ok, i’ve been awake for nearly an hour. awake being a relative term, meaning, upright, eyes mostly open, and able to perform simple tasks not involving, you know, complex thought. and i’m thinking, in only two days, it will be saturday morning and i’ll have to get up at six am. six. am. in the morning. and start blogging. and then do it for 24 hours.
and i’m happy to be doing it, really i am. because blogging is really the only thing i could -athon about these days, i’m in no shape to marathon or walkathon. so a sit-and-type-a-thon is right up my alley. and i’ve been wanting to do something for the EFF for some time now, since i first read about what they’re doing in the LA Times sunday magazine and i thought, wow, there’s a group that’s fighting an uphill battle against some extremely wealthy and powerful interests.
i can do it. but i can’t promise to make any sense at all for at least the first two, three hours. if i manage to express anything at all, it’s gonna sound really, really whiny. hey, maybe i’ll get the most tired but made it anyway award! i’m whining already!
I have such admiration for all you blogathoners. I don’t think I could do it. I’m doing the next best thing, which is sponsoring. And I’ll do my best to hop around in everyone’s comments with Keanu quotes and pep talks.
heh – that’s the reason i’m ‘thonning, because i can’t afford to sponsor people. all i have to offer is sleep-deprivation.
I am searching through Sullivan’s archives for photo of your face to put on an old Cabbage Patch doll; next task: find my pincushion in the sewing drawer.
Got Band-Aids?
pins? couldn’t you just throw water on the thing? what a meanie.
I’m thinking voodoo here; water may not be sufficient.
ok, well maybe you could just give the doll a spankin’? i’m quite averse to being poked with sharp things.
i can feel myself feeling all awake and nervous already though, so maybe there’s something to this.
I’m feeling a little giddy and excited about it too, kd. I’ll fax you a danish and some coffee & we can grouse together, ok?
It will be much easier to get up for a blogathon than getting up for work though.
Ya’ know, you could just not go to bed Friday and pull a forty-eight! That would shift the coherency issue to the far end…
you know, that’s a thought. it’s way easier to face six AM when you’ve been up all night, right?
The way I see it, your tough time would come mid-afternoon Saturday… ‘Cause once the sun goes back down, you’ll be back in your element and all comfy on the web for the night.
Hey, maybe we can all just take turns calling you Saturday afternoon <g>!
actually, that’s a great idea. i should probably have people who have that free long distance and lots of weekend minutes to call me periodically. i have to try to setup the old USB webcam that takes crap pictures, to run off the old computer, while i post on this one, so if anyone sees me facedown on the keyboard, they can call and yell at me.
Well, Saturday is a travel day for us (heading home); as long as I can hit a tower, I can harass you! …and the cam idea is a great one anyway. Hmmmm… You will need to make up some of those cutsey, hand-scrawled signs <g>!
Good luck with the 24 hour shift kd. I’m sure you can do it!