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My Five Vices, or “The Entry I Wrote Because I Cannot For The Life Of Me Come Up With Anything Remotely Interesting To Blog About”

Monday, March 10th, 2008
  1. Trashy celebrity magazines and blogs. I never buy them, but flipping through celebrity news at the checkout is another reason why grocery shopping is, hands down, my favorite type of shopping.
  2. Food. I love to shop for it, make it, bake it, and eat it. Basically, this vice sounds like a recipe for obesity. Thankfully, the four factors that stand in the way of me and obesity are: 1) I’m vegetarian, 2) and a fairly healthy eater, 3) very active, and 3) not American. (Kidding about the last one, of course.)
  3. My ability to take something small and make it huge. My upcoming dance competition is an excellent example of this. I freaked out, thought up the most lucrative worst case scenarios and made a small competition into a huge OH EM GEE IM GOING TO DIEEEEE event, but after a couple practices, I was actually looking forward to it. Overeact much?
  4. Pride. I have a certain pride in my independence. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, but definitely something that can run a little too far at times. I like to do things by myself. I have a particular inability to ask for help, especially when it’s something I’m adamant about figuring out for myself. I refuse to date, partially because of my pride in being my own person and above all that typical non-committal, toxic nonsense.
  5. Being too analytic. I examine things. I have this particular fondness for picking apart my life, both my current situation and my planned future. While I know that it has definitely contributed to me being more aware about my behavior and every last aspect of my life, it also has the tendency to drive people crazy when I do it out loud, my family especially.
  6. My ability to do nothing and still feel as if I’ve done so much. I don’t even think this one needs explaining, but I can tell you one thing: I’ve had days where all I do is sit in bed and read or sit in bed and work on something useless for HOURS, and after all that I can still have the sheer audacity to feel as if I’ve ran a marathon.

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4 Responses to “My Five Vices, or “The Entry I Wrote Because I Cannot For The Life Of Me Come Up With Anything Remotely Interesting To Blog About””

  1. Katy dropped by to say:

    I think I have too much pride and independance for my own good too.. sometimes I come across as a total snob because of it but I don’t do it intentionally.

    I work on things for hours and hours too (eg. my blog) and it’s totally USELESS because it’s not like I’m making any money off of it or anything. But the satisfaction you feel when it’s finished is priceless!

    March 10th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
  2. Valen dropped by to say:

    Ditto on 4). You hit the nail right on the head about dating.

    March 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
  3. Kristina dropped by to say:

    I’m with you on #1, #2, #4 and #5.
    I just love food so much =]

    March 12th, 2008 at 11:10 am
  4. Jem dropped by to say:

    That was six, not five… :o

    Reply: Right you are! Wow - I probably wouldn’t have noticed that had you not pointed it out. :P

    March 18th, 2008 at 8:22 am

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