Friday, June 20, 2008

Describe yourself in one sentence. Or less.

I changed my mind about the first story I wanted to run in my Tuesday column for the News & Observer. The editor approved it and wrote me the following:

What do you want your tagline to read:

Leigh Ann Frink is a(n) .....

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Well now. Where to start?

Leigh Ann Frink is a(n):

Loud sneezer

INFP on the Meyers-Briggs scale

Co-conspirator of Steve Plowman

Burner of perfectly good food

Fan of English over-the-counter medications

Graduate of the Richard Petty Driving Experience

World's greatest aunt

Demure Southern belle

Ranidaphobe (glaring at you, "Alice")

Double-jointed freak

Mangler of French pronunciations

Cat fancier

Number-one Durannie of 1984

Breaker of crockery

Pedant

Worshipper prostrate on the altar to his greatness, David Sedaris

Fightin' Christian from Elon College (never Elon University)

Lover of Discovery Health Channel documentaries

Champion of 80s music trivia

Pretend girlfriend of boys who love boys

Frequent e-mail checker

Quoter of lines from John Hughes movies

Admirer of hair color

Appreciator of adult beverages

Obama voter

Idiot with a blog...










6 comments:

Alice said...

Perhaps if the font was small enough, you could use all of those.

; )

Anonymous said...

Leigh Ann Frink is "That Girl From Shallotte"

for a different kind of girl said...

As a demure Durannie with a love of crockery, who takes in the Discovery Health Channel as though it was freak show porn, is answering emails rather than curled on her couch giggling at the latest David Sedaris tome, and feels that together, we could rule the world on our knowledge of 80s music alone, I can understand the conundrum this puts you in.

(I swear to God, you are me. Only cooler.)

That girl from Shallotte said...

Alice: Yes! They can run a promotion. Free magnifying glasses with today's issue!

Anon: Oooh! Say it in movie preview narrator voice! In a world...

Diff Girl: You and me, babe. How 'bout it? xoxoxoxoxo

Jenna said...

Really? An Obama voter from Shallotte?

I found you through Alice's frog post. I'm also well aware of the insane pronunciation of your town, as I'm a member of the team that produces your phone book. I'm a Yankee myself and could not get my tongue around that word at all when I first started this job. I'm sure it's a lovely town, but we still make fun of it every so often. :)

Anonymous said...

I bet you could describe yourself in just two words.

Absolutely Fabulous.