memories

Another trip to the way back machine – meme

So kimberleylittle tagged me for a meme and since I’m in the memory mood right now, here goes:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the player’s blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.


What were you doing ten years ago?

I had just moved back to California and was wondering if my now husband was going to propose to me or not. I was waiting for CAN I PRAY WITH MY EYES OPEN? to come out and wondering if I made the right decision to transfer instead of looking for a new company in the Silicon Valley.


What are five things on your to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

1. Finish the ESL book that is due this week.
2. Call the closet place to come out and give us estimates.
3. Call the wood floor guy to come out and give us estimates.
4. Answer the interview questions that have been waiting for me for too long.
5. Mail out books to about 5 people that have been waiting for me for too long.


What are some snacks you enjoy?

chocolate
vanilla ice cream with my husband’s hot fudge sauce
almonds and walnuts
chai with extra pepper


What would you do if you were a billionaire?

Quit my dayjob!!!
Set up a trust to take care of each of my kids and my mom.
Move to Santa Cruz.
Adopt as many dogs and horses as I could and donate to take care of more.
Set up some literacy programs.

And the list could go on and on…


What are three of your bad habits?

Procrastination. Procrastination. Procrastination. (This really trumps everything else.)
Beating myself up for things that aren’t my fault.
Not trying because I don’t think I’ll be any good at something


What are five places where you have lived?

Concord, CA
Oakley, CA
Norfolk, VA
New Orleans, LA
San Jose, CA

What are five jobs you have had?

Woolworths Drug Store ( I had to take a math test)
worked on a horse ranch, cleaning, feeding and giving riding lessons
bookkeeper for a taxi cab company
worked in the warehouse for oil field services
Project coordinator in R & D for a tech company


What six people do you want to tag?

[info]slatts

[info]beckylevine

[info]madwriter

[info]mirtlemist

[info]laurasalas

[info]pambachorz
Tuesday, May 13, 2008|Categories: Random|Tags: |5 Comments
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Anne Marie Pace's Memory Meme

Anne Marie Pace’s Memory Meme
Instructions – Replace the numbers with your age range. List the categories you want people to use.
Examples: Writing Life, Books, Pets, Jobs, Relationships, Food

So here goes mine:
Give me some random number between 1 and 49 and a category and I’ll tell you something I was doing or something I experienced at that age in regards to that category.

My categories are Writing Life, Pets, Relationships, Food and Jobs.  (feel free to ask more than one – this is helping me prime the writing pump.)

Friday, May 9, 2008|Categories: Random|Tags: |35 Comments
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How young are your memories?

As I plod through this plotting process I set up for myself I’ve been finding odd bits of notes from the various versions of the book over the years. I realized that a big chunk of something important in the book deals with memories and how much we can remember from a young age. Basically I have to decide how old my MC is when a certain thing happens so I can use the memories. For years I’ve had him at 4 but now I wonder if that is too young?  He is 16 then 17 in the book. I want him to remember some things over time but not a lot. And I don’t want him to have the conversational capability that an older child would have.

So the question is – how far back can you remember? How old or how young are your memories?

Tuesday, November 20, 2007|Categories: Writing Process|Tags: , , |34 Comments
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