Not Quite What I Was Planning: The Book (and TAG!)
March 31, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: Uncategorized, blogging, books, reviews, writing, humor, networking
I’ve been tagged by Career Encourager. Assignment: write a six word memoir. Other rules: post your own memoir. Tag at least five more blogs. Link to them and leave comments. Acknowledge the blog that tagged YOU. Link to that blog as well. (Rules rewritten to fit my theme. You can also use original rules. Peggy’s better at rules than I!)
A terrific book inspired it all. Not Quite What I Was Planning… Compilation from submissions to a contest. My dad sent me a copy. I have not thanked him yet. You can buy one from here. Good review in the New Yorker. Entirely written in six word sentences. Cleverly, they didn’t point this out. I’m not so clever, just slow.
I liked their idea, so borrowed.
The book is clever, funny, poignant. Here’s a few of my favorites:
I’m my mother, and I’m fine.
I was born. Some assembly required.
It was embarrassing, so don’t ask.
I think, therefore I am bald.
My, this is a daunting task. Tried to sum things up: failed. Advisors say don’t think too much. I wrote a few, can’t choose.
- How did all of this happen?
- More I live, less I know.
- Clearly I am not an earthling.
- Figured a few things out, eventually.
I choose to tag these blogs:
- Karen at Working Girl
- Paul at Original Faith
- TrueVyne at The True Vyne
- Emily at The Rocky Road of Love and Other Great Recipes
- Ursula at Working Mother Blog
Come on now - YOU try one!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:47 am
1. I forgot to make a list.
2. Forgot my list - oh well.
3. To hell with making a list.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:48 am
I love this! I read about it in the NYT a couple of weeks ago. Now, I’ll have to think up one. Oh my!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I did this last week, and it is definitely too hard to sum it all up in just one; I had six of them. I like yours, especially the second one.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:59 pm
You very clever lady - well done!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:41 pm
“Ursula’s children illustrate nature is god”
that’s my memoir/bio… I’ve wasted an hour trying to figure out how to link… and such… I think I’ve figured it out? not sure. Is this like a blogging chain letter?
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Yup! (Good job on the linking, BTW. You’ll take over the blogosphere in no time!)
March 31st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
A delightful post, and I like your autobiographies. When I try the six-word thing I mostly come up with pretentiousness, cliche, and self pity/self adulation.
But how about this: Broken things, fixed, move me most.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Man, what is this all about?
Please just settle our differences God.
Now, check out this entire paragraph.
My daughter is walking much more. It is actually an entertaining spectacle. Each day, she grows a foot. All these feet, walking’s a breeze!
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I. Forgot. All. About. This. Sorry!