I used to believe

A girl I work with loves the Website “I Used to Believe.” It’s actually pretty funny, if you take a look at it and allow yourself to get lost in the world of things people really believed when they were younger. So before I get busy editing a story that needs serious “creative” editing, I thought I’d list a few of my used-to-believes for you all. You know, so you could laugh at me. A bit more than usual.

• I used to believe that commercials on TV were live. Especially cereal commercials during Saturday morning cartoons. I thought that girl had to eat that bowl of cereal over and over and over. Seriously.

• I thought that I could grow to be 6 feet tall. OK, while this is theoretically true, it’s just not genetically possible. I come from a long line of average height to short people. My dad’s like 5 foot 8 and my mom is about my height. We aren’t tall people. My grandparents were average, so were my aunts and uncles. But I thought I was going to be tall and slender. Neither of those things happened! (Tangent: since I saw LeAnn Rimes at the Bon Jovi concert I’ve come to the conclusion that she has great legs. She doesn’t have short, little pistons like me.)

• I used to believe I wanted to be a nightly news anchor. Now I know I would HATE this job. I would like to meet Anderson Cooper, though. (Seriously, I’ve watched him since his early, early days on Channel 1 when I was in high school. And I bought and read and enjoyed his book! I’m a fan, Anderson!)

• I used to believe that I’d always live close enough to see my brother every day.

• I used to believe that leggings (or stirrup pants!) and oversized sweatshirts were an amazingly cool wardrobe combo. Oh, and socks you could scrunch down over the pants. Wow. I was so not cool. (BTW, I’m trying to keep pics from these days under wraps. So you’ll never see them here. Along with the big glasses and large bangs. I should just stop typing right now.)

OK, work awaits. I must accomplish something today! (You know, before I divulge all my embarrassing secrets from the past!)