Monday, June 9, 2008

My Friend Barbara: A Novel in Three Parts

I was recently having a conversation with my friend Julie about the topic of her next book. I thought she'd probably win a whole bunch of fancy book awards if she wrote a book about me. She seemed to think that everyone out there probably knew as much as they needed to know about me from the things she's already written in her current book, Please Excuse My Daughter, and the stories she's done recently for The New York Times Magazine, Glamour and Redbook. I kind of disagree, and so right off the top of my head...here is a list of interesting, unexplored topics about me:

Foods That I Can't Have In My House
Books That Have Made Me Break Up With Boyfriends
Movies I've Watched More Than 10 Times
Jokes That Only Work On Babies
Why I Love The Beach, But Hate The Summer
What My Ideal Apartment Looks Like
Classes I've Taken Since Officially "Graduating" From School
Bands I've Been In [Both Real & Fictional]
Reasons Never To Have Your Own Dogs Or Children

That's just the tip of the iceberg!
Please feel free to comment on things someone should write in a book about you [i never get any comments and it makes my blog feel lonesome].

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You know no one likes to read a novel without dirt and juice so I'd be forced to write about your transgressions as well as your niceties!

queenb said...

that's why it's supposed to be a novel. all the good parts will be true and the bad parts will be "made up".