Sunday, November 14, 2010

Thirty Days of Truth: Day Seven

Day 7: Someone who has made your life worth living for.


Again with the preposition left hanging at the end of a sentence fragment. I'm going to have a serious talk with the internet about its memes.

The answer to this question is so obviously Schmutzie that I'd like to make something up. I'll say that a crow, a crow with one dead eye in a cage suspended in the branches of a tree, a tree of surpassing height on a plain at the edge of the city, a city that someone imagined on a slow afternoon in a traffic jam on the PCH or the M1 or the 401 but dismissed with hardly a thought when the jam, the result of a jacknifed truck a mile up the road, unclogged itself, and a traffic cop waved everyone on, slow and sure and measured with each wave, measuring the traffic out wheel by wheel, a slow inverted paddling through the air, as if the earth had been pinned down in its rotation, as if the crawling traffic were actually still, and the traffic cop were drifting backwards with each wave of his hand. My life is given worth by that crow.

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Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.
Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.
Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.
Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 08 → Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)
Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16 → Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17 → A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19 → What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21 → (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22 → Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23 → Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24 → Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25 → The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26 → Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27 → What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28 → What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29 → Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30 → A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

6 comments:

Mrs. Wilson said...

You two make me believe that love DOES exist.

Also, maybe it would be better if the meme said "Name someone who has made your life worth living for" because then it would be more of a command then a silly sentence fragment.

The internet rarely passes the grammar test.

You can call me, 'Sir' said...

Yes, the crow was my backup answer, as well. Poor crow. Always the bridesmaid, etcetera, etcetera.

flutter said...

Aw.

Tracey said...

Schmutzie makes all our lives worth living. xo

Anonymous said...

Great information! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

I like this 30 Days of Truth thing - although there are some really hairy questions on it!

I think I'm going to borrow it.