TUESDAY



One line at a time today.....



Ok. So after my deep fried cheese ball blog from yesterday it is time to back away from the fluff a bit.

I have a problem, and it's time that I deal with it.

I am shy.

Like really shy.

I am the type of introvert that would even make The Unibomber consider recommend counseling for.

I don't think I was always shy.

It just started one day. 

It kind of came out of the blue.

Kind of like what happened to Michael J Fox in Teen Wolf.

However, in my case instead of being able to dunk a basketball and become all canine I transformed into an ultra wall flower.

By the way the movie Teen Wolf 2 is one of the worst sequels ever.

The only one worse is Men In Black 2.

Now that I think about itI suppose Pet Cemetery 2 was a bit worse than TW2.

Not by much.

I always wished they would have made a sequel to The Princess Bride.

I am a little of topic here.

So, like I said I am shy.

I remember the first time I really realized it.

I was a freshman in college at Chadron State in Nebraska.

I had gone with my roommate (who was my friend from high school) to a picnic with a bunch of other freshman we didn't know.

My friend was all over it.

I try to convince him we should stay in our dorm room and play Techmo Bowl.

He assured me that we would stay at the picnic for only a few minutes.

We stayed for four hours.

I recall being uncomfortable for the first moment we got there.

I wanted to stay in the car, my buddy wouldn't let me.

He asked me "what in the $@%@#$^&%$ was wrong with me".

To that I responded "I am not sure.  Maybe I am just shy"

That was the first time that idea ever crossed my brain-o.

My whole life I had loved to perform and be in front of people.

Suddenly I was crippled by being thrown into a social setting with people I had never met before.

I also realized then that until then most of the friends I had were people I had known for years.

I became painfully aware then that I was not good at meeting new people.

From that moment my shyness has been part of what defines me.

I am sure Dr. Phil would have some strong words for me.

Dr. Phil can cram it!

I would rather be performing in front of a room full of people I don't know then being at a mixer with the same people.

According to the Myers-Briggs personality test I am an INFP.

If you don't know what that is I cannot tell you right now.

It would be too long of an explanation and it would violate my one line rule for this blog.

Sometimes people expect me to be a schmoozer and a socialite.

I can't do it.

Well....

I am sure I could if I really worked at it.

I would make a really bad Paris Hilton.

Speaking of Paris Hilton here is my own very special Internet video of me:




I realize that this is not quite the same kind of video that Paris made.

She would probably make a terrible John Roedel.