Bill on his Out of the Bloo blog copied a personal meme which basically asks the same question a few times over: what do you like to do most? He has tagged me. Now, I’m faced with a real conflict between how I think of myself and what I am. But let’s go through this:
0) What’s your name and website URL? (optional, of course)
Phil at brandywinebooks.net
1) What’s the most fun work you’ve ever done, and why? (two sentences max)
I think editing my college newspaper, though not a job, has been the most enjoyable assignment I’ve ever had. I remember feeling larger than myself, unrestrained by my hat, while walking across campus at 3:00 a.m. after finishing the week’s paper.
2) A. Name one thing you did in the past that you no longer do but wish you did? (one sentence max)
Write stories–I mean, I don’t write fiction regularly enough to say that I do it now, but that will change.
B. Name one thing you’ve always wanted to do but keep putting it off? (one sentence max)
Write stores–Ok, maybe I should choose something else: study drawing or sketching.
3) A. What two things would you most like to learn or be better at, and why? (two sentences max)
This gets at fiction writing too, but I blog instead (and complain and sometimes read). The second thing–no, it’s the first thing–I’d like to learn is loving the Lord with all of my heart, mind, and strength.
B. If you could take a class/workshop/apprentice from anyone in the world living or dead, who would it be and what would you hope to learn? (two more sentences, max)
This is a hard question, but I think I could take a chance on being Shakespeare’s apprentice. Realistically, I’d like to sit under Walter Wangerin.
4) A. What three words might your best friends or family use to describe you?
philisophical, giving, and artistic (my wife helped me with this)
B. Now list two more words you wish described you.
prolific and joyful
5) What are your top three passions? (can be current or past, work, hobbies, or causes– three sentences max)
Words and literature; honest, biblical worship for myself, family, and friends. I can’t pick a third.
6) Write and answer one more question that YOU would ask someone (with answer in three sentences max)
Name something that makes you angry? Injustice
I need to write a meme one of these days, though I doubt I could write anything better than this one on books.
Phil, you linked to our blog from _within_ the blog!
Don’t you know that can create a temporal loop, resulting in a space-time vortex that could destroy the very tissue of the physical universe?
Either that or a run time error. I forget which.
wow, i am so scared i may never use good grammar again–not that i no i use good-enough it now. shaken–that’s what i am.
hey, you gonna do this meme too?
Well, at least you didn’t create some type of cyber-black hole (at least not yet), since I’m able to see inside the pocket universe you’ve created, without leaving mine (at least not yet).
I’ll think about doing it. You know how reticent I am about revealing my thoughts and feelings online.