Friday, August 19, 2011

The Anti-Kobayashi Maru Contest

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No not this Maru... Silly.
So the other night I was tweeting with John McDevitt from The Laziest Vegans in the World & Vegan Omaha about Star Trek... and it got me thinking about the Star Trek reboot and how James T. Kirk found a way to beat the infamous Kobayashi Maru.

Now if you're cool enough to not know what that is... it's a test given at Starfleet Academy to all potential captains. It's the basic 'No Win Situation'* featuring Klingons, their Neutral Zone and a doomed civilian vessel. Nobody likes a no-win situation--so it got me thinking about how to create a Everybody Wins Contest!

It also seems like a great time to do it because we have to celebrate our Facebook page hitting 7,000 followers (GASP) and our new Meet The Shannons T-shirts! It's like Blogger Law. So we're putting together a gift pack that will include 1 Meet The Shannon T-Shirt of your choice, 1 Free Method Product (yes the cruelty-free & environmentally-friendly cleaning supplies) and a bunch of other cool stuff. Now if you're wondering if our gift packs are awesome... check out this blog post by The Radioactive Vegan one of our past winners**.






Also check out the beautiful Bianca Phillips (YES from Vegan Crunk) with her winnings from our VegNews contest!
















And the lovely Italia Millan, an activist all-star from Detroit, in her winnings from our Herbivore Clothing Company Contest!

So yeah, this mystery prize pack is going to be worth winning especially when you hear how easy it is to win. All you have to do is post a link to an adorable cat or kitten video in the comment section below and NEXT Wednesday Aug. 24th at 9pm EST Dan and I will randomly choose ONE winner and ONE runner-up to win a special 2nd place prize! YES! 2 Winners!

I like to think that we're all going to be winners though, because after this over there will be a list here of some pretty cute internets here that we all can enjoy. It's actually kinda ridiculous how excited I am for this.

Remember in order to win - you have to be a follower of Meet The Shannons - So we have your contact info. To become a follower - Just click on the "Follow" box in the right hand column. So start your search engines and let's get all crazy cute!

* Now if you're a half-full type, you might actually think of this as being the ultimate 'thinking outside the box' situation.

** This prize won't be exactly the same as that one... but it hopefully will be equally awesome if not better!

24 comments:

  1. So this doesn't count b/c it's not a video (i will put up a real entry later), but wanted to share a crazy cute picture of my kitty. if you can find her: http://twitpic.com/43o3vt

    I just about died when i saw your cat-in-the-box picture - so frikkin cute. sigh, kitties... love.

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  2. I'm sure many people have already seen this, but so cute:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4KVoEVcr0

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  3. Cats love boxes: http://www.maniacworld.com/cats-love-boxes.html

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  4. My flashplayer was acting up:-(so no youtube) but I did find this cute video of a kitten in the midst of a nightmare being cuddled by its mom: http://www.scribbal.com/2011/05/awww-cutest-kitten-video-on-youtube-hands-down/

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  5. AHHHH! I wanna win!! Adorable kitten, go! http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwzIt9q-OAb8cSyAWg01I6KEMCUINLTdStUC9QfLU9wm2XzeCDpg

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  6. http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/videogaga__2/videogaga-117227965-1287095168.jpg?ymAeR7DDdmbkenaD

    kittens with guitars!

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  7. This isn't a video but it's still pretty amazing. http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/cat-and-gray-fox-break-bread-together

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  8. A video featuring cute kids and a live kitty in the second half.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmI4dw3hckY

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  9. Nothing beats Surprised Kitty:
    http://youtu.be/0Bmhjf0rKe8

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  10. I love this one:
    http://www.dailykindness.com/when-a-dolphin-and-a-cat-met

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  11. Kitten in a hoodie! So cute. :)

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_naR8H83E0A4/TJpUIJWcQzI/AAAAAAAAAEw/mGn4H1mj_jU/s1600/kitty.jpg

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  12. This kitten needs traction: http://www.noob.us/humor/cute-kitten-cant-quite-make-the-jump/

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  13. Yea!! Thanks Annie for letting me know this was up. I've been super busy at work all day and didn't think to check the blog. :-)

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  14. Cool contest, unfortunately I live too far away, good luck to all the others
    :-)

    ciao
    Alessandra

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  15. Who doesn't love a classic Simon's Cat video?

    http://www.simonscat.com/Films/Cat-Man-Do/

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  16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXovNkpeWks

    It's a kitty and a pittie!

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  17. My favorite ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIR3XFuY4Qs

    It's based on this creepy original one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA_sWGM44&feature=related

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  18. http://youtu.be/KfI6-1BPqE8

    kitty eating lettuce...

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  19. Kirk cheated.

    And that cat...practicing bokomaru...see Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

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  20. kitten versus a scary thing:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MqHN-4okZ4

    yay for cute kittens and contests!

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  21. cat video + dramatic music = win:
    http://youtu.be/FG6iF7fPzkU

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  22. cats are cute even when they're being mean, dogs are sweet for putting up with it :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9wHkkNGUU

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  23. Kitty is slinky-ing down the stairs!

    http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/08/22/funny-pictures-is-it-a-cat-or-a-slinky/

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