7 Deadly Sins Meme PRIDE
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tripperfunsterGeez, I haven't done anything remotely meme/meta ish for ages, and this one looks fun.
Day One PRIDE
1) I am a great problem solver. You can't figure out how to tell your mother the bad news? Or understand why your baby won't get to sleep? Or figure out how you're going to attend your highschool reunion AND that great rock concert on the same night? Dude? I"m your man.
2)Very much related to #1, I'm a helluva MacGuiyver. Got your keys locked in your car? Give me a toothpick and a roll of dental floss and I"ll have you fixed in a jiffy. My friend's dad once locked us out of her apartment ('cause he was an asshole) and at 2am, and somewhat full of alcohol, I managed to open the chain lock with an (unused) tampon and a bent up safety pin. HELLS YEAH!
3)I have a real 'Can-do' attitude. I'm not a polyanna by any means, but I kind of believe that I can do anything, if I try hard enough. When I was 16, I saw an ad in the paper for a band looking for a singer. I thought ... yeah, I can do that. Despite having little to no singing experience, they hired me. I guess it's sort of that Gryffindor 'leap before I look' sort of bravery. It doesn't always work out, of course, but that doesn't stop me from trying.
4) I'm funny. People tell me this all the time. Of course, they don't always mean it in a good way. ;) I met my first husband when he was a stand-up comedian. It would drive him BONKERS when we'd go out with friends and I would say funnier stuff than he would. What a shock that it didn't work out ....
5)I"m a pretty damn good artist. I say this with REAL pride, because I've worked really hard at it. But at the same time, I'm honestly shocked every time I draw something that looks great. It's almost like i go into a trance and when I wake up, ART IS THERE! I don't think I"ve ever had a talent where it honestly SURPRISES me every time it works. I almost expect to wake up one day and have no artistic abiltiy whatsoever.
6)I think I'm a really good mom. Far from perfect, of course, and I'm less patient than I want to be, but I'm MINDFUL of that. My parents weren't horrible. For the most part, they weren't even bad, but they weren't good either. To this day I don't think they like me. They LOVE me, because I'm their daughter, but they don't LIKE me as a person. They also always seemed to see me (and my brother) as an exention of themselves instead of a unique and whole individual. I really try to do that for my kids. It's harder than you'd think, seperating yourself and your wants/goals/likes/dislikes from that of your kids, but I think it's important. I hope I"m right on this one!!!!
7)I really enjoy learning. Which is odd, because I hated school and didn't do terribly well (or try to) there. But now that I'm OLD and can pick and choose what to learn? I can't get enough! If I won the lottery tomorrow, I would TOTES take all sorts of lessons. From horseback riding, to playing the cello, to drawing in photoshop to using a trapeze. too bad they never taught this stuff in school, eh?
Day One PRIDE
1) I am a great problem solver. You can't figure out how to tell your mother the bad news? Or understand why your baby won't get to sleep? Or figure out how you're going to attend your highschool reunion AND that great rock concert on the same night? Dude? I"m your man.
2)Very much related to #1, I'm a helluva MacGuiyver. Got your keys locked in your car? Give me a toothpick and a roll of dental floss and I"ll have you fixed in a jiffy. My friend's dad once locked us out of her apartment ('cause he was an asshole) and at 2am, and somewhat full of alcohol, I managed to open the chain lock with an (unused) tampon and a bent up safety pin. HELLS YEAH!
3)I have a real 'Can-do' attitude. I'm not a polyanna by any means, but I kind of believe that I can do anything, if I try hard enough. When I was 16, I saw an ad in the paper for a band looking for a singer. I thought ... yeah, I can do that. Despite having little to no singing experience, they hired me. I guess it's sort of that Gryffindor 'leap before I look' sort of bravery. It doesn't always work out, of course, but that doesn't stop me from trying.
4) I'm funny. People tell me this all the time. Of course, they don't always mean it in a good way. ;) I met my first husband when he was a stand-up comedian. It would drive him BONKERS when we'd go out with friends and I would say funnier stuff than he would. What a shock that it didn't work out ....
5)I"m a pretty damn good artist. I say this with REAL pride, because I've worked really hard at it. But at the same time, I'm honestly shocked every time I draw something that looks great. It's almost like i go into a trance and when I wake up, ART IS THERE! I don't think I"ve ever had a talent where it honestly SURPRISES me every time it works. I almost expect to wake up one day and have no artistic abiltiy whatsoever.
6)I think I'm a really good mom. Far from perfect, of course, and I'm less patient than I want to be, but I'm MINDFUL of that. My parents weren't horrible. For the most part, they weren't even bad, but they weren't good either. To this day I don't think they like me. They LOVE me, because I'm their daughter, but they don't LIKE me as a person. They also always seemed to see me (and my brother) as an exention of themselves instead of a unique and whole individual. I really try to do that for my kids. It's harder than you'd think, seperating yourself and your wants/goals/likes/dislikes from that of your kids, but I think it's important. I hope I"m right on this one!!!!
7)I really enjoy learning. Which is odd, because I hated school and didn't do terribly well (or try to) there. But now that I'm OLD and can pick and choose what to learn? I can't get enough! If I won the lottery tomorrow, I would TOTES take all sorts of lessons. From horseback riding, to playing the cello, to drawing in photoshop to using a trapeze. too bad they never taught this stuff in school, eh?
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Date: 2011-02-16 04:21 pm (UTC)If I could draws well as you I would be totally egotistical about it.
I think it genuinely pisses my parents off how different I am from them in some ways.
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Date: 2011-02-19 05:16 am (UTC)When did different = bad?
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Date: 2011-02-16 06:00 pm (UTC)*starts calling you TrippGuiver*. Heh.
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Date: 2011-02-17 03:56 am (UTC)Yeah. Now that I'm out of school, I love to learn. Even math. :)
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Date: 2011-02-19 05:21 am (UTC)I love to learn, but it doesn't go as far as math! ;)
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Date: 2011-02-20 12:39 am (UTC)I think everything you said about yourself is true, so far as I can see, and you know I'd be the first to call BULLSHIT.
It's a well-kept secret, but the interwebs have noted that your artistic ability is set to expire on T-DAY ( April 1 2020).
What you said about parents and children really resonated, the liking vs loving, and letting them be their own person. Like you said, this is harder done than said. And srsly, how much does it really mean to be loved because you're your parents' child, when you realize they don't like the person you really are? YOU ARE RIGHT!!
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Date: 2011-02-21 05:00 am (UTC)And thanks hon. I look at the relationship you have with Mandy, and I'm both jealous and inspired.
My parents never bothered to meet me halfway with any interests I had. Sharing a hotel room at a convention with her would ... well ... never would have happened! Let alone giggling like loons all damn night!
<3 I love you hon.
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Date: 2011-02-21 05:14 pm (UTC)