Thanks to She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named for this one
A friend of mine tipped me off to this cool thing Vogue does - instead of bios, their contributers must list 7 things that define them. For example, Robert Wyatt (photographed Burberry's Christopher Bailey, pg. 174) lists:
Regular bread baker; Owns a vicious male cat called Babe; Diehard romantic; Collects hotel bath mats and red wine; Admires honesty - and good ankles - in other people; Listens to Kings of Leon; Patient; Disarmingly charming
Catherine Wilson (interviews Hedi Slimane, pg. 160) wrote:
Yearns to be a Big Wave Surfer; addicted to the smell of Magnolia grandi flora; Director and founder of the Port Eliot Literary Festival; Empathetic; Stationery obsessive; Falls asleep by reading seed catalogues; Gently tenacious; Contributing editor to the Telegraph Magazine
Alisha McKinney (freelance writer/editor/auditioner and general whinypants) chose:
Worrier; Obsessed with old stationery and anything handmade and/or letterpressed; Refused to wear pants in pre-school; Calls her mother every day; Covets the ability to sing and cook well; Wishes she could wear high heels and bikinis; Can't hold her liquor
I realize that we've played this listy game before, but do I tire? I do not. If Vogue called, what would you choose?
posted by Ali @ 9:35 AM
4 Comments:
Mary Oldham, medical language specialist (also known as medical transcriptionist):
- Greatest achievement was quitting cigarettes 4 years ago.
- Can't keep from correcting others when they spell or speak incorrectly.
- Prefer animals to people.
- Have stereotypical redheaded temper.
- Not afraid to admit that I'm anal-retentive. (Is that hyphenated or not?)
- Complain about my life but don't do much to change it.
- Love to watch TV/movies to escape reality.
Need to come back to this, but I will! Oh yes!
I'm going to put this in both as a hello and to nudge KT to get back here and finish it:
Doyce T., Instructional Designer and freelance writer:
- Has more lbs. of pets in his house than his own body weight.
- Keeps a list of places he wants to visit, with pictures.
- Is going gray in a distinguished way, but is blonde enough no one notices. ;(
- Lost 50 pounds in the last three years.
- Can make cookies, lasagna, and some really good chili.
- Like chocolate and oranges; together, if you please.
- Likes bad movies with good ideas in them.
Fine, fine, fine...
Ktbuffy, literary agent and writer:
- youngest child in a generation of an Irish Catholic New York family.
- never took a speed-reading class, never needed to.
- sits up in movies to more closely watch fight scenes, particularly those with swords.
- dreams of an island getaway for an undetermined length of time.
- has an eensy-teensy-weensy vampire obsession.
- watches more bad movies to mock them than good movies to enjoy them, though her crticial standards are admittedly low.
- invented "swexy."
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