I feel like that all the time. I feel like people look at me and think, "white trash". I used to feel like I had it a little bit together but I feel like it has slipped away from me. Nobody cool has it together. The ones that do are usually lacking in the sense of humor department.

I've actually made the decision to lumber uncomfortably. It takes a degree of dedication (and sometimes I backslide into effortless gliding), but my attempts have been met by at least a modicum of success.

My experience with the people who seem to have such great sophistication is that they are terribly insecure. And being awkward is pretty much the only reality I can relate to. I hope someday someone will give me the secret on how to appear normal when inside "melting into the ground" seems like the only comforting thing to do.

sophisticated = soulless and boring

For myself, I'd rather enjoy ten minutes with an un-selfconscious person than endure ten hours with a sophisticated one. Although I think the truly sophisticated people are the ones who are so at home with themselves that they can afford to forget about themselves, their mannerisms, their movements. Maybe it really is what comes as the answer to the serenity prayer...truly changing what we can and accepting what we can't, and knowing the difference. I'd like to be serene. Unfortunately, I'm not most of the time. Still too busy standing outside myself looking at myself. Foolishly judging instead of simply 'being' Loved and not caring how I 'seem'.

whenever i wanna seem sofisticated, i pretend i am british.

well, I was telling darby that it is really sad for me, cause not only am I probably not very sophisticated, but I will never be able to shop at "Petite Sophisticate." Double wammy, I guess: not sophisticated and too tall...oh well. :-)

Jessica, I love you but if you did shop at Le Petite Sophisticate I would be forced to make fun of you.

I am sophisticated, happy and I have a soul, but I don't shop at Petite Sophisticate.

This is funny to me, because you guys are the people who I consider sophisticated. I swear.

Darb, consider it a wish come true, at least in my book.

sophisticated and being at with peace with yourself (including your weaknesses, blemishes, and failures) are two different things in my book (you should really read it sometime). doesn't sophisticated kind of mean modern and smooth where as you don't really need to be that to have it together as far as peace on the inside. who cares if you're modern? stay the same and you'll eventually be "modern" again!

now finding that inner peace amongst all your fears and insecurities, that's much harder to attain!

sophisticated and being at with peace with yourself (including your weaknesses, blemishes, and failures) are two different things in my book (you should really read it sometime). doesn't sophisticated kind of mean modern and smooth where as you don't really need to be that to have it together as far as peace on the inside. who cares if you're modern? stay the same and you'll eventually be "modern" again!

now finding that inner peace amongst all your fears and insecurities, that's much harder to attain!

Just want to make sure that you guys know I was joking about Petite Sophisticate. Not only am I fine with not shopping there (which is good cause I am pretty sure that it went out of business a long time ago), but I am also content with my height. :-)

Jessica, oh my gosh. If I thought that you were serious about petite sophisticate I never would have said that I would make fun of you if you shopped there.

On tv i may look god-like and absolutely under control in even the most difficult of situations, but honestly i actually do have it all together. What can i say i am jack bauer, super human sophisticant. The secret is **shhhh*** carrying a big gun on you at all times. Nothing more reassuring than that.

Oh me goodness, I love Jack Bauer...

Oh, and merry, I figured you knew--I just wanted to clarify for people who might not.

jack bauer, your life is in shambles! your daughter HATES you, you are a recovering addict, you have the whole nation of china hating you, i know underneath that rough exterior there is a broken heart and that is why you kill and torture so easily...i saw that tear you shed at the end of season 3!

this was a post by tony by the way -- from beyond

what? tony died???? how about a spoiler warning!

I killed that sonuvabitch traitor.

Impersonator

ok, time to move on...

This post is starting to become simmilar to a finely aged wine.

darby it is time for a new post!!