LJ Idol - Week 7 - Where I'm From (something completely different)

[garnigal]

"Where are you from?" A simple question, with a simple and succint answer.

"Oh, I'm from Wingham, a small farming town in southwestern Ontario, about 2 hours northwest Toronto. I actually grew up on a farm, so I'm a total throwback!"
	"Well, my ancestors came to canada in the early 1800's from Britain. Mostly English and Scottish, with a bit of Irish and French tossed in for flavour. Definitely northern European - sunshine and I are not friends."
		"I work at Agfa HealthCare in Waterloo, as a Knowledge Management Specialist, which is one of those great titles that didn't exist 10 years ago and no one knows what it means. I like to describe it as 'making sure the right information is available to the right people at the right time.' But really it means I sit at a computer all day."
	"I live in Guelph with my husband and three year old. It's a total nuts and berries town, very hippy granola. Great city though, small town feel with city amenities. And just far enough away from family to avoid pop-ins."
"I'm so happy to be Canadian. My ancestors could have ended up anywhere! I mean, all the stuff everyone talks about is great - healthcare, personal safety, blah blah blah. But also tectonically safe, with BC being the exception. I can't imagine living somewhere that the earth occasionally tries to shake you off. Air hurts my face for 3 months of the year, sure! So humid you can barely breath for another 3 months, no problem! World trying to shake you off like an ant at a picnic? No thank you."		"Clearly, I'm from TV-land... or at least I spend a great deal of time there. All the best people are fictional, don't you know?"

So simple. (People are complex.)

So succinct. (Layers of hidden meaning.)

And you think you know me, know where I came from, know where I've been, know where I'm going.

You think you know what matters to me.

But you don't know me at all.

I'm coming from a place deeply hidden.

A place you'll never see.
Like the elephant,
Your touch only reaches parts of me.
     and you're like me,
     and I'm like you,
We think.

Comments

[jerusha]

I loved the structure of this. Very, very cool.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'd been wanted to play with a call-out style and this prompt really fit, since there are so many answers to that one question.

Glad you liked the experiment!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Well done.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

That's really neat!

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

So glad I have sufficient html to play with structure and do weird stuff like this. :)

[kajel.livejournal.com]

Nicely done!

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'd been wanted to play with html to see what I could do in terms of using space to make a different point, and this prompt seemed made for it.

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Loved the format!

"All the best people are fictional" Agreed :)

I also the elephant analogy in the end. Great concept well executed. Kudos! *claps*

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I knew it was a risk to try, especially so close to deadline, so I appreciate that it worked for you.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I liked the ways in which all of these parts answered the question, but none was a complete picture and probably all of them held some truth-- but still are not the "all."

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

The structure was a great idea, and you carried it off so well! I enjoyed all the reasons you like being Canadian. It has always sounded like a great country.

[murielle.livejournal.com]

Words! All wonderful! Telling tales about you, about Canada.

Really enjoyed this!

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

You are right! People are very complex. I liked learning more about you.

[marlawentmad.livejournal.com]

The structure is so inventive and adds so much interest to the great content.