Oh, I can lie, all right. Believe me, that’s no problem. What I wanna do is perfect it. I mean, I wanna be the best of the best at lying. It’s not that I LIKE deceiving people or anything: I just recognise and appreciate the usefulness of having such a skill at hand. Having the skill wouldn’t mean I’d go around lying my ass off. Nah, I’d just love to know I COULD.
xonzero's Life List
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1. be bolder
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2. be decisive
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3. be less self-conscious
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4. stop procrastinating
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5. study more
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6. read at least one book a week
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7. excercise at least three times a week
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8. study one great person in history every month
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9. learn alot about science
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10. watch at least one new movie a week
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11. get rid of my acne
562 people -
12. get rock-hard abs
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13. improve my posture
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14. speak more clearly
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15. be a great kisser
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16. learn how to french kiss
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17. learn to get into people's heads
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18. learn to lie
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19. meditate
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20. be more open-minded
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21. stop cracking my knuckles
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22. stop biting my nails
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23. always be early
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24. win a debating competition
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25. be great at cricket
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26. kiss a stranger
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27. get drunk (once)
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28. have casual sex
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29. stop drinking soda
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I still can’t quite figure it out: is MY self-consciousness really a result of me thinking too little of myself, or could it actually be that I think too much of myself? In the earlier years, I’d’ve said, sure, I have self-esteem issues. These days, I’m opening up to the possibilty that I may just love myself soooo much that I hate the very thought of being scrutinized by other people. If people scrutinize you, they can find fault, right? Maybe I like living in a fantasy world in which I have no faults. So, I’m on the defence: trying constantly to either defend my idea of a perfect self (which makes me a little paranoid), or to avoid situations that puts my self up for close observation.
Though most people’d fall for the whole shy-guy thing, all my closest friends agree: I’m a bit on the egocentric side. While I have no problem with being conceited, though, I AM tired of being afraid to be myself around people. I already know how great a guy I am, I just wish I could share it.
