Nicole said that to me when we were in Vegas. She was teasing, but I actually did say something smart. Now, though, it’s the phrase I think of whenever I do something stupid. And I do a lot of stupid things. They’re mostly on a small scale, where I’m the only one who has to pay for my idiocy, but embarrassing all the same.
I used to keep more of these things to myself, because I wanted people to think I was smart and put together, but now I get a special joy from sharing them. Like the time I got trapped under a dresser. The Valentine’s Day I spent on a bathroom floor. The years I buried myself in debt. The time I threw up in potted plant. The time I cried in front of my friends while wearing a giant floppy hat. The other time I threw up in a potted plant.
The slowly-dying perfectionist in me is like, “Oh, did I get caught being a human being?” How embarrassing!
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It’s awesome that you do share these things, because I’m one of those people who definitely think you’re really smart and put together, and I still do although I am wondering about the floppy hat, The Valentine’s Day and getting trapped under a dresser. I think that these things are just making you more awesome than you are, and you are getting a PhD. You’re one of the smartest people I know.
You looked awesome in that floppy hat, by the way.
By the bye being superhuman is a lonely place.
As the onion gets peeled (without watery eyes) a down to earth honest human being is revealed.A person with intellect, idiosyncrasies and a good ear for music.
Confession quietens the soul and your still you.
I guess you have a lot of potted plants?
Groetjes
I like this post a lot and you more than deserve that PhD! I once got trapped behind a dresser and a closet beside it…Dont ask.
I can’t wait to start calling you Dr!
Also, there were two potted plants incidents?
Nice post! I loved your last line on getting caught being a human being :)
I get like that sometimes. I’m not a perfectionist, but I have a hard time being wrong about things sometimes. I don’t know what that makes me. Probably a dumb turd, lol.
Perfect post. This is something I’ve been giving into as well. And I’ve found when I share my human moments with others, we then connect on a more human level than all that fake conversation. Bravo.