The One-Word Tag

Thanks for the tag, Dr. Write. Look! I answered all of the questions with just one word (unlike you cheaters Dr. Write and lisa b.) Are footnotes cheating?

Where is your cell phone? backpack
Where is your significant other? couch
Your hair color? brown
Your mother? surprising
Your father? generous
Your favorite thing? boots
Your dream last night? headachy
Your dream/goal? canyons
The room you’re in? living
Your hobby? pie
Your fear? water
Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
Where were you last night? spinning
What you’re not? timely
One of your wish-list items? these
Where you grew up? orem
The last thing you did? graded
What are you wearing? jeans
Your TV? on
Your pet? dustbunnies
Your computer? essential
Your mood? blurgh
Missing someone? everyone
Your car? fixed
Something you’re not wearing? earrings
Favorite store? book
Your summer? insane
Love someone? yes
Your favorite color? blue
When is the last time you laughed? now*
Last time you cried? incessantly#

*Colbert making kissy faces with Mr. and Mrs. Palin photos
#don't worry, soon it will be too cold for tears


I tag Sarah and Tara (the other Tarts), Kat, the Husband, and Otterbut

life as montage

I used to think that I wanted to live my life as a narrative, removed of all extraneous material, all elements tidily connected thematically, all of it with meaning (profound, tear-jerking, life-altering of course). Now I've realized that what I really want is to life my life as a montage. Not all of it of course; we can slow down for the really meaningful bits, but there are some things where I just don't need to experience anything but the highlights. For instance:

*the looming Canadian winter. Every local I have met has warned me (without prompting) about the terrible winter. One woman told me about how last year her driveway became a tunnel of snow where she had to squeeze in between the car and a wall of ice to get into the car and one slip would land her underneath the car. I also saw a commercial the other day which featured a "Canadian police chase": criminal and police both spinning their wheels in two foot drifts. I know that winter has its highish points, so let's montage those: ice skating on the Rideau canal, a ski trip or two, cozying up with hot cocoa, a blanket, and a book. Music: something from Hem or Richard Hawley.

*my efforts to rid myself of the wedding/ moving weight. It's no big deal really, but annoying, so it screams for montage. Me eating only healthy food (of course), me doing sit-ups (whatever), me running through a flock of geese--all with "Eye of the Tiger" playing in the background.

*my Phd. Look, it's just a hoop people. Let's montage it. Me sitting at my desk, surrounded by stacks of paper and books (I've got the scene all set for that one), me crying late at night because I just can't go on, me triumphant standing before the committee spouting off about things no one really cares about, me with bigger paycheck (ha, ha). Music: The Jackson Five's ABC?


What do you want to montage?