Conformity
Dear Readers,
I fear I am becoming woefully normal. I'm not absolutely sure what is considered normal in U.S society, since some people are praised for their differences and others are not. Sometimes innovations can gain one fame in the fashion industry, and others who dress different are just considered freaks. Though I know not the exact definition, I can list a few points on why I think I'm losing my strange ways.
1) I get starbucks everyday. (but that's only to waste my dining dollars, I swear!!!)
2) I actually enjoy company now, and I dislike being alone. I enjoy conversing at length over dinner, and I do not fear people as much as I used to (though I still can not introduce myself to guys)
3) I watch youtube frequently. (I have nothing else to do!!!)
4) I'm acting like a mean girl in this one "friendship" I have. (slap self on wrist)
5) I go to the gym to work out.
6) I get smoothies.
7) I'm learing how to laugh and smile.
8) I read books about our life today.
9) I text people.
There are reasons I am still different, though, which I find very consoling. Hopefully these idiosyncrasies outweigh the conformity.
1) I'm still obsessed with the French Revolution, almost more than ever.
2) I go to the library to waste time.
3) I'm the only person in class who actually does the readings.
4) People still find my virtue funny.
5) I still think philosophically and spiritually.
6) I still hate parties and act like a jerk at them (as you well know).
7) I still love making honors idiots look like fools.
8) I still attempt to speak the King's English.
9) I speak IM language only when I incorporate French Revolution things (i.e. OMSB)
10)I don't truly fear sitting alone at lunch.
11)I just got really excited after I found out I could unlock the door from the inside just by turning the knob.
So, perhaps I am not what one calls normal. I am, however, terribly frightened by how much I am enjoying American life. These things that people do I never pictured myself doing, but yet now I am. If you told me years ago I would be reading the business section of the Globe and wathcing CNN at breakfast, I would've told you you were crazy, but here I am. I know that people change when they go to college, but I thought I would change for the worse, not the better! What is happening? How could I become decent? Hmmm... I do not know whether I can consider myself changed, but something is happening. Something has to be done.
I fear I am becoming woefully normal. I'm not absolutely sure what is considered normal in U.S society, since some people are praised for their differences and others are not. Sometimes innovations can gain one fame in the fashion industry, and others who dress different are just considered freaks. Though I know not the exact definition, I can list a few points on why I think I'm losing my strange ways.
1) I get starbucks everyday. (but that's only to waste my dining dollars, I swear!!!)
2) I actually enjoy company now, and I dislike being alone. I enjoy conversing at length over dinner, and I do not fear people as much as I used to (though I still can not introduce myself to guys)
3) I watch youtube frequently. (I have nothing else to do!!!)
4) I'm acting like a mean girl in this one "friendship" I have. (slap self on wrist)
5) I go to the gym to work out.
6) I get smoothies.
7) I'm learing how to laugh and smile.
8) I read books about our life today.
9) I text people.
There are reasons I am still different, though, which I find very consoling. Hopefully these idiosyncrasies outweigh the conformity.
1) I'm still obsessed with the French Revolution, almost more than ever.
2) I go to the library to waste time.
3) I'm the only person in class who actually does the readings.
4) People still find my virtue funny.
5) I still think philosophically and spiritually.
6) I still hate parties and act like a jerk at them (as you well know).
7) I still love making honors idiots look like fools.
8) I still attempt to speak the King's English.
9) I speak IM language only when I incorporate French Revolution things (i.e. OMSB)
10)I don't truly fear sitting alone at lunch.
11)I just got really excited after I found out I could unlock the door from the inside just by turning the knob.
So, perhaps I am not what one calls normal. I am, however, terribly frightened by how much I am enjoying American life. These things that people do I never pictured myself doing, but yet now I am. If you told me years ago I would be reading the business section of the Globe and wathcing CNN at breakfast, I would've told you you were crazy, but here I am. I know that people change when they go to college, but I thought I would change for the worse, not the better! What is happening? How could I become decent? Hmmm... I do not know whether I can consider myself changed, but something is happening. Something has to be done.