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My Message in a Bottle

February 28th, 2008 by cooper

Fran­cis from “In the Streamattached to me with this lovely little mes­sage in a bottle meme, which ori­gi­na­ted at “Mimi Wri­tes”.

I thought I’d do it to break up the “poli­ti­cal tension”.

I like this idea. You grab the blank image from Mimi and mess with it in any photo edi­tor, adding your message.You then go over to Mimi’s, if you so desire, and leave the link to the post where you pla­ced the message.

It’s rather like “post sec­ret” of the blo­gesphere, except rea­lis­ti­cally most peo­ple will sign their names. If you desire to take the “I mas­tur­bate in the sho­wer” route, there is an anony­mous option.The expli­cit direc­tions are to be found at Mimi’s link above.

There is a Mes­sage in a Bottle site where the mes­sage is taken to float for eter­nity. Eter­nal Life — what more could you want.

Mine is below, and uncha­rac­te­ris­ti­cally I am going to tag seve­ral peo­ple, something I am not sure I’ve done but once or twice in three years. I will leave out those who are on vaca­tion, those who are moving, and anyone appa­lled at the thought of a meme. Well almost ever­yone appa­lled at the thought of a meme.

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I’m tag­ging, sorry, with this meme:

Wom­bat
MoJo
Kelley­pea
Mar­va­lus
Jason P

OC and Quilly

Anyone can do it of course. I’d like to see mes­sa­ges from ever­yone — you are all very creative.

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29 Responses to “My Message in a Bottle”

  1. Mimi LenoxNo Gravatar says:

    I don’t know if you rea­lize it or not, but I ori­gi­nally tag­ged you as well.

    Your mes­sage bottle is now afloat in the vast blo­gosphere ocean. You are Mes­sage In a Bottle #93.
    Feel free to toss in a bottle whe­ne­ver you feel the urge to send a mes­sage. The blog ocean is always open. You never know what will wash ashore.
    Mes­sage In A Bottle #93

  2. I must be doing bet­ter in life than I thought, as no one has ever seen me with make-up :). Exce­llent job Coo­per, and I love the addi­tion of the peace sign (that is a peace sign right?). I’m off to can­vass for Obama on Fri­day in Cincy, so wish me luck.

  3. kellypeaNo Gravatar says:

    Homework…but inte­res­ting. I love mes­sing with pho­toshop. And I can do no makeup as long as eye­brows don’t count.

  4. the amoebaNo Gravatar says:

    I’d do it to break up the “poli­ti­cal tension”

    And here I’d spent all day thin­king about Obama & Co. Oh, well, I’ll finish that post and then con­si­der what to do about your mes­sage in a bottle.

    Is this a Sting? nyuk, nyuk

  5. laketreesNo Gravatar says:

    very pro­fes­sio­nal layout and enig­ma­tic quote Cooper.…

  6. mojo shiversNo Gravatar says:

    I’m defi­ni­tely going to have to give this a try. Hmmm. But what mes­sage do I want floa­ting for all eternity?

  7. sauerkrautNo Gravatar says:

    Is that a peace sign?

    If so, it is upside down.

    If it is an upside down peace sign, what does the portend?

    Cyni­cism? Pes­si­mism? Lack of hope?

    If that’s the case, we’d bet­ter hurry out and vote for Obama. Let the hea­vens open and the host of angels spring forth.

    meow

  8. DougNo Gravatar says:

    Great work. That’s one deep bottle, my favo­rite kind.

  9. piaNo Gravatar says:

    Thanks for lea­ving out peo­ple who are moving. It seems like fun and not a meme – too many things on the blo­gosphere are called memes that aren’t or the word of the decade “challenges.”

  10. zydeco fishNo Gravatar says:

    Who could top your effort? It’s an ins­tant classic.

  11. jacobNo Gravatar says:

    “I thought I’d do it to break up the “poli­ti­cal tension”.”

    ha,ha

    The mes­sage rocks of coo­per. Is that an empty bottle of Bom­bay Blue Sapphire by any chance?

  12. kaitNo Gravatar says:

    Now that is cool.

    I kind of like the poli­ti­cal ten­sion, as an observer.

  13. cooperNo Gravatar says:

    Mimi: I didn’t rea­lize it before hand but after­wards yes I did. I get around rather late these days due to school. Ew..I like the num­ber 93. Great idea Mimi.

    Fran­cis: I wish you much luck of course…knock em dead.

    kelly­pea: Fun home­work though.

    amoeba: I pre­fer not to call it a sting but if you insist. ;)

    lake­trees: thanks, and happy 200th post and counting.

    mojo: Your photo is in a pri­vate album can’t access it.;(

    SK: it indi­ca­tes I have not used my graphic tablet in three years.….……

    Doug: It was your bottle after all.

    pia: I would never tor­ture you so.

    zydeco: aren’t you sweet„„„„ It’s actually a line from one of my old posts.…only one of the two hun­dred or so you have missed. ;)

    jacob: I don’t know, ask Doug, it’s his bottle — he has been on vacation.…

    kait: Time to stop obser­ving and jump in. It is a cool idea though is it not?

  14. mojo shiversNo Gravatar says:

    Try this:
    http://bp2.blogger.com/_pkNeSpQi2xc/R8dAyrx_uVI/
    AAAAAAAAATY/yNySTPNgzpg/s400/
    californiaisarecipeforablackholeMOJOShiversCA.JPG

  15. the amoebaNo Gravatar says:

    OK then, Coo­per. Police work.

  16. the amoebaNo Gravatar says:

    Something like this will show up on my bottle, I’m sha­ring it here lest I for­get it bet­ween now and the time I get to a space and place where I can insc­ribe this or its suc­ces­sor on the image.

    here
    something I’ve thrown away

    inside
    a map to the things I’ve kept

    will
    you come seeking

    or
    is this just an empty bottle

  17. Jason P.No Gravatar says:

    Thanks. I reci­pro­ca­ted the thought.

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  20. quillyNo Gravatar says:

    I also accep­ted your tag and put mine bottle up at Just Another Day in … Para­dise? Thanks. It was fun.

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