"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." John F. Kennedy

Monday, 19 March 2012

Shirts, Compliments, And Polite Ways To Shut People Up


Hello, my lovely people! I guess I should say as a preface that I am sorry for taking so long to post! BUT there is much in store for this blog! Not only did I post yesterday AND today BUT I also re-designed the blog! I want to keep it this way for the week that I am in the big U (which is next week). My goal is to start blogging regularly again and even more than just once a week, so there's something for you to look forward to! Anyway, for the next two weeks I will be posting more AND I will be participating in Blog Everyday in April this year!
Anyway, this post contains THREE parts: fashion (skip this if you so wish), compliments, and mockery. 

PART 1: FASHION

My sister (my lovely sister) has wonderful style but she quickly outgrow her clothes and gives some of them to me! So, I can now say that I am starting to actually put effort into my fashion. Today I wore a flowery tank top that I ABSOLUTELY adore! And tomorrow I plan to wear this pair of pink pants I have now and this white polka dot shirt. I really look forward to it now! The fun thing for me is expressing myself and knowing that my fashion is perceived as unique. I like knowing that people understand my personality and character simply from my fashion sense. Many people don't feel the need to express themselves through their clothing but I feel like it's a good way to look nice and try to attract attention (not like in the stealing the spotlight way but in the small compliments way:: see in next part).
Fashion is not only and art but an everyday way of helping others form opinions of one another. The way a person dresses can really affect the way a person is seen.  The reason I'm trying to put my fashion in order is because I want to be someone people look up to for style in high school because my sister likes being that way and I like that idea.

PART 2: COMPLIMENTS

Recently a guy asked me if it was true that girls only remember the bad things people say to them and not the compliments. I told him this most certainly was not true. He asked me to list five compliments I'd gotten, which I gladly did. I guess for some it doesn't work like that but I have to say that when someone compliments me, I take it to heart because I realize that not everyone will like what I do, wear, or say, so I have to be happy when people do. This is the mindset I use when I enter something; when I perform in a show, or perform a song I wrote. If people like it, I accept the compliments and accept the criticism. I just found it interesting that that was something people said.

PART 3: MOCKERY

Here's a simple way to stop someone when they're mocking you. This is a technique I've found myself using lately. I swear, this is the easiest thing for you to do when someone mocks something you said. For instance, today during art I said something in a sing-song-y and the guy next to me mocked me. So I turned to him and said to him, and I am not kidding, "Don't mock me, please.". He looked at me for a second before just walking away. I swear that it works.


Remind me to talk about telling people to shut up and dance class.

Love,
Rex








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