Green Room - Week 3 - Day 10

[clauderainsrm]

 The EXTENDED deadline for this week is quickly approaching and there are still quite a few who haven't submitted yet and a few who have already blown through their byes or using the last one this week!  therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1236482.html

Make sure you are not one of those people!!!

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I'm TOTALLY not taking it personally and in a spiral of feeling rejected!* 


(*Note: I'm actually not, but maybe I can guilt people into submitting their entries. Is it working???)

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It's therapy today, so of course this is on my mind - What's something you like about yourself? 

(No. I'm not going to steal yours and use it. Although, that would save time! :D  Just want to throw some positivity out there into the world. )



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Happy FESTeve!!!  (the night before I go to Gainesville for Pre-FEST, and then of course FEST, but NOT Post-FEST. As far as I know, that's not a thing) 

Comments

[banana_galaxy]

I am proud of myself for finally getting around to completing an entry. I don't understand why I keep putting it off, even when I actually have time to work on Idol stuff.

There are a lot of things I like about myself, but if I had to highlight one thing right now, I think that it's that I've somehow developed an air of authority without even trying, like people see me perform and that's enough for them to want to ask me for advice or to teach them things. I don't feel like an authority (which is why I don't go around acting like I am), so it's just interesting to me when people see me differently than I see myself.

This past week I taught some improv to a small group of women and only one person had improv experience - she's been doing it for years, and yet had never done the exercises I took them through. This came about just because one of them had watched me do improv one time and said she wanted to learn from me. Today I had someone I've done improv with here contact me asking for advice on how to make an improv festival here, so I'm going to meet with him to discuss my experience with festivals and what I think might work.

Edit: how did I still manage first with multiple paragraphs?!

[pixiebelle]

It’s awesome when people think you’re a mentor on something you love like that.

[alycewilson]

In my case, the reason I tend to put it off is that sometimes I just need an idea to flesh itself out in my head. Which may seem odd, because I ended up writing another poem, and since poems are fewer words, I often wonder if people think they take less work. In the case of this week's entry, about 90 percent of the mental work I did was trying to figure out what form this idea should take. I considered a long personal entry, with paragraphs on each of the incidents, and then I discarded that in favor of deliberately obscuring them a bit, like desiccated or fossilized fragments.

[ofearthandstars]

I like that I overthink everything - this trait means I am awake and aware at all hours and staying informed about everything and nothing all at once!

I dropped a loaded barbell on my face yesterday - this is just in keeping with how the week is going otherwise, and how I feel about the deadline, of course. (Nothing broken, just bruised...and embarrassed.)

[muchtooarrogant]

OUCH! Glad you're okay!

Dan

[pixiebelle]

I’m glad you’re okay.

I’m also an overthinker. I research everything to death so I am usually well-informed too. Like when I had cancer, I had to know EVERYTHING. Now I help others with it.

[gardeningatnight]

I'm glad you're okay! Gosh, that's one of my big fears with weight training because I am so uncoordinated.

[halfshellvenus]

Yikes! I'm glad you're okay. :O

[bleodswean]

Ouch!!!! That is freakin' scary!

[murielle]

OUCH!

Are you okay? I cannot even imagine.

[alycewilson]

Just because they're called "skullcrushers" doesn't mean you're supposed to actually crush your skull! Seriously, though, I'm glad you're ok and hope that you've figured out how you can avoid such a mishap in the future. Ouch!

[murielle]

Hi Gary,

Not in the best place myself today. It's a gorgeous Autumn day; the sun is shining, the trees are almost done shedding their summer wear, and the sky is the same blue as this background. What have I got to complain about? Not much, really, but...

I might have to use my second bye; I'm knitting for a friend, and my body is strongly objecting and demanding a day off. Oh, and I received a package notice, and I can't remember ordering anything that would come in the mail.

Did you send me cookies, Gary? :-)

[muchtooarrogant]

I hope you feel better soon, and that coprolite inspiration strikes and you're able to get an entry in under the wire. :)

Dan

[muchtooarrogant]

What's something you like about yourself?
It's kind of a reflection of my username, MuchTooArrogant, although a bit milder. I like the fact that I have plenty of confidence because I think that's served me pretty well in life.

Dan

[gardeningatnight]

Confidence is something I've been trying to develop more of. I really admire the folks who have it in adequate amounts.

[gardeningatnight]

Since we started with over 100 people in the polls, we have a total of 3 byes to use, right? Which means the earliest round of potential bye outs will be next week?

Im pleased with myself for having not used a bye yet. It means I'm doing better than the last time I signed up for a season. :D

Something I like about myself is how my brain makes connections across unusual and unlikely topics. And just that it's a very engaged and curious brain that likes to learn and play with ideas.

[clauderainsrm]

"Since we started with over 100 people in the polls, we have a total of 3 byes to use, right? Which means the earliest round of potential bye outs will be next week?"

Correct.

There are definitely going to be some people who signed up and then wandered off leaving next week. The next two weeks after that are going to be telling though on who can work without a net!

[pixiebelle]

What I like about myself? I’m very determined. Like when I set my mind to something, I do it. And I’m a little over-confident sometimes, but I’ll work hard to achieve it if I want it. Also if someone tells me I can’t do something, I’ll prove them wrong out of spite. It motivates me lol

My ex husband told me I’d never live in California, and I’d never live in a country where the native language isn’t English (both things I wanted). He said that things like that didn’t happen to people like me. I kept him on my Facebook just so he can see how wrong he was. (I lived in California for a decade, and I’ve lived in France for six years and now I’m a citizen).

[kandigurl]

Congratulations on successfully escaping! I bet the food in France is amazing.

[halfshellvenus]

Hey, I told you this topic was evil!

Something I like about myself is persistence. Sometimes that bleeds over into stubbornness, but usually it's just helpful for continuing through adversity.

Today, I just feel thwarted. My work PC will have to be re-imaged, so I can't get ANY meaningful work done. And the guy who is supposed to do that only works certain days of the week, so he wasn't in yesterday and apparently has decided to take a random day off today. Argh! If I'd known this was coming, I would have ordered a new PC yesterday. At this rate, it will take about as long to ship to me as I'll have wasted trying to get the current one somehow fixed.

Also, in random news... our son's Halloween pumpkin that he carved on Sunday has already collapsed into rot on the kitchen counter. Thank goodness he's 27 and not 7!

[gardeningatnight]

Persistence is a good one.

I guess I also have that. It doesn't always feel like it, because I will "give up" a lot... but then a while later, I often end up dusting myself off and trying again. And I guess that still counts, even if it's on a less recognizable time scale.

[kandigurl]

Ooof, my brain is rejecting the idea of naming something I like about myself. Maybe I need to tag along to this therapy session.

Uhhhhh - I like that I can make things with my hands. That’s what I’ve got.

[gardeningatnight]

Well, I really like many things about you.

I think especially, though, that you are good at creating supportive spaces.

Also that you have a fantastic sense of humor.

[bleodswean]

I try to live by the adage - stay humble or be humbled.

BUT I could tell you many things I like about others! Including you, G! I hope you have a good session and a good day!

[serpentpixie]

How many Byes have we got, here? I've used two already so I think I need to get it together pretty quickly!

I really intended to write something but honestly, I got swallowed up in work and life. I made the decision to give my notice at my job this week because teaching has sucked out my creativity and turned it into... well... coprolite. I adore teaching itself, but I'm sacrificing too much.

[gardeningatnight]

I hope that whatever the next chapter of life brings is brighter than this has been.

I admire that you were able to recognize how bad things felt and had the bravery to make a change. <3

[kizzy]

Another 10 hour day :thud:

[gardeningatnight]

If I was closer, I'd bring you a nice blanket and a cup of warm tea and a very comfy ottoman.

[alycewilson]

It's not you, Gary, it's all me. I've been allowing my idea to fester for maximum repulsiveness. Kind of like... you know.

ETA: I didn't notice the prompt about something I like about myself. I would say I like the fact that I'm compassionate. It's one of the things my aqua fitness students like about me, to be sure.

[tonithegreat]

Oh man, I had such better intentions of editing more and posting sooner for this prompt! But this week has been unexpectedly very full.

A thing I like about myself: I have managed to maintain a strong resolve about some things that are important to me in this crazy life. Resolve is rarely a trait that makes life easier, but it does prevent things from getting boring!

Also, I figured out how to upload pictures using DW’s native system today, so now I can illustrate entries more easily this season.

My apologies that I ended up in a big rush today, so I think I may have failed on describing the pictures with appropriately tagged up alt text. But maybe I can get that figured out this evening and do better next time.

[jake67jake]

PostFEST is going home and realizing that you have to go to work tomorrow.

Hmmm.. I hate questions about what I like about myself... Cause I really don't like me. But an individual trait I can tolerate is my intelligence... But even that seems to be less and less lately.

*shrug* need more therapy.

[millysdaughter]

The day after fest - or any event of choice, so don't yuck my yum -- starts the countdown to the next event.

[niquildrvr]

Sorry to have missed writing this round. I am drowning in work.