Brian B

Brian B
Location
Thunder Bay, Canada
Birthday
November 14
Title
Devil's Advocate
Company
The Sort of Company your mother warned you about
Bio
A Work in Progress. When not doing the devil's work, I'm the single parent of two great young men, living playing and working in beautiful Thunder Bay Ontario. That's at the western end of Lake Superior - the North end of Highway 61. from here, you can just drive all the way to New Orleans, though I have yet to do it.

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JANUARY 3, 2009 10:13AM

My turn at 100 words to describe me

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Born here, slightly scratched and dented, 51 years ago. Better now, but more obviously imperfect than most. Learned early life is hard, so make the most of it, and try to laugh more than I cry. Late bloomer. Well educated reader of fiction and nonfiction. Married. Two great kids, better than marriage, which ended. Tallish. The beard is grey, but the hair is brown – what’s with that?

Intense. Kind. Articulate. Obsessive. Romantic. Cynical. Love to cook. Unfortunately, love to eat more. Love movies. Need to exercise more. Moderate drinker of wine (red please), bourbon, scotch, brandy. Early riser –love sunrise.

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Another fascinating composite. The one word sentences were the most powerful for me to read. Rated.
"slightly scratched and dented" makes me laugh and makes you more accessible. Thanks, Brian.
Ha ha - I can so relate to this post.

Question: The editor in me is dying to play with this. How do you feel about that?

No worries/hard feelings if you'd rather I didn't. It's not a reflection of your writing but there's some great stuff here I'd love to compulsively shuffle and tweak a bit.

Anyway, I just got a great tutorial as to how this site works from Cartouche and I understand rating is the thing to do, so Rated! Now all I have to do is figure out how to do that...
I'll drink the white, you'll drink the red, and off into the sunset we go! :)

now I'll slink off back to work and stop procrastinating.
"Born here" You do live in paradise, I used to ski up at Blue Mountain, sister's ex had a place near Wasauga Beach.
Robin- I'd love to see your version. Message it to me, please.
Caro - deal.
COS - as always, you know just what to say.
Alpha - thanks, how's "The Definition of Bourbon" coming? I want to read it.
Tom- Thunder Bay is North & West a ways. We have skiing, but not Blue Mountain.
cartouche- thanks for the idea.

Now, a few words I wish I had made room for : "Curious" "Dreamer" "Rebuilding"
"Born here, slightly scratched and dented, 51 years ago. Better now, but more obviously imperfect than most. "

I particularly like this. Real is better than perfect.
You sound like a long lost brother, Brian. "Married. Two great kids, better than marriage, which ended." Yeah. There is so much more to be done though. Love sunrises too, although sunsets seem to move me more. The best is yet to come...
From one late bloomer to another, I think it's well worth the wait. The great kids thing...well, that's enough to be grateful for right there. And sorry, not buying the "obviously imperfect than most"...no way I'm buying that.
Rick & SuznMaree:

Words of encouragement are always a thrill... and yes, Rick, I suspect we could enjoy a few days on the front porch...
Maryt... the "obviously imperfect" is inescapable...my extremely mild encounter with cerebral palsy leaves me asymmetrical...weak left hand/arm, slight limp, one eyebrow that hardly moves, a tendency to droll occasionally... interestingly, I find that I tend to like the people who notice better than those who don't, I suspect because not noticing means they aren't looking closely.
Your 100 words have a richness, rhythm and spontaneity that would be lost with too much editing. It is just enough to paint a picture for me. To quote from a course I took, "You don't have to be perfect to be wonderful."
Nice and mellow--like wine.
"mellow"
richness"
I think I'm thirsty..but then, I'm already sipping bourbon...

Carol...you are so right, and that's the point I was making - we are all imperfect, I just have the advantage of knowing it sooner, and not trying to hide it.
I learn so much from these 100 word blurbs. But I do want to hear about your Mommy Dearest and compare her to mine. Might be fun! :-)
Nice to know you, Brian.