What's Wrong?

I recently read an article in O Magazine that changed my life!  It was so poignant that I thought I better write it down just in case I forget and need to reference the wisdom.  To start off I am well aware that I appear to be a “not gonna take your crap”, bitchy kinda gal and I do not proclaim myself to not be either of those things but I do, however have a serious facial deformity that sometimes gives off the impression that I am a cranky person all the time.  Facial deformity?  Yes.  Really.  It’s called a “Bitchy Resting Face” (I am totally not lying and I swear I did not make this up!)  Honestly when I read this I almost dropped the magazine!  All these years people have been asking me “What’s wrong?”  (Mostly people who haven’t figured out my facial expressions yet.  Those who know and love me have it all figured out and I don’t have to pretend to smile around them all the time just so they leave me the eff alone!)   In all honesty I call it my “Thinking Face” because for the bulk of my waking hours I am thinking about so much stuff my brain forgets to tell me to put on a smiley face for the crowd around me.  I take an awful lot of harassment when I watch tv.  I tend to really focus (if there is an actual story line to follow) and by the reaction I often get my tv watching face is more akin to “I Effen Hate You Face”.  Huh, who knew?  Apparently, according to the article, I am not the only one who has this issue.  Michelle Obama has been slammed for her glowering and the recent inductee into the Cullen vampire family, Kristen Stewart, has been trashed repeatedly for her unsmiley face.  So now that I have a name for my “affliction”  I am going to spend less time worrying about whether or not my facial expression is bothering people and more time trying to solve life’s little mysteries.