There's an episode of 30 Rock in which Tina Fey says that everyone should be upfront with everyone else about their skeletons and such. (In fact, the title of this particular entry is a direct quote.) Every time I watch the episode, I have a bizarre desire to compile a list of my "weird stuff."
So, here I sit. This list will be continually growing, I'm sure. And, although I know this may sound weird (and possibly masochistic), feel free to comment with things that you've noticed are weird about me. They're worth exploring.
1. Although I love sharing things that I enjoy and appreciate with other people, I tend to be really possessive about them. Sometimes irrationally so. This one alone warrants an entire essay, so I'm just not going to go there right now. But if you want to know what I mean, just ask me about The Office. Speaking of...
2. I'm a fangirl. I get overly excited about things (that tend to be mostly trivial to others) and sometimes, I am pretty weird/crazy in my love for something. That said, I'm grounded in reality enough to know that I'm weird/crazy about it. So if you point it out, I'll agree with you. If you don't, well...
3. I will intensely defend something I love, even if you think it's shallow (i.e. fashion) or stupid (anything else I love). I'm downright impossible about it. Why? Well...
4. I have an opinion about almost everything. I voice said opinions often, and quite frequently, they're expressed with a great deal of hyperbole. This also means that I have probably hurt people's feelings due to hyperbole. For example, I think crocs are the ugliest (non)shoe in existence. (Not hyperbolic.) But when I say that I think they're an abomination and that a good parent would never let their children wear them (thereby instilling poor fashion sense into impressionable young one), let alone wear the things themselves (thereby serving as a poor fashion role model for impressionable young one), people get offended. Which leads to number 5...
5. Saying I'm sorry is a weird thing for me. I either say it way too much (which Kelly can definitely attest to), or not enough. On a related note...
6. I don't know how to not defend myself verbally, even if someone is trying to talk to me in a helpful way. On an unrelated note...
7. I am really self-deprecating. Even though I think I'm a fun person with a lot to offer to others, I feel the need to rip myself down a few notches because I'm afraid people will think I'm arrogant. The thing that pisses me off the most about self-deprecation is that it's charming when guys do it, but if girls do it, then people think we're fishing for compliments. At least for me, it is so not that way.
8. I laugh weird. It's always changing, but the "hee hee" one is particularly annoying. You probably won't hear that one unless you hang around me a lot when I'm tired.
Alright, I'm sure there are plenty of others. Help me out. Comment away.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
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Yeah, "sorry" is a tricky concept. But I hope you didn't take what I said in offense. I was just looking out for my fellow Sorry-sayer. :)
Hey, at least you're not boring. You have to expand this to include embarrassing details like how you stay up until 2 in the morning looking at Office websites. I think your stance against Croc shoes is particularly weird. I have never known anyone to have such an intense vendetta against a kind of shoe...
No offense taken, KG. I know you're just being thoughtful.
I agree totally about crocs. I have never hated anything wear-able in my life as much as I hate those. I don't care how comfortable people claim they are, I will never stick my foot in one to find out.
You're my favorite kind of weird.
Do to the fact that I promised you a comment weeks ago, you will be receiving a very large comment.
We will be saving your point number one for the end, because I have the most to say about it.
2. Being a fangirl (or boy) I think is totally healthy and I find absolutely nothing wrong about this. I noticed this a trait of yours when "borrowing" music and finding so many complete discographies of many of your favorite artists. I just think that you find healthy things to be passionate about. Although others may think that frivilous or trivial, what does it matter, these things are important to you.
3.Yes, again nothing wrong with this.
4. Having an opinion and expressing it is so much more honorable than having opinion and not expressing, or better yet, having no opinion to express. Oh, and you know how I feel about Crocs, who is this Chadd person anyways, he probably owns a pair.
5. "Sorry" is a rough one, I mean how do you honestly find the perfect balance of saying sorry. It's always going to be way too much or never enough.
6. I'm the exact opposite, I don't know how to defend myself verbally. Even when someone is cutting me down I generally just take it in silence. I can honestly say, I never bashed on my mission because i stood quietly while my comps would bash. Most of the time the people would assume this as "my wavering faith". But I honestly just can't get any words out when I'm trying to defend myself.
7. I'm a total self-deprecator. Mostly I think for the same reasons as you. Not wanting people to think I'm arrogant, but I've not always thought much of myself, so I think part of it's out of habit, but some of it's still real. As a general rule I don't think that when girls are self-deprecating they are just fishing for compliments, but you can definitely tell when they are.
8. All laughs are unique. Be glad, because other people are boring. Besides I like your laugh.
And for Numero Uno. Like you said, this could be a total essay of its own, and we've talked briefly about this topic as related to the office. The reason that you feel this way is because you don't want people taking the things that you love for what they are not. i.e. little girls saying " I love Dwight, I would marry him." No, they love watching him on the show, they would hate the real Dwight (in fact I think you told me this analogy). I think that for me, I feel that music is the biggest thing that i love sharing, but it has to be with the right people. Because tastes in music are so personal and really say so much about a person. So many of my friends know maybe one side of my music interests and know nothing about what it is I really love because I know that they won't appreciate and love the music the same way that I do. I'm sure that this is the same way that you feel and the possibly the same reason you don't share with eveyone.
So I hope that this is what you were looking for when you asked me to comment, but i think that it more or less just ended up being about me.
Do to the fact that I do not know this Chadd, I redact my statement.
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