Riot and Frolic

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Self Description

How HORRIBLE is it to write your own biography? I feel like such a douche no matter what I write. 

First of all, it feels awful because I'm writing it in the third person.  

Kate started her career as an idiot the minute she was born.

Nobody likes that guy that refers to himself in the third person.  That girl is even worse.

But if I go the other way and write it in the first person, it's like I'm writing my "What I Did Last Summer" essay.

I like to dance.  Dancing is fun.  We should dance together.  *dots i's with hearts*

Then, you're supposed to list accomplishments.  Are you really supposed to talk about those in public?  Isn't it impolite?  Like, sex, religion, politics, and things you do well, right?  

Kate has done and accomplished more than you ever will.  Nanananabooboo.

And after all that nonsense, I have to mention my family and hobbies.  I mean, I get to.  Otherwise, I'd be rude and ungrateful and one-dimensional.  

Kate's kids are awesome and hilarious, but of course, you'd have to meet them to know that for sure and her husband is really ridiculously good looking, smart, and talented, and she runs and cooks and knits and crochets, but she's not a nerd even though it kind of seems like it.

The only good part of writing a biography?  Doing research.  Reading some other bios.  Some of them are like historical novels.  A little fact here, a little fiction there…  Creative.  I want those people to write mine.

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Until then, I'll just wear a nice suit.

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3 responses to “Self Description”

  1. Julibeth Avatar
    Julibeth

    You can wear the suit my friend.
    I’ll take what’s left over when you remove the suit! Yummy!! 🙂
    You’re dead on with this post girlfriend. HATE it when people ask “Can you send your bio”…waht’s worse is when they read it in front of hundreds or thousands of people with you standing right there…on stage…twiddling your thumbs thinking that everyone in the audience is saying “Right…she did that???”

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  2. Marsha Avatar
    Marsha

    I just had to write a bio. “Nothing special, just a few lines…” Did that mean, I am nothing special, and could be summarized in a few lines??? In any case, all I wanted to write was, “check out my blog at…” because if you want to know who I am, you can read for ten minutes and get a pretty good idea. I’d say that’s true for you too, my friend.

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  3. Kate Bratt Avatar
    Kate Bratt

    Yes, I think our bios should just be our https. Maybe in a worse version, “check me out on Facebook”. Ugh. But at least we wouldn’t have to write them then!

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