{"id":157,"date":"2008-04-01T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/04\/01\/6-word-autobiography-meme\/"},"modified":"2008-04-01T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T21:09:00","slug":"6-word-autobiography-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/04\/01\/6-word-autobiography-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"6 word autobiography meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day, another meme! This one is from ScienceGirl<\/a>, and here are the instructions:<\/p>\n

1. Write your own six word memoir<\/p>\n

2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you\u2019d like<\/p>\n

3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere<\/p>\n

4. Tag five more blogs with links<\/p>\n

5. And don\u2019t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play<\/p>\n

The first one that comes to mind is:<\/p><\/div>\n

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Love blogging but suck at memes<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Seriously though, this is tough. If I’d been asked for one sentence it would have been easy:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“It’s better to regret doing something, than to regret not <\/em>doing it”. <\/div>\n
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I can’t seem to distill that though.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Maybe it’ll be easier if I break this down into separate areas of my life.<\/div>\n
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My career:<\/p>\n

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Left academia, missed it, came back<\/strong><\/div>\n
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My decision to apply to stay in Canada after my initial 2 year work visa expired:<\/div>\n
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Came for job, stayed for men<\/p>\n

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(well, one man in particular, but men is funnier. Yes, that’s me in the photo, taken in 2002 before I met Mr E Man!)<\/p>\n

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Talking of which, Mr E Man inadvertently came up with his own 6 word biography of me on Sunday. I was trying to talk to him about a certain excellent football result <\/a>while he was watching The Godfather, which wasn’t going down too well. <\/div>\n
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He said something like, “this is a very complex plot and I need to make sure I don’t miss anything important”.<\/p>\n

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I replied, “well, I’m very complex too, maybe you should make sure you don’t miss anything important that I say”. <\/div>\n
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He replied, “you’re not complex and I won’t miss anything important. It’ll just be Newcastle blah blah science blah blah<\/strong>“.<\/div>\n
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To sum up:<\/div>\n
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You’re funny; divorce lawyer on standby.<\/p>\n

Erm, tags… if you’d like to join in, please consider yourself tagged! Is that OK?<\/p>\n

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