Posted by llrrrpp on September 7, 2006, at 21:52:29
In reply to Re: Sworn to meet beauty as a foe... » Jost, posted by 10derHeart on September 7, 2006, at 20:26:10
I value humor more than grace. Sh*t happens. Food falls into cleavage and must be retrieved. Food gets into bosses' mustache, and I don't know what to say.
I trip and fall
I open foot and stick in mouth
It usually makes people feel better about hanging out with a goof if the goof realizes it too and can laugh. If I'm with people who don't find me amusing, well, they can kiss my southern patootie.
The worst thing, Dinah, is that I lost my twang when I went to college. I don't have the demeanor or the accent to pull off "Southern Charm". People think I was raised in the midwest. (poor thing, they whisper...)
Oh well. Won't be graceful, but I can do my best to be comfortable.
-ll
p.s. I have one graceful friend. She's descended from a long line of NYC socialites. She sprained her ankle riding on the bus, and had to hop home. And the next day, I saw her, and chastised her for not wearing sensible shoes with her puffy gimpy ankle. She said "these ARE my comfortable sandals" and looked at me with agony in her face. (they were strappy mules with a 2.5 inch heel.( She asked me what brand MINE were. I said, well, they're not that pretty, but I wore these all day the summer that I travelled through Europe and was on my feet walking for miles and miles.
(Merrell)
What price grace? It's ephemeral like everything else too.
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