The monthly challange

[Krum]

inspired by my week's hunger, i challange you...to a challange... .Now all we gotta do is figure out a challange to do

[fierce]

So you actually went a week without food? I admire your will power but not it's execution! Only because I think you're cool and you shouldn't do things that endanger your health and wellbeing.

I can't think of any challenge at the moment! Maybe we could challenge people to do something by themselves, like go to the movies by themselves or something...

[Groo]

How about not posting on the forum for one week?
naah.. anybody will rather walk over hot burning coals than do that

something like reading the entire HP series in a week??
or write a non-HP story??
or spending a week without tv??
or behaving like an ideal student in school??
or proposing to a guy/gal you have a crush on??
or...

hey wait a minute!
* runs off to propose to the girl-next-door *

[Athena Appleton]

something like reading the entire HP series in a week??

done it

or write a non-HP story??

i don't write stories

or spending a week without tv??

done it

or behaving like an ideal student in school??

used to do it

or proposing to a guy/gal you have a crush on??

done it

[Athena Appleton]

Sorry for the double-post, first of all.

If there's going to be some kind of challenge, why don't we make it useful at least... I mean, what's the point in challenging someone to do something that doesn't benefit anyone really?

We could have a challenge to...

Visit a nursing home for an afternoon, talking to any patient who will talk to you. Seems like a waste of time, after all, who would want total strangers to visit them. But if you've ever done it, you know it's an incredibly rewarding experience. Those old people lots of times have nobody to just sit and talk to. Ask them about their childhoods, about their past, their marriages, their friends... People used to do this, and I think it's sad to think of the major chunk of history that is dying every day because younger people didn't initiate the story-telling.

Volunteer at a soup kitchen... Krum, you're so proud for having not eaten for a week... well, wouldn't that time and energy (and money) you saved not eating been better spent feeding someone who really needed it? Just my opinion, I guess I'm looking at it from a fasting point of view, like with church... you spend the energy and time and money you would normally spend on food on something else, whatever you're fasting for. But even if you aren't fasting, helping to feed the homeless will give you a great appreciation for the steak and mashed potatoes you're having for dinner that night.

that's all I got for now...

[Krum]

no nursing home or soup kitchen here...nowhere near(hey, that rhymed!)
The thing about writing non-hp stories looks cool

or proposing to a guy/gal you have a crush on??

-that's cool too

[Groo]

i have actually written a story, so that gave me the idea. writing a story is the happiest experience you can get so i suggest anyone with a little bit of creativity to get moving.
there could be people among us who are budding JKRs.

[Krum]

or kind of a philosophical monologe(sp?)

[fierce]

I wrote a story!!! But i don't know where to put it. and it's a bit strange. In fact, i've written several stories. non hp. fanfiction is the thing i haven't tried my hand at yet.

Athena - I used to go to the local nursing home during free periods when i was at school - a whole group of us used to. After I had left school, when i was feeling a little better, i did volunteer work in the elderly ward at our local hospital. I played cards with the old men and read them letters from relatives and friends if they wanted, and i would give the ladies manicures and shampoo and dry their hair. Most of the time they just wanted someone to talk to, and they were so interesting! Life experience means so much more once you are actually talking to someone who is fifty or sixty years older than you. And they appreciate your company as well, which is quite humbling.

So i think that's a fairly good challenge. You can check with your local hospital about visiting elderly patients if there is no nursing home nearby...

[fierce]

sorry for double post... he... i just realised that i should have actually LOOKED before asking where to put original stories. Sorry for that. I feel like a little kid asking my mum where something is, and she goes "have you looked?" and i say "ummm..."

yeah... lol

[Athena Appleton]

writing a story is the happiest experience you can get

doubt it...

Krum, I don't even sort of believe that there are no nursing homes or soup kitchens around where you live. I grew up in the boonies, had to drive 25 minutes to get to a grocery store that sold produce, but there was a nursing home. If you don't care to look for ways to serve others, just say so.

[Krum]

actually, i don't know if the Red Cross counts and where it is in sofia-there's one here-for sure

or proposing to a guy/gal you have a crush on??

been there, done theat...since today, that is

[Groo]

good going Krum!!
and what did she say??

psst.. was her name Hermininny?

[Krum]

no, she isn't hermininny(what a tounge-twister)
and she simply said"Call me"

[Alice I]

and she simply said"Call me"

but did she give you her number?