I Announce the Results of My Terrifying Contest
Published by JD November 6th, 2008 in I Give and Receive.OK, enough election talk. Let’s get back to the important stuff.
Without further ado, here are the results of the Top Ten Terrifying Things Contest!
1. In my wild youth, I accepted LSD from a total stranger. And TOOK it!—TRUTH!
I’m sorry to disappoint the following people for thinking I’m too smart and sensible to ever take LSD, much less from a stranger. Your high opinion is flattering; unfortunately, we are talking about the 15-year-old JD here, and she is not deserving of such opinions:
Jenn Thorson from Of Cabbages and Kings
Kelly from Aerten Art
Kathy from The Junk Drawer
April
Sara - Random Internet fan
Babs - Beetle from Beetle Blog
Cindy Lietz, Polymer Clay Tutor
The Hawg! from The Natural State Hawg
Lux from A White Cat
2. In my not-so-wild adulthood, I touched my eyeball AFTER touching a jalapeno pepper.—TRUE!
And apparently I wasn’t the only one. (But how many of you did it on purpose?) Anyway, I’m in good company with, among others:
absepa from The Nerd in the Corner
Athena (secondhand) from Hot Child in the Suburbs
flit from Back to School for Grownups
And a big thank you to Jay from The Depp Effect for thinking me incapable of such stupidity.
3. I recently flew on an airplane withOUT my sedative.—LIE!
Many of you saw right through this one. Um, yeah. No way in hell is this ever going to happen. I even listed it on my “About Me” page as one of the things I’ll never do. So, congratulations to
lala from Coastal Commentaries
Poetikat from Poetikat’s Invisible Keepsakes
Jeff from View from the Cloud
Jenny from I’m Having a Thought Here
Woody from The Incredible Woody
Elle from Maxwell the Tattooed Boy
Meg from Prefers Her Fantasy Life
brooke
4. I once saw a toilet overflow. WITH TOILET CONTENTS!—TRUE!
Traumatically and terrifyingly true. I guess this was actually pretty believable. Apparently toilets are overflowing out there every day, and my experience was just one of many. Still, the memory will haunt me forever.
5. I dressed up as a terrifying GEISHA GIRL for a college Halloween party.—TRUE!
The terrifying aspect was, I think, my makeup, which was applied with a snow shovel, and the politically incorrect fact that I used eyeliner to make me look Asian. My little costume was adorable, tho! Anyway, among those who just couldn’t bring themselves to picture me in a geisha costume were:
stephanie barr from Rocket Scientist
6. I watched Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and couldn’t sleep for THREE WEEKS.—TRUE!
Let’s get numbers 6 and 10 out of the way, shall we? I did see the above movie, and I did dream about a scary dinosaur attack. As for the whole “not sleeping for 3 weeks”? OK, a slight exaggeration. Maybe I wasn’t awake for exactly 3 weeks, but it felt like it. Sorry if this tiny detail threw off the following:
Jaffer from ManiaRavings
Natural from Thinking Out Loud
Tim from Redneck Bar & Grill (tho you score bonus points for reasoning thru each item)
dcr from dcr Blogs
Fancy from Fancy Schmancy
7. I continue to wear that one pair of shorts with a big HOLE in the butt.—TRUE!
But only around the house! I swear! Except for the time I ran to Walgreen’s for a giant candy bar, but that was BEFORE I knew about the hole. Thank you to those who didn’t believe it was possible for their beloved JD to wear holey shorts:
Wayne from Wayne John
Joe from Crotchety Old Man Yells at Cars
Preston from Me and the Blue Skies
Shieldmaiden96 from Dispatches from the Northern Outpost
8. As a child, I went into the neighborhood haunted house on a dare. ALONE!—FALSE!
NEVER would I EVER do this! Not as a child, not as a teenager on acid, not as an adult with my sedative. There’s ghosts in there! And possibly zombies. Anyway, congratulations to
chat blanc from Wit’s Bitch
Duck from Ducks of Happiness
brooke
9. In high school, I dragged my friends to see The Exorcist . . . and REGRETTED it!—TRUE!
Yes, The Exorcist was released two years before I started high school BUT my friends and I attended a special Halloween screening in 1976. And regretted it. Apparently some of you, including kristina and Jenn from Wonkey News thought I was too young. Or too old.
So! Are your brains sufficiently scrambled? Are you completely exhausted with terror? Or were you able to figure out the winners?
YES!
Meg from Prefers Her Fantasy Life
and brooke from “the world”
Both correctly guessed numbers 3 and 8 as the lies.
WOO!
Meg and brooke, please let me know which terrifying prize you prefer. If you choose the keychain, you’ll have to e-mail me your address at idothing AT gmail.com.
Thanks so much to everyone who commented. I tried to link to all of you, but if I missed you or got your link wrong, please let me know.
Now let’s celebrate! The LSD is on me! (Hey, what’s wrong? I’m not a stranger!)
Woohoo! Congrats winners!
btw, I totally thought you were too young to have seen the Exorcist in High School.
chat blanc’s last blog post..Contest winner!
I should have known that you wouldn’t fly without your sedative-duh! But it was fun to guess, anyway. Thanks for the link, but I think I’ll pass on the whole LSD thing…I’ve killed enough of my poor brain cells on my own. If I lose any more, I may not be able to do things like get dressed in the morning, etc.
absepa’s last blog post..Exhibit #4,876 in My Case Against Bugs
Congrats to the winners! It was a fun game.
PS- I still think you’re pretty smart, 15-year-old LSD experience notwithstanding.
Jenn Thorson’s last blog post..How to Not Annoy Airport Security
Oh now I don’t get the key chain ;O)
Oh you were so brave (stupid) to take LSD, let alone from someone you didn’t know. Didn’t your mum ever tell you “Don’t take sweets from a stranger”?
Babs - beetle’s last blog post..Dona Nobis Pacem
I want a do over of your life until it matches my answers.
go on….back in the womb.
Naturalq’s last blog post..Finger Clicking Good’gaud That Hurts!
Oh rats! I guessed wrong. Usually I am a good guesser. I will have to study more next time. Congratulations to the winners!
Daisy the Curly Cat’s last blog post..Dona Nobis Pacem
Hey, I got it 1/2 right! Does that mean I get 1/2 a keychain?
I really should have guessed the haunted house one now that I think about it. I mean let’s face it… you are pretty much a wuss.
Jeff’s last blog post..And I don’t even get to use Novocaine
Congratulations Meg and Brooke !
Jaffer’s last blog post..Dona Nobis Pacem
Wow JD, you’re a lot more weird than I thought you were! Well done!
Tiggy’s last blog post..The Lotus Position - A Fairly Story
chat blanc: Thank you for thinking that. I was too young for the original release. Barely.
absepa: I’m glad you had fun guessing. And, now that you mention it, my own brain cells are a fairly endangered species. I better hang on to the ones I’ve got.
Jenn Thorson: Thanks again for playing. And thanks for not holding my stupid youth against me!
Babs - beetle: Yes, she told us that, many times, which made it all the more tempting. Brave? Stupid? Eh. More the latter, I’d say. Also lucky.
Naturalq: Signs. Oookay. Gotta call my mom and make sure it’s OK with her. Boy, this is not gonna be fun. Also, “q”?
Daisy the Curly Cat: I know you usually are a very good guesser! But these questions were pretty hard. I’m sure you’ll do better next time.
Jeff: You betchya! Just be careful of the sharp edges where I had to saw it in half. I am a wuss! At least when it comes to walking into houses packed full of reanimated corpses.
Jaffer: Woo!
Tiggy: Thank you! That just warms the cockles of my heart. Hee!
MAN! I was really hoping for that Key Chain. Well at least you had some fun in your “youth” and survived lol
Congrats to the winners! I’m here for my LSD …
Lux’s last blog post..Dona Nobis Pacem
JD, you probably didn’t understand that natural meant to press the Tab key after her name to go to the next field when leaving her comment. Instead she pressed the “q” key accidentally, which is right next to Tab.
I think since you didn’t notice this obvious error it proves you still do LSD. Are you on LSD right now? How many fingers am I holding up?
You don’t actually have to do LSD. I think you can get the same kind of out-of-body experience sticking a jalapeno pepper-laced finger in your eye. And it’s all natural!
See how we came full circle on that?
Kathy’s last blog post..What’s That? Wednesday
Woo! I can’t wait to eat one of those Large Sugary Donuts!!!
Congrats Meg and Brookers!!!!!
Wow. You are officially the most interesting blogger I read. And I read a lot of blogs.
Joe’s last blog post..Things I wonder about
thank you, thank you, very much.
Sara - Random Internet fan: Yes, my youth was pretty fun, all right. Thank God it’s over. And don’t worry: there will be plenty more opportunities to win a keychain.
Lux: OK, line up, please. Would you like the pink ones or the blue ones?
Kathy: OH, of course. It takes a computer consultant to figure out the relationship between the “q” and the Tab key. HOWEVER, I think you’re confused about an important detail. It was NATURAL who was on LSD and she lost track of how many fingers she had, which led to the “q” incident. Natural: we’re waiting for you to come and defend yourself.
Regan: HA! Ah, youth.
Joe: I am truly honored! Man, I better start taking LSD again to maintain my interesting status.
brooke: You’re welcome and congratulations!
I think you should have a contest where the prize is lyrics for my homework …I could get into that
flit’s last blog post..To Drop or Not to Drop
I prefer the ’shrooms, please. Acid just brings me down, man.
D’oh! I was wondering about those darn sedatives…
I wonder what the exchange rate might be….
Thanks for those bonus points tho. I am totally gonna try to use those with my wife
Tim’s last blog post..Quiting Smoking, Second Hand Gum and Non-Chewing Sections
OMG I GOT ONE!!!!
This was too fun. I may have to do this one day.
(OMG I GOT ONE!!!)
Duck’s last blog post..You No Say Daddy Me Snow Me Ill Go Blame
*Sigh*
I guess meg and brooke won so I wouldn’t have to.
Congrats.
Stephanie Barr’s last blog post..A Shining Example
yes, call yo mama, get her on the phone and ask for a uh, favor. you gotta go back in for a do over.
yep the 3 weeks threw me off. i have a lonely key i promised a good key chain.
i can’t break the news to that poor key now. it will just have to lay loose in the bottom of my drawer until the next contest.
Natural’s last blog post..Finger Clicking Good’gaud That Hurts!
oh my bad, the q? that’s a typo. you know i make a bazillion of them…or i must have been trembling so bad (because i LOST) that i could not keep my fingers on the home row and I hit a random letter and by the time i realized my mistake ….i was now naturalq and not suzie-q and it was too late to fix it.
Natural’s last blog post..Finger Clicking Good’gaud That Hurts!
why haven’t i left your blog yet? cause i’m reading the comments. i do things…..backwards. i comment first then i read, cause i’ll forget what i was going to say so i have to write fast.
yes, i am on LSD (as Kathy mentioned) large sugary doughnut. my fingers are on Speed and they move really fast, independently of what my brain tells them to do.
okay going now. although i have been staring at the cursor for the last 5 minutes…i think your blog is frozen. okay later.
Natural’s last blog post..Finger Clicking Good’gaud That Hurts!
I loved that game and I’m awfully glad I got one right!
Florida Girl In Sydney’s last blog post..Does Anybody Out There Even Care?
Awh booo!! I was so busy with getting things ready for Halloween on my end that I completely missed out on this!! Hope there’s another one next year?
fragileheart’s last blog post..A word of warning: SEO Smart Links plugin & nofollow
I LOVE when you post little tidbits about yourself. I am shocked that you took acid from a stranger, but I’ve taken acid, so I’m sure you had a lot of fun! LOL
I, too, have touched my eyeball after handling hot peppers and I can testify that it suuuuper sucks! Hopefully neither of us will ever do that again.
Corrina’s last blog post..Let’s Talk About Sex
flit: Wait, now, is the prize the actual lyrics or is it having to WRITE the lyrics? Either way, it’s an awesome prize.
Fancy: Are people even doing ’shrooms any more? I’m sure I can find some strangers to fork some over.
Tim: I was gonna give you 500 Entrecard points, but you’re not a user. Those bonus points are kind of worthless, I’m afraid (except you get bragging rights). But what the hell. Send me your address (idothing AT gmail.com) and you get a keychain. I was really quite impressed!
Duck: YESSSS!!! Congratulations! Wait . . . wow, your last blog post title is very intriguing . . .
stephanie barr: Aw. I wish everyone could’ve won. These keychains are pretty damn cheap. I’ll have another contest very soon.
Natural: I feel bad! Especially since my 73-year-old mom refuses a do-over. She’s so selfish! That poor lonely key. Don’t worry. More contests on the way (and plenty more keychains). I kind of like “Natural-Q.” It sounds so mysterious. Well, thanks for clearing up that it wasn’t LSD. Oh, wait, you’re still here! OK, so it was LSD, just the other kind. My blog, however, is on crack.
Floriday Girl in Sydney: Wheee! I’m glad, too. There will be more in the future and even BETTER prizes. But also keychains.
fragileheart: YES! I will do one of these every year. I’m pretty sure I can come up with terrifying things I’ve done for the rest of my life. But I’ll have other contests before then, so stay tuned.
Corrina: Now I’m curious about touching my jalapeno-soaked finger to my eyeball WHILE on acid, but I really don’t intend to find out. (I did have a lot of fun that time, tho!)
I won!! I won!! I won!!
Forget the points and the keychain. The LSD will be fine.
Meg’s last blog post..My Harried Week
I’m now wondering if my above comment could come back to haunt me one day in an prospective employer’s internet search.
Hell, I don’t care. Give me drugs!
Thanks, Meg
Meg’s last blog post..My Harried Week
very nice! I have something for you on my blog.
I’m laughing, because the sedative, to me, was easy. People who are scared of flying never fly without sedatives. The fact that you used that was a give away.
That was fun and congrats to the winners!
lala’s last blog post..Canaveral Beach, Florida
Meg: Yay! Yay! Yay! One pound of LSD, coming up. And just tell that prospective employer we were talking about Large Sugary Donuts.
Wayne: Thanks, Wayne! I left you a comment.
lala: Heh. Yup, you got it. Thanks for playing!
Damn it!! I really wanted that frickin key chain!!
I lied, i am just here for the LSD!
Jenn’s last blog post..Man attempts to pay $32 bar tab with gum wrappers
Dammit! I really thought you wouldn’t have been that daft! What were you on?
Oh yeah. Probably LSD.
ROFL!
Jay’s last blog post..Awards!
JD, I don’t know when you changed the title of your blog to ‘I provide a place for some of you folks to wantonly disparage LSD without a thought of the pain and suffering you may be causing.’ So mommy used to sprinkle it on my Lucky Charms in the morning–to ‘calm me down’ was how I believe she put it. It certainly put some color into recess… well anyway..
Tom @ Chinese Zodiac Marriage Combinations’s last blog post..Zodiac Matches for Men Born Under the Pig Sign
Congrats to the winners! And this was fun to do, it helped me get to know you a bit better. Hopefully, I’ll do better if there is another one?
By the way, I have given you an award over on my blog: http://candlesandcrafts.blogspot.com/
Please go check it out and claim it. You deserve it!
Take care~!
Kat
Kat’s last blog post..A Butterfly Award ~ Thank You~!
High five to the winners!
Also, had a touch of dyslexia for a second there and read LDS (as in Latter Day Saint) instead of LSD.
Musing’s last blog post..500th Blogtation and It seems PMS is good for something!
I had fun reading this post. Its really interesting to read about other people’s experiences and some were quite funny too. Very nice blog and cool contest.
Meka’s last blog post..Earn Free Money and Prizes Online
Jenn: HA! OK, One Large Sugary Donut coming up. That is what you were talking about, right?
Jay: “Daft”! I love it. It sounds so much better than its American counterpart” “STUPID.” Yeah, I was both.
Tom @ Chinese Zodiac Marriage Combinations: Where were you when I was trying to come up with blog titles? I’m stuck with this one, I’m afraid, but if I ever start a new one, I’ve got the title. Your mom sounds like a wonderful woman. Lucky Charms for breakfast? Man. We had to eat Corn Flakes. WITH NO SUGAR OR LSD!
Musing: Woo! I’ve heard too much LSD can cause dyslexia . . . just sayin’
Kat: There will definitely be more contests, more prizes, more LSD! And thank you so much for the lovely award!
Meka: Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad you enjoyed the post. Please stick around for more fun!
hi JD,
I’ve seen you hanging out over at the Redneck Bar and Grill and finally followed you back over here to your blog. I am so bummed that I missed out on this contest (though I doubt I would have won), but I’m glad to hear you’ll be having more.
Now it I can just get the image of a lemon shoved up my nose out of my head… that would have been ok to miss.
~ Steve (aka the trade show guru, and aka the trade show display guy)
Trade Show Guru’s last blog post..Trade Show Zen
Drugs are for sluts and losers. LSD is not an exception from that very known rule.
Dwayne.
Great news! I’ll be staying tuned for sure!!
fragileheart’s last blog post..Flickr Friday: It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to!
Trade Show Guru: Woo! Thanks for dragging yourself away from the always-fun Redneck Bar and Grill. Friends of Tim’s and Ernie’s are friends of mine. Yes, more contests, more lemons stuck up heads, more . . . EVERYthing!
Dwayne: Well, this is just the sort of reaction I’d expect from someone who’s attitude is “probably sucks.” Join me, whores and losers! Let’s prove Dwayne wrong. Large sugary donuts ARE the exception!
fragileheart: YAY!
Tell Dwayne to get a life. You were 15 and many teenagers experimented with drugs. The difference and key word here is “experiment”. It’s not like you’re doing LSD now. Personally, I think it’s just a ploy to get your readers to visit his blog. I figured I’d check out his blog. After all, I’m ALWAYS interested in a guy who sucks…
oh, and pass me one of those large, sugary donuts please.
Preston’s last blog post..Dinner and an Award
‘I cheerfully provide a place for whores and losers unwelcome elsewhere even if it means periodically subjecting my pearls to swine’ (dot) com.
Yeah and you totally ‘get’ my mom…. she even gave me ’special price’ on the ‘pane…. dear woman.. and I never had the decency to thank her as they say
Tom @ Chinese Zodiac Marriage Combinations’s last blog post..Zodiac Matches for Men Born Under the Pig Sign
Preston: I would tell Dwayne that, but his life would “probably suck,” so why bother. Anyway, thank you for coming to my defense. I know if I share these kinds of details, some people are going to react that way. Truth is, I don’t get many rude comments. I actually rescued Dwayne’s from my spam filter, just to show my love for all commenters! Now, come on over and get you a nice Large Sugary Donut. With extra sugar.
Tom @ Chinese Zodiac Marriage Combinations: Woot! Party at Tom’s house. All whores and losers, report to Tom. And, Tom, I know your mom understood how grateful you were for the discount. Moms just know these things.
@Dwayne - Those rose-coloured glasses are looking very good on you I must say !
We engineers and technologists do not always have that kind of privilege and therefore there is atleast one of us who designed the very computer you are using and the very car you drive - that had his share of the fix*.
His wallet is definitely heavier than your’s now - those rose-coloured glasses don’t come cheap !
P.S. You don’t even have the balls to admit your site sucks - it took a spam-filter.
@J.D. - I absolutely recommend you check out Melinda Tyler - http://blog.melindaville.com/ - She was a slut and a looser in her younger days and after a long struggle, today she’s a professor in psychology and is currently authoring her biography.
(Tell her I sent you
)
Jaffer’s last blog post..Dona Nobis Pacem
Jaffer: Somehow I missed this comment! Thanks for sticking up for me. And thanks for the link. I will definitely check out Melinda’s site.