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  1. Daily Rant: Why didn’t I think of that?!

    May 20, 2010 by me

    In the “why didn’t I think of that so I could retire at age 30″ category, I bring you Greneratus

    (and even though I am on a facebook hiatus, I still find this ingenious. And also a little disturbing.)

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  2. Daily Rant: Squish the Gnat

    May 19, 2010 by me

    Why does one bad annoying thing = a whole day worth of insecurity and self-doubt?

    First thing first: it was beautiful today. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, I had on my awesome taupe colored knee high boots that scream spring…all was good with the world. This morning.

    And while I’m perusing all my daily blogs, catching up on all the happenings, and sharing all this info with the world (via facebook), I inadvertently started to annoy some people. Yes, I realize that I was posting A LOT of stuff. Yes, I realize I shouldn’t have been doing it when I was. And yes, I realize that, if I am popular on your news feed, you might have been annoyed. I like blogs. I like reading. I like to pretend that people are genuinely interested in what I post. But as I am getting people telling me ‘could you please stop posting so much stuff’ (and mind you, this is plural people, not just one), I actually begin to think, “oh my gosh, am I offending people with all my postings of my interests?”

    And thus begins the self-deprecating vortex of insecurity.

    You see, when I offend someone without trying, when people tell me that I’m doing something wrong, when things don’t go my way…this little annoying gnat called INSECURITY comes along and makes its home in my brain. I have no idea where this comes from, but I actually start to feel horrible that I inadvertently offended someone, I figure I must have been the one who did something wrong, I figure there’s no way things can go my way, so I better give up now. I put people’s thoughts before my own, and I try to make everyone get along with me because I really just want everyone to like me….Yes, I know. It’s annoying. And the therapist in me is calling it self-deprecating insecurity. And yes, even I, as marvelous as I think I am, have it. And once I get insecure, geez, watch out…I am a red herring, snowball effect bundle of self-analytical nonsense.

    I realize I should just let it be, que sera sera, and everything happens for a reason. But when that gnat starts buzzing in my ear…

    And I realize that, yes, I should grow the f up and that I need to stop being a people pleaser and start being a me pleaser (take that however you will), because I am quite possibly the worst liar you will ever meet (which didn’t help my acting career) and whatever I feel, I project.

    But most of all, I realize that I am probably completely normal in this insecurity, and hopefully not completely alone. Maybe in the self-deprecating analytical gnat symbolism, but not in the whole people pleasing/control freak/snowball effect analogy.

    Long story short: I vow to squash the gnat.

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  3. Daily Rant: George Constanza would never approve.

    May 18, 2010 by me

    Here’s my problem with this…

    Of course he’s going to lose 30 pounds!!! First off, he’s a male, so they tend to lose the weight faster than women (proven fact, somewhere in the world).

    Second, it’s Jenny Craig, so, hello, you eat all their pre-portioned meals. That’s the equivalent of me eating Lean Cuisines at every. freaking. meal. (Don’t get me wrong, I love me some lazy-man Lean Cuisines, but come on… I think my taste buds would revolt from lack of substance…)

    Third, he doesn’t have a “day” job where he has to sit at a computer 8 hours a day, and has probably hired a trainer to work him 6 days a week for an hour and a half session. Plus, is he married? Does he have kids that he has to come home to, a house to clean, or dinner to put on the table?!

    So, of course he lost 30 pounds!!!!!!

    If I had A) the money to have pre-packaged food delivered to me for eternity and B) had money and time for a trainer…I’d lose 30 pounds too! Life is too short for pre-packaged food. I’d love to lose 30 pounds just like the rest of America. And sure, if I had the patience and will-power, I’d probably be svelt-Stefi instead of Buddha-belly Stefi. I am just a product of advertising, and I hate it when it’s totally bogus. Ugh.

    (and p.s.–no offense, but do we really need to see Jason Alexander in a high school wrestling team get-up with high ankled socks?! Please don’t cloud our Seinfeld memories of you…)

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