Me and the Middleman, conspiring toward public humiliation.: seanan

Me and the Middleman, conspiring toward public humiliation.

Saturday, I participated in LitCrawl at Borderlands Books in San Francisco. When I mentioned this on Twitter, someone said this made them think of ArtCrawl from The Middleman, and asked if I was going to perform "Hey, Mr. God," supposedly the world's worst spoken-word piece (also from The Middleman, naturally). Being a deeply silly blonde, I replied that if Rosemary and Rue was Borderlands' top-selling paperback again for October 2009, I would not only perform "Hey, Mr. God," I would record it as an MP3 and put it up for free download.

Sadly, I made this reply in public. So here, because I am a shameless creature, is the official challenge:

If enough people buy Rosemary and Rue from Borderlands to make it their top-selling mass-market paperback for October 2009, I will go into Kristoph's studio and record an MP3 of the "Hey, Mr. God" monologue from The Middleman episode "The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation." I will then post this MP3 for free download. I will have no shame during the recording, which means I will sound like a complete idiot. You can probably use this MP3 to blackmail me in fifteen years, which I am less young and stupid.

(Yes, they take Internet and telephone orders; yes, they ship; yes, they have signed books.)

My plan is sheer elegance in its simplicity.

allaboutm_e

October 19 2009, 15:29:30 UTC 7 years ago

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heh -- go you!

seanan_mcguire

October 20 2009, 01:23:02 UTC 7 years ago

There's something terribly wrong with me.

October 20 2009, 14:22:43 UTC 7 years ago

And that's part of what I adore about you...

yond_cassius

October 19 2009, 15:41:00 UTC 7 years ago

Hmm, I am very tempted to order, but it may be financially unwise. Ah well, there is some of October left.

October 20 2009, 01:23:16 UTC 7 years ago

I love your icon!

bearhand

October 19 2009, 15:43:58 UTC 7 years ago

A Middleman qoute. Wow. So, I guess you be performing as Lacey Thornfield, instead of Pip, huh?

You can always claim its a mirror universe

October 20 2009, 01:23:50 UTC 7 years ago

Either Lacey, or Wendy (possibly Wendy after getting very, very drunk indeed, and being bribed into it with promises of sexy pancake dates).

October 20 2009, 15:43:54 UTC 7 years ago

Can't go wrong with a pancake date. It's how the ex said she knew she was in love. I'd take her to IHOP and tell her she was too damn skinny, so eat up.

mmmmm IHOP.

ladymondegreen

October 19 2009, 16:51:18 UTC 7 years ago

I love you. Just saying.

October 20 2009, 01:24:00 UTC 7 years ago

Okay!

tigertoy

October 19 2009, 16:51:22 UTC 7 years ago

supposedly the world's worst spoken-word piece

I am utterly unfamiliar with The Middleman, but that is a scary supposition. Is the supposer familiar with the poetry of James MacIntyre?

October 20 2009, 01:24:11 UTC 7 years ago

I do not know!

ravenclawed

October 19 2009, 17:40:50 UTC 7 years ago

Totally off-topic, but I listened to "Pretty Little Dead Girl" and "Stars Fall Home" last night. All I can say is, "Wow, you have an amazing voice" and "Wow, your songs sound much better than they did in my head." :-)