A Dose of Ego
Everybody has something they're good at, and sometimes you just need to feel good about yourself. I guess this is my utterly shameless ego boost for the day, but I am good at the following:
1) I make people laugh. Usually not at any one else's expense.
2) I'm flexible. Literally. I can still do the splits.
3) I write a mean motion for summary judgment.
4) I'm a good kisser.
5) I can charm old people.
6) I can talk politics without offending people. They understand that even if I don't agree, I respect their position.
7) I can follow any logical argument to a ridiculous conclusion. This means I can oppose motions for summary judgment pretty well too.
8) I have a freakishly good memory.
9) I bake the world's best brownies. People have called hours after consumption solely to tell me this.
10) I know when to say no to another drink.
11) I can backhand a tennis ball with deadly accuracy.
12) I slow dance with the best of them.
13) I salsa with the best of them.
14) I make salsa with the best of them.
15) I can run miles on stubbornness alone.
16) I always use turn signals when driving.
17) Small animals and small children inexplicably love me.
18) I work really well in crisis mode. I'm more likely to freak out after I'm done dealing with something.
19) I read very quickly. And remember it all.
20) I can play the William Tell Overture on the ceiling fan.
21) I can keep secrets.
All of this may not exactly make me scintillating at cocktail parties, perpetually delightful, shapely, or statuesque. It doesn't even make me a particularly good person. But it makes me happy.
1) I make people laugh. Usually not at any one else's expense.
2) I'm flexible. Literally. I can still do the splits.
3) I write a mean motion for summary judgment.
4) I'm a good kisser.
5) I can charm old people.
6) I can talk politics without offending people. They understand that even if I don't agree, I respect their position.
7) I can follow any logical argument to a ridiculous conclusion. This means I can oppose motions for summary judgment pretty well too.
8) I have a freakishly good memory.
9) I bake the world's best brownies. People have called hours after consumption solely to tell me this.
10) I know when to say no to another drink.
11) I can backhand a tennis ball with deadly accuracy.
12) I slow dance with the best of them.
13) I salsa with the best of them.
14) I make salsa with the best of them.
15) I can run miles on stubbornness alone.
16) I always use turn signals when driving.
17) Small animals and small children inexplicably love me.
18) I work really well in crisis mode. I'm more likely to freak out after I'm done dealing with something.
19) I read very quickly. And remember it all.
20) I can play the William Tell Overture on the ceiling fan.
21) I can keep secrets.
All of this may not exactly make me scintillating at cocktail parties, perpetually delightful, shapely, or statuesque. It doesn't even make me a particularly good person. But it makes me happy.
posted by Lisa at 7:35 PM
1 Comments:
It *should* make you happy. It is a great list.
I think everyone walks around with their own internal list, covered with gold stars. Only, most of us never find those things out about the people around us.
Have you ever seen the Japanese film, Shall We Dance? (Skip the crummy Hollywood remake.) A very minor point in the plot revolves around the protagonist discovering that one of his mild-mannered colleagues has a "secret life" as a passionate Latin Dancer.
I'd like to think we all have passionate secret lives.
And here's one for you from me: I took hula lessons with my mom starting when I was about 7, for 2 or 3 years. And I still remember it.
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