Describe Your Life in Six Words

Jackson Free Press

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

On The Early Show on CBS, there was a segment about the book, "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure." The book is a collection of six-word statements people made to sum up their lives. Here are some celebrity examples:

Joan Rivers wanted to do more than talk with hers: "Liars: hysterectomy didn't improve sex life."

And celebrity chef Mario Batali's was steamy: "Brought it to a boil, often."

After seeing this segment, I was inspired to come up with a six-word summary of my life, which is: Towel thrown in. God returned it.

Can you sum up your life in six words? If so, what are they?

Previous Comments

ID: 117351
Comment: Honoring my past. Building my future.
Author: BuyJxn
Date: 2008-02-26T12:22:25-06:00

ID: 117352
Comment: Wow. How interesting. This came to mind for me: "Life is too short for apathy." Or, perhaps more apropros: "Doing it my way. Damn it."
Author: DonnaLadd
Date: 2008-02-26T12:30:42-06:00

ID: 117353
Comment: I am a Southern Miss grad!
Author: golden eagle
Date: 2008-02-26T12:47:25-06:00

ID: 117354
Comment: Wow, those are good ones. It's not so hard once you start thinking about it.
Author: LatashaWillis
Date: 2008-02-26T13:29:28-06:00

ID: 117355
Comment: Tripped and fell. Got back up.
Author: ellen
Date: 2008-02-26T13:48:56-06:00

ID: 117356
Comment: ellen, I love that
Author: Izzy
Date: 2008-02-26T13:49:43-06:00

ID: 117357
Comment: waiting to be used by god
Author: skipp
Date: 2008-02-26T13:55:07-06:00

ID: 117358
Comment: Thanks, Izzy. Cool thread, L.W. :)
Author: ellen
Date: 2008-02-26T13:57:49-06:00

ID: 117359
Comment: Nice, skipp. ;-)
Author: DonnaLadd
Date: 2008-02-26T14:03:58-06:00

ID: 117360
Comment: Six? That's a lot. "You Missed. Nyah Nyah! So There!"
Author: Ironghost
Date: 2008-02-26T14:08:34-06:00

ID: 117361
Comment: I've TRIED; I'm TIRED; I'm RESTING!
Author: justjess
Date: 2008-02-26T14:17:49-06:00

ID: 117362
Comment: "It's a trick. Grab an axe."
Author: Rex
Date: 2008-02-26T15:19:24-06:00

ID: 117363
Comment: Fine - F#$%ing Insane Neurotic and Emotional!
Author: pikersam
Date: 2008-02-26T15:46:45-06:00

ID: 117364
Comment: Or on a more serious note... Thoroughly independent, humbly introspective and intelligent!
Author: pikersam
Date: 2008-02-26T15:50:04-06:00

ID: 117365
Comment: I, me, mine... I, me, mine... LOL ;-) Everybody now...
Author: pikersam
Date: 2008-02-26T15:54:28-06:00

ID: 117366
Comment: California girl loving life down South or It only gets better and better!
Author: fondrenfarms
Date: 2008-02-26T16:04:46-06:00

ID: 117367
Comment: Sales, spreadsheets and computer troubles.
Author: Todd Stauffer
Date: 2008-02-26T17:08:37-06:00

ID: 117368
Comment: Helping people to help themselves, everyday.
Author: Kacy
Date: 2008-02-26T17:20:40-06:00

ID: 117369
Comment: You get one more word, iTodd. "Cats," perhaps?
Author: DonnaLadd
Date: 2008-02-26T17:39:15-06:00

ID: 117370
Comment: God first, family second, job third.
Author: Lady Havoc
Date: 2008-02-26T17:46:21-06:00

ID: 117371
Comment: Life's a B@#%h, then you die.
Author: BubbaT
Date: 2008-02-26T18:12:19-06:00

ID: 117372
Comment: SafeCity way - let the rest burn!
Author: pikersam
Date: 2008-02-27T00:23:14-06:00

ID: 117373
Comment: "Jamming in the name of the Lawd." Did anyone notice that William F. Buckley died today. Lucifer is washing and sharpening his eating utensils for the feast. Because I couldn't stand Buckley and do not wish to let hate cause me to join him in hell some day, I'll resist any glow or gladness about his departure. However, LW, doesn't the good book say we're supposed to be glad when people leave this world? No more troubles of this world!
Author: Ray Carter
Date: 2008-02-27T11:14:33-06:00

ID: 117374
Comment: BubbaT said, "Life's a B@#%h, then you die." No. Life's a B@#%h, then you marry one. Whoops. That's seven words. :)
Author: Lady Havoc
Date: 2008-02-27T12:04:26-06:00

ID: 117375
Comment: Lady Havoc Really it's Life's a B@#%h then you marry one then you die then they go an bury you by her.
Author: BubbaT
Date: 2008-02-27T12:08:20-06:00

ID: 117376
Comment: Ooo. That's good. :)
Author: Lady Havoc
Date: 2008-02-27T12:13:39-06:00

ID: 117377
Comment: "Jamming in the name of the Lawd." That's seven words, Ray. :-P Did anyone notice that William F. Buckley died today. Lucifer is washing and sharpening his eating utensils for the feast. Because I couldn't stand Buckley and do not wish to let hate cause me to join him in hell some day, I'll resist any glow or gladness about his departure. However, LW, doesn't the good book say we're supposed to be glad when people leave this world? No more troubles of this world! No, I didn't hear about him. Although I tend not to put people in hell since I don't have that kind of authority, I do believe that immortality can be better than mortality if you play your cards right. Now back to your regularly scheduled program. :-D
Author: LatashaWillis
Date: 2008-02-27T13:34:26-06:00

ID: 117378
Comment: Jamming for the Lawd.
Author: Ray Carter
Date: 2008-02-27T14:29:35-06:00

ID: 117379
Comment: Four words, Ray. How about, "Jamming for the Lawd, WOO HOO"?
Author: LatashaWillis
Date: 2008-02-27T14:57:04-06:00

ID: 117380
Comment: I haven't been able to count since John Garner taught me Algebra for 1 hour with me as the only student present. It occurred right before the X-mas Holidays. Everybody else had sense enough to leave college early but me. Like a fool, I showed up for class alone, and he obliged me for a whole mad as hell hour with teaching. I received the highest A in the class. I wanted to walk out but didn't have the boys to do it.
Author: Ray Carter
Date: 2008-02-27T15:15:36-06:00

ID: 117381
Comment: "You are all worthless and weak" /s/ Douglas C. Niedermeyer
Author: bill_jackson
Date: 2008-02-27T15:46:10-06:00

ID: 117382
Comment: poor people are in the way-g w bush
Author: skipp
Date: 2008-02-27T16:14:04-06:00

ID: 117383
Comment: ill knock your damn house down -frankie baby
Author: skipp
Date: 2008-02-27T16:15:43-06:00

ID: 117384
Comment: change is all i think about -barack obama
Author: skipp
Date: 2008-02-27T16:17:47-06:00

ID: 117385
Comment: I am not going to Alabama. -- Alabama football coach Nick Saban
Author: Dr. S
Date: 2008-02-27T16:24:24-06:00

ID: 117386
Comment: Six more words to describe me--I'm a whore for college football.
Author: golden eagle
Date: 2008-02-27T16:36:28-06:00

ID: 117387
Comment: +peace, love, rock and roll forever+
Author: Bourree'
Date: 2008-02-27T20:00:34-06:00

ID: 117388
Comment: "hell no I'm not telling her" /s/ Bill Clinton
Author: bill_jackson
Date: 2008-02-27T20:15:35-06:00

ID: 117389
Comment: "Read my lips no new taxes" /s/ Bush 41
Author: bill_jackson
Date: 2008-02-27T21:21:58-06:00

ID: 117390
Comment: "I'd apologize, but I'm still sober."
Author: Tom Head
Date: 2008-02-27T21:23:36-06:00

ID: 117391
Comment: "no do not dry clean that" /s/ Linda Tripp
Author: bill_jackson
Date: 2008-02-27T21:26:23-06:00

ID: 117392
Comment: And an apocryphal (six-word!) epitaph from a Georgia cemetery: "I told you I was sick!" I'm still mulling on my own, so the current version would be "Tom Head can't write six words." ;o)
Author: Tom Head
Date: 2008-02-27T21:27:28-06:00

ID: 117393
Comment: Tom- I printed a photo of that epitaph years ago when I worked at a photolab- BTW- I'm the photog who did some photos for you a while back and have run into in Mcdades- small world
Author: bill_jackson
Date: 2008-02-27T21:33:02-06:00

ID: 117394
Comment: Jeez--VERY small world! I'm still using that photo! How you been, man?
Author: Tom Head
Date: 2008-02-27T21:34:29-06:00

ID: 117395
Comment: busy as always- we need to do lunch sometime
Author: bill_jackson
Date: 2008-02-27T21:36:37-06:00

ID: 117396
Comment: We definitely do! And now that there's a Basil's around here, there's no good excuse not to. You tried their turkey on cream cheese with red peppers? Good stuff.
Author: Tom Head
Date: 2008-02-27T23:55:25-06:00

ID: 117397
Comment: Hope I made my mama proud.
Author: GradyGriffin
Date: 2008-02-28T15:19:26-06:00

ID: 117398
Comment: Still breathing unwilling to die today.
Author: Willezurmacht
Date: 2008-02-28T15:21:27-06:00

ID: 117399
Comment: you did what, where, to who? -mr. lewinsky
Author: skipp
Date: 2008-02-28T16:22:43-06:00

ID: 117400
Comment: Just thought of another one: Loved by God, tolerated by humans.
Author: LatashaWillis
Date: 2008-02-28T23:04:10-06:00

ID: 117401
Comment: Awesomeness. And we could borrow a turn of phrase from Weird Al: "This memoir's just six words long."
Author: Tom Head
Date: 2008-02-28T23:33:12-06:00

ID: 117402
Comment: --Times have changed, times are strange -- Ozzy Osbourne, Mama I'm Coming Home
Author: Bourree'
Date: 2008-02-29T19:56:18-06:00

ID: 117403
Comment: Couldn't agree more, Bourree'.
Author: LatashaWillis
Date: 2008-02-29T20:45:17-06:00

ID: 117404
Comment: Wit and silence cannot be faked.
Author: Belvedere
Date: 2008-03-02T08:48:06-06:00

ID: 117405
Comment: "Grab a brew. Don't cost nothin'." - Bluto
Author: Rex
Date: 2008-03-05T14:50:23-06:00

ID: 117406
Comment: "I'm averting my eyes, Oh Lord." -- King Arthur "Well don't ...Now knock it off!" -- God
Author: Rex
Date: 2008-03-05T14:56:36-06:00

Ellington

Describe Your Life in Six Words

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