tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post8218207710754060559..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Am I an imposter?Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-32424446146777690172008-02-05T13:34:00.000-05:002008-02-05T13:34:00.000-05:00S - I didn't read that profile - I should check it...S - I didn't read that profile - I should check it out.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-40489621988497622162008-02-05T09:25:00.000-05:002008-02-05T09:25:00.000-05:00Makes me think of 2 things:-- the wonderful book L...Makes me think of 2 things:<BR/><BR/>-- the wonderful book Learned Optimism - that Bill gave me. This dude found that those who were, by his reckoning, "Pessimists", often had deeper self-knowledge than those who were "optimists". Pessimists seemed to know their own faults, and did not OVER-estimate their appeal - where those who were optimistic often thought they were funnier, smarter, than they actually were. Very interesting - and not at all in line with conventional wisdom. <BR/><BR/>-- the awesome profile of Clay Aiken in last week's NY Magazine - did you read it?? He's here doing Spamalot ... I highly recommend the article. The author noticed how often Aiken calls himself a "geek", a "dork", etc. - and that she didn't think such attitudes really fly in New York, where people do have a pretty keen bullshit meter. She recognized that it was a defense of some kind (or that was her theory anyway) - a way of stepping out of competition, and deflecting deeper questions (about, say, his sexuality - the big white elephant in the room). She sensed that there was something false in his self-deprecation (after all, the guy is a huge star) - but that he himself is not even aware of the duplicity in it. Really interesting article if you haven't read it.Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.com