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Best and Worst: How's your week been?

 

 

 

 

On paper, this week has been a good one. Yet, I can’t help but feel a little empty and dissatisfied today. Maybe it’s the Friday blues. Maybe I’m just dehydrated. Maybe I just need a hug.

Before I get into it, let me just explain what this post is all about. Best and Worst is a Mamamia weekly tradition where we all share out best and worst moments of the week. We also like to share what’s OMM (On My Mind).

This week, I’ll get the ball rolling.

BEST: On Tuesday night, I recited poetry in public. I know. How bourgeois, right? These were my own words, my own personal poems and short essays that I shared at this spoken-word event in Glebe. This was the second time I’d performed at Loose Leafs Literature (which is what the monthly event is called) but this time was far more special than the first.

It’s because this week, I wasn’t facing my fears, I was returning a veteran.

Would you believe me if I told you I am actually a shy person? I know I come across quite brave over an interface. But without a keyboard below my fingers and a monitor propped-up in front, sharing my deepest darkest emotions in real-time, on a stage, is very hard. I’m sure it’d be hard for most. Though it’s actually quite ironic since I spent most of my childhood singing in public and performing.

But maybe that’s just it. Poetry isn’t performing. It’s simply being. And that’s super scary and liberating all at the same time.

WORST: Things were going so well and then yesterday I choked on a swarm of gnats. Why? Because I walked into a swarm of gnats. But why would you do such a thing, Shami? Well, you see my dear, I was distracted by this ridiculous website: www.himthesite.com (Please only open this website when seated, and preferably on a laptop rather than on a mobile or tablet device like I did).

It’s an interactive website. You speak directly to it and this “man” replies. Yes a real, cyber faceless man. One of the longest conversations I’ve had in a while. Oh god, I need to get out more.

There you have it! My week all summed up. Now it’s your turn to share! 

Shami’s a postgraduate media student and intern at Mamamia. She spends most of her time planning to go to the gym and is so Top 40 that 30 onwards is her indie scene. Twitter: @Shami_Siva