The Great Experiment: Guilty Pleasures

CONGRATULATIONS CRUMMY MUMMY! YOU JUST WON $180!

COMMENTS CLOSED!

REMINDER!! VOTING ENDS AT 10PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME. THE CLOCK IS TICKING. I'LL CLOSE VOTES, COUNT 'EM UP, MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO DOUBLE IP VOTES AND ANNOUNCE THE WINNER TOMORROW MORNING ALONG WITH SOME THOUGHTS ON THE GREAT EXPERIMENT AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER FOR NEXT TIME.

All right people, $180 are at stake. Pretty good, I'd say! Y'all are a very giving bunch.

Here are the links. Read and enjoy, there are some excellent entries here. Vote via comments, but remember, only one vote per IP address. If you use the same computer to vote twice I won't count that vote. Also, you can vote under whatever name you want, including "anonymous". Anyone is welcome to vote whether they donated or not. Tell your friends and family to come vote, whoever. And please, if you have the time or particularly enjoy an entry, leave a comment! That is, after all, kind of the point. Good karma, get to know each other and all that do gooder stuff.

I'll close comments at midnight tomorrow at 10pm Mountain Standard Time because of a few late entries. Good luck everybody! And thanks for playing. Because of the number of folks who donated I think maybe I'll try again in September and hopefully more of you will participate! Also, very special thanks to a mysterious gentleman from London who is just about as sweet as they come. You know who you are.

In no particular order:

1. EDW - The World According To EDW

2. Brooks - The Absence of Sound

3. Jen - You Can Take The Girl Out Of The Country But You Can't Take The Country Out of the Girl

4. Karen - Urban Aloha

5. Crummy Mummy - Crummy Mummy (who drinks)

6. Winder - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

7. Amanda - Rock Stock And Barrel

8. Kylie - Schrader Family Stories

9. Jennifer - Une Petite Raison

10. Jeff - Video Surf

Comments

[Sara]

My vote goes to kiss kiss bang bang - winder, but all of them were great!

[luthorlover]

I'm voting for The Absence of Sound by Brooks! Love it!

[Jen!]

I'm voting for Absence of Sound, by Brooks because it's AWESOME! :)

[Brittany Smith]

I vote for Kylie "Schrader Family Stories."

[Erica]

Crummy Mummy (who drinks)

[KDS]

Crummy Mummy

[Anonymous]

My vote is for Winder - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

[Wuzzle]

Crummy Mummy

[B.E. Earl]

I'm gonna throw my vote to Jennifer from Une Petite Raison

Nice job everyone!

[pugum]

Vote for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

[Natalie]

My vote is for Kylie--Schrader Family Stories! I can totally relate to her :) Fun reading!

[Lisa]

I vote for the best.... Crummy Mummy!

[DW]

I like #7. Very original.

[Adam!!!]

Kylie gets my Vote!!!

[Colleen]

Loved Kylie's description of the noobs at Walmart, with her resulting salvation. My vote goes to her.

[kylie]

I vote for #8 Kylie

[Justin]

I vote for Crummy Mummy. She's the greatest.

[margie]

crummy mummy is my fav she gets my vote

[Scott]

I vote for Crummy Mummy - legendary ;)

[Kate]

I vote for Crummy Mummy - hilarious and so honest!!

[Don]

I vote for Crummy Mummy!

[Zach]

I vote for Kylie "Schrader Family Stories."

[MerrySerge]

All of these writings were entertaining for various reasons. Makes the voting difficult. But my vote goes to #3 - Jen.

This was a very good idea you had Monica, keep up the good work..

[Neil]

Crummy mummy definitely!

[mark daly]

Crummy Mummy for me

[Sarah]

These were fun to read. Everyone is great but I think the most well-written post was Winder at kiss kiss bang bang.

[MKTW]

Crummy Mummy!!!

[CMarie]

I'm chiming in and doing the first "Guilty Pleasures Tweet": https://twitter.com/IndioCa

Already voted. Just playing along. :) This is fun.

[Rachel Brownbridge]

Crummy Mummy

[barry]

I vote Crummy Mummy - it's authenticity is painful and true.

[Erica]

#6 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

[Karen]

Good essays, I say. Monica--- I would love to read an entry from y-o-u!

[Thumb]

Vote - Crummy Mummy (Who Drinks)

[Suzie]

Crummy Mummy

I wanted to comment on all the blogs but didn't have the patience to create a login. I suggest folks opening up comments to "anon" if they really want to see comments. Great job everybody!

[Jenny]

I vote for #10 Jeff.

[Jeff (VideoSurf)]

Thanks, Jenny! ;)

[Angela]

I vote for #6, Winder. Additional bonus of the Great Experiment? FINDING new, interesting, & well-written blogs! I'm now following WInder & Crummy Mummy. BTW: Crummy Mummy was found by my girlfirend BECAUSE OF the New Experiment link. Bonus for her with TWO new readers but Winder gets my vote!

[Amanda]

I vote for Kylie

[Winder]

i should have one of those 'stand by your man' moments and vote for Brooklyn, but I want new tires and to be able to eat. So I'm going to vote for myself.

but all of the entries were brilliant, thanks to everyone who put up the cash, and to everyone who put up a little piece of their souls. this is gonna get big. i can feel it.

Winder.

[RZA]

Definitely kiss kiss, bang bang.

[Kate]

My vote goes to Winder- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

[Sarah]

aww crap

you know, i wrote out my entry and everything,
then the weather turned really really good and I spent the whole weekend lounging around at this beach: http://www.v1biz.com/sunshinec/pagespics/filmpic.jpg

which is precisely what my guilty pleasure was all about.

[Lanette]

My vote is for #8 Shrader Family Stories

[Rob]

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang!!! - Winder

[Ginger]

#8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ken]

Please count another for Winder - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Good stuff.

[Ali]

http://greaserthrowbackgirl-rhymes.blogspot.com/

Monica, I love your blog, and the great experiment sounds like an amazing idea, but I didn't enter or pay anything. still, here's my post about guilty pleasures, since you and the other bloggers inspired me to write one

[Amber]

I vote no. 8: Kylie! Loved it!

[Cindee]

My vote is for #3 Jen (you can take the girl out of the country). I can relate to hers the most.

[Kim]

Tough choice, but I gotta go with Crummy Mummy -- and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that I do the same damned thing. Really.