This week, in my quest for help with research and inspiration for new characters in my books, I’m going in completely the opposite direction to my last ‘Is It Just Me…?’ post, and, instead of asking about rage, I am now researching the horrible affliction of ‘stupid, annoying, over-the-top happiness’.
Is It Just Me… or does anyone else suffer from inexplicable bouts of the above illness? Sometimes, usually when no one else is around, I find myself acting stranger than normal. A mild attack can merely consist of singing loudly in the shower, but this can rapidly progress to Muppet-voiced conversations with the dirty crockery that I am washing, or can even result in symptoms as cronic as fashioning my hair in a fancy way, whilst rapping in the style of a soprano (the high-pitched lady-singers, not the gravel-voiced TV gangsters) and dancing like a rhythmically challenged hippo with springs on its feet.
The strange thing is, this illness is in fact an important slice of my personality. It’s part of who I am, and I actually like it! Yet, weirdly, I would never show this side of myself to ANYONE outside of my immediate family (and sometimes not even them) and I would especially not admit to it on a Blog post. I’m not sure if it’s a confidence thing, if it’s just because this part of me only comes out to play when I’m alone, or if it’s because I’m aware this is about as annoying as a human being can possibly get, but it is definitely a behind-closed-doors thing.
So, the queston is – does anyone else have a part of their personality that they enjoy, something that you feel is a vital part of who you are, but never let anyone see? A stupid,fun, secret you?
Or is it justy me?
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I have so many of these things that I should probably go and see someone about it.
Main ones:
*Pretending Im in a music video whilst listening to iPod on train or bus
*Pretending Im somehow famous and being interview for a glossy sunday magazine….whilst sat on the toilet
*Perfecting my author photograph for the inside of my book in the mirror
*Pretending im a spy/undercover police officer (and dressing accordingly)
* I also sing alot when Im alone, not just singing along to a cd, but I full-on PERFORM the CD as though Im on stage. All of it.
I really hope this is the kind of thing you were looking for else I may have given away far too much about myself without any reason.
Right, I have a miming to the Fleet Foxes gig to soundcheck for…
Hannah, reading about other people making fools of themselves is exactly what I’m after (sorry by the way. Your comment went straight into spam filter and sat there for a week before I noticed it!) I especially like the spy one. Have you stopped to tie your shoelace at the side of a busy pavement lately? It makes you feel like you are conspicuously trying to look inconspicuous because you are secretly following someone! I honestly can’t tie my laces in public without feeling shifty!
Ok don’t tell a soul but I love to put on a silly fake italian accent and pretend that I hosting a crazy cooking show when throwing together dinner. I also love to make up lyrics and sing them loudly over the top of the song playing. When I am in one of these moods it is a very “don’t rain on my parade” moment and it is hard for anything to bring me down. I also find that I am infectious dragging others into my world with me.
Will you be making a camo appearance in the new Muppets movie?
I kind of love when I have to clean the bathroom. It has no windows, it has a lock (obviously, and our computer server i just ouside, so it’s hard to hear anything from inside the bathroom when the door is shut. So on goes the iPod, I sing as badlky as I llie, and bust the moves NO-ONE ever sees. I seriously self-concous, and even when I’m drunk, though I care less, I still care, so my dancing is “safe”. But in the bathroom, I don’t hold back for a bout an hour. And it’s fun!
Just because it’s similar to Hannah… if no-one had been in the ladies for a while at my old work place, the lights would automatically turn off, then turn on when someone entered, though one lot would come on before the next. When this happened, I used to pretend I was on a catwalk as I made my way to a cubicle.
My craziness isn’t reserved for JUST bathrooms, but those are the two that stick out at this moment in time.
I cannot shake the image of you strutting through a bathroom now! And I am also jealous of that funky lighting. Although, I think I would do it in more of a slo-mo action movie strut, just before sidestepping into a cubicle to avoid a huge explosion behind me. (catwalk model would be my 2nd choice)