Wednesday, March 30, 2005 :::
I love it when you call me out on something
I've been saying that for years, and today my friend chris hall called me out on it.
(and I feel the same way about grrls; we're all the same, all pretending we're ~so~ different....)
he's a great guy, an awesome friend, and an even better score (so kudos to his chick).
with that said, I'll mention that when we first met our intentions weren't just to be friends. stuff happened, and now we're friends.
so he's trying to argue agst my line.
thing is... he started out by saying that school kids that get picked on by jocks embrace alternatives, making them different than the jocks... but similar to another group.
and that kinda proved my point.
then he tried to say that I'm not like most grrls. as evidence he mentioned my habit of grabbing books in a bookstore and plopping down in the aisle to read it. I know it may not be the most orthodox thing to do, but it's not like I'm causing any trouble. and there's plenty of floor to go around, ya know?
I'm getting sidetracked. that may not be the most common thing to do, but I'm certainly not the first nor only person to do it. and even if I was, that could always be filed away as one of my "slightly different hobbies."
I know you're thinking it, 'cause it's come up in more than one conv w/ more than one person... "if guys are all the same what's so different about this justin fellow?"
nothing's different about him.
he too, is just another face in the crowd. he's just some guy, same as the rest of them, with slightly different hobbies.
when it comes down to it, though, we ~are~ all the same.
don't get me wrong, I think we're all unique, but that in itself is a unifying factor.
we all have to breath, we all want to be loved... and we all want to be accepted for who we are.
so what I'm really saying isn't that you don't matter enough for me to take the time to differentiate you... what I'm saying is that you're already good enough.
you don't need the approval of some grrl, or anyone else.
just be true to yourself. don't worry about other folks around... worry about you and being happy with who you are.
/me stepping off soap box
::: posted by tinafish at 5:02 PM :::