“Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Last year, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the recountre by asking our readers for their own six-word memoirs. They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah”) and hilarious (“I like big butts, can’t lie”).”
Here are the rules:
1) Write your own six word memoir;
2) Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like;
3) Link to the person that tagged you in your post, and to the original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere;
4) Tag at least five more blogs with links; and
5) Don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play
Here I go:
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I was lucky enough to be able to guest review on “Ask and Ye Shall Receive“.
You remember them, right? They reviewed me? They fucking love me and all?
Yessir.
I wrote under a Pseudo-pseudonym.
It’s my real name you see, but people never think it is, and I love it. No one actually believes that there are people with such names in existence today. There are! ME!
Anyway, check out my guest review over there, and comment to tell me what you thought. Be brutally honest. I tried to be honest, and fair. We shall see if anyone liked it but me. And the awesome Love Bites [we're getting married as soon as bigamy and gay marriage are legalized in my state].
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I had to look up lugubrious, but now I am all the smarter. I liked your review. I can’t stand the non-use of punctuation and capitalization and I really have no problem eating (I’m really quite good at it), so it’s not going to be a must-visit for me, but I liked your honesty. It wasn’t biting or abusive. Just right.
I have to be honest. I always use punctuation and capitalization even in text messages and IM… although I might be addicted to the ellipsis. lol
I thought it was a great review.
Great 6 word story.
I like this, I might tag myself . . .
great meme answer
i really liked that review website it is a very good idea and i think it well take off
although i would be frightened to see what someone would say about my blog i don;t think i would submit mine
i do not take crisitism very well ugh i think i would cry actually i know i would
your review was fair and to the point and very well written
now i am off to check the dicitionary again i should always have it nearby when reading your blog :)
I think it was a very honest review (big surprise – Maria? Honest?), but helpful to the reader. Interested in reading about eating disorders? Go here. Not? Don’t bother! Told me exactly what I needed to know.
A couple weeks ago I bought the book put out by Smith mag, called:
Not Quite What I Was Planning (six word memoirs)
So fascinating! You should really buy it. The book is a super quick read (six words, duh).
I was going to do a post about it, but I did that whole self-imposed blog break. Oh well, you just did my work for me. :)
Sorry for the double comment, I really should have thought of this ahead of time.
But you know that “I still make coffee for two.”- When I first saw it, I thought ‘oh, how sad’, until the book explains that it was from a twenty-something guy that just got out of a relationship, and has a major caffeine addiction. Before I had imagined it was an old widow or something. I guess I was wrong.
finally FINALLY someone has used lugubrious in a blog post.
thank GOD. :)
i couldn’t see your review. i think that is because i have a headache poking out through my eyeball, it being 1am. i will try it tomorrow.
Nice job!
Do your girls watch Pinky Dinky Doo? You gotta get them to start learning mom’s big words! And, I am almost someone who uses too much punctuation. Terrible for a former English teacher to admit.
Everyone I know that has done this meme has declined to tag others. Thank goodness. I think I would just sit and stare and try and fail to come up with six words that work.
I do, however, like yours!!
a Pseudo-pseudonym? LOL. You know i have a vaccine against being tagged LOL
I totally have a girl-crush on you right now. ;)
Holy crap! Where did you come up with a word like lugubrious? I have a fairly good sized vocabulary, but I had to look that up. It’s fun to say. Lugubrious. Lugubrious. I’m gonna say it all day. Lugubrious.
I had to look up lugbrious too…(college educationb be damned!) but I like your six-words.
I’m impressed with how creative people are with their six words!!