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nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 15, 2010 - 08:20pm PT
Hey Tacoheads, I though it would be fun to do the six word memoirs again..

This is an Easy Writing Contest: Six- word memoirs..LIFE stories distilled. Write a story in just 6 words.(Story of your lives in six words).. Prizes (small) for 1st,2nd & 3rd place.

Last time, in 2008 first place went to Ed Hartouni and Ed was asked to pick 2nd place; 2nd place was to choose 3rd.

Examples here..
.http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/567850/Easy_contest_for_all_6_word_memoirs


http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=18768430&m=18775684

edit...enter as may times as you want..











John Moosie

climber
Beautiful California
Mar 15, 2010 - 08:32pm PT
Couldn't count, lost easy 6 word memoirs contest
John_Box

Ice climber
Bellingham
Mar 15, 2010 - 08:34pm PT
Stuck in school still. Free Soon.
perswig

climber
Mar 15, 2010 - 08:35pm PT
went to grow up, decided not
Chinchen

climber
Anacortes, wa
Mar 15, 2010 - 08:40pm PT
Would rather poop than taco, lately.
Melissa

Gym climber
berkeley, ca
Mar 15, 2010 - 08:44pm PT
Food, Water, Shelter, Sleep. Then meaning.
Tobia

Social climber
GA
Mar 15, 2010 - 08:50pm PT
Do Not Eat That Yellow Snow (by One Dead Eskimo)
MisterE

Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
Mar 15, 2010 - 08:58pm PT
Dosed at eight, everything was changed.
WandaFuca

Social climber
From the gettin place
Mar 15, 2010 - 10:05pm PT
Requiem for an Avatar


(absence)

(reading

supetopo limbo

writing)

(absence)
Watusi

Social climber
Newport, OR
Mar 15, 2010 - 10:09pm PT
Lived in a tent, loved it...
happiegrrrl

Trad climber
New York, NY
Mar 15, 2010 - 10:18pm PT
Up. Down. Lower. Up. Down. Now.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Mar 15, 2010 - 10:20pm PT
And the winner is. . . .








Been there, done that. . .will continue!
corniss chopper

Mountain climber
san jose, ca
Mar 15, 2010 - 11:00pm PT
This time things will be different!!
nutjob

Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
Mar 15, 2010 - 11:05pm PT
I came, saw, and was humbled.
Mtnmun

Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
Mar 15, 2010 - 11:23pm PT
Plein air kinetic explore of funscapes!
nutjob

Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
Mar 15, 2010 - 11:26pm PT
I learned to love. I'm happy.
mastadon

Trad climber
quaking has-been
Mar 15, 2010 - 11:36pm PT


Man plans, God laughs.
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Mar 15, 2010 - 11:43pm PT
Veni. Vidi. Scalari. Dunceo toceo.






(in english it is 6 words)
Zander

Trad climber
Berkeley
Mar 15, 2010 - 11:47pm PT
Old Speckled Hen, I am happy.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:00am PT
Reaching, can't quite grasp the hold.
moacman

Trad climber
Montana
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:04am PT
Engagement ring,wedding ring and suffering...

Stevo
Scared Silly

Trad climber
UT
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:17am PT
Hold my beer and watch this ...
couchmaster

climber
pdx
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:21am PT
Life is a three legged stool.
drljefe

climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:44am PT
Everything leads up to this day.
susu

Trad climber
East Bay, CA
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:54am PT
Love, ouch, presence, compassion, forgive, recycle.

Reach, shine, fall, fade, hibernate, rebirth.

Get down, dirty, wash, rinse, repeat.












Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Mar 16, 2010 - 01:28am PT
Uhhhh ... Did I just ... score?

 my favorite movie line, from B & B Do America
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115641/quotes
miss.julienne

climber
Capitola, California
Mar 16, 2010 - 01:36am PT
It's always better when we're together.
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Mar 16, 2010 - 02:04am PT
Nothing matters but how you love.
JOEY.F

Social climber
sebastopol
Mar 16, 2010 - 02:19am PT
Average student.
"You'll fail!"
Aced Geometry.
paul roehl

Boulder climber
california
Mar 16, 2010 - 02:21am PT
Being sixty two is dog doo.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 16, 2010 - 02:47am PT
I can't wait to go home.
Studly

Trad climber
WA
Mar 16, 2010 - 02:49am PT
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Mr Knucklehead

Mountain climber
a place where you can still get a cheap haircut
Mar 16, 2010 - 11:00am PT
Hi Nita -
Thanks again for the hat - still my favorite.

here's my 2010 entry:

innocent, brash, overwhelmed, bitter, enlightened, humble

L

climber
Yeah it's a furball...I TOLD you I was a cat!
Mar 16, 2010 - 11:42am PT
Happy cat lying in a sunbeam.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Mar 16, 2010 - 11:45am PT
What's next? I can't tell.
tradchick

Trad climber
Vermont
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:07pm PT
This is not a dress rehearsal.
Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:24pm PT
I am the earth and sky

I am the past and future

I am, therefore you are

(I know only 5 on the last one, but hey I'm counting the comma as 6...)

Cheers,
DD
Norwegian

Trad climber
Placerville, California
Mar 16, 2010 - 12:30pm PT
run like an antelope,
outta control.

-phish
nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2010 - 12:50pm PT
barely slept last night,feel shitty
Studly

Trad climber
WA
Mar 16, 2010 - 01:00pm PT
bend over and grab your ankles..
moacman

Trad climber
Montana
Mar 16, 2010 - 04:02pm PT
Reach, clip, missed, Oh My God....................................

Stevo
Happy Idiot

Trad climber
Santa Fe
Mar 16, 2010 - 04:52pm PT
Please don't leave; I can change.
Tobia

Social climber
GA
Mar 16, 2010 - 04:57pm PT
If six were nine I'd win.
Ricky D

Trad climber
Sierra Westside
Mar 16, 2010 - 05:10pm PT
Wake,eat,do,poop,sleep,repeat.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Mar 16, 2010 - 05:49pm PT
The revolution wasn't televised after all.
drljefe

climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
Mar 16, 2010 - 05:51pm PT
I live, I ride, I am.

sorry, just realized the most annoying commercial of the Olympics used six words.
jmap

Social climber
NC
Mar 16, 2010 - 06:55pm PT
At the buffet, I ate everything.

Love and loss are the same.
L

climber
Yeah it's a furball...I TOLD you I was a cat!
Mar 16, 2010 - 07:15pm PT
Earthquake wake-up call. What really matters?
Mark Rodell

Trad climber
Bangkok
Mar 16, 2010 - 07:37pm PT
Clinging to a stance of wonder
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Mar 16, 2010 - 07:52pm PT
Living life and grateful for it.

I am defined by my goals.

Retirement means never calling in sick.

Challenges are not for the weary.

Live happy, love happier, be happiest.
pip the dog

Mountain climber
planet dogboy
Mar 17, 2010 - 02:11am PT
stopped reading books, started reading people
Melissa

Gym climber
berkeley, ca
Mar 17, 2010 - 02:17am PT
Cherry picking for glory. Suggestions welcomed.
Fletcher

Trad climber
The beckoning silence
Mar 17, 2010 - 03:27am PT
Self is fading, connection is illuminated.

Type B, the way for me.

Sometimes, doing no thing is best.
Norwegian

Trad climber
Placerville, California
Mar 17, 2010 - 08:26am PT
without wonder,
all foresight is circumcised.
DanaB

climber
Philadelphia
Mar 17, 2010 - 10:02am PT
Scared, not scared, fall, don't fall.
scottpedition

climber
Just south of one Valley or the other
Mar 17, 2010 - 12:56pm PT
Rip things apart, understand, and improve.
Sherri

Trad climber
WA
Mar 17, 2010 - 02:02pm PT
Free at last, free at last.
ydpl8s

Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
Mar 17, 2010 - 02:38pm PT
Buy the ticket, take the ride - courtesy H. Thompson
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Mar 17, 2010 - 04:38pm PT
Too soon old, too late smart.
pc

climber
Mar 17, 2010 - 04:41pm PT
Not now, not now, but now.

Skoal,
John Moosie

climber
Beautiful California
Mar 17, 2010 - 04:57pm PT
The leader must not fall, shiii
i
i
i
i
#@
i
t
moacman

Trad climber
Montana
Mar 17, 2010 - 05:23pm PT
Bivouac. French for we're off route....

Stevo
Fletcher

Trad climber
The beckoning silence
Mar 17, 2010 - 05:58pm PT
Good one, Moosie!
nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 18, 2010 - 11:49am PT
Ok, I would like to see more memoirs..please. Here are some memoirs from the taco.

Coz....Came for a look, Now leaving

Delhi dog....Gems are where you find them.

James, Supertopo is a punter's circle jerk.

Wayno..Grand times, thanks for that one.

Curt..Growing old is not for sissies.

drljefe..I'm the same in real life.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Mar 18, 2010 - 11:57am PT
Off on new adventure
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 18, 2010 - 01:13pm PT
Six words is way too hard.

Shut up and dance,you fool.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 18, 2010 - 01:27pm PT
everything is as it should be.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 19, 2010 - 03:59am PT
Damn it Nita, I've tried to give it a go and this is as much fun as I have had here in a while but all I can get doesn't do it for me. The best I can come up with is:

My life is not a one-liner.

Thanks for the great thread. Now I can sleep.
pip the dog

Mountain climber
planet dogboy
Mar 19, 2010 - 04:32am PT
i vote for Wayno:
> My life is not a one-liner.

send him all this year's prizes.

^,,^
Tobia

Social climber
GA
Mar 19, 2010 - 05:19am PT
ditto on the life not a one liner...

Told what to do I didn't
hooblie

climber
from where the anecdotes roam
Mar 19, 2010 - 11:57pm PT
just helping out a brother here:

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1121348&msg=1122293#msg1122293

he'll be surprised if he wins
brotherbbock

Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
Mar 20, 2010 - 12:14am PT
"Hey man, there's a beverage here."

-The Dude
Fletcher

Trad climber
The beckoning silence
Mar 20, 2010 - 02:04am PT
Four fine kids speak many volumes.
nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2010 - 02:26am PT
Tami, do you have to take them the rest of your life? and ... are they for your ticker?

You are welcome to say .. Nita, It's none of your Damn business..;-)



Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 20, 2010 - 02:47am PT
O.K. one more for the road...
apogee

climber
Mar 20, 2010 - 02:48am PT
My life was my own. You?
Studly

Trad climber
WA
Mar 20, 2010 - 02:52am PT
I met this really hot chick..
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 20, 2010 - 03:48am PT
Light comes down, I go up.

edit--Light comes down, I grow upward.
Tobia

Social climber
GA
Mar 20, 2010 - 07:50am PT
Plain to see hard to do.
kinnikinik

Trad climber
B.C.
Mar 20, 2010 - 11:11am PT
drove fast, took lot's of chances
papa_eos

Trad climber
conejo valley, california
Mar 20, 2010 - 01:54pm PT
Crazy kids, wife, work. Freedom climbing.
moacman

Trad climber
Montana
Mar 20, 2010 - 06:06pm PT
Good friends, good beer, good life.

Stevo
Tea

Trad climber
Behind the Zion Curtain
Mar 20, 2010 - 08:14pm PT
If you're not laughing, f*#k it.
tolman_paul

Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
Mar 20, 2010 - 08:34pm PT
Every day beautiful and loving life
nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2010 - 11:02pm PT
Any more before the contest is over?
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Mar 21, 2010 - 11:45pm PT

Who's the winner, Nita, I can't stand the suspense!!!!!!


:-)
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Mar 21, 2010 - 11:49pm PT
I dreamed, I went, I dreamed....
John cameron

Trad climber
Denver
Mar 21, 2010 - 11:53pm PT
Forever living beyond the crux.
Melissa

Gym climber
berkeley, ca
Mar 22, 2010 - 12:38am PT
Tea's "If you're not laughing, f*#k it" is my favorite so far.

Not so original, but a favorite in 6 words:

Much is given; much is required.


Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 22, 2010 - 01:01am PT
No one is really dead forever.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 22, 2010 - 03:48am PT
Why would one be gratefully dead?

Is life really all that bad?
d-know

Trad climber
electric lady land
Mar 22, 2010 - 10:55am PT
dissolution of ego
into cosmic
consciousness.
susu

Trad climber
East Bay, CA
Mar 22, 2010 - 01:02pm PT
Satisfying changing oneself rather than another

or

Satisfied changing self if no other

Edit: hmmm, o well, I mean something more like... "Complaining didn't work, changing attitude did."

Edit/Add:
Take less, fall trying to climb.
Follow the heart, don’t fake it.
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Mar 23, 2010 - 03:01pm PT
home is a word, a name



change your opinions, keep your principles
Dick Danger

Trad climber
Lakewood, Colorado
Mar 23, 2010 - 04:57pm PT
When in doubt, I ran it out.
Tobia

Social climber
GA
Mar 23, 2010 - 10:11pm PT
It is cheaper to keep her.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Mar 23, 2010 - 11:24pm PT
Your old lady sure looks good.
MH2

climber
Mar 24, 2010 - 03:32am PT
What makes these memoirs?

Let me t
Ben Emery

Trad climber
Bay Area
Mar 24, 2010 - 05:51am PT
Six words... and it was over.
moacman

Trad climber
Montana
Mar 24, 2010 - 03:59pm PT
With limited appeal personality takes over....

Stevo
nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2010 - 02:10pm PT
Thanks to everybody for the wonderful submissions. Damn, this is a hard decision. I'd like to pick about 19 1st place winners......

And the winner is ...........................................................................











Wayno. "My life is not a one-liner."

Congratulations Wayno! Now First Place gets to pick Second Place, and Second picks 3rd.
Wayno, Please post your choice on this thread and email me your mailing address to receive your prize.



Thanks again for the stories,

nita



Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 28, 2010 - 02:24pm PT
Wow, really? I can't remember the last time I won something. I will have to reread this thread to pick a second...

So, can I pick myself for 2nd and then 3rd? Just kidding. I'll get back.

Thanks Nita, you are special.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Mar 28, 2010 - 02:31pm PT

Bump for Wayno!!!!!
Way to go!!!!
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 28, 2010 - 02:37pm PT
You are right Nita, it is a hard decision. There are some good ones out there. The one that really got me was Tobia's: If six was nine, I'd win.

Is that contraction considered one word? Anyway, Tobia is 2nd. Tami came close.
nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2010 - 03:05pm PT
Wayno, I had a hard time deciding between yours and Maocman's .".With limited appeal personality takes over".... ..

.yours made me laugh........ actually, they both made me laugh...

ps...I got your email..
dfrost7

climber
Mar 28, 2010 - 04:35pm PT
Fletcher, that's a really cute baby!
Karen

Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
Mar 28, 2010 - 06:25pm PT
Took me to 50, find love.
Chief

climber
Mar 28, 2010 - 06:41pm PT
Damn, missed it.

I've drank many a cold beer.
Tobia

Social climber
GA
Mar 29, 2010 - 08:56pm PT
Never been a judge before; certainly have never placed in anything to do with a "creativity contest"...
wow!

I pick CyndieBransford's:
Too soon old, too late smart
.

and thanks wayno... the credit should go to jimi...
Anastasia

Mountain climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
Mar 29, 2010 - 09:01pm PT
breathing wild
edging blue
life's serendipity





nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2010 - 09:22pm PT
Thanks Tacoheads!

Congratulations to the Winners!!

1.# Wayno............................Hey, what's your last name?

2.# Tobia.........

3.# Cyndiebransford.................


Washington, Georgia and Alaska .. LOL. the postage will prolly be more than the prize...;-)

Edit:Thanks Moosie...






Anna, cool above memoir.....
Anastasia

Mountain climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
Mar 29, 2010 - 09:23pm PT
I like the winners!
Yeah!
:)AFS
John Moosie

climber
Beautiful California
Mar 29, 2010 - 09:37pm PT
First Place. "My life is not a one liner"..Wayno

Second Place. "If Six was Nine, I'd win" Tobia

Third Place. "Too soon old, too late smart" CyndieBransford


Cool..

Honorable mention given by Nita.. "With limited appeal personality takes over" Maocman

I like them all. good thread Nita. I missed it by this much..haha.. Hey, I think thats my memoir.

"I missed it by this much" John Moosie


moacman

Trad climber
Montana
Mar 29, 2010 - 11:06pm PT
Thanx. I had fun with it....

Stevo
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 30, 2010 - 02:00am PT
Hah! I love it! I have been out drinking fine wine with my fine wine buddies tonight. Well, most of them, anyway, Ghost is under the weather. I thought this was as fine a thread as any other recently, thank you Nita, and you don't know how good the small things are in life that give you that special little buzz of insignificance that permeates the gross irrelevance that so defines our existence.(that's good wine talking) Maybe you do, and that would be even more cool.

Edit- oh yeah, the last name is Miller.
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Mar 30, 2010 - 02:30am PT
Wayno

Congratulations!

We could add a bonus prize if you are interested.

First Place-one week on an offshore passage on our boat.

Second Place -two weeks of the same, and of course...

Third Place-Your on board until Captain Jack Sparrow says you are off.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Mar 30, 2010 - 02:55am PT
Hey Guido, After checking out that boat you built, I would be beyond honored and humbled to catch a ride on that slice of life. I do make it to Santa Cruz about once a year. I lived probably the best ten years of my life there.
nita

Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 30, 2010 - 03:00am PT
Guido..WOW...

Damn, bonus prize my ass, that's a Grand prize!.......;-)
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Mar 30, 2010 - 03:54am PT
Thank you for selecting me as the third place winner. This six word challenge kept me thinking at the strangest times. It was good to get things out in a succint manner. Thank you Nita for your time and energy. I enjoyed reading everybodies contributions. Now on to the next challenge.
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Apr 3, 2010 - 07:05pm PT
I received my prize today in the mail. It was outstanding and more than I expected. Nita thank you for the challenge again and for your generousity.
I ate all the chocolate in one sitting, but I did a hard work out today before hand so maybe it balances out.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Apr 17, 2010 - 02:48am PT
Nita, Nita, nothin' is sweetah. I got my prize today, and I have to say, you have a way...

A 30th Anniv. Sierra Nevada Stout, a pounder to drink it out of, an opener/keybiner, and some artisan chocolates and almond butter. I'm tickled. Is That Cool or what? This is why I keep coming back to the Taco. Three cheers for Nita!!!
Tobia

Social climber
GA
Apr 17, 2010 - 09:15am PT
I got my prize also... a book that was good for my soul and some chocolate that I munched down before I got past the first paragraph in the book.

Thanks for the challenge as well as the prize!

Thank you to Wayno for selecting me!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 29, 2016 - 07:34pm PT
The book:
Cruise low, ride slow, climb high.

The sequel:
Keep your mouth shut ears open.

The moral:
Better a late entry than never.
zBrown

Ice climber
Sep 29, 2016 - 07:45pm PT
I fought the law, law won!

Flip Flop

climber
Earth Planet, Universe
Sep 29, 2016 - 07:55pm PT
Rad Dad Crushed it. Died Happy.
Edge

Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
Sep 29, 2016 - 08:10pm PT
Curiosity kills cats, but sustains me.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Sep 29, 2016 - 08:17pm PT
Life is short, don't overthink it.
SC seagoat

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
Sep 29, 2016 - 09:06pm PT
Still standing after all these years


Susan
Stupid Merican

climber
Crankloon, OH
Sep 30, 2016 - 09:00pm PT
Thought I was right. Was wrong.
yanqui

climber
Balcarce, Argentina
Oct 1, 2016 - 05:59am PT
Never expected to get this far
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Oct 1, 2016 - 06:05am PT
Fading to black a hand reaches
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Oct 1, 2016 - 01:31pm PT
My solo, it became too casual
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