Your Autobiography...

[Govinda]

...would be called what?

This is inspired by my father; I posed the above question to him today, and he replied, 'I dunno, probably "Ah **** Naw" or something.'

My brother's was Drinking Mouth.

They gave no reasons.

So, let's think; you're at that point in your life where you've done everything you wanted to, or not, and have decided that it's time to put your life on record. What's your title, and why?

Mine would probably be something along the lines of 'Pardon?'

Why? Because pardon is the word I spend most of my life thinking, and I can't see that changing. It sums me up. Expletives aside, it's the word I say most, and since I do precious little but talk, it's a big word.

So, c'mon.

[Chez Daja]

Funny you should mention this.

I was thinking about it today.

Mine would be...



Years Of Faggotry.

Self-explanitory, really. For the most part of my life, I've liked myself, but that doesn't mean I'm not a complete fag sometimes. Besides, I think of a lot of my life so far as having been ****ed up in one way or another, in a form big or small, it doesn't matter.

So I often think optimistically, but with a pinch of pessimism. It's just irony, I guess.

So yeah. If you see a book called "Years of Faggotry" with or without a statement such as "an adventure through life" or "a mystic gateway to nothingness", you know that I've released an auto-biography. Probably out of boredom.

[Govinda]

I think I would buy Years of Faggotry just for the title, Chez!

Fluff time. Wanted to say that, now need fluff.

Screw it.

[Taco]

Mine would probably be called...

"My Name is Not Joe, Bob, or Even David."

...just because. I go through a period of life where I say a random name, it seems (since High School, anyway. Maybe not before.) those names enter into random every day situations. I utter them, and nothing else. It goes along with my personality; randomness without a point. I mean, there is a point in there, in the story of my life, but most of it is just randomness that is hard to understand from the outside, because that's my shield from letting people know too much about what I', actually thinking, I guess. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Angantyr]

Benign Bohemian Brilliance as my journal is called, let's take out the dictionary for those who do not know what it means:

be·nign /bɪˈnaɪn/ [bi-nahyn]

–adjective
1. having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
2. showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.
3. favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens.
4. (of weather) salubrious; healthful; pleasant or beneficial.
5. Pathology. not malignant; self-limiting.

Whilst I am an evil bastard at times, to my friends and those I admire I am always quite respectful of them.

Bohemian:

2. (usually lowercase) a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices.

It has nothing to do with the other meanings for me, for I rather dislike Gypsy's. However I feel this meaning almost perfectly states how I feel, not so much because I am a rebel or such but cause I do not believe in this current life style people impose on us.

bril·liance /ˈbrɪlyəns/ Pronunciation[bril-yuhns]

–noun
1. great brightness; luster: the brilliance of a fine diamond.
2. excellence or distinction; conspicuous talent, mental ability, etc.
3. splendor, elegance, or magnificence: the brilliance of the court of Louis XIV.
4. Optics. that luminance of a body consisting of its saturation and brightness.

Self explanatory, I do know I have my flaws which partly make up who I am however I strive to over come them which is something not many people really do these days in my opinion. Also what I may consider a flaw others may consider it something good and visa-versa.

This is also a song by the band Enslavement of Beauty, one of my favourite songs from them at the time so I took the time to read want it means and felt it was one of those songs which just really explains how I feel. I strive for a sense of Elitism and when/if it came to the stage I wrote such a book, I would be close to perfection.

[Fishie]

Interesting thread you have here Govinda. I would probably call mine,

A Reflection of Hope and Strength

Sounds odd, but I've been through a lot of shit in the past and now that I look back on it, I definitely didn't know how to deal with it. Whether if it was with school, family, or friends I didn't know how to deal with it. I would use drugs, alcohol, even cutting myself to deal help me. I was coping with my problems and my stress in an unhealthy way. It even came to the point where I thought of committing suicide. I felt lonely and so depressed. I felt like nobody could help me, I felt living was just a waste of time and if I were to die, everybody in my life would be better off without me.

But what really prevented me was my sister. My little sister was what kept me alive. She's probably the only one that was there for me when times were rough. She knew when I was upset. She knew when I was f*cked up and stoned. She wanted me to change so I did. I went to counseling, made some new changes and now that I look back at those dark times in my life, I've grown stronger mentally and emotionally. And I also realize that they are people that are there for me. When you're in a tunnel, they is always light at the end of the other side and that's how I view things when something goes wrong.

[Lai]

I think mine would be called "Snore." Mainly because nothing too exciting ever happens in my life worth mentioning, and the reader would only suffer falling into a deep sleep. I'm a much more interesting person face-to-face, but there's no way to portray that in a book. Maybe it'd be called *Sigh*.

[currentenigma]

I'd say my autobiography would be titled It's been a fun ride.

Cause while i really enjoy my life, most of the really important things in it have happened to me or just happened on their own, without me actually doing anything.

[Jin]

Hmmm. I'd want mine to have some epic name that has absoultely nothing to do with my life. You know, one of those short and presise names that barely describe what the book's about, but are always memorable because they're biblical or just sound epic. Like Hobbes' Leviathan. You know what that had to do with a sea monster? Nothing.

So I'm going to say something like...Majesty or Ancien or Love and Death or even Strawberry Daiquiri

Yeah, those sound like best sellers to me.

[Helter Skelter]

A list of possible titles for my life story:

"It's Only Midnight"
"So Let Me Sulk"
"Abstract Sleeping Patterns"
"You Probably Haven't Heard of Me, But..."

Or I could go for the option of using the title of one of my poems, in case they made me famous or something (HAHAHA):

"Little On My Mind"
"My Mind, Defined"
"Ancient History"
"I Forgot You"
"Just Thought I'd Say" (I use this phrase in everyday life more often than I probably should)
"Anger and Whatnot"
"Oh"
"Time Escapes Me"
"Interpreting Myself"
"Someone Else's Problem"
"Jumping Through Time"
"We're All Clumsy"
Or my personal favourite, "Pessimistic View on Things"

[OmniTense]

I've actually thought of this for a long time. (Narcisstic huh?)

"Willows and Orchids"
Because when I was a child I loved weeping willows more than gold and now I'm such a big orchid freak lol

"Exit 54"
It's (hopefully) an inside joke

"Illusory"
On account of my imagination and bad daydreaming habits

"Taoist Efflorescence"
Philosophical floral references abound!