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Last week, thanks to Vic, we Melee’d using lyrics. I’d like to announce two new twists we can all prepare for in the next few weeks. Sometime in the next day or so, I’ll have buttons available for the taking, over on the main Melee page here at fracas. Save them to your own files, upload them to your own blog and display them in a manner that makes you happy!

Monday, August 20 will be “Melee in Rhyme” day:
All you have to do is make your Melee answers rhyme and you’ll be able to grab a button to display on your post, your sidebar or anywhere you’d like to.

Monday, September 3 will be “Melee at the Movies” day:
All you have to do is use the name of a movie, or a line from a movie to answer your Melee questions, and you’ll be able to grab a button to display on your post, your sidebar or anywhere you’d like to.

As with previous invitations to mess around with the Melee, at the end of this post, I’m posting links to all the people listed on the main Melee list, in hopes that you’ll see a trackfracback and know what’s happening. With more than fifty names on the list, it’s a little hairy trying to do it one at a time.

Fracas’ The Monday Melee for August 13, 2007

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.
I hate, hate, hate that instead of finding their own identity and reason to shine, people tend to copy and imitate others. (Like we need a thousand Paris Hiltons running around) Come on… figure out what makes you, you… and then be do it without apology instead of trying to be like someone else.

2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.
The idea that we should strive to be like celebrities. Let’s face it. They have hairstylists at their disposal, wigs for when their hair sucks; their photos are re-touched to erase blemishes, pounds and wrinkles, and when we do catch a glimpse of them without the intervention of makeup and stylists, they often look like poo. So let’s just look in the mirror and compare ourselves to their before pictures, instead of their afters.  

3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.
I’m unhappy that I just dyed my hair burgundy auburn and it’s reeeaaallly dark. Now I’ll have to wait a bit until it lightens up and is at that stage I really like.

4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.
Jayleen. She has more guts and faith than mostly everyone I know and she doesn’t seem to know how great she really is. Her work recently won Best of Show and I think she deserves a standing ovation for not giving up on herself. She’s super fantastic at what she does and even though her friends have been telling her (for a long time now) that she’s going to be famous someday, she really does deserve to be. Way to go Jayleen!

5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it
I’ve done a good job as a parent. No one is perfect, but I think I’ve done a good job so far.

6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.
Time to myself. I don’t really get that all too often. It’s a common wail from mothers, but I don’t care if it’s not too original or very funny. I want time to myself!

Now it’s your turn.

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