Writer's Block: It happened one night
Sep. 4th, 2011 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I taught myself Japanese to N1-level. That's it. Not much good has happened to me.
I'm looking at other folks' answers, which aren't as heavily "my kids" or "my spouse"-laden as I suspected. I remember in high school being counseled not to write in my college admissions essays about death or divorce, as those topics are so yesterday for admissions officers. I thought that was incredibly assholish, and here I am, screening for displays of affection towards family members.
There are some interesting responses. "Getting to be the first person in my family to go to College" - can't argue with that. "I'd be a twin, but my mother miscarried my sibling. It could have been me that died instead" - hmmmm in many aspects. "Would you ask a cloud about vastness? A Fish about water? Blood runs through my veins! Is this not miraculous enough? All else is wonder built upon wonder!" - you look at this and think it's mockable, but this is actually a pretty awesome answer.
Also: "Probably this peanut butter cookie. It has chocolate chips ON TOP of the cookie, like they were trying to make a chocolate chip cookie but failed amazingly. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm pretty sure it's good. Edible, at the very least. My family is pretty good too, but there is no way of confirming their deliciousness that isn't illegal."
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I taught myself Japanese to N1-level. That's it. Not much good has happened to me.
I'm looking at other folks' answers, which aren't as heavily "my kids" or "my spouse"-laden as I suspected. I remember in high school being counseled not to write in my college admissions essays about death or divorce, as those topics are so yesterday for admissions officers. I thought that was incredibly assholish, and here I am, screening for displays of affection towards family members.
There are some interesting responses. "Getting to be the first person in my family to go to College" - can't argue with that. "I'd be a twin, but my mother miscarried my sibling. It could have been me that died instead" - hmmmm in many aspects. "Would you ask a cloud about vastness? A Fish about water? Blood runs through my veins! Is this not miraculous enough? All else is wonder built upon wonder!" - you look at this and think it's mockable, but this is actually a pretty awesome answer.
Also: "Probably this peanut butter cookie. It has chocolate chips ON TOP of the cookie, like they were trying to make a chocolate chip cookie but failed amazingly. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm pretty sure it's good. Edible, at the very least. My family is pretty good too, but there is no way of confirming their deliciousness that isn't illegal."
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