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| Just say no! The power of the veto. |
I set out to create this blog today, because if it didn’t happen when
the idea was new — and as soon as possible after that, for that matter — it was
never going to happen.
Today’s turnout was meager at best; Sarah and Stephanie showed up
mid-evening bearing a pound of seasoned, crispy chicken on a bed of French
fries from Pappadeaux — sorry, Debbie (the personal trainer). I thought, as
moderator and organizer of most things pertaining to the group, that I would
ask them if they’d be interested in the collective art project that Anthony and
I had thrown around vaguely over the weekend. Sarah was immediately onboard,
and Stephanie was a little hesitant, only because we haven’t yet completely
clarified fundamental things like its structure or what media we can support on
this forum. So I told them I wanted to set up the blog today so we’d have
something solid to present to the others next week.
“What should we call it?” I asked, and chaos ensued.
Over the course of two hours, we had compiled a list ranging from the
generic to the ultra-specific, no-one-would-get-it-but-us, and the
oh-so-ridiculous. It wasn’t to say that we had nothing — no, we had a whole lot
of something, but a panel of three makes for a resounding crowd of vetoes, it
turns out.
We knew we wanted the Wednesday group theme to be apparent, as well as
it being a project, or a collective, on art, and after an hour, I decided it
was time to settle upon something.
“The more I think about it, the more I like ‘Eat, Play, Love,’ ” I
offered. “Because we always eat together, we play board games, and in theory,
we love each other.”
“. . . But it’s such a rip-off,” said Sarah. “Our blog is called ‘Eat,
Play, Love.’ Original.”
“How about ‘Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Wednesdays’?” quipped
Stephanie, who immediately set Sarah into uproarious laughter.
As great as that title was, and as simple as “The Wednesday Group” was, “The
Beginning of Something Great” was just too long, and my personal 1984-inspired favorite
“Groupthink | Artfeed” was too “robotic” (??) for them, so we considered our
options:
Wednesday Thread. Wednesday Feed. Wednesdays for Sale. Humpday Rejects. Heyday Collective. Wednesday Collective. Wednesday Stir-Fry. Just Add Sugar. Groupthink | Artfeed. Project Wednesday. The Real Wednesdays of Oak Brook. Gallery237. Board games + M&Ms. Eat Play Love. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Wednesdays. Just Add Art. Just Add Wednesday. Creative Wednesdays. Finding Wednesday. Frienditions. Thanks, Merc, It's Been A Real Slice. Butterscotch Wednesdays. Wednesday Artfeed. The Wednesday Arts. Wednesday Arts Section. Artspeak over Dinner. Wednesday Irrelevance. It Began Over Dinner. Once Upon a Wednesday. Wednesday Wind-up/Wind-up Wednesdays. Wednesday Rendezvous. The Beginning of Something Great. Starting Wednesday. Photographists & Astronophers. Learn, Love, & Eat Cake
. . . and because Sarah and I were forever at odds, Stephanie broke the
tie at “Wednesday Arts Section.”
And here we are. I dare to hope that this is the beginning of something
great. . . .
