One of my matches sent me the following question: Tell me a funny story about yourself. Wow! And there were only 690 characters to reply... The space limitations, the "lost in translation" over email factor, the inability to share stories that involve others because the humor is usually lost when you don't know the personalities... I was STUMPED about what to share.
So I served up the tale of the Tragic Hair Dye Incident of 8th Grade. Here was my response (it killed me not to be my usual descriptive self!):
I'm a brunette. When I was 14 I wanted to be a blond - platinum blond. So several friends and I went to CVS after school and bought an at-home dye kit. I learned the hard way that blond dye turns brown hair bright orange. To make matters worse, it was permanent. I had to cut all my hair off and kids at school took to calling me the "sand warrior" because my hair basically glowed in the light. It took several YEARS for the orange to fully go away. I haven't lived it down yet with my family - they still tease me about it. Yikes - that didn't even seem funny to me as I re-read it. Booooo. I've got a whole arsenal of absurdities I could share - tricky to convey in writing! My coworkers have started referencing "pulling a Renee" when they do something funny or embarrassing because it's totally commonplace for me to entertain others with the absurdities of my day to day existence.
Ugh.
After re-reading it, I'm unimpressed with my reply (I wasn't excited about it at the time either) and am nearly certain this guy will be equally unimpressed. So I open it up to you... Please comment and tell me what story should I have shared with this guy in response to his request to "share a funny story about" myself.
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Oh man, I was laughing by the second sentence. It's a good story. Oh man, that's a hard one to live down.
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