"I have character traits! I'm clumsy! That's a trait, right?"
I routinely embarrass myself in public. I’m not adorably clumsy or anything nice like that, I’m just a straight-up idiot. Further, I am one of those people who can simply think of something embarrassing and re-live the same degree of embarrassment. It took me nearly two years to stop cringing when I think of the time my idiot brain decided it was a good idea to tell our crush we liked him… it wasn’t.
"What's up we're 2NE1!!" - God I love them
So come the first day of University I found myself in a dress sitting awkwardly on the grass behind our residence building in a circle with the rest of the people from our dorm floor. We then proceeded to endure the routine icebreakers that accompany large groups of gathering strangers.
Most people said that they had a certain sport they liked, spoke multiple languages, or backpacked around Europe with their bros during the summer. When it came to be my turn I was determined to make a fresh impression. This, I thought, was my chance to start fresh and evolve from an asocial nerd to a flirty party girl.
This trash is what came out of my mouth —> “I like to listen to Korean pop!”
"Jim...? What's going Jim? OMG JIM! PUT THAT AWAY!"
Are you face-palming right now? I know I am. Way to sit your black a$$ down with a bunch of rich white kids and tell them you listen to asian pop.
But someone up there must love me, because my open nerdy expression helped me make other nerdy friends, AND friends who could both party and be nerdy, possibly simultaneously. So the lesson here? Guess all that crap they teach you in school about being yourself actually has some merit. Unless of course you’re into getting freaky with animals… you should keep that to yourself.
My Life is Moderately Amusing 