5 things & wonder woman
Quite some time ago I was "tagged" by a friend of mine. Tagging means I have to write 5 things about me that most people would not know. So here goes... 5 things about Daryl.
1. I love movies. When I find a movie I really like I can watch it every evening for a week and not get tired of it.
2. Insects with hair creep me out. This includes butterflies, moths, and spiders. Cockroaches are worse than all of the previous three. Some women will jump on tables when they see a mouse... with me its large spiders (I saw one here once in our house that was the size of my hand. I couldn't even yell at Dan to tell him I was so scared) and cockroaches.
3. Lifting weights and working out is one of my favorite past times.
4. I collect coffee cups, pottery, and recently started collecting anything I can find related to Wonder Woman.
5. My friend, Janel S., used to tell me to "get in touch with my inner pink. Let your feminine side show." I laughed every time she told me this because I thought is was silly. However, I would like to publicly thank my dear friend for telling me this again and again. Let me explain.
Growing up I totally denied the girly side of my personality. Old t-shirts, birkenstocks, and faded blue jeans were my "uniform" for school, church, and everything else from jr. high through college. I never wore make-up or fixed my hair. Now I see nothing wrong with the way I dressed but it was the attitude/facade that I carried with me. I acted tough, and bragged that I could live anywhere on a minimal amount... even though deep inside I was craving to use make-up, wear a dress, and take a bubble bath.
Over the years I have changed. And as I come to the realization that I am a total girly girl (or rather gotten in touch with my inner pink) I feel so content with finally admitting who I am as a person. I love make-up, clothes, fashion, hair, and have a purse fetish. Now I am not to the extent of the gal on the movie Legally Blond, but I am learning to balance between all the nature stuff and the girly stuff... both of which I enjoy. The tough girl facade was just that. I thought people would accept me more as someone who was "totally natural" in a sense. But I am learning that people accept you for who God made you to be, not for someone you pretend to be.
And as a weird little connection I guess that is why I enjoy Wonder Woman so much. She is a nice mix of tough and feminine with a few super powers thrown in. Which at times would be nice to have.
So there you go. 5 things about me. Now I understand that I have to tag some people now so I will tag Laura Bull, Carolina, and raeofdawn.
1. I love movies. When I find a movie I really like I can watch it every evening for a week and not get tired of it.
2. Insects with hair creep me out. This includes butterflies, moths, and spiders. Cockroaches are worse than all of the previous three. Some women will jump on tables when they see a mouse... with me its large spiders (I saw one here once in our house that was the size of my hand. I couldn't even yell at Dan to tell him I was so scared) and cockroaches.
3. Lifting weights and working out is one of my favorite past times.
4. I collect coffee cups, pottery, and recently started collecting anything I can find related to Wonder Woman.
5. My friend, Janel S., used to tell me to "get in touch with my inner pink. Let your feminine side show." I laughed every time she told me this because I thought is was silly. However, I would like to publicly thank my dear friend for telling me this again and again. Let me explain.
Growing up I totally denied the girly side of my personality. Old t-shirts, birkenstocks, and faded blue jeans were my "uniform" for school, church, and everything else from jr. high through college. I never wore make-up or fixed my hair. Now I see nothing wrong with the way I dressed but it was the attitude/facade that I carried with me. I acted tough, and bragged that I could live anywhere on a minimal amount... even though deep inside I was craving to use make-up, wear a dress, and take a bubble bath.
Over the years I have changed. And as I come to the realization that I am a total girly girl (or rather gotten in touch with my inner pink) I feel so content with finally admitting who I am as a person. I love make-up, clothes, fashion, hair, and have a purse fetish. Now I am not to the extent of the gal on the movie Legally Blond, but I am learning to balance between all the nature stuff and the girly stuff... both of which I enjoy. The tough girl facade was just that. I thought people would accept me more as someone who was "totally natural" in a sense. But I am learning that people accept you for who God made you to be, not for someone you pretend to be.
And as a weird little connection I guess that is why I enjoy Wonder Woman so much. She is a nice mix of tough and feminine with a few super powers thrown in. Which at times would be nice to have.So there you go. 5 things about me. Now I understand that I have to tag some people now so I will tag Laura Bull, Carolina, and raeofdawn.
5 Comments:
I'm with you on the pink thing...I struggle to find a balance when 90% of me loves jeans, t-shirts and flip-flops, but there is that purse/skirt/pink loving girl inside, too.
I wish they made Wonder Woman underoos still! I loved mine when I was a kid!
I have fear of spiders and hat cockroaches also. I think I would freak if I saw one the size of my hand in my house! I'm not much of a girly girl myself and I hate to even carry a purse. Kenzie is making up for it for me, she is such a girly girl and loves to carry purses.
Sigh... I think I've found my inner pink, and it's still just not that pink. If I had it my way, I'd still wear my faded jeans, Chacos, and a t-shirt every day. I do enjoy dressing up every now and then, but I have to comfortable, especially in the foot region. And unfortunately, in this culture the women do tend to get dressed up more than I do. I like makeup and doing my hair, but I'm pretty minimalist.
I loved watching the Wonder Woman TV show. I secretly longed to have an invisible airplane to ride around in. We spent hours blocking bullets with our pretend gold wrist bands.
I think that becoming comfortable with one's own sense of femininity is one of the most freeing things ever! I'm still trying to resolve that blend of birkie with pastel pink. I think that I'm closer than ever.
Hey! I met your former mentor a couple of weeks ago; Beth from Grace Community. I'm leading worship for the up coming women's conference.
oops... missed my tag! So does that mean I escape the task?? Besides, I'm such an open book! ha... okay, maybe not.
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