Hello, This Is Me

[smallhobbit]

In response to the ushobwri 6th Anniversary Challenge (Happy 6th Anniversary) here is my TV pitch for Write Your Life:

INSIDE the seemingly respectable financial and administrative person ('I need your timesheet NOW or you won't get paid!'), member of the church community, responsible Brownie leader (not sure those words go together), loving mother ('don't let your nosebleed drip on your white school shirt'), besotted granny and harassed daughter, lies ...

SMALL HOBBIT, creator of the Ocelot, Sloth, Ferret, Mouselet and Aemelia Vole, (also the many-tentacled Rudybago, lover of 'Bones' McCoy), frequent killer of Dr Watson, purveyor of crack, unexpected pianos, and rather a lot of shepherd's pie.

WONDER as she encourages conversation with a group of one blind lady, one deaf lady, her two interpreters, one lady in a wheelchair, and one bloke who's probably wondering what's going on.  And all the time preventing the guide dog from drinking her tea.

MARVEL as she takes the whole first half of a christening service because the vicar's at risk of losing his voice.

DESPAIR at the pile of papers etc which are dumped on half the two seater settee.

PREPARE for the next online course, book or activity are tackled with the words 'Oh, that looks interesting!'

All in Glorious Technicolour throughout 2020!

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Aw. I always like to read more about your work. And you are a fun bundle of things, aren't you?

[smallhobbit]

Not quite mad, bad and dangerous to know, although possibly two out of the three ;)

[howsmyenglish]

:D !

[smallhobbit]

It seemed to sum up my life!

[solosundance]

Consider me gripped!

[smallhobbit]

Excellent!

[adafrog]

And all the time preventing the guide dog from drinking her tea.
lol

[smallhobbit]

Yes, not the best behaved of animals!

[coulditbemagic]

My wife pales and panics when I utter the phrase "oh, that looks interesting", and then she runs and hides. I mean, to be fair, it's usually justified, but still!

[smallhobbit]

Haha! There are so many things to try out!

[luthienberen]

MARVEL as she takes the whole first half of a christening service because the vicar's at risk of losing his voice.

I loved your entire repertoire, but the above line cinched it. Poor vicar! And no pressure on you lol.

I look forward to the Glorious Technicolour throughout 2020 and your cast of characters and activities =^_^=

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. The vicar had to save his voice for the important parts. We normally share the first half, so I knew what would happen, but it did mean I was doing the talk.

[scfrankles]

Hey, I would watch it! ^___^ And I suppose in a sense I do ^__^

...frequent killer of Dr Watson, purveyor of crack, unexpected pianos, and rather a lot of shepherd's pie. I have rather complicated feelings about this... (^____^)

[smallhobbit]

You are in the privileged position of a front row seat!

I presume you have no objection to shepherd's pie or probably unexpected pianos.

[debriswoman]

Hooked!
Will tune in:-)

[smallhobbit]

Excellent news! A front row seat will be yours :)

[mafief]

Haha! I love it.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[aome]

I want to know the story about the blind lady, deaf lady, lady in wheelchair, and the guide dog who liked tea.

[smallhobbit]

The company I woke for were interviewing for two job vacancies. The company works to encourage inclusion of people with disabilities, and this job in particular was looking for people with lived experience of disabilities (both visible and non-visible). It wasn't designed to get a representative of so many different disabilities, but that was the way it worked out.

I was the only person available to help the day of the interviews, so I was asked to go where they were being held to welcome people and look after them. Because there was a group task to undertake everyone was there at the same time, the interviewers were running late, so I ended up with four of the five interviewees plus two interpreters and one guide dog all sitting round needing to be kept happy. I got the guide dog a bowl of water which she preferred to my tea, but I made sure the tea was too far into the middle of the low table for her to reach.

[spiralicious]

This is fantastic! Clearly the next prime time hit.

'Oh that looks interesting.' Are probably some of the most dangerous words in the English language.

The guide dog tries to steal your tea?

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. I have great hopes ;)

Yes, my mug of tea was on a low table and the guide dog was all for drinking it!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

That's beautiful! :D

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[spikedluv]

This was a super fun read!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[kaffy_r]

Hello there - here from Fandom Snowflake. I giggled through much of your introduction; would you mind if I friended you?

[smallhobbit]

Welcome! I'd be delighted if you friended me, I shall friend you back.

[kaffy_r]

Done!

Hello, This Is Me

[mithrial]

Oh you are lovely. So good to meet you. I love all your fanfic brownie badges.
Do you have a full hobbit name too?

X Tia (Mithrial)

Re: Hello, This Is Me

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. No, I'm just Small Hobbit (originally named by my daughter - I'm the shortest in the family, but they're all about six foot!)

Small hobbit not so small :)

[mithrial]

Great name though. Especially if you are quite tall.

Re: Small hobbit not so small :)

[smallhobbit]

I'm not tall, but then I'm not small either!

[rainbowquills]

Hi, I found this post from your snowflake intro - and just had to laugh and say my boyfriend backs away as fast as he physically can whenever I utter the phrase 'ooh that looks interesting', and then my bank balance (and pile of unfinished/forgotten about interesting things) groan in despair! :)

[smallhobbit]

Definitely a fellow feeling :D There's so many interesting things out there!