I\u2019m on vacation in North Dakota at my parents, it\u2019s beautiful and snowing. I\u2019m sitting on the couch reading a book The Unicorn Project. I\u2019m 10 pages in and my mom comes into the room and says, \u201cWhat are you reading?\u201d. I start explaining what I know thus far. A woman is taking the fall for a mistake in a male-dominated corporate world, she is a developer and is being shoveled off to The Phoenix Project which is another book I\u2019ll be reading immediately following this one. Her inner dialogue is about how she knows she is very direct in this male-dominated world and it\u2019s not winning her any points but she will always stand up for herself. I can relate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My mom starts walking out of the room to get some coffee and says, you know who you remind me of? I ask who, and she jokes, I\u2019m not telling you. I ask Hillary Clinton? She says, no, why would you say that? I said, she is the first really direct woman I could think of, and I think she is admirable. She says, now I\u2019m not going to tell you because your standards are so high, you will be disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now I\u2019m a bit nervous, but I hate mysteries so, I ask who anyway. She says, Sandra Bullock in a bunch of different movies. I say that isn\u2019t bad. I may have spoken too soon. I ask, which movies mom? Is this Miss Congeniality or Speed? She laughs and says mainly Two Weeks Notice. I laugh and tell her she isn\u2019t the first person to make a comparison of Ms. Bullock’s characters and myself. I ask why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She says you have no man skills. We both laugh because it\u2019s true. She says, you know she really doesn\u2019t care what anyone thinks about her, is intelligent, is a terrible dresser, has no idea when someone likes her, doesn\u2019t know how to flirt, and is really sensitive. She goes on to explain that her character can\u2019t tell how other people feel but she is still really sensitive anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lol, I may need a new blog section: Adventures in having no man skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— The fug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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