Remember those choose-your-own-adventure books from elementary school? I hated those. I always felt anxious and uncommitted to all of the options. I grew up in a religious family and viewed most choices in terms of right and wrong. How was I supposed to know if Edgar should follow the strange animal tracks into the dark cave or use the tattered map that marked a path to the gnarled girl’s burned-down shack? Isn’t that something Edgar should decide for himself with the Spirit? And somehow it felt a little dishonest to skip from page 22 to page 43, even if I was told to do so.
Now that I’m all grown up, I can see that I sort of missed the point. So, I’m kicking it old school this week to see if I can get it right. I’m going to let you choose your own adventure on this blog for the next few days. And by “you” I mean the majority of votes in the comments because this blog is a democracy and I am the maniacal dictator. I’ll give you a couple of options each day and I’ll write the next post according to the majority of votes (as long as there is at least one vote) when I’m ready to write.
(Doesn’t this sound fun? It doesn’t? Not even to you, Mom? Ryan? Lucy?)
Alright. If you want to play, simply choose from one of the following titles and leave your vote in a comment:
Oh the Things You Can Zhuzh: A Video Tutorial
~OR~
My Mom Was Pregnant for Six Years
Go ahead, Edgar, choose.
(Feel free to play along on your own blog too, Edgar!)
Pregnancy
My Mom Was Pregnant…. Can’t wait!
I always cheated on those books and read both then went with the one I liked better. I still see no reason not to have it all. Both please
Um, I’ll go with mom’s six year pregnancy, if you promise to zhuzh later.
I’m really missing you my sis!
Ooo that is hard! Everyone is saying pregnancy so I will go with the crowd.
I am so intrigued by the Zhuzh-ing though!
Pregnant pregnant pregnant.
pregnancy thing, please.
I never read choose your own adventure novels. No idea why but I’m guessing I was probably a snob and thought I was too advanced a reader for them or something annoying like that. And I am going to go against the majority and vote for Zhuzh because I have no idea what that is so I feel like I need a tutorial.
6 years pregnant!!
I can’t view videos thanks to the Big Brother Thought Control Filter System, so I’ll go with the 6 pregnant years.
Pregnant hands down!!
What in the heck is a zhuzh? Google gave me all kinds of strange answers. I’ll go with preggers.
i used to read BOTH of the endings too!
i vote for zhuzhing, cause i want to know what it is.
i used to read both options, then decide what i liked better. so i think you should start each of them, then let us decide.
but if i have to choose one, zhuzh – because i have no idea what that is, and 6 years being pregnant sounds like a horror story and i don’t want to have nightmares!
My mom was pregnant for six years is my first pick. But, I don’t know what a zhuzh is, so it would be nice if you would explain what that means.
I choose zhuzh. Wait. Pregnancy. No. Zhuzh. Um, hang on. Zhuzh. Ack, I am afflicted with indecision. Dang it. I can’t choose. Just post something.
Zhuzh — Whatever the heck that is. I am not pregnant. I have never been pregnant. I have been married to the same man for 9 years. I hear about pregnancy plenty.
Obviously I’m too late to vote, but I must say, I was one who read both options of the choose your own adventure books…though I was always disappointed to find that it didn’t matter what you chose, they always ended the same way…Your posts are much more entertaining!