What if ... ?
My friend’s baby is adorable, true. One evening we all sat watching him do his latest new trick: sitting. His proud parents are as pleased as punch over his new accomplishment. We clapped our hands encouragingly as we watched the little tyke recruit all his muscle and skill just to stay upright on his bottom.
What if each little thing we did garnered such lavish praise? What if each time I managed to, say, dress myself well and enter a room without stumbling I received scads of applause? What if each colorful metaphor or fancy turn of phrase I write were returned with waves of complimentary fan mail? I can just see it on a job evaluation: “Always shows up to work, puts effort into her job, never has a booger hanging out of her nose. All in all, quite admirable.”
We’d all be quite silly people, yes. But I think we’d feel pretty darn good about ourselves.
What if each little thing we did garnered such lavish praise? What if each time I managed to, say, dress myself well and enter a room without stumbling I received scads of applause? What if each colorful metaphor or fancy turn of phrase I write were returned with waves of complimentary fan mail? I can just see it on a job evaluation: “Always shows up to work, puts effort into her job, never has a booger hanging out of her nose. All in all, quite admirable.”
We’d all be quite silly people, yes. But I think we’d feel pretty darn good about ourselves.
posted by CamoBunny at 6:53 PM
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3 Comments:
excellent use of the word scads.
puffintoad: actually i'm also referring to the way the violinists goosh and gush over how you burn your bagels. :) and what is manuel doing at the end there? sniffing his bow? is that what violinists do when they're proud of themselves? maybe that explains some things...
ray: thank you. and kudos to you for appreciating a good word here and there. do you sniff your bow when you're proud of yourself?
evan: thank you with a curtsy, although i hate to solicit my own applause. and clap-clappity-clap to you for blogging more frequently. do you sniff your mouse when you're proud of yourself?
Wonderful curtsy camobunny!
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