Daily Archive for February 16th, 2010

The Focus of Attention

(blog carnival subject)

We didn’t celebrate birthdays a child but if I did I think I would be offended by such a display of love and positive attention. There would be balloons and cake, punch and potatoes chips. There would be burgers grilling outside as my cousins ran around in party hats blowing those obnoxious horns. What I just described is a typical scene from the movies, the only reference I have to birthday parties. If you take that example then add my family in there the only thing one could feel is frightened. Besides, I don’t believe I’d feel special at all. While everyone looks dead at me and sings that infamous song out of tune I doubt I’d feel anything but exposed. We’re talking about the family that hurt me as much as inhumanly possible and they’re all focusing on me. I think I would have been frightened by it.

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