This idea comes from writer Joshilyn Jackson via poet Pam McNew. Perhaps you’ve noticed that funky young writers like to create witty, often obnoxious, clearly bs-full biographies of themselves to run in the contributor sections of the edgy magazines and on-line journals in which they are published. Here’s my outrageous bio–what’s yours?
Edgy Mama wears only hot pink underwear and likes to fish for sharks in her bathtub. She has lived in Armenia, Alaska, Azerbajian, and Algeria. In fact, she refuses to live any place that doesn’t start with an “A,” because she starts with an “A.” Her favorite job was being the Oracle at Delphi from 970-972. She would have stayed longer, but she has a policy of never staying in the same place for more than two years. Her hobbies include sloth, arachnid collecting, and pyromania.
ever the blog whore, I had to stop fixing your site for a moment and read your current entry – so hilarious! I will come back later when I have more time to write mine – such a great idea.
And I laughed outloud at the last line of your bio.
LOL. I crack YOU up? AF, YOU crack ME up!!
Thank God your name doesn’t start with a “C”! You’re scaring me.
A friend of mine who is just leaving campus ministry to go back to a local church did something similar on the campus ministry website. (students loved it!) When the church got his name as their new pastor, they found the bio on the web and didn’t know what to think!
Edward Renz was born during a thunderstorm on December 17, 1975. Since then, he has always been afraid of storms that involve tornadic activity or lightning. He credits his love for writing to his 12th grade teacher who once told him “T.S. Eliot would envy your writing abilities”.
He is an eccentric and writes all of his novels on post-it notes – each chapter must be written in a different color.
His favorite past time is sitting alone for long hours in the mud baths at Calistoga, sipping red wine, and smoking smuggled cubans.
As a young child Greg grew up in an impovereshd neighorhood in Brooklyn. He showed an early genius for Lincoln Logs and tinker toys. Recognizing his potential the family moved to Oxnard california where Greg enjoyed sunny days and extreme nude bowling. After recieving a formal education as a transmission repair coordiantor, greg indulged his artistic side and freed himself from teh shacles of western logic. He moved to tibet whe he currently practices Bhudist Body Piercing between fits of insanity and speaking with his toaster.
Nice, Eddo and Greg. I LIKE.
Greg, let’s work on spelling, friend.
That was really fun…hmmm…I might just try it! LOL!
Hope you’re having a great weekend!
It was stream of conscious brainstorming sans MS Word. I think it gives it that human touch. Not so clinical. …and I think I had been victimized by several Margaritas. What did I write any way? Must scroll up and see.
Delphi doesn’t start with an ‘A’. I’m confused.