Anan's (not-so) Randomness!

I'm still sick of titles...

Maggie darling wrote an incredible blog post today: http://crazyvogelhaver.blogspot.com/2008/01/growing-pains.html . Now I can't type fast enough.

I think every "siblingal position" is equally hard. I (semi) know what a youngest child has to deal with... (I think some youngest children say being the youngest is easy just to make oldest chillins envious.) The youngest has the reputations of the older children to live up to. I have to set that standard and make that reputation to be lived up to! At least the younger kid has a water mark. I'm inclined to be a lazy good-for-nothing so my siblings won't have much to compete with.

I'm tired of "casting a shadow" and that's why I was so excited when Erik became taller than me. (GO ERIK! GO!) It's even worse when my friends feel even the slightest bit overshadowed by my accomplishments. Several years ago I had the fight of the century with someone who was a good friend at the time. She was upset because I was playing out of her piano book... It seems I do that sort of stupid thing all the time! I wasn't doing anything wrong but just the simple act of whipping through a piano piece offended this friend. <sigh>

I "try hard" to make sure that I ooh and aah over other people's projects. It's not like I'm faking it or anything but sometimes I get so wrapped up in my own stuphph that I forget that other folks would appreciate a kind word now and then. Advice: Never associate anything my friends do with something I did. Otherwise I'll either strangle you or suck your blood.

I must say that even though Maggie plays organ and I play organ, etc... (I hope you read her post) She has excellent tempo and I don't. When it comes to piano she can memorize things and I rarely manage it, also she can use dynamics... :p She's best at being a friend (even when she tries to strangle me...)

I'm tired of "casting a shadow"...

I'm tired of "casting a shadow"...

Then stop growing.

You might be completely serious and tell me that you can't just do that, and I would be completely serious and tell you that another thing you can't just do is to stop being the sort of person who impresses other people.

Normally I'd say something now to counteract the negativity of that last sentence, but I seem to be on a roll with offending people today and I'm wondering how long it will keep up.

::isn't offended (ha!):: I'll act all innocent-like and say "but I'm done growing!"

I'll act all guilty-like (or something) and ask if that stops people from commenting on how old you look.

I'm going to quote an E-mail I recently received:
Oh don't be silly.