Jeremy West!

 

According to the random chooser thingy, you are the randomest thingy of all. I will mention you in my acknowledgments, and if you email your address to diathewriter at yahoo, I’ll mail you your keychain. Yay!!!

So, I’ve gone through the posts and my favorite one is Kay’s–hands down. Unfortunately Kay’s post is double-disqualified because it came too late (contest ended yesterday, kid) and because I had already decided to put her in the ackowledgments, cuz she is just cool like that.

Allison is also disqualified (of course you’re going in the acks, silly girl).

Blythe and Denise are ALSO disqualified (you guys are writers–you’re already immortal, ya goofs; oh, and great blog post, Blythe).

So based on the remaining comments, the runner-up and winner of a memento mori keychain is…Shanise J! I like how she’s willing to admit to trying to communicate with the dead–you know me and my love of crazy. Plus, I dig her use of the word “bragadocious”. Nice. So Shanise, email me your address (diathewriter at yahoo) and I’ll send you your keychain!

I found it interesting that most people wrote about death instead of life. I’m wondering if that’s because I attract dark-minded people (like me), or if most people naturally  think more about dying than living. It would make sense to wonder more about the unknown than the known, right? It would make sense, but I don’t know. I think most people are like Ari and don’t want to think about death. Makes it kinda hard for people like Lucile, but there it is. It’s how the human race survives–we do whatever it takes to avoid death even to the point of not talking or thinking about it.

Btw, Lillie, your post reminded me of that Dorothy Parker poem:

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.

 

And that’s another reason the human race survives–our ability to think up reasons to put things off until waaaay later. :p Anyway, thanks for playing, y’all!

Tags: giveaway, Slice of Cherry

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