Embarrassed??

Mom, Dad, Big Bro and Big Sis got back from London this week and told me lots of funny stories about the trip. One recurring story was how Big Bro and Big Sis would get so embarrassed when Mom and Dad would use their horribly bad British accents very loudly in the most public of places. The crowded tube, high tea, museums, everywhere. To me it sounds pretty darn funny, but they were beside themselves. Go figure that Big Bro and Big Sis are the only ones left in my family that can feel embarrassment. I'm not sure I could even feel or understand embarrassment, but even if I could, I couldn't care less because life's too short to care what others think about you. Now mind you, you should be embarrassed if you do bad things to people or do really stupid things like Justin Bieber or Anthony "here's my" Weiner. But just being yourself should never embarrass you if you are not offending anyone. I still make a biggie (poop in US english) in my pants in public sometimes, but you don't see me hiding my face in shame. I just roll with it and lie that I didn't do it and Mom or Dad, unembarrassed, take me to the loo :-) and clean me up. You see, when you stop worrying about embarrassment, you become way more self confident. Think about it. Do you think that Captain James T. Kirk would ever be so bad-ass if William Shatner ever got embarrassed by his over-acting super egomaniacal personality? No way, and what would the world be like without Captain Kirk? Way less awesome, Dad says. And what would the world be like without the unembarrassed you? Even more less awesome. So do me a favor this weekend and test out my theory. Let your hair down, and spend 2 full days not caring how others will judge you. You'll thank me on Monday.....unless you get arrested at which point I will plead the fact that I am an 11 year old with a sub 60 IQ. Now helm ahead, warp factor 2 Mr. Sulu.........Cheers!