IT'S ONLY TWO DAYS before the beginning of the A-Z challenge and as I’ve mentioned several times in the past week or two, I’m chucking my previous A-Z posts. What am I going to do in its stead?
Yes, it's true, and I hope everyone is ready for this epic 11th hour ditching of a month’s worth of posts. Now I can tell you what I was going to post about, since I’m not doing that anymore.
The Alphabet.
Yes, I was going to start ‘A’ by talking about the letter ‘A.’ My first post talked about Arsenio Hall and how he would stand just like an A at the beginning of each show.
Really.
‘B,’ well, it was going to be about how the capital letter looked like both a butt, and boobs. Yes, by day two I was already jumping the shark and going for cheap titillation. By the time I got to the mid letters it was just like how much an ‘I’ looks like a lower case ‘L’ and about then I ranted about our lack of creativity and predicted eventually all letters will just be a simple tic mark. Then I think I ended the month with a plea for us all to ban together to get rid of redundant letters.
So, it was for the good for us all that I decided to go for something new. Here are my thoughts about what I might do.
Option A: A sketch a day. My old blogger buddy Les used to have a whole blog dedicated to doing just that. He doesn't really do that anymore, but I figure I can whip up something daily for a month. If I get desperate I can just start sketching letters.
Sunday I could sketch of an Apple, Apollonia, Apollo Creed, Ants… wow, the possibilities are only limited to the letter ‘A!’.
Option B: I could do a star a day. I don’t talk about Astronomy much here, probably because I seriously doubt very many people want to hear me wax poetic about Acturus, Betelgeuse, etc. But my love of the cosmos means I’ve got a pretty good working knowledge of the night sky. The real question… who cares besides me? Again, I’d guess, not many.
Option C: Book titles (or authors) that begin with each letter. It might get tough with some of the less popular letters, but I think it would be fun.
I’ll probably do one of the three. Actually, by the time this post goes live I will probably know already, and hopefully have already begun work. Ooh, the excitement.
I imagine there are many (over a thousand) in the same boat as you.
ReplyDelete*anticipation*
You can do it!
ReplyDeleteOption A or C sound good. Your artwork is amazing, so a picture a day would be great.
Go with option A! Sounds the easiest yet funniest to do!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to ditch mine too and just write random posts. I dunno. I'll figure it out tomorrow night around midnight probably.
ReplyDeleteThe sketch idea sounds awesome but like a lot of work. I'm groaning inside over feeling obligated to include pictures.
I think you should do a mix of all three.
ReplyDeleteA sounds fantastic!
ReplyDeleteand like great practice!
maybe i'll do that too... hmmm...
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images make for quick post reads which everyone will appreciate with the crazy business that a-z is!
grrrreat idea, sir!
Sounds like fun, and I like options A or C the best.
ReplyDeleteOh boy! I can't wait to read what you've come up with! :)
ReplyDeleteKudos to you, sir, for still going ahead. I thought this was an excellent idea, yet sadly I've wimped out.
ReplyDeleteAstronomy was one of my big subjects when I was a kid. Not to the extent of dinosaurs, but I was pretty into it. I even had a subscription to Astronomy magazine for several years, and it was my favorite magazine. That and Discover were the only two that I would actually sit down and read the articles. I could get behind an astronomy theme, and it's not likely that anyone else will be doing that.
ReplyDeleteI think you'll like my "theme," by the way. You might actually appreciate it more than anyone else since much of it is science related.
Oooh, I would like to see the star a day one. But sketching is good. :D
ReplyDeleteI have left a blog award for you on my blog. You can drop by to pick it up later. :)
I'm with the 'do all of them' crowd. They all sound good to me.
ReplyDeleteI got nothing for mine, so it'll be whatever I come up with each morning.
Except for A. I have A :-)
Hi there! My vote is definitely for option B - I will bookmark this site and leave a comment every day if you do Astronomy posts! :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck, whichever option you choose! And yeah, doing the alphabet itself as a theme would have gotten a little tired by D or so.
You guys all write these posts in advance? My god, everytime I find out how other people do things, I am amazed my halfassery has gotten me this far.
ReplyDeleteB Really does look like a butt. I learned something today.
cool
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