I’ve decided to start this new ongoing topic that I’m going to post on once a week (roughly). Since my site is called From the Mind of a TeenageGrl (girl), I’ve decided to play off of that and create “From the Mind of a Teenage…[fill in blank].” It’ll just be a word, a personality trait, or something about me. It could be inspired by a story, a feeling, or just a little piece of me that I think would be interesting to talk about. Since my posts are kind of general things that people can relate to, the point of these is to get to know me a little better since I don’t usually do super personal posts about me and my life.
This Week’s Theme! (kind of obvious from the title): Klutziness
This one was inspired by a funny, awkward, embarrassing, typically klutzy incident. Today at lunch, I was hungry after eating my entire lunch (which wasn’t that much by the way) so I was looking through my friend’s lunch. By some unfortunate miracle that only I, Klutz Master, would be blessed with, the lunch box tipped over and the Thermos made a huge thud on the floor along with a few other cartons. Everything being closed tightly, it did not cause a mess; however, it was pretty loud and caught the attention of the guys at the table next to us. I was a little (but not too much) embarrassed and they started chanting out things like “EMBARRASSING!” “WHAT A LOSER!” and “WOW GOOD JOB!” They’re my friends so I just threw some food at them and told them to shut up. And then everyone at my table had to go and make a big deal out of it (when none of the food was spoiled and no one was hurt! – but, hey, they needed something to talk about) and the conversation lasted for a good five minutes about my “gracefulness.” The day before, I tripped over an UNMOVING stool (how does one do that?) and most days, I bump into various people in the hallway.
You’d think that I wouldn’t be too awkward or klutzy because I’m so short and compact; there’s barely any of me! But somehow, these incidences happen almost every day. Luckily, I’m not embarrassed easily so I usually just laugh it off and never think it’s a big deal. I guess I just don’t pay attention because my mind is fifty places at once and the last place it is is the THING right in front of me that I’m about to walk into. Or I’ll just happen to be the first one to step on a spill, get my sweater caught on a door handle when there’s a huge mass of people waiting behind me, drop my lunchbox in front of a random person who awkwardly stands there wondering if he should pick it up, or tip something over when all I want to do is look inside of it. And of course, it’s always in front of my friends who never let these opportunities pass by without making fun of me.
Thank you, Klutz Gods, for blessing me with this gift. I really appreciate it.
So I’m your typical klutz who can’t tell left from right and is the annoying one in the hall always getting in your way. On behalf of all klutzes, we’re sorry, but we can’t help our incoordination (and I wonder why I suck at racquet, hand-eye sports).
Are you a klutz or someone who is graceful and gets annoyed at those people that are constantly in the way and spilling things? If you are klutzy, do these incidences really embarrass you or do you not really care?
