The Life of Me

(Okay, maybe these people aren't losers... They're just not quite up-to-date on stuff... Or just ignore the new stuff) So, as I said a few entries ago, I'm smart. And responsible. And a bit of a rule-follower. (I do break rules, though!) And I only discovered good music about a year ago. Before that, I listened to some so-so music for about a year... Before that, music just didn't matter to me. (Now, I listen to it constantly.) I really don't watch many TV shows... American Idol, The Voice, all those shows my friends watch, I don't. But one of my friends and I realized today that we both watch Project Runway. Great show! Fashion designers competing for a bunch of money, a car, and a big career. Quite awesome. I don't know if she was shocked that I watched it... I wasn't extremely surprised, I had just never thought that my friends would watch that show, 'cause they're all so much cooler than I am, so who would watch my shows?

"My shows"... I feel this way about a lot of things: they're mine. My favorite shows, movies, comedians, musicians, restaurants, hobbies, etc. Like, when people tell me that they like to cook, I get a little defensive... I don't necessarily mean to; I just do. I guess I feel like people who enjoy my stuff are intruding. I don't get mad at them or anything when I discover that they like them, too, but it's just so weird... I'm always like, You've heard of this? Like, my parents got us (me, my sisters (I have no brothers), and themselves) tickets--very frontest of the front row tickets!!!--to go see Brian Regan, our all-time favorite comedian. We went in early January, and when we got there, the theater place was already getting jam-packed. I realized that I had thought that we were the only ones who knew who Brian Regan was for years. I had never imagined that other people had heard of him. I heard people quoting lines that had composed entire dinner conversations at our house. I was like, "Oh... my... gosh... I forgot that he was famous." It was shocking. (And I spent the entire evening cracking up, tears streaming down my face.) (And it was amazing, because I was almost close enough to touch Brian Regan!!! I had my feet against the front of the stage--that's how close we were to him!!!) 

But yeah... The next time you see someone who seems like a loser, just think... Maybe they know Rihanna. Maybe they watch TV. Just maybe...

(Sorry... That almost seemed deep.)

-Sue Donimm