Comments for Back Fence PDX: Live Storytelling

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:41:31 +0000

As if the unexpected breakup wasn’t bad enough, finding out he was seeing someone I considered a friend was crushing. Naturally, the only solution was to get a new haircut and a completely new color. The next day I went for it…a platinum blonde pixie cut. Not my best look.

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Kate Gardner

Kate Gardner — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:27:16 +0000

When I was 10 I could see perfectly but I decided I needed glasses to be taken seriously so I faked my way through my eye exam. Twenty-one years later I’ve spent thousands on glasses and contacts, can barely drive at night and still don’t get taken seriously.

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:52:59 +0000

Age 32: Dad convinces us to get in his souped-up golf cart: me and kid in back. Dad just rediscovered weed. Blazing through the woods, kid and I get dumped on our heads.
Age 8: Dad turns too fast, golf cart falls on top of me. Blood; bones.

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Nat

Nat — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:28:41 +0000

decided to take a crazy amount of acid at midnight with an acquaintance. we stayed up all night watching the trees wave to us. forgot that later that morning I was driving with my now-lesbian ex-girlfriend 500 miles to my hometown to visit my parents. for Thanksgiving.

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Sarah Moore

Sarah Moore — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:59:20 +0000

In sixth grade, I hatched a brilliant scheme to win the man of my dreams. I would leave us both “anonymous” notes telling us we were meant for each other, then act surprised. I didn’t mean to write them on the back of my schoolwork. With my name on each.

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Ankur (@strangeways)

Ankur (@strangeways) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:36:44 +0000

I overthink everything through. That’s why I really need to go to this!

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Oldfaitheful

Oldfaitheful — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:29:04 +0000

Whilst camping I dug a shallow hole and did the deed. “These heavy rocks will do the trick!” Goddammit, I thought dogs only liked cat shit…..

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Lacy Cooper

Lacy Cooper — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:24:46 +0000

In the middle of Accra, a district called Pig Farm, I sat in a house with no address. I quickly learned how kind people can be and that a smile is universal. Things not thought out are what make life worth living and create stories worth repeating.

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:40:30 +0000

When I was seventeen, I got a Straight Edge tattoo.

Comment on Share Your ‘I Didn’t Think This Through’ Story, Win Prizes! by Dena

Dena — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:35:11 +0000

I left the airport in Shanghai at midnight with no working phone and no Mandarin. I gave the cab driver an address with a pack of Double Happiness Cigarettes. He seemed to know where to take me. When he dropped me off on an empty street in the rain with no company but a profusely vomiting business man by a nearby tree, I thought, “Uh-oh. I’m lost.”