I'll show you mine if you show me yours
Exhibitionism: noun (ek-suh-bish-uh-niz-uh
m)
1 . a tendency to display one's abilities or to behave in such a way as to attract attention.
2. a : a perversion marked by a tendency to indecent exposure b : an act of such exposure .
Today's word comes from something I heard on a talk radio station. It was said by a woman who was speaking of bloggers in general. She said that bloggers have an exhibitionistic streak. Ummm, I don't know about you, but the first thing that came to mind was not the thought I think she was trying to get across. So I looked it up, and yep. That might describe some bloggers. Not me though. Because I refuse to accept responsibility and admit that maybe I kindof do like to be an exhibitionist of sorts. I mean, who doesn't? Everyone has a little bit of this in them, right?
She also said that bloggers like to compare themselves to superheroes. This I haven't heard. Or read on anyone else's blog. But it does remind me of a discussion Miguel and I had with the kids earlier today.
Hunter loves the Guiness Book of World Records. I love it too. It's full of fascinatingly weird stuff. Corrine was clipping her fingernails and Hunter asked us if we had seen the woman whose fingernails were so long that she made it into the book. (According to The Book, she lives in Salt Lake City!)
Yes, we've seen her. And we're all disgusted by her long tentacles! Can you imagine the bacteria that are living under there? M brought up a good point. He said what a waste of life it is. You know, because you'd always be walking around with your hands in a sling because you can't lift them, and they are perfectly good, useful hands, but then there are people in Ethiopia without hands who are starving to death, and what they wouldn't give to have a good pair of hands. This conversation then turned to what superpowers would we each have if we could have just one. Michael would fly, 
Hunter would freeze time, 
I would be able to transport myself anywhere I wanted simply by thinking of the place,
and Corrine would be able to turn into someone else. Like when she goes to China. She could trade places with the China man and she would still speak English, but be in a "China body" and the "China guy" would be in her body, but speak China.
And now we all know what goes on inside her head.
Maybe.
m)1 . a tendency to display one's abilities or to behave in such a way as to attract attention.
2. a : a perversion marked by a tendency to indecent exposure b : an act of such exposure .
Today's word comes from something I heard on a talk radio station. It was said by a woman who was speaking of bloggers in general. She said that bloggers have an exhibitionistic streak. Ummm, I don't know about you, but the first thing that came to mind was not the thought I think she was trying to get across. So I looked it up, and yep. That might describe some bloggers. Not me though. Because I refuse to accept responsibility and admit that maybe I kindof do like to be an exhibitionist of sorts. I mean, who doesn't? Everyone has a little bit of this in them, right?
She also said that bloggers like to compare themselves to superheroes. This I haven't heard. Or read on anyone else's blog. But it does remind me of a discussion Miguel and I had with the kids earlier today.
Hunter loves the Guiness Book of World Records. I love it too. It's full of fascinatingly weird stuff. Corrine was clipping her fingernails and Hunter asked us if we had seen the woman whose fingernails were so long that she made it into the book. (According to The Book, she lives in Salt Lake City!)
Yes, we've seen her. And we're all disgusted by her long tentacles! Can you imagine the bacteria that are living under there? M brought up a good point. He said what a waste of life it is. You know, because you'd always be walking around with your hands in a sling because you can't lift them, and they are perfectly good, useful hands, but then there are people in Ethiopia without hands who are starving to death, and what they wouldn't give to have a good pair of hands. This conversation then turned to what superpowers would we each have if we could have just one. Michael would fly, 
Hunter would freeze time, 
I would be able to transport myself anywhere I wanted simply by thinking of the place, and Corrine would be able to turn into someone else. Like when she goes to China. She could trade places with the China man and she would still speak English, but be in a "China body" and the "China guy" would be in her body, but speak China.And now we all know what goes on inside her head.
Maybe.
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