My roommates (gosh I love you baywood girls) have affectionately nicknamed my tendency to think outside the “box” as gate thinking. This is referring to the fact that I was placed in the GATE (gifted and talented education) program when I was in first grade. For a long time I thought this mean that I was REALLY smart and that’s why I got to be in this advanced class…. I found out later that it meant I was “gifted” in some shape or form and that people who had this designation tended to express it in ways that sometimes resemble learning disabilities. :/ Haha, however thankgoodness, my classmates and I indeed did not have learning disabilities…just different ways of learning.
This tends to take form in random facinations (pirate ships, tree climbing, Pride & Prejudice), artistic furniture arranging and scrapbooking, word choice (I often make up my own phrases and sounds and then integrate them into conversations and expect everyone else to know exactly what a “hoo-ha” is…it means spontaneous adventure, btw), telling elaborate stories (my specific GATE designation was verbal intelligence), recalling song lyrics at the drop of a hat, ability to turn almost anything into a birthday theme and particularly how my random interjections are not really RANDOM – they are just parts of conversations that I’m having in my head which the rest of the world was not privy too.
All of that is just to say that my “gate thinking” posts are a bunch of RANDOMNESS. Random observations and thoughts that are either not fully developed or just a snapshot of what’s been on my mind. Maybe you’ll be amused by the ridiculousness (i often amuse myself).
- Watching high schoolers flirt with each other is hilarious
- Girls do funny things when they like a boy
- There is a guy that looks like Orlando Bloom who works at my favorite Coffee Bean
. He definitely has that piratey feel to him. - Kindness and responsibility are attractive
- The songs from Grease are so catchy. I wanted to put the first few lines from “Youre’ the One That I Want” on my gchat status (You better shape up cause I neeeeed a man, and my heart is set on yoooooou) but I thought that might give people the wrong idea so I didn’t do it
- Navigating the waters of singleness has felt more like trying to go white water rafting lately
- I’ve been encouraged to be more gentle and sweet in my speech, especially towards the brothers…with the emphasis on sweet. It helped when examples were given to me in terms of what not to say “Aye – you want water?” and to try instead, “Can I get you anything?” I’m trying hard to not imagine saying it and being and exaggerative with batting my eyelashes. People say I’m totally a girl on the inside and that I have been much more feminine on the outside as of lately but honestly its things like that which remind me that I’ve always felt more like one of the guys than a lady.
- Trying to get rid of as much as I can before moving next summer… but I think it’ll be harder said than done. I have accummulated a lot of stuff my 3 years in SD
- I used to unashamedly know the words to every single Britney Spears song but I was SOOOOO embarrassed when singing “…Baby One more Time” during a karaoke event at work
- Why is that I always sing better in the car than with a microphone in hand?
- Listening to “My Girl” makes me so cheery. My head just starts bopping along.
- Tonight, I have a playdate with Alyssa & Olivia. Right now, i would say that beats a REAL date to the movies anyday.
- One of my new favorite songs is “The Best Day” by Taylor Swift. There have been more days when I’m missing my family and listening to that makes me feel a little better and a little worst.
