Two Truths and a Lie

The countdown is on- next week the meetings begin, and after Labor Day the kids arrive, so I'm starting to get my chalks in a row.  Yesterday I went through my closet and weeded out the ill-fitting and just plain ugly, took cold weather stuff and put it in the guest room closet so as to give everything room to breathe, and even wrote up a list of what I'll wear the first week of school.  (Did I mention daycare started yesterday?)  I had a meeting with the Bossman, unpacked some boxes in my classroom, sent postcards to my new students, and finished up my summer reading.  So now it's time to think about what we'll do on Day One.  And so I give you Two Truths and a Lie, a game I sometimes play with the kiddos to loosen them up (and to spot the good liars right off the bat- helpful info).

Behold three things about me. In this case all fall under the category of "wacky exploits."

1.  When I was nine, my best friend Conan and I formed a "Goonies" club inspired by the brilliant film by the same name.  In search of adventure, we climbed to the roof of Chief Justice Warren Berger's home, whereby I lowered Conan by means of a rope we found in his shed into one of the upper floor windows.  He emerged breathless from the front door claiming to have seen bullet holes in the Chief Justice's briefcase.  We had to disband the club when we were caught stealing tires out of a neighbor's backyard and painting them yellow with a green "Goonies" logo.

2.  I spent the summer of 1997 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  On my birthday, my rock band frontman Mexican boyfriend Paco took me to the bullfights, where I watched a 12 year-old blond sensation kneel in front of, put his elbow on the head of, and finally dispatch with an understandably angry bull named Campanero.  Maybe it was my rowdy cohorts who drew his attention, but it was somehow relayed that it was my birthday, and I was awarded with the coveted ear of Campanero.  Which I refused to touch.

3.  After three weeks spent studying whales in the Gulf of California, I took a bus across Baja to a small town called Todos Santos, known for its artists.  From there I hitchhiked out to the beach with an odd little man in an odd little car whose intentions were somewhat suspect.  He left me to find my own way back, and so I ended up in the back of a pickup truck with two fishermen, Carlos and Hector, and a giant grouper.  They were much better company than the odd little man- including the fish.

Can you spot the lie? 

I'd love to see what you all come up with, so if you're so inclined, try a TTAAL post on your blog and tell me about it so that I can come guess! 

But just to get this party started right, I'm going to tag Ann, Cara, and Cathi, because you KNOW those girls can bust a fib.

Comments

[Cara]

I say it's lies. ALL LIES.

Thanks for the tag but nothing exciting has EVER happened to me. So mine will be all lies as well.

[kmkat]

I'm gonna say the Warren Berger/Goonies is a tall one but what do I know? How old are the kids you teach? If they are under, say, 40, they may not know who Warren Berger was ;-)

[lorinda]

I think everything up to this point has been a lie, and all three of these are true.

[Scribbles & Bits]

I'm going to go with the goonies one being a lie (although incredibly fun!). I'm going to have to think of some stuff so I can do this as well! I'll let you know when I do!

And can I just say how cool that you send postcards to your new students? I would have loved if a teacher had done that!

[Dorothy B]

Hard to tell, but I think the Goonies logo isn't green.
Who knows, if I tried this one, I would have to make a lot of stuff up.
I may give it a go in a while though.

[victoria]

ok, missy, i took your challenge and see if you can spot my lie. as for yours: i'm thinking its the break in of the chief justice's house. but what an imagination!

[LaDonna]

It's painfully obvious which is the fake story. As much as I would like to believe it, it's just too fanciful, adventurous, and transparently false. You tried to throw us with a red herring or two but common sense prevailed and I can say with complete certainty that you never did anything so irresponsible, so cavalier, so juvenile as hitching a ride with an odd little man. Nope. Just too crazy. Though the part of the cordial fishermen did throw me. They are the most generous people on the face of the planet, but in the end your bald faceness shown through.

As for me:

1) I was conceived on a cross-country trip in a VW bus with two pre-teen children keeping my parents busy (not busy enough, apparently). When Dad found out Mom was knocked up yet again, he got snipped. And then told me so.

2) In high school, my parents took me out of school for a year and we sailed from Oregon to the Sea of Cortez — surviving gale-force storms, a whale attack and drunken pirates — where I had all sorts of misadventures, such as french-kissing George Michael, partying with the pot-heads, and generally being an unholy terror.

3) As a sailing journalist, I now travel the globe and hobnob with the elite — Dennis Connor bought me a drink once, Ted Turner recognizes me when we meet up though he never remembers my name, and Dawn Riley has confided in me about her love life.

I know, they're all perfectly plausible, boring stories, so which is the lie? Your turn, miss smartypants!

[wavybrains]

I think #1 is the lie. I don't think you live/grew up in the D.C. metro area--but maybe I haven't read enough archives yet. The ear, though, totally gross.

[Michelle]

I got here through Peace & Sereknitty. I'm totally digging your truths & lie. :)

[Kristin]

I am going to choose the Goonies story. It sounds so unreal that it can't be true. Or can it? I dunno.

[Dana]

My guess is #1 since if you had grown up near the Chief Justice, you would have known he spelled his name "Burger".And there was no accompanying picture. Of course the pictures could be red herrings. Still think #1 is the lie. My life has been too dull....I'll have to think about my TTAAL.

[JessaLu]

My guess is #1... ;o)

As for TTAAL, my life has been pretty boring so far so spotting a lie would be pretty easy...but give me a day or so to come up with something ;o)

[Jane]

Number 3, Jules! Whales, my ass...

[Ava]

I am going with number three only because 1) you said earlier you had a stare-down with Mrs. Quayle which puts you in DC at some time near the Goonies, 2) you also said you spent time in the same town in Mexico as the bull fight, and 3) someone else had a story very close to the bullfight one and I can't find it on your blog any place to save my life. I'll get a TTAAL up in the next few days on the blog. Maybe I'll get Lola to do one as well.

[Robin]

Fun thing to do!!! Great way to promote creative thinking! Got to remember this one! I think #1 and #3 are LIES!

[ann]

#1 - liar liar pants on fire!

[Lucia]

I vote #1. #3 just has to be true -- sharing a truck bed with an enormous fish is just the sort of thing that could happen to anyone. #2, an ear, gross, if this one is a lie I would not want to live with your imagination.

[Amber]

I say the Goonies story..

[Jenifer]

Um ... #3? I hope #2 is not true ... :)