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Apr 6, '08 8:17 PM
for everyone

I needed a song with some attitude today. :) I especially love this line: "I hate that stupid old pick up truck you never let me drive..."

My daughter, Erin, was noticing lately that we girls here are always having second thoughts. We head out the door and ask, "Did I turn off the coffee pot?" We get out of the car and someone says, "Do these shoes look stupid with these jeans?" Being in our usual little society of females, most of our second thoughts involve appearance... is my hair doing crazy things, does this match, is this skirt too short? Other times it is "I wish I had said..." or "why didn't I say 'no'?" or "I hope they understood that I didn't mean that."

Herman Mellville mentions second thoughts in Moby Dick, "Possibly, too, Jonah might have ensconced himself in a hollow tooth; but, on second thoughts, the Right Whale is toothless."

To have second thoughts it means you either are in doubt about something or have changed your mind/opinion. Sometimes a second thought comes about almost instantaneously...those are the ones that are usually born from doubt. Sometimes, however, second thoughts come gradually...over time...as more of a situation becomes revealed to you. Those later second thoughts have less to do with doubt than they do with whatever revelation educates.

An example of that is taking on a position that is vacant - something that needs to be done - and you wonder why no one else is doing it, it seems pretty cut and dry. AND THEN, the second thoughts come - when you find out that no one wants it because of nit picky nasty dealings and monumental stressors that were hidden when you first agreed.

Or perhaps in a relationship where the initial high hopes and enthusiam are dashed after you realize that personalities don't mesh.

Anyhow, second thoughts. I don't think they can be escaped. While I love being confident of choices I make - even as simple as what shoes go with what skirt - one never knows what the day may bring and what might have seemed like a good choice may turn out all wrong. . Those great spikey heeled sandals looked great, but after walking in them for an hour...OUCH.

~o~

Yesterday: an hour of cardio and 20 minutes of yoga. I just couldn't bring myself to be quiet and breathe/balance and all that jazz.

Today: Not a thing. Too much to do. Way too much to do.

Tomorrow: The P90X adventure continues with week 5 and some new workouts.

~o~
Last night I watched "I Am Legend" with Wil Smith. While it was a good sci-fi movie, it was too scary for chicken-livered me. I watched quite a bit of it through pillows. I even left the room for one part. I had gotten an iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts a bit before the movie and it tasted suspiciously like regular and not decaf. Sure enough, I got jittery and edgy...which didn't help much when watching a creepy movie. Worst of all, the dog dies. I cannot bear movies where the dog dies. I ended up having a horrific, bloody nightmare about dying dogs, woke up in the middle of the night feeling extra creepy and anxious. Not fun at all.

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lisap65 wrote on Apr 6

I love that song. Look here's the video

chrisceb wrote on Apr 6

I saw I am Legend in the theater...talk about jump scenes. I loved the movie though! I thought it was awesome!

lowercasebecky wrote on Apr 6

Second thoughts are usually the better ones. The thoughts or decisions which occur after additional informaiton is added are usually more accurate and you'd be wise to act on your second thoughts.

trayne wrote on Apr 6

Leaving the room during a movie... that is scary... we call that the "Lassie will be ok" syndrome... it is something I used to do . Now I just hit the remote button to the next channel...

I don't like to be scared... not at all.

queenmartina wrote on Apr 7

I think 2nd thoughts are better too ... although when it comes to what to wear and things like that, I usually don't have time to think about the 1st thought lol.

glynisp wrote on Apr 7

I'm so excited she made a video of this! I love it - I could pick up the stuff where it laughs at the Rihanna and Carrie Underwood videos...now I have to watch it again.

newsdoggg wrote on Apr 7

big Will Smith fan here ... I Am Legend was great ... doggg scene was ruff ... I second guess myself a lot ... try not to, but it's hard not to ... woof! ... love the song!

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