Blogathon

I heard about this event through JK's Trash Heap and thought it sounded interesting. The idea is that you get people to sponsor you, and then you spend a full 24 hours, well, blogging. You're required to update your page approximately every half-hour, and if you make it through the entire day, your sponsors have to cough up whatever they pledged, with the cash going to a charity of your choice. I think this sounds like a lot of fun. I'm rather tempted to participate, really. Staying awake for 24 hours is no biggie; I've done worse than that in the line of duty many a time. But the event's on July 27th, and that's the day I'm supposed to be heading out for the planet K-PAX. (Um, sorry. Gratuitous movie reference. Couldn't resist.) No, actually, it's a Saturday, and when I'm not working on Saturdays (which I actually don't think I am at that point, though with my schedule it's always hard to be sure), I'm usually gaming. And the idea of blowing off my one regular face-to-face social-interaction activity to sit in front of a computer screen for 24 hours doesn't entirely appeal. Besides, would anyone in their right mind actually want to read 24 hours of me talking about Buffy and Farscape? Because you know that's how it would turn out...