I stumbled upon onesentence.org this afternoon, and was blown away. The idea, as described on the blog is …
“… about telling your story, briefly. Insignificant stories, everyday stories, or turning-point-in-your-life stories, boiled down to their bare essentials.”
Some come off as fictional, but many have that too-odd-or-embarassing-to-be-made-up ring of truth to them. Here are a few of my faves thus far (many months of archives to peruse…)
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I panicked, thinking my precious fluffy cat had a tumor, until I realized he just had a Cocoa Puff stuck to his ass.Eliot Scott
When I called my dad, crying, from journalism camp and told him I had no friends, he explained, “Well, Eliot, you’re kind of a nerd.”Rebel
I lost the ping-pong tournament to an exchange student who apparently has nothing better to do in his country.masokat
I love my friends, because who else would help me pack up and move 3 bedrooms worth of furniture and stuff in 5 hours, while my abusive, now ex, boyfriend was at work, blissfully unaware of my escape.Aspergers Girl
Everything became clearer as I looked through old school projects and saw I listed the school librarian under the category of “best friend.”Rusty
I went to college to dodge this war, and now I’m going to war to pay for college.
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