Hello Friday: Fierce Thoughts [Week in Review]

Whatta fierce and nerdy week! Here are my thoughts:

My favorite image of the week. Also, I wonder if Betty will think it strange that my generation thinks it's just endlessly funny to refer to any given sequel as "Whatever 2: Electric Boogaloo." Anywho, click on the pic for Ryan Dixon's review of Phantom 2.

1. I just love that France requires a chest x-ray from its would-be citizens. I wonder why…

2. Poor Robin actually asked me if it was okay to self-promote on the blog, and I answered something along the lines of “Absolutely not, b/c I don’t believe in it — especially when it comes to my own projects.” Then she profusely apologized and rewrote her piece before I could tell her that I was just kidding. Luckily, she had the original saved, but I really do wish there was a a way to indicate sarcasm in email.  I think it would be cool to just be able to indicate sarcasm with a ~ mark after the sentence that you don’t really mean. What do you think? Anywho, if you have a second, use it to help Robin and her fiance get a free wedding from Crate & Barrel.

3. Monique’s piece on David Patterson got me to thinking about how so few of us have good back-up plans for anything b/c we just don’t think we’ll ever need them. I guess one good result of being cynical, morbid, and anxious is that I have (at the very least mental) back-up plans for just about everything. That’s the only way I can function day-to-day.

4. What’s funny is that Amy has never struck me as particularly shy. But then again, so many people, including my sister and BFF, have accused me of not being shy, even though I often proclaim that I am. My BFF is not shy and my sister is much shyer than I am. But I do wonder if we all just have a general inability to recognize shyness in others. I feel that I talk a lot because I am shy and need to cover my anxiousness with conversation. However, I rarely recognize that the person who gives me monosyllabic answers does not hate me, but is in fact, shy. I think from now on, I’m just going to assume that everyone is shy unless they tell me otherwise.

5. Ala Kelli’s article, I’ve been thinking a lot about labels. My platform book suggested that I come up with a label for myself and put it on my business card. I tried many things out, including Practical Romantic and The Happy Feminist. But in the end, nothing fit as completely as “Totally Fierce Nerd.” So that’s what’s on my business card. No, I’m not kidding. You should ask me for one the next time you see me!