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Post by Vyckie D. Garrison on Oct 27, 2009 9:03:03 GMT -5
Hey everyone ~ I'm soliciting members to "man" the NLQ Carnival booths. Here are some ideas to choose from ~ if you have an idea of your own, that's cool too. Scavenger Hunt ~ I believe sargassosea already has dibs on this booth. Fortune Telling ~ castor is going to play gypsy girl for us, but we need ideas for how exactly this one will work. Kissing Booth ~ this one I've talked about ~ a "game" to get NLQ links and buttons placed on related websites. Who's willing to run this one? Jemand ~ can I sign you up? How about a Game of Tag in which players "tag" their favorite NLQ posts by submitting them to the social networking sites? We could have a " Best NLQ One-Liner" contest ~ to enter, submit your one- or two-line description of NLQ. This'd be a great way to collect snippets to be used when sharing and promoting the website. Whoever runs this booth gets to be the judge ~ unless you prefer to let carnival-goers vote ~ it's your call. Any takers? Here's a just-for-fun idea: How about an " Add Three Words" booth in which players can start a new thread with just three words and then invite other players to contribute three words at a time to create an original story? The kids and I do this game on long car rides (or during especially boring sermons) and the stories often end up outrageously funny. All participants would then be entered in a drawing for a prize. Who's willing to do this booth? Submit additional ideas here. If you are willing to run a booth, send me a PM and we'll get you set up. You do not need to be present at all times throughout the NLQ Carnival Days in order to run a booth ~ just be willing to check in now and then from Nov. 1 - 4 and also to determine prize winners and coordinate the delivery of prizes. Oh yeah ~ and you have to be in a mood to have FUN
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Post by Sea on Oct 27, 2009 10:03:23 GMT -5
Sargasso Sea's Scavenger Seek Supreme 3 days of trivia - watch out though, questions that come from the Mind of Sea can be tricky! Come up with ALL the answers and win my personal copy of Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi; a beautifully written memoir of a group of women in dangerous times brought together by their love of "forbidden" literature. In the case of all ladies answering all questions correctly,(which is what I expect - NLQ Ladies rock the trivia house after all!) there will be a random drawing to determine the 'winner'.
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Post by aussiemama on Oct 27, 2009 14:57:53 GMT -5
We need a coffee shop booth where we can hang out and chat. I'll man that if you want.
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Post by tapati on Oct 27, 2009 15:33:00 GMT -5
Can we have a Body Image Workshop booth? I can answer questions about specific body image issues. I was a co-founder of The Body Image Task Force years ago and gave workshops and talks on the subject in addition to writing and publishing articles.
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Post by Vyckie D. Garrison on Oct 27, 2009 17:31:58 GMT -5
Here's what we have for carnival booths so far: Sargasso Sea's Scavenger Seek Supreme ~ very clever title, Sea Fortune Telling by castor "the gypsy girl" Body Image Workshop by Tapati ~ an excellent idea, don't you think? One-liner contest by xara anonymousmom's coffee shop idea will actually take place in the NLQ chat room which will be open throughout the Carnival Days. The chat room will be part of the blog rather than here on the forums so that visitors can participate without registering for forums. Fun, huh? Who else wants a booth? Come on ~ it'll be a blast!
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Post by aussiemama on Oct 27, 2009 17:44:15 GMT -5
I would love to have a thing called "Hall of Shame" for those of us that used to be quiverfull and wrote articles about it. You could volunteer some pieces of work that you wanted to submit, work like what features in Vyckies "Tour de Crap" and then when the "Hall of Shame" is put up, people can vote on the worst piece of crap.
What do you guys think?
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Post by arietty on Oct 27, 2009 18:36:37 GMT -5
I would love to have a thing called "Hall of Shame" for those of us that used to be quiverfull and wrote articles about it. You could volunteer some pieces of work that you wanted to submit, work like what features in Vyckies "Tour de Crap" and then when the "Hall of Shame" is put up, people can vote on the worst piece of crap. What do you guys think? I think that is a very good idea though I won't be contributing any of my crap because I prefer some anonymity (still have a restraining order active on my ex-husband).
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Post by em on Oct 27, 2009 23:49:50 GMT -5
Heh, that sounds like a fun idea.
And maybe it could be done anonmyously (I'm sorry it's past my bed time and I cannot spell that word right now). Email/pm your entry for the hall of shame to Vyckie and have them posted and vote by number rather than name?
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Post by arietty on Oct 27, 2009 23:54:30 GMT -5
LOL well people actually read my Crap when it was in magazines so I wouldn't use it again. Too bad I didn't keep a diary.
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Post by Vyckie D. Garrison on Oct 27, 2009 23:55:10 GMT -5
Heh, that sounds like a fun idea. And maybe it could be done anonmyously (I'm sorry it's past my bed time and I cannot spell that word right now). Email/pm your entry for the hall of shame to Vyckie and have them posted and vote by number rather than name? Awesome idea! Let's do it! Who's crap is the crappiest? We'll have to come up with a really unique prize for whoever wins this contest.
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Post by arietty on Oct 28, 2009 0:03:38 GMT -5
Heh, that sounds like a fun idea. And maybe it could be done anonmyously (I'm sorry it's past my bed time and I cannot spell that word right now). Email/pm your entry for the hall of shame to Vyckie and have them posted and vote by number rather than name? Awesome idea! Let's do it! Who's crap is the crappiest? We'll have to come up with a really unique prize for whoever wins this contest. How about ... www.8asians.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/232-kunkimage11.jpgheh heh
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Post by Sea on Oct 28, 2009 7:12:07 GMT -5
Oh, Arietty, that's priceless
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Post by castor on Oct 28, 2009 9:34:16 GMT -5
Hey. Does anyone have any ideas for the fortune telling booth? Since... well... I don't. Vyckie asked me to man it, and I said yes, because it sounded fun. Vyckie's idea was that visitors/members would submit their predictions. But... I don't know what kind of predictions... We could make people guess how many members no longer quivering will have when the carnival is over and how much money this carnival will raise. But that seems pretty boring. Does anyone have a better idea? And about writing something. I haven't come up with anything yet Vyckie. And actually I don't think it's a good idea for me to write something. English is not my first language. And that's oh so very very obvious to me when I (try to) write in it. Posting on the forums is ok. I'm used to it now. But writing a blog post seems... more serious. My English isn't good enough for that.
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Post by tapati on Oct 28, 2009 9:58:43 GMT -5
Hey. Does anyone have any ideas for the fortune telling booth? Since... well... I don't. Vyckie asked me to man it, and I said yes, because it sounded fun. Vyckie's idea was that visitors/members would submit their predictions. But... I don't know what kind of predictions... We could make people guess how many members no longer quivering will have when the carnival is over and how much money this carnival will raise. But that seems pretty boring. Does anyone have a better idea? And about writing something. I haven't come up with anything yet Vyckie. And actually I don't think it's a good idea for me to write something. English is not my first language. And that's oh so very very obvious to me when I (try to) write in it. Posting on the forums is ok. I'm used to it now. But writing a blog post seems... more serious. My English isn't good enough for that. We do seem to have an international audience--what if we had a few non-English posts? What could it hurt? We could reach out to a whole new demographic that way. When I read fortune telling booth I thought maybe you read Tarot cards or something like that. I didn't know that we would be doing the predicting. I do recall Vyckie saying that we should come up with questions based on the stories we women have been telling on the blog, such as what sex my first child will turn out to be. I didn't know until the birth myself. Another example is what happens when Erika's secret boyfriend is discovered by her family? (I've been wondering with some apprehension.) I'll try to think up some questions. But one thing we could do if we wanted a traditional fortune telling booth is give one card readings to our customers. I do have a few different decks and could help with this. A customer would pose a question based on an issue they are willing to publicly share and a card is selected and a short response is written based on the card meaning. We could split off the predictions based on stories/forum participation thing into a game show booth. I don't know when I'm going to sleep next week!
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Post by tapati on Oct 28, 2009 10:02:05 GMT -5
Too bad it isn't a physical carnival (maybe someday) because if it were, we could use pics of famous fundamentalist leaders (including Warren Jeffs of FLDS) as something to throw darts at or otherwise try to "hit" or dunk in effigy. Unless we can find a way to do so virtually with flash, but I don't know if anyone is proficient with flash. I'm not that technical myself.
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Post by coleslaw on Oct 28, 2009 21:37:49 GMT -5
I have an idea for the Fortune Telling booth. Post some verses from Nostradamus, the minor prophets from the Bible and other sources, and have people match them to articles from their local newspaper, and give prizes for the best (or most far-fetched) match. For example, if one of the verses was Malachi 2:16, which in the online Tanach begins "For the Lord hates putting away", a Dear Heloise column on how to get organized could be a match.
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Post by arietty on Oct 29, 2009 3:54:53 GMT -5
I have an idea for the Fortune Telling booth. Post some verses from Nostradamus, the minor prophets from the Bible and other sources, and have people match them to articles from their local newspaper, and give prizes for the best (or most far-fetched) match. For example, if one of the verses was Malachi 2:16, which in the online Tanach begins "For the Lord hates putting away", a Dear Heloise column on how to get organized could be a match. That is BRILLIANT.
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Post by castor on Oct 29, 2009 9:00:19 GMT -5
Coleslaw that's a great idea!
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Post by tapati on Oct 29, 2009 10:33:47 GMT -5
I guess one way to virtually "dunk" a target in the fundamentalist QF and related movements is to find something they've written online, link to it, and rebut their position effectively.
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Post by Vyckie D. Garrison on Oct 29, 2009 10:40:42 GMT -5
I guess one way to virtually "dunk" a target in the fundamentalist QF and related movements is to find something they've written online, link to it, and rebut their position effectively. Oh ~ this is a very cool idea ~ I like it A LOT. Anybody volunteer to run the "NLQ Dunk Tank"? It'll be a blast ~ that's for sure
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