By the way, I loved all the details in the Barbie movie and here’s what I find when I search for “details, details Barbie”:
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Thanks to all who helped me create this “details, details” post, including YOU!
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* Here’s another detail: while I was writing this, I got a message that Elon Musk had changed the name of Twitter to “X.” Here’s what I posted about that detail:
For whatever reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about snubs lately, especially the reported snubs of a very successful actor.
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An article I read last week lamenting the surprising snubs by the Emmy awards of Harrison Ford for his role as an elderly therapist in Shrinking led me to watch that series, and now I can’t stop thinking about the snubs. That’s how good he was in it. Also, I’m surprised about the snubs he’s getting from the world as people are staying away in droves from the latest and last Indiana Jones movie, which I really enjoyed.
I wonder whether these snubs are related to the fact that Harrison Ford is 80 years old, because older people experience so many snubs.
I’ve been so concerned about Harrison Ford’s feelings about these snubs that I have to keep reminding myself that he is most likely not thinking about them at all.
In the meantime, I dreamed last night that I got snubs from many people when I performed my original songs for them. Somebody I know said, “These songs are NOT good” as she walked out in disgust. I tried to get the rest of the audience to stay, but the responses were all snubs.
The reality is that we learn to survive snubs, including internalized biases like ageism, sexism, racism, Anti-Semitism, and homophobia. And the more we put ourselves out there, the more snubs we’ll encounter.
And I’m pretty sure that Harrison Ford is okay.
Do you see snubs in any of my images for today?
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Today’s Daily Bitch is all about snubs and here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “snubs.”
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Thanks to all who help me deal with snubs, including YOU.
In group and individual therapy, many people discuss their difficulties in asking for what they want.
Sometimes, people aren’t sure what they want. Other times, they know what they want but they dread the experience of asking for what they want and not getting it.
Even though asking for what you want and not getting it actually leaves you in the same situation as not asking at all, people dread the experience of rejection.
I can relate. I often have trouble asking for what I want, for fear that both the asker (me) and the askee (you?) will feel worse after the asking. Also, I’m afraid of being perceived as being
pushy,
greedy,
needy,
manipulative, and/or
foolish, if the outcome isn’t what I wanted.
Today, I am going to throw caution to the wind and ask for something that I want.
I want more people to subscribe to my YouTube channel.
There, I’ve said it!
Are we still okay?
Now I’m going to take this one step further and share the link to my YouTube channel so you can subscribe.
Wow! I did it. I asked for what I want. And no matter what happens, it’s good.
Now, because that felt so good, I’m going to ask for something else I want: could you look at my images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “asking for what you want” on YouTube. (Hey! Maybe I should write a song about asking for what you want and publish it on YouTube!)
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After watching that video, I feel even more comfortable asking you to leave a comment, below.
And in case you need to know how to subscribe to a YouTube channel…
Thanks to all who are here for this asking-for-what-you-want post, including YOU!
Earlier this week, while we were talking about complaints in my Coping and Healing group, one of the members got us laughing about ridiculous complaints from travelers.
I don’t want any complaints from my blog readers, so here’s a link to those traveler complaints:
I have no complaints about this being the third National Ice Cream Soda Day so far this year. On Get to Know Your Customer Day, here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “complaints.”
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Feel free to express any complaints in the comments section, below, and thanks for being here, now.
Things are either all good or all bad, people are either perfect or failures, something new will either fix everything or be worthless. There is no middle ground; we place people and situations in “either/or” categories, with no shades of gray, or allowing for complexities. Watch out for absolute words like “always”, “never,” “totally,” etc. as indications of this kind of distortion.
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I was about to say that we all do all-or-nothing thinking, but perhaps there are some humans that don’t.
Is the Daily Bitch doing all-or-nothing thinking today?
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Technically, she is correct (as usual), but that kind of either-or thinking doesn’t reflect the vast diversity in the universe.
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Things aren’t alway either pizza or not pizza; they can also be sour candy and/or caviar.
Here’s what I find when I search for “all-or-nothing” thinking on YouTube.
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Do you do all-or-nothing thinking? And please don’t respond “always!”
Thanks to all who helped me create this all-or-nothing-thinking post, including YOU!
I noticing, here and now, that today is National Get Out of the Dog House Day. Here’s a description of that day I found online:
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I try to let go of grudges every day, because life is too short to be upset and mad at people.
Just last night I said to my husband Michael (who is never in the dog house), “I don’t think cats hold grudges, no matter what people say.” I’m glad our cats don’t put us in the dog house.
I hope my other images for today don’t put me in the dog house with you.
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Because it’s also World Emoji Day, here’s my attempt to nonverbally communicate the importance of National Get Out of the Dog House Day: 🇺🇸🐶🏡👋💙
Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “National Get Out of the Dog House Day.”
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Thanks to all who haven’t put me in the dog house, including YOU!
Last night, my husband (whose name is Michael) and I dined at a new restaurant in Dorchester, Massachusetts named Via Cannuccia.
While we were enjoying that delicious and unusual appetizer with the deceptive name of Eggplant Parmigiana, one of the staff came over and said to us, “You know somebody named Christina, right? She called and said her friend Ann is here and she wants to pay for her meals.”
Try as I might, I couldn’t think of a friend named Christina and since nobody except our cats named Joan and Harley knew we were out last night, I told the staff person (whose name I didn’t catch) that there must be another person named Ann or Anne dining in the small restaurant.
As I said to Michael, Ann/Anne is a common name. So common that we are celebrating another Anne today.
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I’m glad that Anne Hutchinson persevered after being banished from Massachusetts and is being celebrated today.
Our cat named Joan is helping this Ann get new followers on the new social media site named Threads.
That last picture isn’t Joan, it’s our shy cat Harley, whose name makes me wonder about his previous owners who gave him up for adoption. Maybe they were too busy riding their Harley motorcycles to be able to spend time with him. Maybe they were often stomping around in their motorcycle boots, which might explain why he runs away whenever we’re wearing shoes.
Michael’s brother-in-law — whose last name is “Bolger” — is related to this guy we saw on a mural in Dorchester last night.
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Do you know the name of the city in these two photos I took last night?
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Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “names.”
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Of course, the name “Ann” isn’t on that list of strong girl names, but I’m still strong!
Thanks to all those who have names, including YOU!
The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally 