FUN AND GAMES
This New Year, Let’s Throw Glitter Instead of Shade
Write about glitter for our MuddyUm New Year’s prompt and we’ll roll you in the glitter of your choice
Humbly, I announce that I am the originator of the MuddyUm New Year’s writing prompt. The concept glimmered in the eyes of the other editors when I wore glitter lipstick that matched my bright pink shirt to the MuddyUm Editors/Mudditors Zoom meeting.
This is something I wear on a regular basis, not just to get the attention of the notoriously ADD Mudditors. Which would be all of us. Want us to see you? Wear something shiny. Or in this case, write about shiny stuff.
I have the glitter lipstick in both red and bright pink. I used to wear glitter eye shadow until my sister, “the funny one,” told me I was too old to wear it. Glitter eye shadow gathers in the creases and emphasizes wrinkles. Sadly, she’s correct.
So I got an eyelift. Now I can wear all the glitter eyeshadow I want.
If you read me at all in MuddyUm or other publications, you know waving the word ‘old’ in front of me is like waving a red matador’s cape — covered in gold and silver glitter. I will add more of said glitter, do whatever someone says I can’t or shouldn’t do, occasionally listen and write my ire about it later, or, maybe, I don’t know, get an eye lift.
But enough about me. What image does the word glitter bring to mind for you? Strippers? Think outside the pole. As my friend and bartender Amber says, “Strippers can’t have all the glitter.”
Some of our Mudditor ideas include:
From Andrew Rodwin, Emoji Whisperer;
Glitter your angst.
Glitter your penis, but only for show. Glitter and friction aren’t a good combination. (Don’t blame him. I started the penis thing in the last meeting).
From our Captain, Susan Brearley;
Glitter your toddler.
Glitter your dog.
Glitter your shoes.
Glitter your dining room chairs so everyone will get up with glittery butts.
Put glitter in your windshield wiper fluid. (This is my favorite, as you will then see the world through glitter colored lenses, which is better than rose colored any day).
There were more, but you get the drift. Glitz it up. Shine a light or a million little lights on your hopes and dreams for 2022.
Dazzle us with your glittery brilliance. Put that glint in your eye on paper. Not with a glitter glue stick, but metaphorically by writing on your computer or other device.
What’s your favorite use of glitter for the New Year? Let’s throw it instead of shade, since we don’t punch down on MuddyUm.
On the other hand, maybe scatter glitter over the shade we do throw at the ones with more power than we have, so we can recognize them in a crowd or a dark room. I recommend iridescent or phosphorescent glitter.
If it doesn’t exist, somebody invent some, quickly! We need all the shiny objects and subjects we can get in 2022.
How to play along with our prompt
- Follow MuddyUm publication guidelines
- Use exactly ‘Muddyumprompt’ and ‘Humor’ for two of your five tags
- Carefully edit your submission and ensure all images are captioned with source information
- Include a box link of this prompt piece at the bottom of your submission by copying and pasting this article’s link
Here’s another prompt. Madcap. Mine just happens to also be about penises.