I started noticing I do some interesting things, and have some strange habits. Most of them are pretty much funny.
I act like a dancer:
1. I stretch like I'm dancing.
2. I pose the second I stop moving.
3. My makeup is not to make me look prettier, it's more like a costume.
4. When in doubt; I pointe my toes.
5. I have to think about walking in a straight line, but if I spin around in circles I can travel down it.
6. I am Rice Crispies. Every part of me Snaps, Crackles and Pops.
7. Every time I hear music I either start counting it or seeing dance routines in my head.
8. I cannot focus without music.
9. My pointe shoes are my favorite pair of shoes in the world. They go everywhere I do, and they always have an outfit just for them.
10. Posture is everything. I sit and stand like I'm standing at the barre.
11. The world is just another place for me to dance in.
12. I burst into song and dance with only a moment's notice. And sometimes without...
I think like an artist:
1. My clothes are carefully calculated to give off a certain look. Generally vintage with a punk style edge.
2. I notice subtle nuances not everyone can.
3. The taste of good coffee, tea, spices and food are my favorite things to admire. There's always something new.
4. Music is everywhere around me, even when there's none on.
5. Everything is beautiful to me no matter how strange it may be to others.
6. I'm full of strong opinions about my own visual preferences.
7. I randomly rhyme...
I never slow down:
1. When I'm sitting, I'm stretching.
2. When I'm bored, I'm running or working out.
3. I've always got somewhere to be and someone to see.
4. I live my life like I'm on a stage dancing.
5. When in doubt, I dance it out.
6. Stress equals dance. But also, dance equals stress; which then equals more dance. It's a vicious circle...
7. If I'm still, I'm either sleeping or dead... Some part of me will always be moving.
8. When I try to sit still my muscles twitch until I start moving.
9. I'd try almost anything once. Might as well see what I like and what I don't...
I never shut up:
1. I can talk about anything.
2. I can talk until my face turns blue if it pleases you.
3. If I'm not talking, I'm singing or humming.
4. If I'm not talking, singing or humming, I'm either sleeping or dead...
5. I make random noises if it's too quiet, I do something strange, or I feel awkward.
6. I almost never make the same noise twice.
7. There is always a noise for every occasion.
I love to sleep:
1. There's nothing like a comfy bed for aching muscles.
2. Naps are the best.
3. There's never a wrong time to fall asleep cuddling a dog.
4. I could spend a whole day rolling around in my bed if I didn't have to eat and I didn't get bored with staying laying down all day.
I'm a lover not a fighter:
1. But if I care enough about it, I'll fight for it even if it kills me.
2. I won't hurt you, if you don't hurt me first.
3. I won't hurt a fly... unless it flies in my face. Then, I'll kill it.
I act like I'm just one of the guys:
1. I burp in front of guys. You can either handle it or you can't...
2. I'm not afraid to make a mess when I eat.
3. I play sports, and I get dirty.
4. I play video games and shoot things.
5. ...until there's a bug... Then I'm a little girl. And I scream like it too...
6. I own almost every wearable item in a camouflage pattern and a hunters orange.
7. I love muscle cars and motorcycles.
22 May 2013
11 May 2013
This is Life
"This is life. People will screw you over. You’ll fight with your family. You’ll witness things that will change you forever. You’ll blame new lovers for things old lovers did. You’ll lose best friends you thought would always be there. You’ll come to realize that everyone has a past. You’ll cry, you’ll laugh, and you’ll embarrass yourself. But then, you’ll find your very own moment where none of that matters; where you can sit back and realize that stuff happens to the people who can handle it and that this is who you are, and that no one should want to change you, including yourself."
A friend of mine said this to me once...
And at the time I didn't believe them, but the more I think about it now the more I realize how right they are.
Strangers, friends and family alike will use you to get where they need to go and what they want. Co-workers and acquaintances, family and friends, will try to pull you down when you make one little mistake, but you have to keep from letting them get to you. You have to be yourself and keep holding yourself up and moving forward, one step at a time.
You won't always see eye-to-eye with your parents or your siblings, but you will never be able to stop loving them because they are blood. I say this because after almost a decade of hating each other and antagonizing each other, my mother and I finally turned over a new leaf and began a new chapter where we are now friends. We still have some work to do, as do my brother and I, but so far so good.
You will watch the news and see things you never thought you ever would, things you will never begin to understand, and they will shape the way you think forever. It will change the way you see the world, and the people in it in ways you cannot even begin to imagine. In my lifetime I've seen the fall of the Twin Towers, the aftermath of hurricanes and tsunamis, murder of innocent people in places like Sandy Hook, and now the bombing of the Boston Marathon. I have started to wonder why I even bother to pick up the newspaper or turn on the news anymore. It seems like all we ever hear about are the negative things in the world nowadays and it gives us the perspective that everything in the world has fallen into chaos. There would still be hope if just every once in a while the papers would release something with a positive spin to prove there is still good in the world.
You will fight with the ones you love and you will make mistakes, but most of all, the mistakes others make will shape how you see romantic relationships down the road. You will assume the worst because of something others did wrong before, and it will affect how you see others in your future. The people who wronged you in your past will make the others who slip up in the future seem like they have done much bigger things wrong than they really have.
The people in your life will come and go. They will do things you will love them for, and they will do things that you will hate them for. You never know why someone came into your life until after they leave, or until after you slam the door in their face. The people who hold you up when you are weak can only hold you so long unless you decide to start holding yourself up as well at some point.
Eventually you will find out that just like you, every single person on this planet has lived through a world of things. Everyone has, or will have, a time or two of weakness, a time of great strength, and a times of great sadness and of happiness. Everyone will have a time when the ends barely meet, when they can barely pay their own way, and they feel overwhelmed by the fact that they have so much more on their plate than they can handle. These are the times we feel like there aren't enough hours in a day, days in a week, weeks in a month, and months in a year to get all the things we want and need to do done. Some people, like myself now, work great under that pressure, but others, like my former self, get to a point where they have so much to do and not enough time to do it that they decide not to do any of it. And just like you, everyone has made mistakes...
Life is about having fun, so by all means, please laugh and go make a fool of yourself if it suits you every once in a while. The more you get out there the more fun you will have.
As for realizing everyone has a past, this was the biggest one for me personally. This portion of my friends words hit me particularly hard recently. After having met the guy every girl wishes she could find, I slowly found out that I was not the only person who had rebuilt myself, who had struggled to become what I was (the person he had become interested in).
A friend of mine said this to me once...
And at the time I didn't believe them, but the more I think about it now the more I realize how right they are.
Strangers, friends and family alike will use you to get where they need to go and what they want. Co-workers and acquaintances, family and friends, will try to pull you down when you make one little mistake, but you have to keep from letting them get to you. You have to be yourself and keep holding yourself up and moving forward, one step at a time.
You won't always see eye-to-eye with your parents or your siblings, but you will never be able to stop loving them because they are blood. I say this because after almost a decade of hating each other and antagonizing each other, my mother and I finally turned over a new leaf and began a new chapter where we are now friends. We still have some work to do, as do my brother and I, but so far so good.
You will watch the news and see things you never thought you ever would, things you will never begin to understand, and they will shape the way you think forever. It will change the way you see the world, and the people in it in ways you cannot even begin to imagine. In my lifetime I've seen the fall of the Twin Towers, the aftermath of hurricanes and tsunamis, murder of innocent people in places like Sandy Hook, and now the bombing of the Boston Marathon. I have started to wonder why I even bother to pick up the newspaper or turn on the news anymore. It seems like all we ever hear about are the negative things in the world nowadays and it gives us the perspective that everything in the world has fallen into chaos. There would still be hope if just every once in a while the papers would release something with a positive spin to prove there is still good in the world.
You will fight with the ones you love and you will make mistakes, but most of all, the mistakes others make will shape how you see romantic relationships down the road. You will assume the worst because of something others did wrong before, and it will affect how you see others in your future. The people who wronged you in your past will make the others who slip up in the future seem like they have done much bigger things wrong than they really have.
The people in your life will come and go. They will do things you will love them for, and they will do things that you will hate them for. You never know why someone came into your life until after they leave, or until after you slam the door in their face. The people who hold you up when you are weak can only hold you so long unless you decide to start holding yourself up as well at some point.
Eventually you will find out that just like you, every single person on this planet has lived through a world of things. Everyone has, or will have, a time or two of weakness, a time of great strength, and a times of great sadness and of happiness. Everyone will have a time when the ends barely meet, when they can barely pay their own way, and they feel overwhelmed by the fact that they have so much more on their plate than they can handle. These are the times we feel like there aren't enough hours in a day, days in a week, weeks in a month, and months in a year to get all the things we want and need to do done. Some people, like myself now, work great under that pressure, but others, like my former self, get to a point where they have so much to do and not enough time to do it that they decide not to do any of it. And just like you, everyone has made mistakes...
Life is about having fun, so by all means, please laugh and go make a fool of yourself if it suits you every once in a while. The more you get out there the more fun you will have.
As for realizing everyone has a past, this was the biggest one for me personally. This portion of my friends words hit me particularly hard recently. After having met the guy every girl wishes she could find, I slowly found out that I was not the only person who had rebuilt myself, who had struggled to become what I was (the person he had become interested in).
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