Friday Mar 04, 2005

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So I was thinking today.....about "people like us".

Yeah, you know - "US". The Freaks. The "Fringe Element".
Counterculturists.
We who take the "Road Less Travelled".
We who collectively flip the proverbial middle finger at the rest of the world.
We even mark ourselves deliberately.

I know, I know. Some might protest, citing that "But this is just ME. I'm not *looking* to be different. It's just who I AM."

Well.....duh tongue biggrin Different is different, whether it's by choice or it just comes naturally.

Some of us are vegetarian or vegan, peace loving, animal protecting, nature exploring.....
Others are angry - sneering, snarling, stomping about in hostility - literally and/or figuratively.

Some of us are truly disturbed....some of us experience what they refer to as ennui.

Some of us have tried to conform - to do the march of the toy soldier - to "sit up straight, learn our lines, wipe that smug look off our faces, and behave!!"
Others never bothered...or were never given the chance to.

Me personally - I'm happy to claim life-long residency in the "Fringe".

These two quotes come to mind:

"My hammer crashes fiercely against it's prison" - Freidrich Neitszche

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein

Can you dig it?

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commonman:
I like being a freak, but for most of my life I didn't. It took a long time to come to terms with it. Living in Massachusetts, especially the happy valley, actually makes me feel more normal. I can walk down the street and see women holding hands (and no-one chasing them with pitchforks), I know some same-sex couples who are now legally married to each other, people dress how they want, are a progressive as they want to be, and are generally tolerant. My kind of people. So now I feel less on the fringe than I have in the past. It's a good feeling.

BTW, once I had a cockatiel who decided that this mole on my chest didn't belong there, so she decided to chew it off. She half-succeeded. So I know all about bad pets coming close to death.
sickboy11:
Hey Mal! Thanks for lettin me know about Jim Goad! I'll check him out ASAP! When you guys movin to LA? wink

[Edited on Mar 05, 2005 10:44PM]

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