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The Good/The Bad

  1. Joey. I don’t think that requires explanation.
  2. I’ve discovered gardening…and I like it.
  3. I have good skin.
  4. I’m an excellent listener.
  5. I love music. Like really, really love it.
  6. Despite their annoying habits, I have a wonderfully supportive family.
  7. I have a pretty good sense of humor
  8. I am a frilly girl at heart.
  9. I like pink.
  10. I have an obsession for shoes. Pretty shoes. With heels.
  11. I am a sucker for a good romance.
  12. I love cake. Love. It.
  13. I always come through for my family.
  14. I enjoy live theater.
  15. I like to think of myself as a modern day Scarlett O’Hara.
  16. I make friends easily.
  17. I have a wonderfully vivid imagination.
  18. I’m compassionate.
  19. I am a very good public speaker.
  20. I’m able to make myself comfortable in almost any situation.
  21. I enjoy American History.
  22. I have very little inhibition in the bedroom, or wherever the occasion calls for it.
  23. I have lived all over the world and think it gave me much more confidence coping in new situations.
  24. I’m outwardly confident while inwardly critical.
  25. I like word games.
  26. I have a table in my house devoted entirely to doing puzzles, which I love.
  27. I have naturally curly hair.
  28. I enjoy pedicures.
  29. I take people at their word and trust very easily.
  30. Even though they scare me, I have a wonderful fascination with horses.
  31. I love to read. I much prefer reading over watching television.
  32. I have met and taken care of an ex-Vice President of the United States, the husband of the “Queen of Mean,” a Cardinal’s football player, the front man for one of the greatest heavy metal bands EVER, a famous comedian’s mother in law, an ex Senator of the United States and a Queen of a foreign country. And I learned something valuable from every one of them.
  33. I used to plan medical conferences for one of the most respected neurosurgeons in the United States and I was really good at it.
  34. I have freckles. Lots of them. And I like them.
  35. I don’t drink, don’t smoke and have never once experimented with drugs.
  36. Despite my behavior of late, I have a strong work ethic.
  37. I love to plan parties and vacations.
  38. I make excellent lasagne.
  39. I’m dependable.
  40. I’m trustworthy.
  41. I have only a handful of true friends, but the ones I have mean the world to me and I would do anything for any one of them.
  42. I cry when I hear the National Anthem and I that makes me happy.
  43. I’m extremely tolerant of all except the stupid.
  44. I attended Catholic School for 8 years and feel I am a better person for it, even though I am no longer a practicing Catholic.
  45. I admire and aspire to be more like Princess Diana.
  46. I can roll my tongue.
  47. I love to give hugs. I really like the feeling.
  48. I am absolutely in love with the Christmas season, gift giving, decorating, shopping, all of it.
  49. Bubbles make me happy.
  50. To me, nothing feels quite as good as a soft kiss on a warm summer’s day.

Bad:

  1. I’m a procrastinator.
  2. I’m lazy.
  3. I am afraid of the dark. It’s a paralyzing fear.
  4. I argue too much.
  5. I am binge eater.
  6. I take myself too seriously.
  7. I’m overly critical of others.
  8. I tend to react too quickly, not really thinking through situations.
  9. I once had a relationship with a man who I later discovered was mentally abusive to my son…and I will never forgive myself for it.
  10. I don’t try to succeed because I’m afraid of failure.
  11. I say mean things in the heat of an argument just to be hurtful.
  12. I have an obsessive personality.
  13. I have great intentions, but rarely ever follow through when it comes to what I want.
  14. I tend to look at the future and make plans instead of living in the now.
  15. I don’t have the guts to say the things I really want to say to my mom because I’m afraid of hurting her feelings and don’t want to deal with the guilt.
  16. I don’t take very good care of my self.
  17. If I had a choice between taking a walk and taking a nap, I’d take a nap every time. And that makes me sad.
  18. I sleep way too much.
  19. I don’t like sweating, so I don’t exercise.
  20. I usually pick out people’s flaws as an excuse not to let them too close to me, because ultimately I don’t want to work at any relationships.
  21. I’m nosey. Really, really nosey and I hate it.
  22. I have no self discipline.
  23. I have very little self respect.
  24. I try to use humor to cover up my flaws.
  25. I make fun of myself so I don’t have to hear others do it.
  26. I have a poor body image.
  27. I have low self esteem but very few people know this.
  28. I can give great advice to friends, but rarely take it for myself.
  29. I have terrible handwriting.
  30. Even though my intentions are good, I am terrible at keeping up with friends who have moved away.
  31. I avoid my brother’s calls because he talks too much and says the same things over and over, even though I know he’s really lonely.
  32. I have horrid posture.
  33. Even though I liked going to parochial school, I hated going to church and never understood what people acquired by going. And that always made me feel like I wasn’t very spiritual.
  34. I like to watch sad movies because it makes me feel better about my life. And that’s pathetic.
  35. I never tried hard in school and ultimately scraped by. I regret it today.
  36. I have too many regrets.
  37. I wallow in self pity and that frustrates me.
  38. Even though I say I want it, I hate criticism and feel angry at others for giving me negative feedback.
  39. I have never finished a course of antibiotics in my life, and ultimately, that will come back to haunt me.
  40. I have an unhealthy desire to be physically attractive to the opposite sex.
  41. I spend too much money on frivilous things.
  42. Even though I accept responsibility for my mistakes, I try and prolong letting people know I fucked up.
  43. I’ve been known to blow off friends in order to not disappoint my family.
  44. I rely too heavily on the acceptance of my parents.
  45. I worry too much about what others think about me.
  46. I’m not happy.
  47. I can only cook a few things, and would much rather order out than take the time to make a meal.
  48. I have an addiction to sugar.
  49. I drink more diet Pepsi than water and that’s really bad.
  50. I’m not nearly the person I want to be.