(Or were better at)
1. Sing. I'm pretty sure I'm tone deaf. I'm pretty sure I misjudge how many people are in the house when I think I'm alone and thus also are pretty sure I'm tone deaf.
2. Drink coffee black. I've got this down with espresso, but give me a larger cup without (soy)milk at your own peril. Pass on the sugar, though.
3. Pretend to care about things that don't interest me better. I'm nodding my head and artificially adjusting my intonation laudably but my face is giving me away, ruining everything.
4. Throw side-eye/give the death glare. My mother is particularly good at this. I am not.
5. Schmooze. With antisocial academic types in particular. Never does my music sound better or the book I'm reading capture my attention more.
6. Set a schedule. Sometimes I go to bed at 11:30, others at 5 AM. I feel like I have no control over this. Some polite people have informed me that this is called "being a twenty-something", or variously, "being a (graduate) student".
7. Travel. I often look at flights to places I want to go, waiting for the money to pay for them to telekinetically appear in my account. Eating takes priority, though.
8. Be less clumsy. And when I at last throw stellar side-eye, it will be to anyone who can eat flaky, crumbly, delicate anything without getting it all over themselves.
9. Put my obsessive-compulsive quirks to productive use. Less organizing of my living space and earthly possessions, more workaholism.
10. Push all of the bumbling people around here out of my way. But that wouldn't be polite.
1. Sing. I'm pretty sure I'm tone deaf. I'm pretty sure I misjudge how many people are in the house when I think I'm alone and thus also are pretty sure I'm tone deaf.
2. Drink coffee black. I've got this down with espresso, but give me a larger cup without (soy)milk at your own peril. Pass on the sugar, though.
3. Pretend to care about things that don't interest me better. I'm nodding my head and artificially adjusting my intonation laudably but my face is giving me away, ruining everything.
4. Throw side-eye/give the death glare. My mother is particularly good at this. I am not.
5. Schmooze. With antisocial academic types in particular. Never does my music sound better or the book I'm reading capture my attention more.
6. Set a schedule. Sometimes I go to bed at 11:30, others at 5 AM. I feel like I have no control over this. Some polite people have informed me that this is called "being a twenty-something", or variously, "being a (graduate) student".
7. Travel. I often look at flights to places I want to go, waiting for the money to pay for them to telekinetically appear in my account. Eating takes priority, though.
8. Be less clumsy. And when I at last throw stellar side-eye, it will be to anyone who can eat flaky, crumbly, delicate anything without getting it all over themselves.
9. Put my obsessive-compulsive quirks to productive use. Less organizing of my living space and earthly possessions, more workaholism.
10. Push all of the bumbling people around here out of my way. But that wouldn't be polite.
I love this!
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