The Smarmy Carny

Just 30 minutes left of the 24-hour Blogathon event! The world outside is waking up again, and I'm getting ready to crash land into my bed. I did this last year, and I thought it was a fun idea, so I will impart with you fifteen things I learned over the last 24 hours.

What has Blogathon 2007 taught me?

1. An obvious winner is spelled "shoo-in", not "shoe-in". Go figure.
2. Believe it or not, people will voluntarily play Wesley Willis music if you ask them to.
3. Cats may meow, but falcons chant.
4. Domo-Kun lives in the wild.
5. During the 23rd hour, don't fully recline your chair and close your eyes and expect that good things will result.
6. Even with no sleep for over 18 hours, I still can't understand that dancing kittycat video.
7. In the original script of The Smurfs, Gargamel captured a smurf wandering alone in the forest and (using "magic clay") he transformed the male smurf into Smurfette.
8. I've been collecting a personal diary without even knowing it.
9. John O'Hurley, who played J. Peterman in Seinfeld, later helped the real J. Peterman to purchase the "J. Peterman" brand back from a company he had sold it to.
10. LOLCATS are evil!!!
11. Luka's webcam can't see the pool in the day and it can't see the moon in the night.
12. Marbles, though fun, can be excruciatingly annoying.
13. Somehow, Professor X is closely related to Blogathon.
14. Technology can make or break some low-income families.

I hope you learned something as well!

There's another game up on the official Blogathon site: "Are you gonna do this again next year? Yes/no why?"

Right about now, I think I will probably participate in Blogathon 2008 if everything works out well because I want to take a day to help support a charity. But then, last year, I gave a couple great reasons why I wasn't going to participate in Blogathon 2007, and look where that got me.

Obviously, it wasn't a decision I could make with 0 sleep in over 24 hours — it's like asking a woman in childbirth if she'd like to have another baby. Except less messy and with more yawning.

I got the chance to participate in the "Better Know a Blogger" series for the official Blogathon site.

Please, take a few short minutes to listen in on the Better Know a Blogger — Novac! interview. I shed a bit of light on my Blogathon history and the charity I've chosen for this year. You'll also find out about what I've done to keep awake during the Blogathon. Also included is a piece of information that may save your life some day!

I am now officially convinced that 2-year-old my son was trying to taunt me tonight.

I took him out of his high chair and he was a bit fussy. I sat back down at my computer desk with my son on my lap. Within twenty seconds, I saw this:

I'm a night owl, so this isn't a late hour for me, but a sleeping child always tends to make one drowsy!

Now why don't I make him sleepy when I'm sleeping and he's batting me in the face with an empty 2-liter bottle?

e-coffee

Phwew, I was nervous for a few short minutes. The server my host has me on was a bit unresponsive for a bit.

Normally, I'd never notice because it was just a short blip, but since I'm sitting here for 24 hours, I was certain to find this one.

Hopefully it wasn't the Blogathon traffic here that caused a problem. I like to think that I'm unpopular enough, even during the rush hour of Blogathon, to make any sort of impact on a web server.

Thanks to Glo Paint for the e-coffee!

Also thanks to John for playing Wesley Willis at my request! The song was just posted, so catch it while it's hot! That track is "Rock and Roll McDonalds."

We Blogathonners have just completed the first half of Blogathon!

As a reward for making it halfway, I will take this hour off from posting a Grating Rating. Next hour's Grating Rating is Minor Seinfeld characters!

I think it's time to get up and take a little walk . . .

Blogathon Status Update: Hour 12
Sponsorships: 7 pledges for $100.00
My neck is tired right about now. I think I'll get up and move around for a bit.

The official Blogathon website is running a game currently, asking bloggers to post a self-portrait in whatever format.

So, here's a very recent picture of me:

No, really, I wasn't sleeping! I'm staying awake the entire 24 hours! I really am!!!