Describe Your Life in Six Words

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

Honoring my past. Building my future.

#117351 | Author: BuyJxn | Date: Feb 26 2008

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.”

#117352 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Feb 26 2008

I am a Southern Miss grad!

#117353 | Author: golden eagle | Date: Feb 26 2008

Wow, those are good ones. It’s not so hard once you start thinking about it.

#117354 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Feb 26 2008

Tripped and fell. Got back up.

#117355 | Author: ellen | Date: Feb 26 2008

ellen, I love that

#117356 | Author: Izzy | Date: Feb 26 2008

waiting to be used by god

#117357 | Author: skipp | Date: Feb 26 2008

Thanks, Izzy. Cool thread, L.W. 🙂

#117358 | Author: ellen | Date: Feb 26 2008

Nice, skipp. 😉

#117359 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Feb 26 2008

Six? That’s a lot. “You Missed. Nyah Nyah! So There!”

#117360 | Author: Ironghost | Date: Feb 26 2008

I’ve TRIED; I’m TIRED; I’m RESTING!

#117361 | Author: justjess | Date: Feb 26 2008

“It’s a trick. Grab an axe.”

#117362 | Author: Rex | Date: Feb 26 2008

Fine – F#$%ing Insane Neurotic and Emotional!

#117363 | Author: pikersam | Date: Feb 26 2008

Or on a more serious note… Thoroughly independent, humbly introspective and intelligent!

#117364 | Author: pikersam | Date: Feb 26 2008

I, me, mine… I, me, mine… LOL 😉 Everybody now…

#117365 | Author: pikersam | Date: Feb 26 2008

California girl loving life down South or It only gets better and better!

#117366 | Author: fondrenfarms | Date: Feb 26 2008

Sales, spreadsheets and computer troubles.

#117367 | Author: Todd Stauffer | Date: Feb 26 2008

Helping people to help themselves, everyday.

#117368 | Author: Kacy | Date: Feb 26 2008

You get one more word, iTodd. “Cats,” perhaps?

#117369 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Feb 26 2008

God first, family second, job third.

#117370 | Author: Lady Havoc | Date: Feb 26 2008

Life’s a B@#%h, then you die.

#117371 | Author: BubbaT | Date: Feb 27 2008

SafeCity way – let the rest burn!

#117372 | Author: pikersam | Date: Feb 27 2008

“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!

#117373 | Author: Ray Carter | Date: Feb 27 2008

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. 🙂

#117374 | Author: Lady Havoc | Date: Feb 27 2008

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.

#117375 | Author: BubbaT | Date: Feb 27 2008

Ooo. That’s good. 🙂

#117376 | Author: Lady Havoc | Date: Feb 27 2008

“Jamming in the name of the Lawd.” That’s seven words, Ray. 😛 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. 😀

#117377 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Feb 27 2008

Jamming for the Lawd.

#117378 | Author: Ray Carter | Date: Feb 27 2008

Four words, Ray. How about, “Jamming for the Lawd, WOO HOO”?

#117379 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Feb 27 2008

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.

#117380 | Author: Ray Carter | Date: Feb 27 2008

“You are all worthless and weak” /s/ Douglas C. Niedermeyer

#117381 | Author: bill_jackson | Date: Feb 27 2008

poor people are in the way-g w bush

#117382 | Author: skipp | Date: Feb 27 2008

ill knock your damn house down -frankie baby

#117383 | Author: skipp | Date: Feb 27 2008

change is all i think about -barack obama

#117384 | Author: skipp | Date: Feb 27 2008

I am not going to Alabama. — Alabama football coach Nick Saban

#117385 | Author: Dr. S | Date: Feb 27 2008

Six more words to describe me–I’m a whore for college football.

#117386 | Author: golden eagle | Date: Feb 27 2008

+peace, love, rock and roll forever+

#117387 | Author: Bourree’ | Date: Feb 28 2008

“hell no I’m not telling her” /s/ Bill Clinton

#117388 | Author: bill_jackson | Date: Feb 28 2008

“Read my lips no new taxes” /s/ Bush 41

#117389 | Author: bill_jackson | Date: Feb 28 2008

“I’d apologize, but I’m still sober.”

#117390 | Author: Tom Head | Date: Feb 28 2008

“no do not dry clean that” /s/ Linda Tripp

#117391 | Author: bill_jackson | Date: Feb 28 2008

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)

#117392 | Author: Tom Head | Date: Feb 28 2008

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

#117393 | Author: bill_jackson | Date: Feb 28 2008

Jeez–VERY small world! I’m still using that photo! How you been, man?

#117394 | Author: Tom Head | Date: Feb 28 2008

busy as always- we need to do lunch sometime

#117395 | Author: bill_jackson | Date: Feb 28 2008

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.

#117396 | Author: Tom Head | Date: Feb 28 2008

Hope I made my mama proud.

#117397 | Author: GradyGriffin | Date: Feb 28 2008

Still breathing unwilling to die today.

#117398 | Author: Willezurmacht | Date: Feb 28 2008

you did what, where, to who? -mr. lewinsky

#117399 | Author: skipp | Date: Feb 28 2008

Just thought of another one: Loved by God, tolerated by humans.

#117400 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Feb 29 2008

Awesomeness. And we could borrow a turn of phrase from Weird Al: “This memoir’s just six words long.”

#117401 | Author: Tom Head | Date: Feb 29 2008

–Times have changed, times are strange — Ozzy Osbourne, Mama I’m Coming Home