Can you sum up your entire life story in six words? There's a new book that hit the shelves today called, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-word Memoirs. It is a compilation of responses people gave to the above question. I am hooked! Responses are so poignant - I had no idea how much you could piece together about a person in so little space. First, watch this:
You were counting the words, weren't you? There are always six. I checked.
Here are some of my favorite, unpublished six-word "memoirs":
- Cared too much, did too little.
- Five minus one, still a family.
- Not what you think - look closer.
- Aloof? No, just a bit deaf.
- I, I, I, I, I, you.
- I look much taller in words.
- Traveled the world, found no home.
- Unpredictable despair, frequently interrupted by joy.
- Had little baggage, found traveling companion.
- I want your life, damn it!
- Whipsawed by calamity, yet stubbornly optimistic.
- Not as blonde as I look.
If you haven't figured it out yet, the title to this post was what I came up with for me. But I'm warning you now, you won't be able to stop thinking of new ones. I have a whole list of them now, but I want to hear what YOU (and husbands, and wives, and children) come up with. Please comment.
7 comments:
hey Erin thats funny I was just thinking about you yesterday and then got your blog today. We just made our first album.
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love marcella
Hey Marcella,
Long time, eh? Was "We just made our first album" your six-word memoir? Just wondering...
Have everything I want.. Well, almost
I've come up with a few, but none seem the exact one (reference to the last one)
Always right, even when I'm not
Where have all the cowboys gone?
I will think about it tomorrow.
everywhere and nowhere all at once
We all scream for ice cream
the sun WILL come out tomorrow!
Don't wish, I am a weiner
indecisive to the point of decision
Very cool. I haven't thought of my memoir (Maybe: I don't know left from right) but I have a question for you. Could you please enlighten your faithful readers about why Dolly parton is your hero? I am not at all implying she doesn't deserve that distinction and I would love to hear what you have to say about her.
Also, did you take those pictures on the right of your blog?
Marz,
I will explain Dolly later. As for the pics, I didn't take the surfing picture and I only wish I could claim the Dolly portraits as my own - that gets a little tricky considering one was taken four years before I was born. The pic I am most proud of is the fire silhouette because I captured that with my camera phone. Thank you, thank you! Hold your applause till the end. (Hey, that's a good Six-worder).
Here are a couple:
Robert, Joshua, Lindsay, Lauren, Jack, Juno
No pain, no gain, I've gained
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