Joe Ordinary—who's anything but ordinary in my book—at Ink for Thought and SarahBeth—a super cool chick who's not afraid of a challenge—at My So Called Life tagged me for the Honest Scrap Award.
This award recognizes bloggers who "keep it real," and as blog awards go, it comes with a couple of rules:
- Tell your readers 10 things about yourself that they may not know.
- Tag 10 fellow bloggers for the award.
I'm breaking the rules and only listing 8 things and only tagging three fellow bloggers...
- I broke my left femur in a car accident when I was 10 years old. Because of the accident, and years of subsequent surgeries, I now have mechanical scoliosis and a serious scar all the way down my thigh. Having a gnarly scar and a limp during my pre-teen years definitely did a number on my self-esteem.
- Saying "no" is really difficult for me, both in my personal life and at work.
- When it comes to music, I'm all about the underground baby! The only radio stations I ever listen to are National Public Radio and 99.1 El Sol, our local Spanish-language radio station.
- Despite my hot high-top kicks, ghetto hoops, crooked hat and city-strut, I'm secretly a tree-hugging hippie. Maybe this isn't as big of a secret as I'd like to think....
- Earlier this year I convinced my boss to let me move into a Web content manager position, despite having no formal training in the field.
- Back to self-esteem issues. I have had a horrible time adjusting to my new, late-20s voluptuous figure. I have almost no clothes that fit me, because when I try to go shopping I wind up frustrated and angry or crying in the dressing room. Pathetic, huh?
- I often find myself completely disenchanted with the United States, its policies and people. Maybe that's a direct result of working in Washington, D.C.
- When I eat a sandwich, its contents must be perfectly proportional for every bite. I cut my sandwiches into four equal pieces and turn the bread so I get just the right amount of crust in every bite.
Garf
Nicole
Haley
I like this post. the honesty is at the same time both jarring and strangely familiar. it seems we are all carrying invisible baggage, doesn't it? I wish your sandwich thing was the strangest compulsion I had though...
ReplyDeleteI love your honesty!
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to #6. Someone asked me today if I was pregnant and um, I'm totally not.
i love when you post these kinds of things!
ReplyDeletei have a huge problem saying 'no' to people, too. i have for years. i try to not be such a pushover, but i end up giving in anyway.
with ya on the clothes. i want to cry every time i go shopping. it's so frustrating!!
oh, yay! thank you for the tag..ill have to do this tomorrow :) i have been so busy but i cant wait to catch up on your posts.. i see theres a few ive missed so i cannot wait to read them :)
ReplyDeleteoh and im the same way with my sandwiches..takes me about 10 minutes to make one and get everything piled up on top just perfect!
#7 Im with you on!
ReplyDeleteEveryone has baggage of some sort I'm pretty sure. I think the body image issue plagues most females in this country. Being a people pleaser is another one that I think a lot of women could relate to. I wouldn't say that's why I have trouble saying no though. I have more of a super-man-I-can-do-everything-and-I-should-be-able-to-if-I-can't attitude that gets me into trouble.
ReplyDeleteyou know what I can't stand about the body issue thing?
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I'm having a terrible time adjusting to my early 30s body.
But, every time I see a girl who has something that I've got, I think it's sexy. Big hips, big tits, shapeliness. Why can't I see myself the same way I see others? As others see me?
Aw, your description of me is awesome, thanks!!
ReplyDeleteAs for #7, I totally agree with you. Sometimes I find myself getting super depressed about the state of the world, so much so that I have to ban myself from reading the news and concentrating on the good things in my own life.
I love #8 - makes perfect sense to me! :-)
THANKS A LOT. I FEEL GREAT to have it from you. I will be doing it in the next post.
ReplyDeleteDon't you think you should do something about the 2nd point. I myself find that hard. I guess, its very necessary to learn to say NO.I always feel hung in between....times when i say it i feel bad and times when i dont, i feel i should have.
Garf--I definitely need to work on #2! in fact, I got some parctice today...one of my colleagues asked if I could post something to his site while I'm at the beach on monday. I told him hells to the no. I draw the line at working on vacation...
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