We got a meme this week, folks. And I’m going with it because the topic intrigues me and I love to lie for sport. So by way of Green Girl, this meme/PROMPT is as follows:
“Sometimes you can learn more about a person by what they don’t tell you, or from the things they make up…”
So lie to me. Answer one question for each deadly sin with a made-up answer.
(Or a true answer…because I’ve never been one to hide my true self well, despite the lying for sport thing.)
Meanwhile, here is your assignment…
Pride
What is your biggest contribution to the world?
Envy
What do your coworkers have that you wish was yours?
Gluttony
What did you eat last night?
Lust
What really lights your fire?
Anger
What is the last thing that really pissed you off?
Greed
Name something you hoard and keep from others.
Sloth
What’s the laziest thing you ever did?
(View Green Girl’s answers here.)
Post your submission in the comments OR post in your blog and leave a link to your blog in the comments.
And also — First time to PROMPTuesday? Welcome! Read a bit about this weekly writing exercise here.
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Pride
What is your biggest contribution to the world?
A mocumentary called “Get It Write,” which chronicles a weekend writer’s conference. Written and filmed in the style of “Best in Show,” and “A Mighty Wind,” the film follows a hapless writer named Sandy Eggomama who halfheartedly listens in on seminars about story arcs and point of view while thinking that the best writers don’t give a shit about any of that. True enough, the star of the conference turns out to be a homeless hobo who wanders off the street into the conference and pens some senseless crap on a napkin that gets noticed by a hungry agent and published in a whoreish book called “It’s Not About the Bark. We Are Telepathic.”
Envy
What do your coworkers have that you wish was yours?
A sense of direction and the Weight Watcher’s Smart Ones Baked Potato with Broccoli & Cheddar Frozen Food entree.
Gluttony
What did you eat last night?
Chardonnay grapes and Pirate Booty. Chased with a chewable multi vitamin and carpet hair.
Lust
What really lights your fire?
A scruffy man in a dive bar who had it all, but lost it in a bad Vegas bet. He spends his days drinking ’til dawn and talking physics. He wears Levis that cup his butt just so, but sag a bit in the middle. Also, piercing blue eyes that tend toward the weary yet hint at the man he used to be. He likes old country and whiskey shots. He makes no apologies. His nails are clean and he smells like Irish Spring. He doesn’t look back when he leaves in the morning.
Anger
What is the last thing that really pissed you off?
I waved to you when I drove by, and you didn’t wave back.
Greed
Name something you hoard and keep from others.
My swine flu vaccine.
Sloth
What’s the laziest thing you ever did?
This.
Brilliant–I like your anger one–and the vaccine. Snort!
Please see my posting at:
http://paulrwade.blogspot.com/
Thanks! :)
“Chewable multi-vitamin and carpet hair.” LOL!!!
Here are my answers….
http://kayaknej.blogspot.com/2009/06/liar-liar-pants-on-fire.html
Pride
What is your biggest contribution to the world?
I invented the snail-shaped paperclip
Envy
What do your coworkers have that you wish was yours?
a really really sweet convertible car
Gluttony
What did you eat last night?
six chocolate chip cookies
Lust
What really lights your fire?
broad, tanned shoulders, still wet from the pool
Anger
What is the last thing that really pissed you off?
when my neighbors refused to spray the dandelions in their yard, and mine ended up a yellow weedy mess as a result
Greed
Name something you hoard and keep from others.
good chocolate
Sloth
What’s the laziest thing you ever did?
spend two hours practicing using the TV remote with my toes because I couldn’t be bothered to sit up so that I could reach it with my hands
(PS Four lies and three truths here, but I’m not saying which is which.)
Carpet hair, seriously? Hhhheeem…that is the sound of me gagging. love it!
Mine are up and apropos of your big move to the burbs – congrats btw. You’ll love/hate it!
I gave it a go, and had LOADS of fun with this. Hope you enjoy too!
http://cocktailmaven.blogspot.com/2009/06/san-diego-mommas-promptuesday-60-lie-to.html