Greatness

First:

When I grow up I am going to get a job that involves tearing duct tape. Is it just me, or is there something incredibly satisfying about that nearly-perfect RIP?

Second:

Tag.

my puppy =P

Third:

I love dancing.

to dance

it's just that feeling

when nothing else really matters

except the movement

communication

and synchronization

and the shift; and the smile

and it doesn't matter

and I hate to say it, but I've been looking for the kind of night I had tonight for a very, very long time. I got to hang out with 2 of the people in my Book of Awesome People!!

...and even received a compliment from one *blush*

...about my dancing, which is even more *blush* because it's one of those few things I can never tell if I'm doing well or horribly.

((Sidenote-- this basically means, I generally couldn't care less about compliments because I am very aware of what I do well, and also very aware of what I don't. So when somebody surprises me it's pretty ...thrilling =) ))

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day:

"All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling."

Kathryne

I Wish...

I wish I could just sing for a living.

forever.

just never stop singing.

that would make me very happy.

it's also nice to get that feedback from people you admire... not just all "ohhh, so great" feedback, but actual "do this better" feedback.

I must be weird; I enjoy conflict and confrontation and criticism.

Kathryne

PS I also almost finished cleaning my room!!

*EDIT* forgot...

why is it that second-hand compliments make me so happy?

it makes no sense.

it's not logical, or rational, or NORMAL at all.

I watched Pride & Prejudice in class yesterday and today (and critiqued it... MORE SMILES!)... and there was that whole talk about being "accomplished."

I like to imagine that I could have been called "accomplished" then. I found the quote (since I'm too lazy to type it) ...

"Your list of the common extent of accomplishments," said Darcy, "has too much truth. The word is applied to many a woman who deserves it no otherwise than by netting a purse or covering a screen. But I am very far from agreeing with you in your estimation of ladies in general. I cannot boast of knowing more than half-a-dozen, in the whole range of my acquaintance, that are really accomplished."

"Nor I, I am sure," said Miss Bingley.

"Then," observed Elizabeth, "you must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished woman."

"Yes, I do comprehend a great deal in it."

"Oh! certainly," cried his faithful assistant, "no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved."

"All this she must possess," added Darcy, "and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading."

I love this. It's so characteristic of that time.

So anyways, I'd always imagined myself as the "accomplished woman." Aside from the "air and manner of walking" thing, I dunno if that would ever be possible. But it was all just imagination.

Then, today, a good friend of mine remarked that another one of the people I very much admire asked her, "Is there anything she can't do, that a girl can do?" (speaking of me... I do a lot of random stuff, none of it extremely well but I do it anyways.)

*blush*

To which my friend (who knows me very well) replied, "She can't run!"

(true that. I also can't cook. and I hate Chemistry.)

Kathryne

2 days

Yesterday:

best greeting ever: "What are YOU guys doing here?!"

(see, it was a surprise birthday party =) )

Today:

more compliments that might keep my flying for daayysss!

Very, very talented lady with an amazing voice and ear, with whom I have ALWAYS wanted to sing, remarked to several people she thought I did very well leading worship today!

and then... get this... not 25 minutes after I wished that she would come on as a sub or something while I'm a part of the team, SHE comes up to ME and asks if I want to sing on her Saturday night team sometimes!!

(ohmyyyyy!)

Kathryne

I Could Have Danced All Night...

how 'bout a video? (I have this song pretty much memorized but I'm not about to sing it for y'all.)

So, basically, tonight was a SWING DANCE night. I <3>

Now, to pick a "smile moment"...

well, funnily enough, it's pretty much exactly the same thing that happened that got the Optimism Initiative started. It was another swing night, sometime in March, and I was just smiling so hard when I came home I couldn't NOT journal it.

So, tonight, I was told (straight up) that I was the BEST "follower" there. Meaning I read the leader well and don't backlead. and I'm good :)

Then, later, heard 2 guys discussing me and how good I am. It made me *blush* like seriously.

and no, this is not a roundabout way to brag, I promise.

But I was reading Gary Chapman's "The Five Love Languages" earlier today, and even though "Quality Time" is my "native language" (wow, that's a lot of quotes in one sentence... more to come...), "Words of Affirmation" are definitely high on the list.

Mark Twain once said, "I could live for two months off of a good compliment." Now, I'm not THAT self-sufficient, but it sure does put me on a high for a few hours. Especially the second comment.

When someone compliments you to your face, it can be hard to tell whether they're flattering you (or flirting with you, depending on the person). But when you overhear compliments about yourself (inverted gossip, I say) there's no fake to worry about. It's a wonderful thing and I wish it on everybody.

Kathryne

(ooh! bonus! found another guy who has a "misspelled" name... Nathanael. Oh. It's not underlined in red. So maybe not technically misspelled. ANDAND he has a friend who speaks Russian ANDAND he thought I was in college.)