Punishments!

Laura, we suck at posting on our required days.
When Julia joined the whole schedule was messed up, and a bunch of days were missed. We'd just been getting it back on track, and then I went off to England and fell flat on my posts. You on the other hand missed your last post and have approximately seven minutes to write a post from start to finish if you want to post on time today. I'm actually happy about this, as it helps me prove my earlier point and allows me to write this post before I decide that it's a stupid idea.
We need to change our posting habits, though. We need more motivation. So let's create some.
I don't know if you've ever watched videos by the Vlogbrothers. If not, the Vlogbrothers are two brothers who run a YouTube channel called, you guessed it, Vlogbrothers. You may have heard of the two; Hank Green, and his brother John Green. They started their channel several years back, when they made video blogs on alternating days under the premise of not being able to communicate with each other textually for an entire year. These videos were about just about anything they wanted them to be about, but grew into all sorts of wonderful things. They talk about equality and tolerance and being good people, as well as sing songs (on Hank's part) and discuss writing and movies (on John's part). These videos have deservedly gained a large audience, and the two have used their fan base to raise money for charity to decrease what they call "world suck."

I truly hope that you know what I'm talking about. Otherwise I may have to disown you until you watch all of their videos.
Regardless, I love the channel and it was one of the reasons I signed up so readily for writing on this blog. What I'm trying to slowly work my way towards, though, is the way that the Vlogbrothers keep up their discipline when posting videos on a regular basis; punishments.

This really doesn't need any explaining. Let me switch gears to a quick questions and answers section to clear up the idea.

What constitutes a punishment?

If one blogger posts after midnight on the day they were supposed to write, the other blogger can choose any punishment for them to complete. However, both me and you know that, sometimes, we simply can't post that day. Therefore, you can ask the other blogger to cover for you, assuming that;

-There are at least three hours left until midnight in the other bloggers timezone

-The other blogger agrees to do so. They could potentially leave you in the lurch.

What kind of punishments are we talking about?

Anything doable that would be worth blogging about! For example, in my last post I mentioned challenges like fasting for 24 hours, taking a 24 hour vow of silence, or swearing off treats for a week. As long as it's not too cruel, I'm game.

Wait! I disagree with a point that you said here/the whole idea of punishments!

Well, okay then. If you have an objection or an improvement to this idea, then let me know. Alternatively, you could simply veto the whole thing with your powers as the founding blogger. Honestly though... We need something to keep us on track!

Those are the rules that I've thought of so far. I'll see you on Friday, sis... Don't forget!

-Mark