People like to comment on how unhappy I look. I consider myself a generally happy person, although I will acknowledge realistic (some might call that cynical) tendencies in my attitude towards life. Considering how bleak I think life can be, it's a wonder I am as happy as I am. Still, people love to tell me to smile. It happens in bars, when horrid men will come and say, "C'mon... give me a smile!" Has that ever worked for you? I mean, basically, the guy is telling me that he thinks I look depressed, but fear not! His charm will woo me into blissful nirvana.
Sometimes, it will happen when I am shopping. A cashier says, "Oh, well maybe this new terribly expensive eyeliner/bracelet/new pair of pants will brighten your day and put a smile on your face!" This sentiment reeks of the Office Space "Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!" If I were in a bad mood, do you think that a perfect stranger's admonishment will make me feel better somehow?
And today as I was walking into work, my boss said, "Aw, it can't be all that bad! Smile!" See, the important thing here is not even their reaction to my "unhappiness." It's that I'm not in a bad mood to begin with! In my most recent smile attack I was thinking about a book I'm reading. Granted, it's not the most uplifting book, but it had me contemplating the greater purpose of human existence and what that means in everyday life. These are things I enjoy thinking about. It might not be daisies and puppy kisses, but neither is life. Just because I'm not smiling doesn't mean I am in a bad mood. I just think that people who constantly smile are creepy and abnormal.
As an added bonus, after I get a smile attack, I am usually not in a good mood any longer. Stupid people projecting their bad mood perceptions onto me.
13 July 2005
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Posted by Annika at 6:03 PM
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2 comments:
annika, i'm right there with you, apparently my thinking face projects the 'bad mood let's get her to smile' thing with other people as well.
I'm with you on this subject i get that a lot also.I'd like to think of myself as a person who smiles but some how i have to smile 24-7 or people think there is something wrong with me, it's called a faceless expression it usually happends when your not thinking about anything or your face goes relaxed and being in a bad mood just plays apart in life it's not like there's always a smile on their face. :)
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