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First Person Singular, Misery Business, Paramore, sign in, Strunk and White, Supermarket opening, Trifextra Challenge
Today’s Music: Paramore – Misery Business
Well, those wacky Trifectans have challenged us again. This weekend, they want 33 words written in the first person.
You see where I’m going with this, right?
hehehe
Because if it wasn’t for S&W, I’d have no idea what first person singular was.
Hot, baby!
I stood for the ceremony. My position required my presence there. The lucky winner gave me his name for the form. I filled it out and left.
I only wrote-in the first person.
(If it’s of any use to you, I was thinking this was a supermarket opening, though I have no idea why someone would need to be signed in for that…)
Follow the Trifecta link and check out the great entries this week.
If you are in the supermarket Guap, can you get me some eggs please. Ta!
Will do, GfB. As soon as the hubub dies down.
I’m guessing you’re still good on sausage?
I feel really dumb because I just had to google ‘Strunk & White’. Never ever heard of it :/ lol. Cool song
I got stuck needing that book in a few college classes, and the scarring hasn’t faded yet, Hyper.
Not sure if I like Paramore yet. Going to have to listen to more of their stuff.
I LOVE that you referenced Strunk & White! Brought back great memories of my journalism degree back in the dark ages when we typed our assignments on a TYPEWRITER — (look it up on google, you young whippersnappers!) So if you violated a Strunk & White rule, you had to rip out the paper and start TYPING all over again…! Who else remembers this? — Darcy at http://www.sothenstories.com
I certainly do. For that matter, I still have a Strunk’s on my desk…
Love the toon!
Sadly, a google image search for “first person singular” only gives covers of the S&W manual, Red.
This image is much better.
When I was a kid, I thought typewriters were the coolest machines ever, Darcy. They made letters! And you could hit the keys as hard as you wanted!
Oh I never heard of Trifecta until now..off to peruse and edumacate myself
Have a good time over there, FPP. I’ve seen some really great writing from the entrants.
This is great! I love it.
Thanks Deanabo!
Cool!
Thank you whitelady!
Perhaps it was a really swanky grocery store. We have one in Macon, GA. You feel your right pinky come to life as you push the grocery cart. lol annbennett2.blogspot.com
Ha! I get uncomfortable in those kinds of grocery stores, Hawaii. I always think they’re judging me for squeezing the avocados.
I imagined the winner would get a Ferrari, just so it made it worth your while. Nice one!
Thanks Lumdog. I’d be happy with an oil change and a full tank of gas…
I like it. Maybe there were freebies and that’s why you had to sign in. <3
Honestly Stacy, I have no idea what’s going on here!
I went through multiple ideas trying to work around to I wrote in first person.
Waaay more than a healthy amount of effort!
Isn’t there always a disclaimer that you have to “be present” to win? Another example of The Man trying to keep you down.
Excellent point, Tara!
I think I’ll have to hire you as my “writing continuity” expert.
(On the bright side, very little of what comes out of my head has any relation to the real world…)
I love that you “only wrote in the first person”. I actually was thinking of a wedding ceremony and you were the stand up guy for the groom.
And I remember S&W . . . AND typewriters . . . AND the nuns who made us close our eyes, put our hands in the air and push imaginary keys when they called out letters and numbers. That has stood me in good stead over the years as I can still do approx. 85 wpm with no errors.
Thanks Barbara!
I remember a few years after high school, thinking Typing (on IBM Selectrics) was the only useful class I’d taken there.
Great piece! (:
Thank you Draug!
Misery Business came out the year I stole my husband from his ex-wife. Hahaha! Brilliant!
I’m impressed you see Misery Business as a love song, Undercover.
To borrow from the basketball vernacular, you’re hitting from down town on this one, boss.
Thanks Cayman! More like blindly throwing towards the hoop at the buzzer.
I’m glad you explained that because I only fill out forms in the third person at grocery store openings. Sometimes the 4th or 5th person if I’m feeling really rebellious.
Sadly, most of the forms I fill out these days are as persona non grata, wim2s.
That’s actually a great idea – restricted entry. Keep the riffraff out. Then again, if it weren’t for riffraff, my wife would have no job. (And this area of Ohio would be completely deserted.
)
Besides, we need riffraff for the zombie apocalypse. Gives us time to reload!
I’d rather hang out with the riffraf any day, John.
My kind of people!
Super clever! I wish I had your knack for making it all seem so easy. Btw, I have Strunk and White in my desk drawer at school….and, I went through university using a typewriter. Hard to believe any of us survived all those liquid paper fumes!
Thanks Tom!
It was adding the footnotes when typing that always drove me batty. The original cut and paste.
So clever, you are!! I love when you participate in these challenges!
Thank you, Susan!
I had to go with this version since writing as a tattoo artist with “I only write in the first person” was just creepy.
Good one, El G…
Thanks Ted!
(Still waiting to be barred…)
And here I was hoping it was an election!
Strunk & White & Charlotte’s Web!
Ha! Thanks Kymm.
Brilliant, Guap! “I only wrote-in the first person…” What a difference one hyphen can make.
Elements of Style was our Bible in the technical writing classes I took in college. I’m a believer in this little book–anyone who wants to become a better writer should study it. (Those who are okay with lousy writing need not bother.)
Thanks Brian! I’ve always thought I should actually sit down and read S&W.
I had brushes with it in some high school and college classes, but I always figured I didn’t need it – since I knew how to read, I should be able to write.
10,000 apostrophe horror shows later (it’s/its’), I should probably reconsider my position…
Very literal Guapster!
Well, when you’ve got nothing, go with it! That’s what I always say, Benze!
You are playing too modest Guaps! You have talent oozing out of every orifice!
Oh, jeez… You know, I saw your icon and my lips made a little smirk before I’d even clicked on it. Apparently my subconscious knew what to expect. As usual, you cracked me up.
Thanks so much, Christine! That’s actually a great reputation to have!
I read this post. I enjoyed this post. I am sitting down.
I will be tweaking my content in the future, PMAO, to bring you to full-on passed out.
I am feeling all in a tizzy. I have the vapors. Bring my smelling salts. I have often relied on the blogging of strangers. I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ no bloggin’…
We don’ need no stinkin’ bloggers! Come out with your blogs up!
And your pants down!…
ummmmmmmmmm…
I mean…
You’re as smart as you are nice, Guap. Nicely done…. =)
Thank you Stacie!
)
(Though if you knew me better, I’m prety sure that would be a great insult!
You put on a good show. =)
Another fascinating read Guap
and hey I bet you are already thinking
oh gawd not another visit from him?
Well I do like to keep you on your toes
even though that side bar is filling up…
you have a great Hump Day and keep
adding to your uniqueness
I know I have mentioned
before but your Space truly rocks
Too kind, Gray.
I’ll be adding your new site shortly.
Yes hurry up before it vanishes
lmfao
It occurs to me, that I think about you way more than I should be thinking about you. Okay, now that you are sufficiently disturbed at the prospect, I can let you in on the joke. It’s just a blog award nomination! I think……
http://drinkswellwithothers.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/me-inspiringly-versatile-i-bet-she-says-that-to-all-the-nominees/
thank goodness there was a punchline there, Cayman – I was starting to get a bit disturbed…
And thank you!
I was starting to think you got a new stalker. Whatever happened to Weenie Girl?
Oh, she’s still around, Brian.
Pops up from time to time in the poll answers.
(I think after she drove you off the online world, she just settled back on her laurels!)
FIRST PERSON SINGULAR! Oh man, that was A+ material.
I had an uncle who was a Trifectan once. He disappeared for a while and then we found him at LAX selling flowers. With patience, firmness and a lot of love, we were able to get him out.
I know how hard that can be, Smak.
As a child, I saw a loved one get sucked into saturday afternoon kung fu flicks on channel 5.
It took years to get him to move his lips in sync with his voice…
The horror. the horror…
It was a small piece, but a good one.