Today is Thursday; on Tuesday, Gal Friday listed in her blog ten words people use to describe her. (Yeah, I have a big smile on my face having typed that sentence.) Ever since I read her list, I’ve been thinking what if you HAD to describe yourself in ten words. Not ten sentences, just the words themselves, all by themselves. And not the words someone else would use, but your words, your choice.
In twitter, where you only get 140 characters no matter what you’re trying to accomplish, my bio consists, coincidentally, of ten words. Here’s what it says: Fierce, shy, curious, amused, restless; writer, reader, blogger, cheesecake enthusiast. You could make the argument that “cheesecake enthusiast” is only one designation, even if it is two words, which I concede. So I’ll add to the list redhead since I didn’t include any physical characteristics and that may be my most distinguishing physical trait.
So I am very curious. If you could only use ten words to describe yourself – no sentences, no explanations – what would they be? (C’mon. Play with me. It’ll be fun.)
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And now for something completely different… Because I’m a super NPR dork, last week I attended the live simulcast of This American Life, which I loved. (Along with Augusten Burroughs, I have a big crush on Ira Glass.) It was my-kind-of wonderful, and one of the best parts was when Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer among other things) sang a song about video commentary. You know, the DVD extra where the director has to talk about his vision and justify every decision he made so we can second guess and criticize him. Joss Whedon is hilarious here (and stunningly talented.)
fierce, funny, kind, silverhaired, writer, sixtyish, racontuer (had to look up spelling), wolfwoman, paganish, Irishish.
There you go, my ten words (some are wordish).
thoughtful, craving, bibliophile, medicated, wordsmith, mom, nurturing, scattered, humorous, grateful.
Plus, an overbuyer, but I don’t want that to count as one of my words. And, apparently, I am a mullet. *groan* Pigtails sound a lot better!
Enthusiastic, sunny, loyal, stuborn, positive, distracted, dancer, teacher, happy, blessed.
tall, bald, humorous, zen, athletic, intelligent,”sciencey”, focused, loving, comitted
inTENse! Why use 10 words when you can have ten in one?
Rahconteur’s is brilliant! What does “wolfwoman” mean (in Karen’s?). I should have used scattered in mine, like Jane. Terre forgot mysterious! And you forgot wickedly clever ;-) It’s funny how CMW put “Zen”, often when I hear that word I think of him cuz’ you used to refer to him that way. O.k., below is mine — for some reason I got into a pattern of starting with the same letter, I like how it ‘rolls’ . . .
Wistful, wordy, whimsical, soft, sensual, sappy, friendly, feline, forgiving, frivolous!
I’ll join in the game also, it’s fun so here’s my list of 10 words:
simple, hopeful, sincere, loving, kind, grateful, florist (since ‘floral artist’ is 2 words :P), reader, readhead and… complex :)
I think especially the last one says it all ;)
You guys are very fun to play with! Thank you!
Jane, I wanted to be a mullet, actually. Your description is much more fun than mine.
Rahconteur, Nice one! Feel free to be intense here more often!
Carey, Here at Zebra Sounds, alliteration is always appreciated!
loved the josh whedon song. I’ll keep my list to 5:
1) just
2) a
3) kid
4) at
5) heart
:)
kid
Estrella, I like floral artist (like cheesecake enthusiast, you just really need the extra word). Thank you for playing!
Kid, Good job, great list! (Like the new pic!)
thanks for the fun exercise!
curious, passionate, reliable, thankful, mom, tenacious, sporty, warped, witty-ish, jelly-bean addict
love josh whedon’s work – and this song is great! :-D
thanks. love to play with words and spin yarns – hence rahconteur with the ‘h’ of my name rahul thrown in. use rahconteur everywhere – mail id, blog, etc. used to be ‘newsense’ earlier (to underscore my nuisance value as a reporter)
I almost want to ask someone who knows me to come up with ten words, but I’m a little afraid of the answer ;-)
caring, humorous, friend, active, happy, thankful, positive, peaceful, glad to be here/happy to be alive. Over ten, oh well.
jb, it is kind of fun. and most people choose positive words, which i think is cool.
rahconteur, i was wondering about the ‘h’.
llf, over ten??? you rebel! (there’s another.)
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I agree.
Y’all might want to check out my blog. :) (Ten Words!)
http://in10words.wordpress.com