OCD Children are more likely to be bullied!
Now that I've jokingly mentioned making a chocobo-based mood-theme, I'm sure it is only a matter of time before I actually do so. (I take small, small consolation in the fact that it will definitely wait until after she turns into an adult. Smaller still knowing that happens Wednesday.) I am a bit ashamed of myself.
It continually surprises me that there are people out there who believe they are good at whatever it is they are doing! I don't mean, say, jobs or whatever. I mean more in the manner of Things Jecca Finds Either Fun Or Interesting. So, yes, perhaps a limited definition. Work with me a minute. I am going to use what is probably my best personal example here. Writing. People out there exist who write things. Some of them write good things. Some of them write bad things. Some of them write things that would knock you off your feet if you weren't probably sitting down to read it. I keep wanting to write "right." I will type "write" and then start deleting it and then have to stop myself, and it's a bit frustrating. Tangent.
I - and this is completely not news - have a rather low opinion of my own writing. Some people, like Aniko, think I'm cracked for thinking this. But I am always genuinely surprised when anyone - Aniko included, despite that I have massive chatlogs that indicate she doesn't think I fail completely (and we clearly need to stop having those conversations because half the time they lead to me coming over here and posting some lame entry like this, oops) - likes anything I write.
(This adamant dislike of my own writing is a large part of why I rarely post things anywhere other than right here.)
And this isn't to say I don't like people liking whatever I do. If Aniko wants to like it, well, hey, more power to her. I will probably never agree with her, but an opinion is, after all, an opinion.
It's just not a mindset I understand very well, liking things you do. How do these people do it?
(Re: subject line: I know it's true 'cause I read it on teh internets. See also: Jecca's hatred of grade-school. I was about to say I'm not one of the hand-washing types, but that wouldn't entirely be true. I go on binges occasionally, though a large part of that is simply me liking the feel of water...)
It continually surprises me that there are people out there who believe they are good at whatever it is they are doing! I don't mean, say, jobs or whatever. I mean more in the manner of Things Jecca Finds Either Fun Or Interesting. So, yes, perhaps a limited definition. Work with me a minute. I am going to use what is probably my best personal example here. Writing. People out there exist who write things. Some of them write good things. Some of them write bad things. Some of them write things that would knock you off your feet if you weren't probably sitting down to read it. I keep wanting to write "right." I will type "write" and then start deleting it and then have to stop myself, and it's a bit frustrating. Tangent.
I - and this is completely not news - have a rather low opinion of my own writing. Some people, like Aniko, think I'm cracked for thinking this. But I am always genuinely surprised when anyone - Aniko included, despite that I have massive chatlogs that indicate she doesn't think I fail completely (and we clearly need to stop having those conversations because half the time they lead to me coming over here and posting some lame entry like this, oops) - likes anything I write.
(This adamant dislike of my own writing is a large part of why I rarely post things anywhere other than right here.)
And this isn't to say I don't like people liking whatever I do. If Aniko wants to like it, well, hey, more power to her. I will probably never agree with her, but an opinion is, after all, an opinion.
It's just not a mindset I understand very well, liking things you do. How do these people do it?
(Re: subject line: I know it's true 'cause I read it on teh internets. See also: Jecca's hatred of grade-school. I was about to say I'm not one of the hand-washing types, but that wouldn't entirely be true. I go on binges occasionally, though a large part of that is simply me liking the feel of water...)