": Mortal Kombat (original for Sega... booooo)
Number: 8

That's it.

Hillary Clinton Called Today

We're old friends, naturally. We both spent our relative youths in headbands, for instance. So many stories to tell.

When she rang today, I saw "Unavailable" on my caller ID. Naturally, I did not answer. Especially since I was at work. In retrospect, I think Hillary would understand.

Now, I should mention that I have not spoken to her in quite sometime. Therefore, when her message started, I figured she would want to leave something quick on my voicemail. She's been in California a lot lately so I thought she might want to grab lunch or drive down to Rancho Palos Verdes and look at mollusks. No such luck.

Her message stated, "Hello. This is Hillary Clinton and I wanted to remind you that as you stand up and vote for change on Tuesday, I will stand up for California every day when I am president. I will stand up and fight for universal health care so all Americans can have quality, affordable health coverage. I will stand up and fight to protect the environment and end the massive tax subsidies the Bush administration gave the oil companies. And I want all Californians to know that I will always stand up for you when I am in the White House. On Tuesday, February fifth, I hope you will stand up and join me so we can take back our country. Thank you very much."

So, apparently Hillary and I are going to hang out tomorrow? From what I can gather, we'll be standing and we're going to go take back our country. I hope there's free food involved.

Another Reason Why People Should Read

I've never read Lolita, but I know enough about it to never market a child's bed with her name on it.