carved angel
23.3.05
wish list issues
via my boyfriend is a twat:
i admit, i had a wish list when i began blogging. mostly because everyone else had one, and it seemed to be the "done thing." i've even considered putting it back up just to share my taste in various things with my readers. (like zoe points out, however, this can only end badly.) still, i can't bring myself to. it feels too much like i'm asking for something. and if i were to make a wish list to share with my family, i'd just send it to my dad and sister and be done with it. my dad doesn't visit my blog anyway, thank god. of course, i was completely surprised and grateful for deb's donation to the american lung association in mum's name. but the thing is that i'd never expect something like that, and i wouldn't feel right asking people for stuff. i dunno. i'm only blogging about this, really, because i was thinking about making a new wish list recently, and then zoe ended up blogging about it. so.
by the way, i've learned that the way to get rewards from those free whatever sites (ipod, laptop, etc.) is to join a "conga line" website. so i shan't be shilling for that here anymore, either.
it's funny, but i've just remembered why it might be that asking for stuff makes me feel uncomfortable. when i was about six, my best friend's mum called to ask what i wanted for my birthday. my mum must've been indisposed, because i wasn't allowed to answer the phone til i was seven or eight. so i began rattling off a list of things i wanted. mum walked into the kitchen and saw me on the phone, and demanded to know who i was talking to. "john's mom," i replied, then continued on with my list. mum grabbed the phone out of my hand, apologized to john's mum and chatted a while, then lectured me about how rude what i'd just done was, when she got off the phone. i felt so bad, and though the memory makes me laugh now, it's still a bit embarrassing.
so i guess i have wish list issues.
When I first saw that people put up "wish lists" I found it rather odd and wondered what sort of presumptuous person would go ahead and put up a link to their "Amazon Wish List", something that is not far off from a Wedding List.
i admit, i had a wish list when i began blogging. mostly because everyone else had one, and it seemed to be the "done thing." i've even considered putting it back up just to share my taste in various things with my readers. (like zoe points out, however, this can only end badly.) still, i can't bring myself to. it feels too much like i'm asking for something. and if i were to make a wish list to share with my family, i'd just send it to my dad and sister and be done with it. my dad doesn't visit my blog anyway, thank god. of course, i was completely surprised and grateful for deb's donation to the american lung association in mum's name. but the thing is that i'd never expect something like that, and i wouldn't feel right asking people for stuff. i dunno. i'm only blogging about this, really, because i was thinking about making a new wish list recently, and then zoe ended up blogging about it. so.
by the way, i've learned that the way to get rewards from those free whatever sites (ipod, laptop, etc.) is to join a "conga line" website. so i shan't be shilling for that here anymore, either.
it's funny, but i've just remembered why it might be that asking for stuff makes me feel uncomfortable. when i was about six, my best friend's mum called to ask what i wanted for my birthday. my mum must've been indisposed, because i wasn't allowed to answer the phone til i was seven or eight. so i began rattling off a list of things i wanted. mum walked into the kitchen and saw me on the phone, and demanded to know who i was talking to. "john's mom," i replied, then continued on with my list. mum grabbed the phone out of my hand, apologized to john's mum and chatted a while, then lectured me about how rude what i'd just done was, when she got off the phone. i felt so bad, and though the memory makes me laugh now, it's still a bit embarrassing.
so i guess i have wish list issues.
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