Pseudotherapy

One week from today is Halloween, my favorite holiday of the entire year. This year, for the first time in … okay EVER, I am working in an office that does not allow the wearing of costumes. Apparently, the official company policy is “no frivolity in the workplace.” Umm, good thing TPTB weren’t here when that five-pound box of See’s was being consumed! Anyway, I have to have some way to observe All Hallow’s Eve or I’ll be super-depressed. So I’ve come up with a Halloween meme, and I hope you’ll all play along!

Announcing Behind The Mask: Who’s That Blogger? ! This is, appropriately, a meme of many faces. The basic idea is to present info on other bloggers and see how many of your readers can guess who’s who. What info and how you present it is entirely up to you! Choose your victims (famous or obscure, as you wish), decide on a concept and get busy! Write a haiku about each one. Post pictures of one single feature of each one’s face. Give a one-line description of their blog concept. Post three clues about each. Have your kid sketch portraits of them. Post song lyrics that remind you of each, or even just song titles. *I’m* going to post quotes from each that have appeared sometime, somewhere online, and you, my lucky readers, get to guess who said what!

And now, the rules:

1. Obviously we can’t expect readers to pinpoint specific bloggers out of the billions and billions in the world! So you’ll have to give a playlist. Provide the names/URLs of all your “victims,” plus at least three more, for readers to choose from. You can do as many or as few Mystery Bloggers as you wish, but try to do at least three, and be sure your playlist includes at least three more names than you’re doing. And yes, you can be one of your own Mystery Bloggers!
2. Don’t be afraid to include little-known bloggers you’d like to promote. If readers have to follow the URLs and do a little research, all the better! We don’t want to make this too easy, after all.
3. You’re encouraged to use the faboo Behind The Mask badge I made, but please save it to your own computer by right-clicking. Feel free to adjust the colors if it will make you happy; I know how important a well-coordinated blog outfit is.
4. Post your entry on Halloween Day only! That is, October 31st, whenever it hits your little corner of the universe. Then please be sure to let me know, so I can add you to the list of Behind The Mask participants.
5. You’ve got a week. Spread the word!!!

[tags] Halloween, meme, Behind The Mask, mystery bloggers[/tags]

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