How about endurance sport? That is, if you can call the act of staying awake a sport. Really, why bother with “Deal or No Deal” and “Jeopardy” and all that stuff? Your idea of fun may instead be, say, witnessing six bloggers undergo the rigors of the the Insomniac Ironman Challenge, part deux. Consider this competition a sort of “Survivor: Bloggerland.”
There’s plenty of time until things commence to stock your shelves with Cheetos, Fritos, Funyons and Red Bull and diet cola. The IIC starts next Friday, October 24th at 3pm EST. Just know that the victor of the inaugural challenge, a man by the nickname of Shaycarl, maintained an upright noggin for 2 days, so you’d best clear the weekend schedule if you’re interested in spending it all in front of your computer screen, waiting for sleepy heads to fall. Unless that’s per your usual habit, in which case keep that browser window open!
The Insomniac Ironman Challenge happens on BlogTV, a live video network akin to Stickam, Ustream, Yahoo Live, Qik, and Flixwagon. Six video bloggers - Shaycarl, CharlesTrippy, LisaNova’s boyfriend, ItsBrent, and EmptyIsAwesome - will be clocking in. And eventually clocking out.
Is it worth your while? Probably not. You’ll definitely have to prove yourself an exception to the rule to play audience to these “insomniantics.” But hey, there are worse things to be seen on half the 400+ channels piped through today’s traditional television broadcasters. And having seen Shaycarl’s preview of things to come, I can safely say that at least one among the pack will be an entertaining name to watch.
(Image credit: Salvador Dalí)