Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Period Girl

Before I started using Facebook I ended my sentences with periods. However, frequently I now end a written sentence or a conversation with a smiley face :), a wink ;), or the ever popular exclamation point!. It's really quite unnatural for me to end sentences this way, but now it's become something that I feel that I must do in order to present a facade of being happy, peppy, or just plain excited about life. I don't end normal every day conversations with a shout, or an exclamation of joy, unless I have just been presented with a really lovely piece of chicken.That's just not who I am. In real life I don't even know how to wink, I guess I'm not visually coordinated enough to pull it off, and I can't really think of many occasions where I would end a sentence with a wink anyway. I suppose that I just want to fit in and seem as sparkling as everyone else in cyber world. But at heart I am still a period girl.
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  1. pMarch 8, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    I apologize, but I was looking forward to a post about 'PMS' :) I must say that "I don't end normal every day conversations with a shout, or an exclamation of joy, unless I have just been presented with a really lovely piece of chicken." has got to be my ALL TIME FAVE SENTENCE OF YOURS!!! and yes, I was shouting. xoxo :D

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  2. YvonneMarch 8, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Love your post! I have found myself using a smiley face in some of my posts. My thing is that for whatever reason, when I write I many times spell both words out instead of combining them into a contraction. With my posts I seek out all these two words and contract them, as somehow it seems more modern. We all have our little querks. I too love your sentence on the lovely piece of chicken. You are priceless!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 8, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    I use more exclamation points than I would like, mostly because I worry that I'll seem too stern or serious if I don't.

    I probably use more smiley faces than most people, but that feels totally natural to me. The funny thing is, I'm not a very "smiley" person in real life.

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  4. La Belette RougeMarch 9, 2011 at 1:34 AM

    I so relate. I have always beena period gal and yet the internet has made me more effusive and likely to put my emoticon on my sleeve. I had to, just there, had to hold back from adding an emoticon.
    I too love this post. I love it so much that I want to use exclamation marks, many in fact.xo

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  5. Jamie GoldbergMarch 9, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Glad that you all enjoyed my period post;)!!

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  6. Kristy @LoveandblasphemyMarch 9, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    I know what you mean!!! (I'm playing around with the exclamation points, you see?) :) Oops, there I go again.

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  7. debbie - no running with scissorMarch 10, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    HMMMMMMMMMMM......well.....I guess I am just really excitable individual, because I ALWAYS seem to end in an exclamation point! Loved the post!:)

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  8. ShanimalsCrackers.blogspot.comMarch 11, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    Yep, I'm the same exact way. Verbally, I don't say anything with enthusiasm, or a sense of excitement--I'm kind of dry, I guess. But this whole online thing, let me tell you, people think I'm a happy-go-lucky person! :)

    Found you on BPOTW.

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  9. LaTosha BrownMarch 17, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    I love this post. It was so creative and true! See there....I just used an exclamation point:) WOW! Look there is the smiley face too!

    Thanks for the post!

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