A fellow participant in the NaBloMoPo challenge is reviewing the titles of all the participating blogs, alphabetically. She recently finished taking a look at the blogs starting with "S" and has deemed mine one of her top 10 favorite titles in that letter group! Her judging process was rigorous, and I'm honored to be a part of the elite 10 from the 200 or so in that letter category. And she even made some fun badges for us top 10 to add to our sites, if so inclined.I don't know if in the 2+ years that I've been blogging that I've ever discussed how I decided on the title, "Say it, don't spray it!" When I first created this blog, it was actually called "Sinus Headache" because at the time I had one and wasn't feeling my usual creative self. I don't think that name stuck for more than a few days. As you probably know, "Say it, don't spray it!" is a common taunt amongst kids when someone spits while speaking. It's also the name of a song by 2Gether, the parody boyband that MTV created during the pinnacle of NSync and Backstreet's popularity. (Trivia: the lead singer from that parody group was Evan Farmer, who is now the host of While You Were Out on TLC.) Brent became a fan of 2Gether and would constantly serenade me with their songs, including "Say it, don't spray it."
That's how that saying became top of mind for me, and made its way to the title of this blog.
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle...
"You gotta embrace your worthlessness. You know, just think about all the greatest losers throughout history: UPN, the metric system, Kevin Costner... " - Doug Linus, 2Gether
I like being the first comment.
ReplyDeleteCool! Since I never officially signed up, my title won't be reviewed. : ( Too bad I missed the sign up because I've been posting faithfully (and may have to take the month of December off!)
ReplyDeleteSssssssssssssuper!
ReplyDelete(I kinda spit when I said that.)
Heheh, it was actually only the S group that I selected favorite titles... I can't imagine what I would have done to select titles for all the categories :) Someone requested that I review the titles in the S group - so you just got lucky! :)
ReplyDeleteThe other letters I did were just overall blog highlights that I offered.
Anyway, you've got a great blog and I'm sure I'll be back!
OMG. I, um, know a few other '2gether' songs. Should I feel kinship with your or embarrASSment. Hm. Get back to me on that one.
ReplyDeleteyay! and we get a background story out of it.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to visit as many of the NaBloPoMo blogs as I can and I thought I'd say hi, I liked your blog.. :)The title was a little off putting to me.. :) but still..
ReplyDeleteOkay - I have to admit something I never thought I would. I LOVED 2gether. I laughed every time I saw it. Say It, Don't Spray It... I want the news... Not the Weather.
ReplyDeleteBrent is now even better than I thought he was!
Yes... GI Solider!
ReplyDeleteDo you know that I use that saying almost daily! Clif looks at me like 'were you GI Joe deprived as a child?'
Anyhoot thanks for sharing about the title.... cool beans!