Confession
This Blog Feature contains posts about wacky or embarrassing things we admit to doing, liking, or watching.
another dirty little secret
September 21, 2011
We all have secrets, right? Want to know another one of mine? (I’m going to assume you just said yes, but if you didn’t, go ahead and stop reading now). Back to my secret — I’m embarrassed about my trash. I know we all have trash. Mine is probably not a whole lot different than yours (unless your husband doesn’t go through 2 boxes of cereal each week all by himself, in which case, my trash probably is different than yours). But that is not necessarily why I find my trash to be embarrassing. What I’m embarrassed about is when we have too many bags to put out on the curb, like this:
Honestly, it should be illegal for 2.5 people to make this much trash in the course of one week. (Yes, Gracie only counts as half because the only trash she makes is diapers and that hardly fills up a quarter of one of our bags). I try to shoot for only making 3 bags worth. Anything more than that is just embarrassing to me. So to remedy the situation, I put some of our bags on our neighbor’s side of the curb. Shhh don’t tell them, they’re never here anyway so they’ll never know :)
basketball wives
August 27, 2011
Have you ever heard of this show? I saw it on Netflix and decided to give it a try, after all, I love reality TV. You know that saying “misery loves company?” It is the perfect depiction of the first season of this show. It is a bunch of women who are upset about how their relationships ended and simply fuel each other’s fires. On one episode, one of the girls goes as far as encouraging the other to cheat on her husband! And to top it all off, out of the 7 women on the show, only 2 are still married to their basketball player husbands, and several were never married to begin with.
Yet despite the fact that it truly is an awful show, I found myself watching the entire season in a matter of a couple of days… mostly in the middle of the night when I get up to feed Graciela. I guess I’ll be adding this show to my “guilty pleasure” list of shows that I’m almost (but not quite) too embarrassed to admit I enjoy watching.
Flawed & Fab Friday: Your Own Worst Enemy
April 22, 2011
It’s Fuh-fuh-FRIDAY!!! And GOOD Friday at that. So that means it’s time for…
Truth be told, I’ve been kind of a funk lately. I’ve been letting self-esteem (or the lack of it) affect me tremendously, where my talents and abilities are concerned– and it’s really been stifling me creatively and professionally.
This week, I thought I’d finally try and get my head around it… so I went to the local library and picked up this book:
As I was reading, I came across a section that describes me to a TEE.
So, this is my confession:
Self-doubters/self-attackers block their success by holding high standards they feel they can never possibly meet and for which they therefore seldom strive. But rather than rationalizing or blaming others for their lack of effort, they selectively attend to and mercilessly emphasize their own faults and failings to such an extent that they do not appreciate what they DO accomplish. They are actually highly ambitious, but because they cannot tolerate anything but an idealized kind of perfection, they do not allow themselves to enjoy partial success, thus reducing their incentives to try.
If they make an effort and achieve distinction, they often feel that their accomplishment was a fluke or something insignificant. They feel that they do not deserve approbation, because their success came too easily or quickly, or because they achieved it without mentor or validation by a luminary in the field. They therefore fear that because they have not paid their dues, they have cheated and will at some point be unmasked as frauds.
I do have an extremely flawed self-perception, which unfortunately causes me to under-achieve … but according to what others tell me (not that I believe them), I also have some pretty fabulous talents… (supposedly)
Play along, if you’d like to!
And since it’s GOOD FRIDAY, we’ll leave on a funny note. Here’s a convo I wanted to relay:
Luis: You have me all self-conscious now about doing Flawed & Fabulous Friday!
Natalia: Why?!
Luis: Because you said “Fabulous” was a girl’s word.
Natalia: It’s also a word that gay men use…
Luis: That’s not helping. Anyway…
Natalia: Just keep doing it.
Luis: Well why don’t you do it this week?
Natalia: Because it’s your thing, besides, I’m not flawed. You can do it FOR me if you want.
Luis: And get in trouble!??! No thank you!
Flawed & Fabulous Friday
April 15, 2011
It’s that time of the week, folks…
So, those of you who know me, know that I like food… like a LOT. Sometimes… too much and I happen to overeat.
As I mentioned before, little-sister Amy is in-town this week for Spring Break. As her birthday present to me, she took us out to dinner wherever we wanted to go… I picked Chili’s. (Of course!)
I ordered:
- A side salad
- A Triple Dipper (which had)
- Chicken crispers
- Southwestern Eggrolls
- Chips & Spinach/Artichoke dip
In addition to eating ALL of the above. I also partook of Natalia & Amy’s scraps:
- French fries
- Barbecue-Maple Chicken crispers
- Popcorn jumbo shrimp
- Corn on the cob
And then.. to top it all off. Two, count em TWO cupcakes from the cupcakery!!
Am I flawed for overeating sometimes?? Sure.
Am I fabulous for enjoying myself another birthday treat?? Absolutely!!
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Flawed & Fabulous Friday
April 8, 2011
Blog-friend Ashley, in her blog post today, launched a weekly segment she called Flawed & Fabulous. She wrote:
Reading about people’s real life confessions (funny or not) is so refreshing!
I love open and honest stories, just as much as pretty happy pictures.
Happiness is great, don’t get me wrong. I am married to the literal Mr Brightside and I call myself an eternal optimist, but I think its invigorating to let it go sometimes.
So, I encourage you to use Fridays to let down your guard and share with the blogging community.
Make us laugh, make us cry, get some pitty if you want, show your real self, in all your fabulousness!
If lots of bloggers do this, we will all feel better about life.
No one is perfect, flawed IS fabulous
I must say, I agree that reading and sharing about the not-so-polished portions of our lives are quite refreshing. That being said… here we go!
Today, on our family blog, I posted about the experience Natalia had yesterday in facing the possibility that something could be wrong with her pregnancy. I shared:
Luis: The thing is, I’m a worrier… of the WORST kind. After leaving the office, I tried to promise myself that I wouldn’t look up what could cause low amniotic fluid… but I did anyway.
The next day (yesterday) my anxieties began to kick up a notch. I was scared that something could seriously be wrong. My mind began to spit out visualizations of all sorts of scenarios, and it frightened me.
I’m a baby when it comes to things like this. As we rode up the elevator to the specialist’s office, I wrapped both my arms around one of Natalia’s and gave it a good hug while resting my head on her shoulder. The stronger the squeeze, the more at ease I felt.
Usually, the husband/father is the “strong” one… not me, though. There you have it: flawed & fabulous.
(Also, everything checked out great with the baby and pregnancy, so there’s nothing to worry about.)
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Confession #9
March 24, 2011
My name is Luis Merino and I confess that I absolutely loved the children’s movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and am SUPER excited for the sequel (opening THIS weekend) Rodrick Rules.
I haven’t read the books (and really, don’t intend to). I can’t quite explain why, but upon watching Diary, I found myself captivated. Although it was clearly a kids movie, the humor wasn’t contrived or childish, the performances were sharp, and the style was refreshing. I enjoyed it almost in the same way I enjoyed Scott Pilgrim (and we all know I LOVED me some Scott Pilgrim).
At some point this weekend, I WILL WATCH THIS MOVIE. What do you say Natalia?
Natalia: I’m okay with that… only because it’s NOT a cartoon.
Confession #8
August 25, 2010
My name is Luis Merino, and I have recently become captivated by (and possibly obsessed with) the 80′s Canadian ‘masterpiece’ known as Degrassi Junior High.
Natalia: Now, when Luis says he is “quite possibly obsessed,” what he actually means is he will soon be attending a 12-step program to overcome his addiction to the awful acting and cheesy plots that Degrassi Jr. High is known for.
Degrassi Junior High (DJH) was a Canadian television series that starred normal-looking and age-appropriate kids to tackle “real” and “serious,” issues that teens at the time seemed to be dealing with. Every episode was one of those Very Special Episodes like unto the sitcoms of the 90′s. Here are some of the Very Special issues the students of DJH have had to face:
- Being physically abused by a parent
- Coming to terms with being adopted
- Teen pregnancy
- School politics
- Teen drinking
- Dealing with bullies
- Depression
- Substitute teachers who are “too friendly”
- Ya know, everything that a normal, real kid has to go through (pfffft..)
Most of the reason I dig DJH is because the (very large) cast is made up of quite plain and even ugly looking 12-14 year-old kids with little-to-no acting experience, which makes for a delicious CHEESE-fest of a show. The clothes, the hair, the dead-pan delivery, and the stiff acting chops all add to the magic that is DJH.
Natalia: Unlike Luis, I personally may not know all 532 members of the cast individually by name (I only know there is a girl named Miriam McDonald in one of the Degrassi series). In fact, to me it seems they keep adding more and more members to the cast every time I see an episode. But for some reason, Luis really likes this about the show.
I have just finished the third (and final) season of DJH, and am ready to move on to Degrassi High, its sequel series. It is interesting that along the way I found myself caring about these characters. I do admit that their portrayal of school life (however cheesy) is more accurate than many similar shows.
These two series are predecessors to the currently airing Degrassi: The Next Generation (which, yes, I have and do watch). Don’t act surprised! This is the same guy who admitted to liking The Sound of Music, and watching soaps!
Natalia: And in spite of his quirky likes of tv shows, I still love him more than life itself.
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