I suppose just about everybody here is a freak in some way, or is at least freak-friendly. Right now, here in Western society, it's probably easier for ordinary, non-rich people to be outsiders than at any time or place in history, thanks to modern communications and especially the internet.
But some of the time, I really wish I were just like everybody else. Sometimes I wish I could just put on some Dockers and a baseball cap and talk sports. I wish I could fit in like a well-cut piece of a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes it's fun to be the only one to think such-and-such...sometimes you can convince yourself that, really, you're smarter or more creative or somehow better than the herd. But sometimes, it's just tiring. Sometimes, I wonder if maybe everybody else is right, and I'm wrong. Sometimes I know that I'm wrong, but I just can't help it.
But some of the time, I really wish I were just like everybody else. Sometimes I wish I could just put on some Dockers and a baseball cap and talk sports. I wish I could fit in like a well-cut piece of a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes it's fun to be the only one to think such-and-such...sometimes you can convince yourself that, really, you're smarter or more creative or somehow better than the herd. But sometimes, it's just tiring. Sometimes, I wonder if maybe everybody else is right, and I'm wrong. Sometimes I know that I'm wrong, but I just can't help it.
You should watch The OC. It is just so damn fun - it's the one hour I allow myself every week to just put everything aside and get caught up in this other fake world of rich teenagers who speak in sharp quips and brood deliciously while in designer clothes. It's not even a so-bad-it's-good show - it's an actually GOOD show. Very enjoyable.
I've loved San Fran the few times I have been there.
And I know the feeling of longing to fit the mold sometimes. Especially now that we have this world of law looming before us (though I can talk sports