My Butt Will Make You Shudder
A few days back, KarenTH sent an e-mail to share an article she had read on NPR.org.
(You should go read the article. And if you have twelve minutes, you can listen to the Talk of the Nation Broadcast at the same link.)
In a nutshell, an online magazine asked readers to summarize their lives in six words. The results were compiled in a book titled Not Quite What I Was Planning.
I've been thinking about this for the past few days.
After throwing around combinations like "Two Kids Later, Fifteen Pounds Heavier" and "Will my hair be short forever?" I've decided to go with the following six word summary.
Amateur Craves Pancakes, Yarn, and Wit
If you could summarize your life in a half dozen words, which words would you choose?
(Incidentally, this was cross-posted at Flawed but Authentic.)
((Full Disclosure is my middle name.))
Submitted by
Jaynee
at 2/26/2008 11:48:37 AM- Mom to two kids, constantly tired...
Wife and mother - how time flies...
Submitted by
monkey
at 2/26/2008 12:19:45 PM- Gosh, I do not think I could do this. I am so much of a work in progress that to define it right now pretty much invalidates they way I spent about 50% of my life- which is striving to get to the next thing.
Submitted by
Summer
at 2/26/2008 2:03:45 PM- In some respects, a statistical anomaly
Submitted by
Deb on the Rocks
at 2/26/2008 3:13:08 PM- I cross-posted mine at Flawed:
Hated haiku and limits on words. :)
Submitted by
RachelJ
at 2/26/2008 6:00:28 PM- Why define self? Keeps them guessing.
Submitted by
keli
at 2/26/2008 7:17:51 PM- I thought the New Yorker piece on the book was fun...all written in 6-word sentences (or at least 6-word grammatical units).
Submitted by
Alli
at 2/27/2008 8:11:44 AM- I'm too old for this shit.
(Nah, only when the baby is colicky.)
Submitted by
Neil
at 2/27/2008 8:59:11 AM- At first I read it as pancakes, yarn, and wii, but wit is better...
Submitted by
Dancing Kami
at 2/27/2008 11:27:33 AM- married, divorced, living in the moment
Submitted by
RzDrms
at 2/27/2008 1:34:26 PM- compassionate volunteer, webmaster professionally, constantly evolving
Submitted by
You can call me, 'Sir'
at 2/28/2008 12:13:34 PM- Endured. Persevered. Still enduring. Still persevering.
Submitted by
Cat
at 2/28/2008 1:39:32 PM- I'm a little late, but for myself, I'd go with:
Accidental adventurer finally found her soulmate
i only need five. kthxbai.