Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2004
Word association- POY
This week’s topic was inspired by Unconscious Mutterings, another prompt site....
Below you will find 10 words, chosen at random. With each word you will respond with the first thing that comes to mind..... But let's take it another step further, shall we...... Of the 10 words, choose one, with the corresponding response and expand on them. Perhaps your response to that word was drawn from a memory that word posed or maybe it tickled your funny bone or inspired other creative ideas. The possibilities are endless.
1. Peanut Butter
2. Insatiable
3. Daisies
4. Chewed Gum
5. Gang
6. Thunder
7. Monster
8. Soda Pop
9. Insecure
10. Forest
Ok, lets get this thing started shall we:
Peanut Butter = Jelly
Insatiable = sex
Daisies = Meadow
Chewed Gum = Bottom of desk
Gang = Guns
Thunder = Storm
Monster = Monsters, Inc. Boo, Kitty
Soda Pop = Coke
Insecure = Weight
Forest = Trees
Lets elaborate on the word insecure, that is something I never used to be. As you can see the first thing that comes to mind when I think about insecurities is weight because that is the source of all of my insecurities. I remember a time when I never felt this way. Don’t get me wrong, I have always been chubby, but I used to embrace it, I made the best out of it and in spite of it I really loved myself. I had the best self esteem seen in somebody who didn’t have the perfect body. I looked at the positive things in myself, I loved my hair, straight and dark, I loved my eyes, dark and mysterious, eyes that speak was what they called them, I loved my skin and skin color, always sporting a tan from living in Puerto Rico.
At some point I have let my weight get out of hand and I no longer feel so special, I no longer feel happy with myself, the gain has not been very much, but it has made a world of difference to me, making me feel inadequate and insecure in all of my surroundings.
r-y-r at 3:02 PM
