teresa

I heard a great NPR story about 6 word memoirs the other day.  Finding the hidden artist under this engineering cloak I penciled a few the other day.  Strangely it was during a presentation.  I spoke in Reno at a green seminar and one of the speakers left a bit to be desired so I acted as if I was engaged and jotting down notes instead I captured my memoir in 6 word stories.  A few are about my life others are just thoughts and some are reiterations of the crazy guy’s sayings.  Here they are.

• Can we run out of water?
• I hope we get to net-zero
• Knowledgeable Architects can save the world
• Tighter buildings can’t breath, causes coughing
• Pointing fingers makes me feel better
• Can WalMart really ever go green?
• Lower footprint aspirations fuel life changes
• Love and sacrifice with no regrets
• Met in school, fell in love
• Our love is just so easy
• Bring the passion on my team
• Am I in responsible charge now?
• Mom won’t have her brain scanned  (sorry mom, but this came to me and it certainly tells so much in just 6 words…)

On a side note here is another 6 words remembering a funny experience

     No, I don’t like free stuff

While sitting at a Starbucks in Reno a recent morning before work.  Elliott and I were to work in the Reno office and Reena was coming to meet the Reno office.  Elliott dropped his mom off for minor surgery, long story, and I went to Starbucks to work on a few things.  I set myself in the corner with a white mocha and a nearby power plug for my laptop.  I sat with my back to the storefront facing into the store.  Eventually a man sat at the table just in front of me and faced me.  I thought it was weird given all of the other tables, but I tried to ignore him.  Eventually he asked if I ever wondered where my laptop came from.  I said no, just as long as it works, I don’t care.  He paused and said well if you ever wonder they come from a warehouse in TRIC.  I am familiar with TRIC designed a building out there.  I thought that’s probably not really where it originated by I didn’t want to egg him on.  He said he used to work there and they are distributed from there.  Eventually he asked “Do you like free stuff”.  I simply said “No.”  And he left me alone.

I can thank my mom for this training, don’t talk to strangers, don’t help strange men find their puppies, and don’t take free stuff!