Feb 26 2008
things i might be embarrassed to admit if i had a sense of shame
Note: These things are of a random, pointless nature. Because random and pointless is what I do best.
1. Sometimes I tuck my pajama pants into my socks:
And then I go outside. If taking my dog outside while dressed like this even really counts as going outside, because really it’s just the back yard, and nobody sees me, unless someone happens to be passing by when I’m going in or out of the door or if my neighbors are in their yard or something. So I’m not sure that counts.
2. Calling people on the phone — even people I know — makes me nervous.
3. Sometimes I forget to brush my hair. Okay, more than sometimes. I often forget to brush my hair. What can I say? I am pretty much always preoccupied. And usually running late. Before I could drive, I kept a hairbrush in the glove compartment of my mom’s car and would brush my hair on the way to school. Once my friend Matt said that he and another friend were on their way to school and his friend said “What is that weird mass of hair?” and Matt said “That’s Jamelah.” Ever was it so. Maybe I’d remember to brush my hair if I kept a hairbrush in the glove compartment of my car… and somebody else was driving me to work in the morning.
4. I have never done a cartwheel.
5. I baby talk to my dog. And I call her “boo.” And the other night I cried because I heard about my hairdresser’s house burning down and her dog dying in the fire, though I did not cry when I was told, but I waited and cried in private. And I also cry when those commercials about dogs in shelters that need to be adopted come on TV. And I still sometimes cry when I think about putting my last dog, Teddy, to sleep, even though that happened six years ago. And I cannot be in love with anyone who does not love dogs. Is that embarrassing or does it just mean that I’m a sap? Or is being a sap embarrassing?
I am so with you on 1-3.
I hope this doesn’t make you cry, but you know what commercial is horrible to watch? The one with Sarah McLaughlin for the ASPCA or something. And it goes on forEVER, making it just that much more horrible.
I have never done a cartwheel either! In fact, I am almost positive it is physically impossible for me to do one.
I think it’s nice that you cry about dogs. Um, I hate the show extreme home makeover and I never watch it, but if I happen upon it while changing channels, even if for only 30 seconds, no matter which point they are at in the show, i WILL cry. this is a proven fact. i dont think we’re saps. i think we’re sweet.
I do number 1 all the time. Wait… I mean i stuff my pjs into my socks, not that I pee all the time. Which I do, but seriously, TMI, right?I would’ve loved if you tagged that photo “fun with grandma.”
#5 is basically me. I went to the Pompeii Exhibit a while back at the Science Museum of MN and they have these figures - actually plaster casts of people and stuff that died in the volcano. I was somberly walking through it….but then I got to the dog figure and I burst into tears. Poor thing was tied to a stake and couldn’t get away. Yes, that’s right - I cried about a dog, but didn’t cry when I saw the mother holding a child trying to protect it. What does that make me??
PS: I feel so awful for your hairdresser. That would just break my heart. Fuck the house - if my cat & dog died in the fire, though, I wouldn’t know how to go on.
Oh I hear you on the dog thing. I think it’s just fine to have a good cry over a really good dog.
Haha - the pyjama sock thing really made me laugh. =]
I blatantly do that too on cold evenings…
Wait, who am I kidding? I actually used to do it when my boyfriend came over and wanted to snuggle on the settee when I totally couldn’t be bothered to shave my legs!
1. I have done that, especially to run right outside for something when it was cold.
2. Ditto! Seriously, I have to give myself a pep talk before I make “happy birthday” calls to family members. I try to come up with topics of conversation so there’s no awkward silences. (It doesn’t work.)
3. I just look like I forgot to brush my hair. Alas, usually that’s not the case. I think my head’s shaped funny or something.
4.Oh, they’re fun! You should try one sometime. Make sure to tuck your shirt in first, though.
5. People who don’t like dogs make me suspicious. I can’t watch those commercials with the dogs in the shelter, either. I have to turn the channel or leave the room when they’re on.
Calling people on the phone — even people I know — makes me nervous.
god, that’s me all the TIME. *sigh*
i never comb my hair even. or brush it.
i am not ashamed to admit this.
therefore, we must be friends.
that is all.
You know, at a quick glance, it looked for a second as if you were riding on the back of an elephant.