'this isn't a contest' - actual facts in my life done in a freeflowing stream of consiousness style - as fast as i could think it, i wrote it...

this isn't a contest
but i've got more fathers than i know what to do with
i love my mother, she's a pot smoking saint
she's addicted to treating me like my shit don't stink

this isn't a contest
but i have 4 half-brothers, three half-sisters, and 4 step-brothers.
3 of them are japanese
you can't make shit like this up
maybe you can, but i sure as hell can't

this isn't a contest
but i've moved over 30 times
15 of those times were before i went to school
the other 15 are a blur
i grew up afraid to make friends

this isn't a contest
but i have over 200 friends
on MySpace
that may sound like a lot
but i know some guys that have 10,000 friends
so i don't feel so important on the internet

this isn't a contest
but i've been married over 5 years
in hollywood i'd be revered as a saint
in my house the only thing i'm the saint of is dish duty

this isn't a contest
but if it was, i'd be the biggest loser
and i wouldn't want to change a thing

Holden

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now your turn... the exercise: start the sentence with 'this isn't a contest but' and see what flows out of your mind about your life that others may not know about you... don't edit yourself, just write everything you can think of, but it has to be true... then, post it here on your blog and give us a link here!