Brutality of the Goddess

One day when i went to fetch my brother in the Silliman University Elementary School campus, a little girl–a second grader–to be specific, came runnign towards me, pigtails bouncing as she did so, and her once pristine shirt jack stained with chocolate.  She smiled coyly at me and batted her eyelashes, then, she said she wanted to be me.

Flattering, honestly.  Embarrassing, well, a bit.  I would have wanted to be frank with the little darling but i didn’t want to break her heart.  Really, any person who knows me well would NEVER want to be me.  and i’ll tell you why.

1. You wouldn’t want to be me because I’m very workaholic.  Honestly, i would court and marry my work if i could but hey, that’s pretty impossible.  work is like relaxation to me, honey, and believe me, it’s very therapeutic.  after studying hard and wracking my brains off in debates, i always miss that stressed feeling.

2. You wouldn’t want to be me because I’m an impulsive shopper.  Give the money, i’ll show you a thousand and one shopping bags in less than a day.  it’s quite easy dahling, you just have to drop by Freeway, Bayo, Folded and Hung, Plaids and Prints, Guess, and etc…i buy stuff that well, i end up regret buying.  but hey, i do try to make use of that horrible pair of jeans every now and then.  good grief, whatever made me buy that?!

3. You wouldn’t want to be me because I’m a scaredy cat.  Yup, i scream at the mere sight of those eight-legged freakazoids.  sheesh!  you know the way that spider called the daddy long legs walks just freaks me out?  I’m scared of the dark and i usually ask someone else to turn off the lights for me.  The sight of roaches with twinging attenae scares me to death, not to mention their little roachlings.

4. You wouldn’t want to be me because I’m addicted to the violin.  yes, i love my violin to bits and i practice in the morning when i wake up, at noontime after lunch, and at night before i go to bed.  it’s a very intimate instrument despite the pain it inflicts upon my fingertips.

5. You wouldn’t want to be me because I’m really shy.  okay, so maybe you have a hard time believing that bit but hey, it’s true.  i still get the jitterbugs and the butterflies–monarch butterflies, mind you–in my tummy. 

6. You wouldn’t want to be me because i set really high standards on guys.  I’m sorry, I’m not the typical girl next door, boring type and i don’t settle for anyone less than the best.

7. YOu wouldn’t want to be me because i can be quite horripilante when i’m angry. 

8. YOu wouldn’t want to be me because i am very ambitious and i dream the impossible dream, as what Alonzo Quijana would say.  someday, i dream that all my countless dreams wil come true.  hehe…

9. You wouldn’t want to be me because i day dream and think too much.  i can’t sleep immediately at night because i spend more than an hour trying to shut my mind up.  there are just so many thoughts running around, it’s making me insane.

10. You wouldn’t want to be me because i don’t stick to one thing for long.  i might have loved ballet then but i pursued something else later.  i might have wanted to be a nurse in kindergarted, then i wanted to be a cpa in prep, then i took up masscom.  i change crushes every semester/grading period/school year, whichever.

Now then, you just wouldn’t want to be, right?

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