TIGblogs - Cherrie

Just some cool stuff - sorry I'm finishing an essay, OK! (also i apologise for bad grammar and syntax and all that... not proofreading or anything coz... were you not listening?! ESSAY!)

The End Of The World [link]

This is AWESOME.

Funny (yet awesome) "pick up lines"

I wish I was your derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves.

If I was an enzyme I would be DNA helicase so I could unzip your genes.

How Not To Talk To Your Kids [article] (recommended by Artichoke)

that is SO TRUE - I'd never been given much praise and because I kept hearing that praise was good, I somehow related this "deprivation" with my insecurities. But now that I think about it, my insecurities really blew out of proportion when I developed a "reputation". Also, general praise just absolutely ANNOYS me... AND I tend to ignore praise - until later. That is, I listen to praise, store it away, then think about it later when the hype is gone or when I can view the whole situation in its entirety and removed from it. THEN I decide whether I should take it to heart or not. Finally, it's a way of describing why it's annoying when people say, "why are you stressed? you're smart." Like, I've always wondered what the hell "smart" meant anyway.
why does general praise annoy me, you say? well, firstly it can't be true - not "everything" about me is "great" - so it doesn't mean anything - and secondly, it's just being lazy. The lady in the article says its her way of showing unconditional love... well that be shown in actions yo, not words (alone)... but sometimes what may seem like general praise actually has deeper meaning... for example, if someone unexpected sincerely praises you, then you know "hey! that person doesn't hate my guts afterall!"... which is always nice.
thank goodness I have that persistence thing though (stubborn...haha)... but I feel that this has waned since either a) becoming older or, b) being used to the instant gratification of the internet or, c) being used to receiving praise.

Who knows. I'm not saying stop the praise, though. Because it is necessary (honestly). It just has to be specific and sincere! And I also need to learn how to respond to praise. Coz I usually just ignore it instead of saying "thank you", which is what we're "supposed" to do, right? Meh.

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