A Doug's Life

I would love to write a book. The idea of having something formally published just seems so scholarly and advanced. I imagine the life of a writer to be spent drinking coffee and waking up late on weekdays while the rest of the world speeds by in a rush to go to work. (I guess I mostly just want an excuse to not go to work) I have even tried sitting down and writing some stories and or bits of a novels to no avail. Newsflash: writing is hard. Making it readable? That is even harder. I know my limitations. One of them is creativity when it comes to creating characters, setting, plot etc. I read somewhere once that these are fairly important elements of a story. Who knew? Anything I write comes out sounding or being about things I have done in my life or people I have known. I can’t step out of the box. This brings me to the conclusion that anything I write will be autobiographical. This presents its own set of problems but at least I won’t have to sit around trying to make stuff up. With this in mind I have come up with some working titles of my autobiography

(read each of these with “:The Doug Norrie Story” right after them):

“Balding in America , A View from the Top:”

“All of the Teachers are Dressing as Cheerleaders for Halloween:”

“It’s Cool as Long as I Don’t Need to Take My Shirt Off:”

“You Think You’ve Had Car Problems?:”

“Where’d All My Socks Go?:”

“What Happened? I Fell Asleep:”

Coming soon to the clearance isle at a Barnes and Noble near you.

(If anyone wants to send me the working title for their own autobiography please do. I can think of a bunch for friends of mine. Also if you can think of better ones for me feel free. No one can fake laugh at themselves and then hold a lifetime grudge better than me.