Fifteen years since last professional haircut

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Fifteen years since last professional haircut

• Dave Eggers

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Couldn't cope so I wrote songs

• Aimee Mann

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Well, I thought it was funny

• Stephen Colbert

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Some cross-eyed kid, forgotten then found.
70 years, few tears, hairy ears.
Painful nerd kid, happy nerd adult.
Almost a victim of my family
Grumpy old soundman needs love, too.
Watching quietly from every door frame.
Nobody cared, then they did. Why?
No future, no past. Not lost.
Catholic school backfired. Sin is in!
Born in the desert, still thirsty.
The psychic said I'd be richer.
Savior complex makes for many disappointments.
Extremely responsible, secretly longed for
spontaneity.
A sake mom, not soccer mom.
Excerpted from Not Quite What I Was Planning from
Smith magazine, Harper Perennial, 2008.
NPR, 2.7.08 http//www.npr.org/templates/story/sto
ry.php?storyId18768430
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SLA MN Chapter MembersSelf-Described in Six
Words

• February 2010

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What is around the next corner

• Jim Tchobanoff

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Organizing my closetmakes me smile

• Julie Fleischhacker

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Wishing I were riding my bike

• Anonymous

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Seek and find. Hide and seek.

• Deb Rash

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Couldnt decide be reserved or outgoing

• Mary Ettl

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Jack Daniels makes me more fun

• Mary Ettl

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Chemistry nerd and third generation librarian

• Rachel Wangerin

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Nomadic Californian Desperately Seeking Warm
Sunshine

• Anonymous

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Still havent had to make lemonade

• Karen Mackey

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Made lemonade, twice, loving this batch.

• Polly Perkins

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Bumps happen. So use a bandage.

• Sara Peters