Keeping It Real
- May 23rd, 2008 4:08 pm
I spend a lot of time on this blog highlighting positive things. I also spend a lot of time highlighting hilarious qualities about random people I’ve encountered in my life that could sometimes be viewed as negatives. In order to truly keep it real, I feel I should break out some negative things about myself.
As an optimist and generally positive person, I rarely talk about the things I do poorly. But like I said, I’m keeping it real and so I will list some. It’s only fair.
1.) I am a really, really, really bad bowler. I am lucky if I knock any pins down, and as far as bowling is concerned, if it the object of the game was to keep the ball in the gutters. Well, then I would rock the house down.
2.) Sometimes I am bad at replying to comments and emails. I have true intentions to, but they get lot in the Reply To section of my email. And I somehow I forget. I’m trying to get better at this, and if for some reason you have ever emailed me or commented with a question that I did not answer, just resend it. I’m on top of my game right now.
3.) I only like to clean my house if I am alone. Why is this negative or bad or whatever? Well, I’m rarely, if eve,r alone. So my house is seldom clean. Yet, I love for my house to clean. It is vicious cycle.
4.) I hold grudges like nobody’s business. I would like to be better at not holding grudges. And I am trying, but it is taking massive amounts of effort on my part. My other problem with this is that there are some grudges that I think should be held to some degree. I mean sure, I will be friendly and act as if I’ve forgiven/forgotten said event that caused me to hold stubborn grudge, but in reality I don’t. I’d like to be better at this whole forgiving and forgetting thing. Because honestly, the last thing I need occupying spaces in my brain is anger that’s been there for 10 years. At some point, you have to evict the anger.
5.) Sometimes, I think my narcissistic tendencies override my common sense. I am fine admitting this, because I most definitely do not think that I am the only person who does this. (And that statement alone is a perfect example of this admission.)
6.) When I was in High school, I narrowly avoided arrest a few times. All were for silly things like being at a random party that got busted and running. But seriously, I am not the type of person you would talk to and think, ‘Hey, I bet she almost got arrested once and ran from the cops on foot.’ (Thinking to self, that I should blog about these.) I wasn’t even a trouble maker or a bad kid. But still, my shoes have hit the pavement after seeing sirens before.
7.) I have two tattoos that I would never tell my mother about. My husband hates them, and at this point in my life, I’m not thrilled with them. They are symbols representing different things. Which I guess is better than if I had Mickey Mouse french kissing Minnie on my ass, but still. By the way, they are not on my ass. Do any of you all have tattoos on your ass? (PS. If your teenagers ever go to Panama City for Spring Break, examine their body for ink when they return.) Sorry Mom. 
8.) When I was in first grade, this nice little boy wrote me this note requesting that if I wanted to be his girlfriend I should either check the yes box or the no box. I scribbled them both out, wrote, "I HATE YOU" on the note, and sent it back. Truthfully, I didn’t even dislike the boy, but I think I was an asshole in the first grade.
9.) I snore.
10.) I don’t have a #10 yet, but I didn’t want to leave the list with just 9–which could probably be it’s own point on this list.
So what are some negative qualities, things, stories about you? If you’re not in the mood to share, that’s fine. Were you guys assholes in the first grade? or am I totally alone on that?
May 23rd, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
testing, 1..2…
Testing..1…1…
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
I love your number 3. I agree with you. It takes me a 1/4 of the time to clean my house when no one is around. And can it technically ever be clean when you live with kids who are awake when you are trying to clean? Maybe I should stop blogging and get to that now that our kids are napping. hmmmmm.
Ok, so that is my negative. I might spend a wee too much time blogging. Am I alone on that one??
And for the record, I think you answer questions with “cat like speed and reflexes” I was sure impressed!
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
I am still an asshole, and freely admit that at this point in my life, I am okay with it. Some days I do well at keeping my mouth shut, but that is about as good as it gets.
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 5:09 pm
Wow, nobody wants to share, eh? I’ll start.
I’m with you on #1 and #4.
I don’t brush my teeth every night before bed.
I lose patience with my son faster than I know is fair to him.
I don’t exercise and I don’t eat well. As long as my husband doesn’t mind how I look, I won’t. I know I should do those things for me, but I don’t care.
I’ve done a few bad things in high school like one time I cut school with a friend, we technically broke into someone’s house even though the guy told us how we could get in, and then we stole liquor from his parents liquor cabinet. His sister came home and we gave her fake names and told her that her brother let us in and then went back to school. We left and on the way home we found this kitten with a collar and my friend took it to her house and kept it. We stole a kitten from someone.
Someone save a seat next them in Hell, k?
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 5:28 pm
It’s always been my opinion you have to be really self-aware to be a successful asshole. I’m not. Never have been. I’m just a dork. Have been all my life. I’m such a dork that being dorky has, in the past, made me seem like an asshole. It’s really hard to be that dorky, but there you are. That’s me. I’m a dorky asshole. And that’s the truth. (At this point you stick out your tongue and make that noise that Lily Tomlin does.)
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
I also hold grudges. I’ve always said, I can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. And worse yet, I will seek revenge in a cold, calculating way. It might not be immediate revenge, but it will happen.
I also judge people pretty much immediately. I just feel I have this crazy true sense of who is good and who isn’t and I’ll let everyone around me know. Plenty of times I have meet a friend of my sisters’ and after spending a few minutes with them, I can size them up just like that. I’ll ending up telling my sister something like “I don’t like that chick. She’s (whatever).” And 2 months later I’ll be proved right. It’s a very odd talent that I have, but I’m not sure everyone enjoys it.
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
Oh my gosh number 8 is too funny!!
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 5:57 pm
You totally crack me up!!!!
I care too much of what people think.
I am prone to moodiness – especially during that time of the month.
I can be a bitch.
Hmmmm – I could probably come up with lots more…
Thanks for sharing and making me acknowledge me more negative traits!
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
I remember getting a note from a little boy that I actually liked saying “circle yes or no” and I circled the OR, sent it back, and spent the rest of the day ignoring him. So maybe I was an asshole but most likely just socially inept. I’ll probably grow out of it soon though.
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
I’m so with you on the whole cleaning alone thing, preferably while having a glass of wine because a little buzz makes it not suck. I’m not as much of a lush as that totally makes me sound. I call the whole even drunken naked cleaning. I mean drunken cleaning. But it usually also involves a nice hot bath and another glass of wine or three, so I guess naked is a part of it all. Aren’t you glad you asked? Anyway, that’s how I clean best. And I can’t bowl well either, with or without the assistance of wine.
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 8:55 pm
I don’t think I was an asshole in 1st grade. Maybe kindergarten.
But I’m 100% with you on #3. I hate cleaning house when anyone is here. It seems like they’re in the way even if they’re on a different floor. But let them leave for a couple of hours, and there’s nothing I’d rather do.
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
Butterfly. On the ass. Husband asked if it was flying away from the stench.
Jackass.
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May 23rd, 2008 @ 9:58 pm
You crack me up!!!
I can totally relate to #3. I always tell my husband that it is hard to clean the house with two kids following me around the whole time. So, dear that he is, will take them out for a couple hours so that I can clean. Problem is, once they are gone I think it is so wonderful to actually have “alone time” why waste it mopping the floors. I should just fess up that I HATE cleaning!
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May 24th, 2008 @ 2:48 am
Yay for Ink.
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May 24th, 2008 @ 5:36 am
I can relate to almost every single one of these ~ except #7…no tatoos. And I only snore when I’m sick.
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May 24th, 2008 @ 5:38 am
And ~ I never had a boy ask me in 1st grade if I liked him. I probably would have bit him….I had issues….we’ll leave it at that.
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May 24th, 2008 @ 7:43 am
I snore, too!
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May 24th, 2008 @ 7:56 am
Oh my….I think you and I were separated at birth! *winks* I can really really relate to you on the house cleaning thing (especially since I live with two tornadoes) and the grudge thing. I think I’m still pissed at my friend from 2nd grade for saying I was fat.
I’m also VERY demanding and a complete perfectionist.
I lose my temper VERY quickly with my kids for not following directions, regardless if they are only 4 & 5.
When I was in highschool, this guy sent me a note and asked me if I wanted to be his ‘grilfriend’. The spelling and grammar were so horrendous in said note that I corrected all of his errors and sent it back to him. Then I asked him what we were supposed to gril. Yeah. I was a bitch….still am I suppose.
I am also guilty of thinking that no one can do anything as well as I can do it myself. Examples:cleaning the house, raising my children, shopping for clothes.
Okay, so I think I need therapy now.
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May 24th, 2008 @ 7:57 am
P.S. That poor guy in highschool? I ended up dating his best friend, who COULD spell the word girlfriend. LOL
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May 24th, 2008 @ 9:02 am
Oh my god! I can only clean my house when I’m alone, too! Even if other people are willing to help me clean, I don’t care. I need everybody out of my way so I can tear through like a tornado or I want to sit on my ass and watch Law and Order. One or the other, take your pick.
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May 24th, 2008 @ 10:37 am
I can’t clean unless I’m alone, either.
I got suspended from the last day of school in the seventh grade for calling someone an asshole while standing right in front of the vice principal. In my defense, he deserved it. The other kid, I mean. Not the vice principal.
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May 24th, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Hey thanks for stopping by my blog! I love your blog name! I bet it is so nice to have a girl lol! I love your bit oabout escaping the law in highschool totally halarious!!
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May 24th, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
I have always been an angel. ALWAYS.
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May 25th, 2008 @ 10:01 am
LOVED this- I did one like this too. I think it is healthy for all us to “keep it real”
P.S Back from the cruise… I’ve got TONS of photos… wanna see?
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May 25th, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
My younger years flaw was that I day dreamed A LOT. I still don’t know why. It slowed me down in the written assignments after the instructions and I was usually last to finish something, even behind the remedial weans. which in turn caused them to throw explicits at me in regards to my smarts.
I TRY not to hold grudges, but I remember everything and it makes it hard not to. I don’t see copying me with something as flattery, but it bugs the hell out of me.
I race the clock and never win. I don’t do it because I think my time is more important than yours. I really need to work on that.
Great list.
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May 26th, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
I bet I can top your grudge holding. I’m still mad at my FIL for something he did in 1995.
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May 26th, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
I snore too.
I also drool while sleeping.
And fart.
I am terrible at responding to emails..but worse at returning phone calls. I dont know why I own a cell phone because I never answer it.
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May 26th, 2008 @ 7:12 pm
I hate to iron. I recently attended a black tie gala and didn’t iron the front of my silk evening gown. You can see a long vertical crease straight down the front of my dress in the photos from that evening. I will confess I airbrushed a few out. I mean seriously, if I know Photoshop do I really need to iron anymore?
LOL most people who know me say my worst fault is that I’m too nice. I tell them I’m not nearly as nice as I used to be but I guess I need to work on this a bit more. Since joining an online forum I have a few mentors who are constantly trying to help me break this habit and teach me how to bring to fruition some of the snarky things I think about but would normally never act upon >:D
I also love to rub my right eye and make it squeak just to freak people out. It makes a loud noise like this: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee if I rub it.
I also suck at bowling. But that’s what makes it fun.
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May 27th, 2008 @ 4:15 am
My cousin is a sheriff in Panama City. ha ha! I don’t even know where to begin with negative stuff……..
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May 27th, 2008 @ 10:56 am
I suck at bowling, too. It’s a bummer that my kids are better at it than I am!
I have a quick temper. My husband and kids can attest to that, unfortunately.
I am VERY bad at remembering names.
I can’t keep plants alive.
I can’t keep the house clean.
Those are just *SOME* of the current negatives about me. We won’t even go into the negatives from 15 years ago! That would take a whole other blog to discuss!
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May 27th, 2008 @ 10:58 am
I love to bowl, and I too am lucky if even one pin gets knocked down. I also must have the house all to myself before I will really clean, or at the very least my daughter has to be sound asleep….so mostly, Im a night cleaner. The grudge thing you’ll grow out of. Especially when you’re trying to teach your daughter how not to. I did-ish
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May 27th, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Ok- I hold grudges forever- its hereditary. My mother didnt talk to her oldest brother for 28 years!
And yes- I have a tattoo on my butt. My mom found out about it when my son (age 4 at the time) suggested to a strange man in an elevator that “He should smell the flower on my mom’s butt”. Yikes!
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