First of all, let me just say... hey sis! Glad to have you onboard. It's a historic day in the history of this blog, and will be fondly remembered for centuries to come. Now, Julia, if you're like me first entering the world of What I Would Do, you'll have some questions about what's expected of you. Today, I'll try to answer some of those for you.
First of all, let me tell you that if you're going to be writing here on an even rotation with me and Laura, you're going to be writing a lot. You'll quickly find that due to this, you burn through your ideas quite quickly. And thats okay.
The number one rule on this blog, as I'm sure any readers will soon discover, is that you can post whatever the hell you want to, whether that post is written in approximately thirty seconds or has a topic that nobody in their right mind would want to read. "What I Would Do if I had 100 Words with which to Write a Blog Post" and "What I Would Do if I was a Fly" come to mind. Honestly, we tend to just brush off the lame or badly written posts here because both of us have written our fair share of those. We're cool with them.
Of course, if you sincerely don't have time to write even a crummy post, or you're truly lacking inspiration, you have two options available to you. First of all, you can always call me or Laura up to cover for you. I can't help but feel I get the short end of the stick in this regard, however. I mean, if I really want to sleep at 11:30, then I can't really call you people because it's 2:30AM. You, on the other hand, can always call me before midnight your time and fairly expect me to write a post! So unfortunately, this has caused me to sometimes go with option two.
That option, my dear sister, is a dreaded one. Option two is where you betray your loyal viewers and your siblings, too. Option two is where you do the unthinkable; you don't post at all.
I'll admit it, sometimes it happens. Laura sometimes forgets. I tend to procrastinate until it's too late to write. In this dreaded scenario, our imaginary readers are left hanging. They sit crying at their computers, wishing, hoping, praying that our daily post will arrive to help them through their day. Imagine the pain and sorrow on our imaginary viewers faces when they realize that no such post is coming that night! Don't do that to them, Julia.
Finally, if you're going to write on this blog, recognize that it's a commitment. You will spend long hours typing away at a screen, telling the occasional reader from Belize how to prepare for the zombie apocalypse. You will be frustrated when you're five or so months into writing on the blog and still, no outsider has commented on your work. But believe me when I say, my sister, that there are bright spots along the way.
We will get to know each other better through our projected reactions to things like turning into Antelopes. We'll write together, and perhaps even improve our writing together. We'll keep up to date with one another. And hey, we might even have a bit of fun.
And so thank you, Julia, for joining the team. I don't even know if you're going to write here regularly, but let me tell you that I hope you do. I mean, it would be super awkward if I wrote this whole post and then you never wrote here again. So... help me out here!
Until I can speak with you again, thanks for reading Julia, and all of our loyal readers. We've been getting some people from crazy countries lately. Thanks, people in Hong Kong and Morocco!
See you next time,
-Mark
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