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Bandwagons

Ol’ dunderhead and the truthiness kickoff

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This funny comic is from ToothpasteForDinner.com.
This funny comic is from ToothpasteForDinner.com.

I tried to use my Google fu to find out when and where this “30 days of truth” thing originated, but the eye-twitching, nauseous-making headache that’s taken up residence in my skull has stolen away all of my skills. Anyway, whomever came up with it was not messing around. Today we’re getting straight into Unpleasant Stuff territory with the very first prompt. Which is:
30days

Something you hate about yourself.

But I’m not going to answer it. Not quite as it’s written, anyway. I struggle with self-image, and I’ve been trying to be nicer to myself. One of the tactics I’m using is to try to stop when I’m thinking unkind thoughts about myself and ask, “Would you say that about a friend?” I can’t think of a time when the answer has been, “Why yes, I would.” The point is: I believe that some words carry a lot of power, and “hate” is one of them. It’s a really negative word and an extremely negative emotion, and it isn’t a term that I’d use in describing someone I love. So let’s try to make this a little more positive and talk about something about myself that I’d like to improve, shall we?

I’d like to be a person with a steel will. I wish I could say “This is how things are going to be” and then make it so. Instead, I decide to lose weight and do really well with it for a week or so. And then there’s cake and cheese and cheesecake and such, and all that resolve goes out the window. I decide we’re going to ban eating in the living room, and for a few days the couch is free of crumbs. And then I get a headache and the kids are extra whiney and there they are, leaving a trail of crackers from here to eternity again. I decide enough’s enough, we’re going to cancel the TV and the internet and eat on $55 a week until all of our debts paid off. And then sports and new shows and email and mmm food, and there goes that plan, too.

I’m not sure whether this all boils down to laziness or being too easily overwhelmed or a short attention span or what, but it’s not my favorite character trait. I could give you a rather long list of other things I don’t like, but remember what I said up there about trying to be nicer to myself? That probably means I shouldn’t dwell on that sort of thing.

Bandwagons

The truth is out there. On the internet.

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You should know by now that Butterscotch Sundae is all about the bandwagons. There’s another one all the cool kids are doing that I thought I’d hop aboard. It’s called the “30 days of truth,” in which you answer a bunch of prompts. And I think there’s supposed to be crying and self-realization and maybe a pilgrimage at the end.

I don’t know where this originated, but I do know there are some prompts in there that I’m not going to be entirely comfortable answering. I’ll try not to be jokey about them, but no promises. Here are the prompts:

30daysDay 01 → Something you hate about yourself.
Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.
Day 03 → Something for which you have to forgive yourself.
Day 04 → Something for which you have to forgive someone.
Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 08 → Someone who made your life unpleasant.
Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go but just drifted.
Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough days. (write a letter.)
Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16 → Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17 → A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19 → What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21 → (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22 → Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23 → Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24 → Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25 → The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26 → Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27 → What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28 → What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29 → Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30 → A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

I probably won’t try to do it all in 30 days, but feel free to give me a nudge or something if the posts aren’t coming quickly enough for your liking. Tomorrow (probably), tune in for Something I Hate About Myself. That sounds like a barrel of virus-infected monkeys, now doesn’t it?

Flotsam / Jetsam, National Blog Posting Month

That’s what she said she wanted

I finished NaBloPoMo!Can you believe it’s December tomorrow? I can’t. Even though we do have our Christmas decorations up. It feels like it ought to be late October. Anyway, with December comes the end of National Blog Posting Month, which could mean things will be quiet around here for a few days. Or maybe not. I do have Important Things on the horizon, like Christmas shopping and buying my mom a new toilet seat for her birthday.