And Ed gripes that people rag on HIM about his height ...

[nekokoban]

First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who answered to my last post. :D; Due to the LJ munchings, I only recieved notification of three of them. _o_ But as it turns out, it WAS the Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring prologue that the song reminded me of--I knew I could see the dark credit scene in my head, even if I couldn't identify it. :D :D :D :D

I terribly appreciate it♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Secondly, a conversation, circa five minutes ago, when I ran into Mom on my way to the kitchen:

ME: Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii~
MOM: Hi<3
ME: S'cuse me, I need water~
MOM: Okay~ ... [following me to kitchen] Why don't you grow any more? I give my plants water, and they grow nice and tall.
ME: But, I'm at the age where people STOP growing, right?
MOM: Yup, boys stop around twenty-five, girls around twenty ... I shoulda given you growth hormones. [said all the while eyeing me speculatively. erk.]

Dad offers me bribes of $100 for every phsyical inch I grow. I wonder if I wobbled around and measured myself in heels, would that still count? XD

Comments

[shuki-ai.livejournal.com]

Awww, don't worry about being short. I'm tall, and sometimes that can be bad too. For example, half the guys I know, I tower over. >_>;;; Not fun, lol!

[chibirisu.livejournal.com]

(nod nod) And being tall is even worse when you're in Japan! I'm a 5'9" Scottish-ancestry freckled redhead. My chances of inconspicuously blending in were abysmal to start with, but they were even worse considering I was about six inches taller than the average height of the women walking around, and even a few taller than most of the men... so if you ever want to go visit the anime mecca, you'll find it a LOT easier to not get stared at while you're there!

Doubt it's much consolation, but had to give it a shot... ^^;;

[nekokoban]

*snrks* 5'3" Korean, but every single person I've ever met, even other Asians, think I'm Chinese. XD; I figure, should I ever get the chance to go to Japan, I'll just keep my mouth shut and look for bookstores--because once I'm THERE, then I don't need to worry about the rest of the details. XD

[nekokoban]

*snrks* Actually, I don't terribly mind being short--the only time I DO is when I come back to Austin and all the tall people I know take tremendous glee in a) picking me up OFF THE GROUND and b) incessantly mocking my height. I'm honestly about medium-height, but the thing is, the majority of my friends at home are, at minimum 5'9". XD

[renabunny42.livejournal.com]

I'm a Houstonian myself :)

I actually talked about this sunday with other peps at my Sunday school; there was this one girl who was *short* {not that the rest of us where just tall[but we where]} and two points that still stick out in my head {not that long ago, but we saw Spidey 2 then went to B&N[so many GNs...]after that. too much in mind for moi ^-^} was 1. you would probably be better at running away {easier to see in a crowd; 5'1 man or a 6'1 man? ^_~} and 2. something about midgets tripping people *blinks* I don't remember *how* the boy brought up this point, but it was the oddest one *nod nod *

I, on the other hand, am tall; almost 5'9 and still growing -_- We have a lot of tall people in our family, and i did *not* miss out on that gene.
It means I'm *veeery* luckily I did not fall on my butt when I first wore high-heals. It was for a musical review to, so I had to dance in them and the ground was uneven. on the bright side the high-heals are nice ones and still fit me XD

To the tall peps; do you ever find yourself giving a silent cheer when you saw someone in the room who is taller then you? it's not the adults so much as peps my age that it bothers me if I tower over them.

GStar/TBQoR

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

My mom used to make me drink this nasty concoction of bulbs and herbs simmered in a slow-cooker to make me "stronger and taller". (Of course, she also held me back in the third grade, because she thought I was small and puny and would get picked on. All it did was get me picked on MORE because I had to repeat a grade.)

Since I topped out at 5'0", I question these decisions.

(And I'm still the shortest on both the Asian and Caucasian sides of my family.)

[nekokoban]

Ah, see--the thing with my mom is that she's always wanted me to at LEAST be taller than her, because somewhere in her head, she got the notion that it's good for kids to be taller than their parents. But I topped out at 5'3", and she's still about two-three inches taller than me. XD And since she and her mother were both tall for Asian women, I guess she really was hoping the genes would breed true.

... after contemplating this, she decided it's 'cos Dad's medium-height for an Asian man, and let it go. XD For now.

(I haven't seen most of my other family members in years, but from what I'm given to understand, my two cousins who're closest to my age--one year older and one year younger--are somewhere nearing the six-foot range, which is not entirely encouraging for height. XD)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It is my considered belief, being shorter than anyone in my family except my grandmothers, that being short is very fun. Sure you can't reach the top shelf in a 'normal-sized' kitchen... but it's a great excuse to still climb on the counter when you're 21 years old!

One of my favorite authors, who never passed 5 feet, put into the mouth of an equally small character words that I've tried to live by:

1. Diamonds and dynamite come in small packages.
and
2. Small things have to be meaner to survive.

[nekokoban]

See, I got scolded for sitting on the counter when I was still nine or ten. ... ironically, I sat on the counter about two or three days after I got home this summer and Dad didn't even notice, so maybe it doesn't matter as much now. XD

I'd still almost like to see if I can grow that extra inch, just to find out if Dad'll really pay me the bribe money for growing. XD

[zinjadu.livejournal.com]

When people tease me about my hight, I just think of the Nac Mac Feegle. Those guys prove that to be short is no hinderance to a person.

Fightin' AND drinkin'!

[torsui.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/community/fanfic_hate/3904.html?thread=1064512#t1064512

*raises brow*

i'll tell you that i was really damned surprised to see your name on this list. turns out i'm not the only one, heh...

[nekokoban]

^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; I was actually aware of that, and was making a point not to say much because--well, eh, it's a venting forum, and the only way I could change the person's opinion is to get better, though it seems I haven't done that decently enough. [wry] While I personally prefer to kvetch and rant in private, I can understand the need and desire to do it in a public forum.

I'll admit to being stung, sure, and I wish I'd been told directly by the original commentor so I could work towards improvement, but--in the end, there's truth to what they say. A great frigging huge CHUNK of my earlier stuff (if not all of it, as I'm more inclined to believe) sucks incredibly, and if I'm being called on it, that's the plain and simple truth. [shrugs] I post for the interactiveness of it, because I like meeting people--but I write for the fun of it, and even if I mope about it for a few days, that won't stop me. [wry]