The following is a guest post from your favorite Maggie, enjoy the read:
It’s 2006 and I am now understanding the importance of the Blog. To some degree, this is therapeutic. So enjoy reading my thoughts and my stories in an attempt to understand the randomness that is Maggie.
I wish i was a south paw…
I am right handed. There is something about left handed people that set them apart from the rest of the population. I feel like left handed people have a better taste in music. They like good art. They read smart books. They dress in a unique way. They aren’t as annoying as a right handed person. I have always wished that I was left handed. I used to try to force myself to be left handed. I would try to eat left handed. I was unsuccessful.
I have always worn a watch. Apparently, if you wear your watch on your right wrist, then typically you are considered to be left handed. So i think i am going to start wearing my watch on my right wrist. People that don’t know me that see my watch on my right wrist and assume that I am left handed. Immediately they will conclude that I was raised on classic rock, know the difference between Monet and Manet, read Dostoevsky, and am a clothing trend setter. If only they knew that my watch was more comfortable on my right wrist.
This may sound absurd, but when I have kids, I want to be sure that they are provided with the greatest of truths. If indeed we are born with the choice to be either left or right handed, I will encourage my kids to explore the life of a left handed individual. I believe they will thank me one day.
Also i am currently wearing a colostomy bag for 36 hours just so i can know what it feels like to be one of the patients… i LOVE nursing school.
I need to admit something. I figure, what better way to do that th…CRAP!!! See, this is exactly what I am talking about. I couldn’t finish that sentence right there because i didn’t know if it was THEN or THAN. I am 21 years old and still have no clue when to use either of those words. And then/than i end up hitting the backspace a million times trying to come up with another way to say then/than. Or sometimes I send someone a text with the improper then/than and then/than they write me back using the correct version…but they don’t tell me that I was wrong, so I end up feeling like a complete moron. I have struggled with this for a long time. I think it’s important in my life to admit my defeats. I won’t ever grow as a person if I don’t allow other people to know my weaknesses. Well, people, this is a huge weakness of mine and I would say that I would like your help, but the truth is, I could figure out which one is which and progressively get better, but it bothers me to have to re-learn something. I should have learned and held on to this a long time ago.
