This is a quick "embarrassed" version of my usual avatar.
Why?
I had a moment of random mortification this morning.
While surfing a message board, I saw a post which struck me. "Wow," I thought, "that was a really nice turn of phrase. Who wrote that?" I look over to the name...
I wrote it.
Yeah.
Somehow it feels okay if I look back at a story I worked hard on and think, "I'm pretty proud of what I did there. I think it all came together in the end." But if I look at something I don't remember writing and think, "That's really good" then I feel like an egotistical jerk for some reason.
I don't know if that's just me over-reacting, but I do know I hope no one walks by my desk until my cheek color turns back to normal.