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Jul. 21st, 2003 08:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinWe are having a sand storm. It started about 10 this morning. In the desert this afternoon the sand moved over the ground like a low lying fog. i made the mistake of opening my window to talk to the dog, i was immediately covered in a fine blanket of grit. Not big enough to be called sand, and too big to be dust, my eyes, teeth, clothes, and hair became one color. i felt sorry for the dog, and stopped the car to let him in, he chose not, so i let him run some more. He does love his exercise time.
i am patiently (not) waiting for my family to come back online. i feel really out of the loop with Son on vacation, and Daughter and Mother not yet reconnected after the move.
Someone asked on a list i read this question, "What is your best feature?" i've given that some thought and i would have to say my ordinariness is what is best about me. i am your plain ordinary garden variety average Annie. i have no striking feature, but everything seems to go together in a fairly appropriate way. i've never had men, women or children for that matter run away when they see me coming. On the other hand, i've never had anyway come up to me and say i was drop dead gorgeous either. Although i did have one woman tell another i really was beautiful despite the fact that i don't weigh 125 pounds. This was supposed to be a compliment?
i am not loyal to a fault, nor do i have an amazing intellect. i know what i know and worked hard to learn it very well, but i also know there is much about which i have no clue. And knowing that, i can safely say there are things out there i have no idea are even there. i blend in well in a crowd, perhaps that is why i dislike them so.
Not many, i think, ascribe to average. Most would might deny loudly if anyone suggested this to them. i find comfort in it. i live my life the best i can, and if i am average, there must be a whole world full of people just like me. The sad thing is, we don't see them. What we see is what the media shows us. We see the people who do the horrid things to themselves and others. We see the ones who must dislike themselves so much that they would air in public parts of their lives that are best left.
The television people want me to believe that everyone is like the people who line up to be on programs like jackass, and survivor, and bachelor and others. i refuse to believe that is what an average person does. i refuse to believe the average person would open themselves up for ridicule by those who love them or even those who have never met them.
i do believe there are many more average people in this world than unaverage. i don't lead a life of quiet desperation. My life is filled with happiness and good times. It also has its share of sadnesses. i don't aspire to be anything more. i am content with my life as it is and i believe that is as it should be.
i am patiently (not) waiting for my family to come back online. i feel really out of the loop with Son on vacation, and Daughter and Mother not yet reconnected after the move.
Someone asked on a list i read this question, "What is your best feature?" i've given that some thought and i would have to say my ordinariness is what is best about me. i am your plain ordinary garden variety average Annie. i have no striking feature, but everything seems to go together in a fairly appropriate way. i've never had men, women or children for that matter run away when they see me coming. On the other hand, i've never had anyway come up to me and say i was drop dead gorgeous either. Although i did have one woman tell another i really was beautiful despite the fact that i don't weigh 125 pounds. This was supposed to be a compliment?
i am not loyal to a fault, nor do i have an amazing intellect. i know what i know and worked hard to learn it very well, but i also know there is much about which i have no clue. And knowing that, i can safely say there are things out there i have no idea are even there. i blend in well in a crowd, perhaps that is why i dislike them so.
Not many, i think, ascribe to average. Most would might deny loudly if anyone suggested this to them. i find comfort in it. i live my life the best i can, and if i am average, there must be a whole world full of people just like me. The sad thing is, we don't see them. What we see is what the media shows us. We see the people who do the horrid things to themselves and others. We see the ones who must dislike themselves so much that they would air in public parts of their lives that are best left.
The television people want me to believe that everyone is like the people who line up to be on programs like jackass, and survivor, and bachelor and others. i refuse to believe that is what an average person does. i refuse to believe the average person would open themselves up for ridicule by those who love them or even those who have never met them.
i do believe there are many more average people in this world than unaverage. i don't lead a life of quiet desperation. My life is filled with happiness and good times. It also has its share of sadnesses. i don't aspire to be anything more. i am content with my life as it is and i believe that is as it should be.
