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Romance Novels, Insane Pushups, Poking Fun At Yourself and More
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Morning all,
It’s 3:43am! Do you know where your sleep is? I know where mine sure ain’t - operational!! So as always, it’s time for me to take advantage of my sleeplessness and write instead.
Today’s topic deals with humor, as in, humor is the BEST medicine around. If there’s one thing I enjoy beyond all (except possibly coffee and white chocolate covered macadamia nuts), it’s making people laugh…family and friends especially!
Yesterday the following clip moseyed across me feedreader:
And I simply HAD to write a blog post about it. I chose Internet Recruiting to be my topic, and crafted a rather fascinating tale of sexism and how sex sells. This was my first foray into edgy blogging, mind you (Internet recruiting as a rule does NOT give rise to boldness and daringness!) And for me to be edgy, I started describing the ultimate Romantic Novel hero attributes:
(NOTE! I was asked in email to be more specific with the romance novel hero’s skills below. An avid Macgyver fan, here’s the update)..
Me, well, my tastes run towards the hairy-chested, deltoid-enhanced, clean-shaven Jedi Martial Arts and Swiss Army Knife master who can drop into a full front split (I’m almost there myself!) while simultaneously fending off 17 Dark Ninjas at the same time via blinding Krav-maga and Kenjitsu techniques (of course, while NOT breaking a sweat) and then read to me sweet romantic poetry while feeding me white-chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and caramel-flavored coffee and giving me a back massage with a peacock feather. Ah, gotta love those college memories!
But I digress. :) )
Now, there’s a story behind the above. I had received email from another romance-novel fancier who wanted me to, ahem, add the references to the specific qualities I listed. Never being one to shy away from making my family laugh or my colleagues giggle, here it is:
- Macgyver - ’nuff said.
- Hairy-chested, deltoid-enhanced, clean-shaven Jedi Martial Arts and Swiss Army Knife master- Okay true, Macgyver didn’t do Martial Arts BUT in his case, it’s totally acceptable. Karate is now my hobby, so I always add martial arts to anything that relates to my interests. Jedi is self-explanatory. And I’m insanely proud of my deltoids (can now arm-curl 35 pounds); it makes my kids laugh whenever I flex.
- Drop into a full front split - I’ve been practicing that now for months and months and am actually rather proud of my skills. My kids are nowhere close to my abilities; I’m now at the point I’m 1 inch off the floor.
- Krav-maga and Kenjitsu techniques- I’m lousy at these! But combining the two would make quite a superb anime.
- 17 Dark Ninjas- Utterly hysterical video
- Sweet romantic poetry - Is there anything more perfect than coffee?
- Back massage with a peacock feather - You know, back in my college days, I taught myself quite a lot about the art of sensuality…my online research shows it’s something that apparently has been lost in this generation. Truly amazing! And don’t get me started about how the art of aural sex seems to have taken a backseat to everything "now now now!" Sigh. Where is J when you need her? :) (points go to whomever gets that reference; Penelope Trunk and I obviously share the same literary tastes. )
But I digress yet again.
My kids read the original paragraph and started laughing quite a lot - they’re most used to my never-say-die attempts at splits, stretches, weight lifting and flinging my deltoids left and right (they were also present at the dojo when a gaggle of highschool girls were talking about who was ‘hot’, I mentioned Macgyver, and the result was that of 39 silent cricket chirps). Go figure.
And my peers loved the posting as well.
True, I was poking quite a lot of fun at myself (I have no problem highlighting my skillsets that are, well, ummmmmmm, vaguely non-existent)….but more importantly, I brought laughter to my family. And to my readers as well!
Can’t beat that, no siree.
Anywhos, let’s bring this post back to the most important person around….you!
- Can you poke fun at yourself?
- Can you laugh at yourself if it brings joy to the people you love?
- Are you secure enough in your own personality that what others say simply rolls off your back like huge bouncy balls?
Hmmmm?
If not, it’s truly something you should learn. Life is too short to take it so seriously! We’ve all made mistakes and we’re all fellow travelers in this thing called ‘life’…..showing you’re just as human as the rest of us just puts your circle of friends and family at ease.
And that of course, is a Very Good Thing Indeed.
Enjoy,
Barbara Ling
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ah. macgyver. that does bring back memories.
kouji’s last blog post..haiku poem: venus (written by mark r.)
Gosh, yes. They don’t make heros like they used to!!
Barbara