The Face

I've learned over the years that my walking-through-life-not-thinking-about-a-thing face reads as a this-girl-is-going-to-beat-someone-down-or-jump-off-a-cliff face. Apparently when my face is relaxed and I'm not smiling, I look just plain angry.  Or sad.  It depends on the perspective of the viewer I guess.

I know this not because I check out my image in anything with a reflective surface, but because people have stopped me to make sure I'm okay or to tell me to cheer up.  Not people like my mom or my grandpa, but random people at the airport, at school, in the mall.  My face concerns strangers.  The most recent time was several months ago on an airplane.  The guy looked at me and said, "Don't worry, things can't really be thaaat bad!"  I remember this time specifically because I was on my way home from a business trip so I was actually in a great mood.  Clearly it wasn't showing through.

Now that James and I are moving somewhere completely new, where we know no one and will have to make a real effort to get to know people (not to mention that our new town is tiny and people might actually remember us if we go to the same store/restaurant more than once), I've decided that I might need to actively fight against my normal face so as not to scare my new potential friends away.  Tonight I'm going to stand in front of my mirror and try on a few faces to see which looks friendly but not creepy, then I'm going to wear it around town and see if people notice. Am I the only one with this embarrassing issue?

Oh, by the way, in case you didn't know....we're moving to NEW YORK!! Woooo!

Here's a video of the cool stuff James' new company makes: