Tuesday, May 29, 2012

HUMOROUS BIO!? WHAA?

I am in the process of applying for a job that required a "humorous, creative, informative bio."  First I hastily left my computer, instantly overwhelmed with the thought and underwhelmed with the number of ideas I had.  Too cliche...boring...childish.  Turns out, I'm not funny.  But, I still managed to scrape up an ok humorous bio (or so I think).


You know that adult woman you see buried in the children’s section at the bookstore laughing out loud as she reads and keeps sorting and resorting books into the “to buy” and “save for later” piles?  That’s me, nice to meet you.  What you don’t know about me:

I had a thirty-minute conversation with a student about the history of videogame consoles this week.
I once read an entire professional development book in a day, when my husband asked what class it was for I was confused.
I think talking to oneself is a very efficient strategy for many things.
I’m an ounce of clever a pound of quirky (which I find comes in handy when working with children).
My motto: Will sacrifice sleep for success.
I truly know everything (according to my husband) but, of course, modestly disagree.
I watch kid movies and call it research.
Rumor has it on the day of my birth the world did not change, though I like to think otherwise.
I race bicycle motocross.  (No, that one’s serious).
I collect post-its, bins, totes, and any other item that could be confused with an organizer.
I enjoy astonishing those with limited perspectives.
If list making were an Olympic Sport I would for sure be at least a bronze medalist (see, modest again).
I take serious joy from working with over 60 kids every day.

I got the interview for this job, but had already accepted another!