Hi everyone! I bet you’re all wondering who won the Act Like A Kid Contest. I almost forgot what it was called, since I referred to it by so many different contest names! And I BET that’s the reason everyone must have gotten confused, befuddled and paralyzed about what to do to act like a kid (despite my numerous suggestions – and nagging).
Then I thought, wait a minute, I bet everyone submitted photos and somehow my spamblocker ate them all up. So I checked:
Hmm, I was really hoping that’s what it was. But as you can see, nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. That’s okay, I never get sad or bothered by the hollow, empty loneliness that is my email In Box. Really, it just reminds me of when I was 6 years old and my family lived in South-Central Los Angeles. I only had imaginary friends to play with because the neighborhood was no Sesame Street. It was more like Shootme Street.
Actually, I dug through all the vast…nothing-ness and found some photos after all! Silly me, they were there all along in some other dimension that exists only in my head. So here are the results.
The runners-up were all in 1 photo: they were Otin from The Wizard of Otin, Shawn from The Shark Tank, and Chris from The Afternoon Break. I don’t know who’s who here, but the matching shorts are a nice touch. I’m not sure if whoever is holding the luggage is actually wearing anything at all. Otin – is that YOU?
Betty from Betty’s Big Bad Blog submitted this photo of her. I want to believe that she didn’t use a body-double.
ReformingGeek’s skills don’t surprise me at all. But the blue underwear does. Perhaps that’s one of the Confessions of a Reforming Geek.
Who knew that Jim at CoolStuffforDads.com was such a young entrepreneur! I think Jerry Yang of Yahoo was also only 9 when he started his empire.
Old School from Kickin’ It Old School submitted a drawing of him jumping rope with a friend. Hmm, I don’t know if that should count as documentation that you were actually jump-roping. I guess I could climb Mount Everest and draw a picture about it, then tell everyone that’s what it looked like up at the summit.
Then GrannyAnn from the Ann Tucker Blog submitted an embroidery, an EMBROIDERY! of her skipping rope.
So I did ask her to resubmit a real photo. GrannyAnn, I was truly impressed! You can never judge a person just by their name.
Then there’s Joe from 70s-Child, yes, the same Joe that said his neighbors might kick his ass if they saw him doing a cartwheel or skipping rope. Then he goes and shows off his jumping-rope with a back flip combination.
All in all, I give everyone credit (including those who read this blog but are too shy to comment) for simply considering, even for a moment, that there IS still a kid inside you. So, even though no one submitted photos, I know that you’re all out there being goofy and silly. And SOMEDAY, you’ll email me that picture so I can still put it up on my Playground page. *checks email again*
There are many more of you out there; don’t worry I’ll find those pictures of you. Til next time…stay young, stay goofy. (I think I need a better sign off.)
19 kids playing along so far ↓
1 Otin
// May 5, 2009 at 3:53 am
Oh, you are funny! Some people have too much free time! HAHAHA!
Otin’s last blog post..Random Tuesday Thoughts #4
2 Jim @ CoolStuffForDads.com
// May 5, 2009 at 6:14 am
Marissa, this was good!! But why are we all jumping??
Jim @ CoolStuffForDads.com’s last blog post..Keepin’ Dry with this Men’s Rainsuit
3 marissa
// May 5, 2009 at 6:36 am
Otin: Free time? Never. There’s a price to pay for having fun.
Jim: For joy!!
4 ReformingGeek
// May 5, 2009 at 7:10 am
Dang! You caught me on laundry day.
Nice job finding all of us playing this weekend.
ReformingGeek’s last blog post..Monday Monday, Can’t Trust That Day
5 Shawn
// May 5, 2009 at 7:30 am
Wait…there was a camera there?
Shawn’s last blog post..Humor Writer Needed
6 That Sneaker Wearing Entrepreneurial Cartoonist Internet Guy
// May 5, 2009 at 9:14 am
Rats!! I was out on the trampoline with my girls doing flips but did not have a camera outside. I knew I should have run out and had them take a pic of me upside down.
Don’t feel bad Marissa, I’ve run several contests on my community blog which gets a good amount of traffic and hardly anyone ever enters. I was even going to give away a cool t-shirt one time for the person that guess the Super Bowl score… not one entry, zip, zero zilch.
Do this again and I’m in!!!
7 Dawn
// May 5, 2009 at 9:25 am
These are great!! Whew…I’m glad you didn’t spot me being childish this weekend…I’m just too damn old to be getting stuck in trees…
Dawn’s last blog post..How Was I Supposed to Know??
8 The Constant Complainer
// May 5, 2009 at 11:04 am
Marissa, that was a great contest and I enjoyed all of the pictures!
9 grannyann
// May 5, 2009 at 11:21 am
It has been raining everyday and I can’t perform outside in the rain. When it finally stops I will send a real pic of my skills on a TRIKE. (I wish that were my real body!!) Was there a deadline for pictures? Must have missed that. Guess I was busy practicing.
grannyann’s last blog post..Have You Been Honeyfuggled?
10 Old School
// May 5, 2009 at 11:29 am
LOL, funny stuff.
I agree that a drawing does not count. Or else I would draw myself into some amazing situations.
Thanks to my daughter, I do get to KID stuff quite a bit. Just no picture proof. She keeps me young enough all by herself.
Thanks for the effort. Don’t hold your breath, but maybe someday you will get a picture from Old School in your inbox.
Thanks, as always, for the laugh!
Old School’s last blog post..Back to the 80s: Top 10 Songs from the 80s with the word ‘UP’ in the Title – Kickin’ it Old School
11 Otin
// May 5, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hey, how come I got to be the naked guy!?!
Otin’s last blog post..Random Tuesday Thoughts #4
12 Joe
// May 5, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I have an imaginary friend too. He’s here with me right now…
Joe’s last blog post..Bic Banana Crayons, ca. 1973:
13 marissa
// May 5, 2009 at 3:52 pm
ReformingGeek: I learned the stalking and paparazzi technique from you and your Thursday Roasts!
Shawn: Actually, it was a two-way mirror in that motel room.
Cartoonist Guy: Darn – I hope you get that photo taken. I’d love to put it up here.
Maybe next contest I’ll offer 1,000 rupees (which still comes out to $20, but it sounds fantastically more).
Dawn: I’m going to be looking for you next time. There’s a technique to trees. I climbed one on Easter. I’m making a video tutorial.
The Constant Complainer: Thanks. I’ll be looking for you too next time CC.
And I don’t want to hear any complaints about it! (man, I think I just channeled my dad.)
GrannyAnn: Keep it up with the Trike. Can you beat Curtis The Sneaker Wearing Entrepreneurial Cartoonist Internet Guy in a race?
Old School: That’s why I really enjoyed it when my kids were little. I loved playing with their toys, watching their DVDs, reading their books and going to the children’s museum.
How old is your daughter? Do you call her “New School?” Ha! That’s a good nickname.
Otin: It just seems like something Otin would do!
Joe: I’m scared. Seriously, that stuff creeps me out as an adult. I got the chills. Hahah (nervous laughter).
14 Joe
// May 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm
That’s okay. He’s cool. As long as he’s taking his meds, that is…
Joe’s last blog post..Walt Disney book-of-the-month club by Random House:
15 marissa
// May 5, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Joe: Okaaay, I’ll take your word for it. But if he gets out of control – you’re BOTH outta here!
16 Betty
// May 5, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I sometimes forget how youthful I look. Thanks for putting that one up. I do look like I’m having fun.
Betty’s last blog post..Everybody poops!
17 Old School
// May 6, 2009 at 10:04 am
LOL. She is 4 1/2, but I do not call her New School yet. Some of my friends do call my Dad “Older School” though.
Old School’s last blog post..Back to the 80s: Top 10 Songs from the 80s with the word ‘UP’ in the Title – Kickin’ it Old School
18 marissa
// May 6, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Betty: Remember, tell yourself every morning in the mirror: You are one young spring chicken! (Do the wink and double-finger point.)
Old School: That’s funny that your Dad is Older School. He should have a website too!
Your daughter’s at the perfect age. You have the perfect excuse to go to all the amusement parks, carnivals and fairs, circus, ice-skating, petting zoos. And then there’s the bouncy bounce, dunk tanks, slip n slide. Yeah Baby!!
19 Otin
// May 6, 2009 at 7:31 pm
o+< (sideways stick figure) LOL!
Otin’s last blog post..Bitchfest!
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