The Gauntlet…She Has Been Thrown!
Well Tengu stepped up…and I mean STEPPED UP because not only did he submit the first donation, his was big enough to garner every single “premium” we had to offer.
No doubt Tengu’s wife remembers a lovely sonnet I wrote in the spring of 1999; the subject of which was Pepsi. And, by the way, I didn’t have a choice, we were forced to write them about a food item. My consumption of Pepsi has decreased dramatically since those heady undergrad days (in fact, I’ve had a total of three regular sodas in the last three weeks, and I doubt it is a coincidence that I have lost over five pounds in that time), but I thought you all might like a taste of the kind of literary genius that will soon immortalize Tengu:
The Nectar of the God’s
Pepsi is the true nectar of the god’s,
heaven has given a gift of pure joy.
Every other beverage tastes like sod.
Pepsi is the greatest gift for a boy.
I love to drink Pepsi all of the time,
I stock my room so I never run out.
It helps me study and think of new rhymes.
Who can sleep? I have things to write about.
If there were no Pepsi what would I do?
I would never get up in the morning.
I would never get dressed, or put on my shoes.
Life without Pepsi would be so boring.
But now my teeth have all rotted away.
My mouth is now in a state of decay.
Wow. I mean, reading that for the first time in at least eight years, I can’t believe how utterly my genius shone at such a tender age.
Tengu’s sonnet (and any others that I will be required to compose) will be posted on a page within the Fiction section, and all visual style artz produced during our donation drive will similarly be available in the Galleries.
So big thanks to Tengu, I’ll start on your sonnet posthaste sir!
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May 19th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Hey I really believe in what you and Gilgrim are doing with NR. It’s my way of trying to fan that flame alive. The sonnet is epically awesome btw.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
That comment went up fast…do you ever leave your computer? Not that I’m complaining mind, you are truly one of the most dedicated of Normalinauts. Maybe we need an inner circle thing for you, kerri, spooky and c…
May 19th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Am I to assume then that Coke is the greatest gift of a girl? Actually, my first thought was why you had an apostrophe at ‘god’s’. Yes. Grammar Nazi. Eh.
Inner circle? Do we get robes and a secret handshake and our own paper swords?
May 20th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I’m supposed to leave my computer? Isn’t that why I have a desk chair with a built in chamber pot and mini fridge attachment?
May 20th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
They have a new model now that automatically calls for pizza every twelve hours.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
INNER CIRCLE! bahahahahahahaha. We totally need robes :p