kuzco-like
Earning my ears
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2010
(And a joke)
After listening to this week's News show, I felt that I had to make this appeal: Please don't mock the afflicted. Like Craig, I too suffer from RBF (which is, in our situations, Resting Bored Face, a slightly less intense form of RBF). Please understand that this is something beyond our control. We cannot change the way our faces look when we are tired, or bored, or deep in thought. It's just the way we are.
We hear the questions all the time. Are you okay? Is something wrong? Are you capable of feeling joy or excitement? The answers are: yes, I'm okay; nothing is wrong; and yes, I can feel joy and excitement. I'm just like everyone else. The only difference is that I don't externalize those feelings. Think of me as being like a night club. There could be a huge party going on inside, but you'd never know it from the dark, drab exterior.
There are some clues, though, for which to look in a person who has RBF, which indicate that he/she is actually having a good time. For example, I might have a slight sparkle in my eyes while saying something negative. Or my sarcasm might be slightly less biting. Or I might say something more ironic than usual. These are all indications that I'm "having a good time", as they say.
I hope that this post has been helpful to those who don't suffer from RBF, and that I've hopefully shortened the gap between the internally and externally gleeful.
And I hope that you read the sparkle in my eye as you read this.
After listening to this week's News show, I felt that I had to make this appeal: Please don't mock the afflicted. Like Craig, I too suffer from RBF (which is, in our situations, Resting Bored Face, a slightly less intense form of RBF). Please understand that this is something beyond our control. We cannot change the way our faces look when we are tired, or bored, or deep in thought. It's just the way we are.
We hear the questions all the time. Are you okay? Is something wrong? Are you capable of feeling joy or excitement? The answers are: yes, I'm okay; nothing is wrong; and yes, I can feel joy and excitement. I'm just like everyone else. The only difference is that I don't externalize those feelings. Think of me as being like a night club. There could be a huge party going on inside, but you'd never know it from the dark, drab exterior.
There are some clues, though, for which to look in a person who has RBF, which indicate that he/she is actually having a good time. For example, I might have a slight sparkle in my eyes while saying something negative. Or my sarcasm might be slightly less biting. Or I might say something more ironic than usual. These are all indications that I'm "having a good time", as they say.
I hope that this post has been helpful to those who don't suffer from RBF, and that I've hopefully shortened the gap between the internally and externally gleeful.
And I hope that you read the sparkle in my eye as you read this.
(emoticons show the emotion that I don't).
. I have a vertical crease on my forehead. Makes my brows look furrowed in anger.
Nope. That's just his face! 
=me smiling right now!
