Who's Laughing?
150 word synopsis of my life22 total reviews
Comment from Jumbo J
Hi Ingrid,
if there one thing I come to know about your writing... it's to expect something off the cuff... something that shows off your amazing mind at work.
Am I surprised that you'd compare the start of one of your existences with learning to being thrown in at the deep end? Hell no! But if there's one thing for sure that I do know... next time you'll prepare and have your 'floaties' strapped to each arm... I know your not one to be burned twice by the same horrible experience... are you?
Outstanding write to mold out of one hundred and fifty words... exceptional write... exceptional mind!
Yeah, sorry about the exclamation marks, just trying to drive the point!
And of course, all the very best in this contest.
With our thoughts we create,
a buoyant mind,
James xx
******Stars!!!!!!
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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Hi Ingrid,
if there one thing I come to know about your writing... it's to expect something off the cuff... something that shows off your amazing mind at work.
Am I surprised that you'd compare the start of one of your existences with learning to being thrown in at the deep end? Hell no! But if there's one thing for sure that I do know... next time you'll prepare and have your 'floaties' strapped to each arm... I know your not one to be burned twice by the same horrible experience... are you?
Outstanding write to mold out of one hundred and fifty words... exceptional write... exceptional mind!
Yeah, sorry about the exclamation marks, just trying to drive the point!
And of course, all the very best in this contest.
With our thoughts we create,
a buoyant mind,
James xx
******Stars!!!!!!
Comment Written 19-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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With my good luck, I'd be thrown into the ocean right outside of Perth and a bloody shark would be expecting me...something about a dinner invitation, then lo and behold, I'd discover the remnants of flight #370 as I was going down for the third time...but there would ne no one there to tell them what I discovered. Happy Easter, my friend.
Comment from Donya Quijote
You've been fighting most all your life from the womb to the world. Now, I get the feeling that you get into a fight with Almighty too. You have an amazing point of view here. Personally, I'm glad you found a way to swim. Good luck in the contest...
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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You've been fighting most all your life from the womb to the world. Now, I get the feeling that you get into a fight with Almighty too. You have an amazing point of view here. Personally, I'm glad you found a way to swim. Good luck in the contest...
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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or in other words, and believe me, they're not mine. from erection to resurrection.
Comment from Gloria ....
What a terrific prompt idea. I think you've done wonderfully well in presenting a lifetime with lots of things we can read into it with a feisty female. Best left for the imagination. Excellent lesson in your life report too -- sink or swim. That about says it all.
Best wishes in the contest. I'm enjoying reading all these entries.
Gloria
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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What a terrific prompt idea. I think you've done wonderfully well in presenting a lifetime with lots of things we can read into it with a feisty female. Best left for the imagination. Excellent lesson in your life report too -- sink or swim. That about says it all.
Best wishes in the contest. I'm enjoying reading all these entries.
Gloria
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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Not a terrible prompt idea-worse would be fifty words, then we'd really need to be selective...LOL
Comment from Ritsal
Wow - I'm impressed. You remember the moment before your birth, and have been serving time ever since. Funny. Good luck in the contest.
Best wishes,
Rita
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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Wow - I'm impressed. You remember the moment before your birth, and have been serving time ever since. Funny. Good luck in the contest.
Best wishes,
Rita
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2014
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Actually, I think most of us have psychic memories, but we've trained ourselves not to listen.
Comment from Pegcook
Creativity at its best! The image of God throwing a child into a quagmire makes me not like God very much! Your anger is justified! Your approach to writing your life story in 150 words or less grabbed this reader's attention.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Creativity at its best! The image of God throwing a child into a quagmire makes me not like God very much! Your anger is justified! Your approach to writing your life story in 150 words or less grabbed this reader's attention.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Cool. still swimming, got the float, the treading water and the bloody breast stroke. These F**ing demands are irritating.
Comment from GWHARGIS
Quite a powerful piece. I like the way you equate being born into the life you lived as being cast into the fray. Great fable like feeling to this. You got your point across in such a short amount of words and thus made it that much more powerful. Great writing. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Quite a powerful piece. I like the way you equate being born into the life you lived as being cast into the fray. Great fable like feeling to this. You got your point across in such a short amount of words and thus made it that much more powerful. Great writing. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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We never volunteered, id we? Bring me Barbie's writers.
even with them, I'll have choices.
Comment from Jay Squires
You apparently learned to swim and you do it so well! Looked at one way, you survived and now you are teaching others the best way you can how to swim. And, the best lesson of all: you gotta keep moving your arms and legs. Even treading water is vital sometimes.
I like your story. I like your life.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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You apparently learned to swim and you do it so well! Looked at one way, you survived and now you are teaching others the best way you can how to swim. And, the best lesson of all: you gotta keep moving your arms and legs. Even treading water is vital sometimes.
I like your story. I like your life.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Really? come on over for tea or cocktails and we'll compare notes.
In fact, it's my attitude you touch, the willingness to fight back and claim what we think is our right.
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I admire your spunk! If you're of the faith, it's gotta be hell knowing you're gonna lose when, at the same time, it would be cowardly and dishonest not to fight back.
Comment from Sasha
I really like how you wrote this. You began in the womb...don't we all? Then straight to a sink or swim finale. Great work with this and a terrific entry for this prompt. I sincerely wish you all the best.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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I really like how you wrote this. You began in the womb...don't we all? Then straight to a sink or swim finale. Great work with this and a terrific entry for this prompt. I sincerely wish you all the best.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Despite the amniotic fluid reference, if this were to continue, it would be as a sparring match with God.
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I agree, mine would be too...lol
Comment from Nomar Chagrin
Yes, it is a quagmire out here, isn't it?
Loved the development in this, Ingrid. I never saw it coming that you were still in the womb. That was a nice effect. It made it more challenging to figure out the circumstances surrounding your interaction with God at the moment of your birth.
This could easily be a quirky opening to an autobiography. It sets the tone right away, foreshadowing a challenging life.
Hugs,
~ Erik
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Yes, it is a quagmire out here, isn't it?
Loved the development in this, Ingrid. I never saw it coming that you were still in the womb. That was a nice effect. It made it more challenging to figure out the circumstances surrounding your interaction with God at the moment of your birth.
This could easily be a quirky opening to an autobiography. It sets the tone right away, foreshadowing a challenging life.
Hugs,
~ Erik
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Thank you, my fellow traveller.
Comment from Mike Battaglia
Just brilliant! It's no easy thing to define your life in 150 words, but you've done that, with witty, yet deeply metaphorical prose. Intimately written. You showed me everything without describing a thing. Brilliant
:)
--Mike
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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Just brilliant! It's no easy thing to define your life in 150 words, but you've done that, with witty, yet deeply metaphorical prose. Intimately written. You showed me everything without describing a thing. Brilliant
:)
--Mike
Comment Written 18-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2014
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If we post our lives like resumes there might be a clear cut winner, but it's what we do with the time that matters. Thanks for hanging out.