6 Word Wonders!

Mother has sent me an article- I got it in the mail Saturday, which actually didn't make it out of the mail box until Sunday- about describing your life in 6 words.  And that has inspired me to play a game, in which I've been back-burner thinking about it ever since.  In the article it had the burbs of various people- celebrities and regular folks- and I thought it was very curious what they defined their lives by: appearance, what they did or didn't do, how they felt at the moment, accomplishments, goals, emotions....etc.  Good, good brain candy.

This morning, at not-quite-3am (I have been keeping Martha-Stewart hours, but my brain functions at its absolute best in the very early morning.  Then we cruise control through the rest of the day...and today I have to teach teachers, so I must go get that ready in a moment....) anyway, this morning I woke up trying to decide if I wanted to get up and work or try for some more sleep.  I played with the 6 word idea thinking I would doze off- but then I created a 6 word epitaph for myself that I just *had* to share on facebook.  (Why? because facebook gives me the illusion that people listen to me, and sometimes I make them smile).  So my six word epitaph for today was:   Sorry, can't die now, still busy.   (I was going to say 'to busy' but then couldn't remember if it should be 'to' or 'too' and didn't want to flaunt bad writing on my status.  Casey- help me out here- I can never, ever remember which 2 to use when.... and you are the queen of English).

While the epitaph is true (and why, along with excellent genes, I will live to 100+), it is not how I define my whole life, just this minute.  I think what I am going to do is to keep this idea in mind and compose these little lives as I go along- kind of a fun mind-game to keep me entertained.

My favorite epitaph from a book was 6 words:  "loved to much, tried to hard"  which was actually the epitaph for a dog, and I can't remember the books name except it was set in Nova Scotia, delt with the history of an immigrant seafaring family  in the 1900's, and was slightly grim- and I cried buckets when the dog died.  Does it to me every time.

So, some of my 6 word possibilities:

'Still haven't paid off student loans'

'Imagination is her source of creation'

'Curious mind, keeping her eyes peeled'  (the family will know that 'keep your eyes peeled' is something we were always taught to do)

'Quiet on the outside, laughing within'

'Loved old stuff, hated to dust'  (except I like to dust- just haven't the time for it)

'Ate everything except chittlins and jello'   (truth) 

This is so much fun to play with!  I'm going to use it with my teachers this morning...and students...and I want to hear everyone elses 6 words...how fun that would be to collect.  And then, find an image for the statement...I feel an art project idea coming on...serious, sad, funny, wise, wishful, despondent...so many possibilities

'But first, I have to work'

'work is play, I'm so lucky'

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