Personality transplant complete. Sew her back up!

I smell like someone else's cologne.

Not that I have cologne myself, I just don't smell like the perfume I normally wear an... oh whatever. You get it.

My perfume:



Apparently I'm poisonous.

I hugged a friend this morning and now all day I keep getting whiffs of his cologne. Cologne transfer! At least it smells good and not like bear musk or whatever men wear these days. But it made me think..

I inadvertently took something from my brief encounter with him that stayed with me all day. What if I started doing that purposely with the good things I see in my friends and the people I encounter on a daily basis?

Not like personality plagarism or anything...like one of those creepy people who virtually turn into the people they spend time with or admire. It's more like...gleaning. Learning. I can totally think of a few people who have some really good characteristics, people that I want to be like.

I have a friend who just has a super sweet, caring personality, and I wish I was more like that. More sweet and less cynical.
One friend who always, always sees the best in everyone and truly loves people no matter what they do to him.
Someone who never gives up on his projects and goals.. if he wants it done, it gets done. I sometimes give up halfway through things and I hate that about myself.
And a few friends with kids, that really display their patience and selflessness time and time again, which I really admire.

Instead of Calvin Klein, I want to emanate this.. sweetness, unconditional love, patience, selflessness, perseverance.

I'm working on it.

Then there are those people who instantly bring out something in me I'd rather keep hidden.. though most of the time the person doesn't do anything at all. It's just always been there in me, waiting to show it's head like a Whack-A-Mole. Where's a mallet when I need it?

There's some people who just need a little extra attention. After a point, I find myself drawing in and away instead of reaching out to them.
A person who is always so put together and gorgeous that I instantly start critiquing myself. "Am I wearing STRIPED socks?! Is my hair brushed?! Where are my super-flat awesome abs?!?"
And worst of all, an on-and-off friend who sometimes gets too busy with other things to maintain the friendship. I really have to fight off bitterness on this kind of thing.."What, I'm not worth your time anymore? I'm not good enough, not worth your time now that you have something better?"
Dangerous, dangerous ground.
Run, Kimee, run!

Ok, and to wrap this thing up, I'd like to give a shout out to my friend Chelsey "hottest thing in kickboxing gloves" Gowins, who asked the other night if I have a bucket list. I don't, but I thought I'd start one and grace all of you with its illustrious presence here on the blog.

I just realized that Chelsey has a little competition for hottest thing in kickboxing gloves, cause no one can compete with GSP and that French accent or whatever it is. Sorry Chels. Maybe when The Ultimate Fighter is over you can have your title back.

Bucket list: (in no particular order)

Live in Italy for a month or two and learn Italian cooking from the locals.

Own (and drive) a motorcycle.

Drive a race car. (Danica Patrick is my hero.)

Host a cooking show.

Open a bakery and use the proceeds to do good stuff for the community around me.

Be the frontwoman for a rock band and thrash around the stage like Lacey Mosley.


There are alot more. But I've gotta go finish a cake for some little ones.. so I leave you with this thought.
Don't let the "scent" of negative things stay with you in your daily encounters with other humans. Take with you the constructive and good things, and don't let the bad things cling. Be the fragrance to the world that God intended you to be..

I like to think of my "scent" as sweet, yet strong, with an unexpected note of spice. :)

What's yours?