Showing posts with label Writers Workshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writers Workshop. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Over Achevier: Top 10 List & Write

Back for Mama Kat's assignment! I decided to do two, although the second one isn't mine--I found some pretty funny top ten lists and had to share!

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WHY DO YOU WRITE?" That one is easy smeasy! Although I blogged before I left DC, I definitely do it more now. I had a lot of people to hang out with in DC (I know, Ms. Popular here! jk) and do not know that many people that live in Chester. Luckily, a good amount of David's family is right down the street a lot of my friends from college are about an hour & half away, and my family is about that far as well. So, I write to keep myself from cutting in the shower and crying because I have no friends. Just. Kidding. Don't freak out and call the cops on me. I seriously do think of each of you as my blogland friends and I wish you all lived closer!


~~I also picked, "You've been hired as a writer for "Late Show with David Letterman." Your first assignment is to come up with a witty, nonpolitical Top Ten list for him to read on air." I'm supposed to be creative here..but have you SEEN some of the stuff his actual writers came up with? Let me just cheat here and post some from their archives list.

Top Ten Signs You’re Not Going to Graduate From High School This Year:
10- Instead of a cap & gown, they give you a McDonald’s hairnet.
9- Your final paper in English was titled, “TV Guide: Gateway to Viewing Pleasure.”
8- Grandma starts affectionately calling you “Lil’Flunkie.”
7- Nobody believes pot in your locker was planted by those Whitewater dudes.
6- Your computer teacher discovers you getting’ it on with a laptop.
5- At oral exam, you respond to every question with, “Hey—I ain’t in Mensa, you now!”
4- Your guidance counselor gives you Dr. Kevorkian’s number.
3- You constantly neglect your studies to date Woody Allen.
2-Your name: Kenny. This year’s prom theme: “Sorry you won’t be graduating, Kenny.”
1- Your combined score on the SAT: 12.

Top Ten Messages Left of Britney Spears’ Answering Machine:
10- “It’s Bill Clinton. I hear you’re confused and vulnerable. Call Me”
9- “Hi Britney, Good News—We now have a revolving door at the rehab center”
8- “Al Gore here. You’re contributing to global warming, because your new look is hot!”
7- “It’s K-Fed. Who would’ve though I’d look like the responsible one?”
6- “It’s Melania Trump. Think you and the clippers can fix the mess on Donald’s head?”
5- “I’m calling from ‘American Idol.’ Would you like to replace Paula Abdul as our crazy judge?
4- “NASA calling – we think you might be astronaut material”
3- “Carol Channing here. I want my wig back, bitch.”
2- “Hey it’s Paris. Are we still sluttin’ it up this weekend?”
1- “This is the hair salon – you left your underwear here”

Top Ten Signs Your Baby Is Too Fat.
10- She has your eyes and Barry Bonds’ head
9- Doctor says, “It’s a……GOOD LORD!”
8- “Baby Carriage” is a Forklift.
7- The kid’s got more chins than fingers.
6-Incubator littered with baby back ribs.
5- Local news crew shoes up thinking a baby elephant has been born.
4- His pacifier is a stick of butter.
3- Nevermind a c-section, you had a d-section! I tell you, folks, that’s one FAT baby!
2- First word: Bacon
1- Twice a day, the kid gets mistaken for Rosie O’Donnell.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Nicknames

Here we are at Mama Kat's writers workshop again this week! I chose to do this one....

When out to lunch with co-workers, you bump into a close friend who refers to you by a nickname. Because of its unusualness, the nickname catches the interest of one of your co-workers who asks for the story behind it. Start your story with, "This may come as a surprise, but ... " and end it with, "And that's how I got the nickname (fill in the blank)."


I once again have to change it up a bit.. Do you hate me for doing that, Mama Kat? I sure hope not. See the thing is, anyone who has given me a nickname, was during childhood and usually they were not nice, and I don't really consider them close friends--I may or may not have a voodoo doll of them. (kidding) I know, I'm just blabbing on..now to the good stuff!

There were two nicknames I got when I was younger, that you could ask around and someone would be able to tell you these. Kids can be mean!
President. This one seems nice, right? Well, you may want to know what I was the President of.. They shortened it to be able to say it in front of teachers without getting in trouble. I was named the President of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
Hoover. This one came during softball. I played t-ball as a child for one year and then stopped. When I was 11 I got this bright idea to play again. Hence where I got the nickname, Hoover. When you hear the word hoover you may think of a vacuum. I thought I was given the nickname because I could suck them balls up!! However, it was just because I sucked.

What were some of your nicknames as a child?