Shambling horror

[em_fish]

When I was a little girl-child, I actually listened to what Raffi had to say and I tried to "just be myself". I was rejected by my peers and told by adults that I was too weird, and my wounds were a just consequence of not knowing how to not be so weird

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[urbangeo]

IMO, weird people are way more interesting than non weirdos.

[ringthebells]

It sounds like something horrible happened today. I hope you can spend enough healing time with your wife and your weird friends in the next few days to make the memory of this event recede with a quickness. (Unfortunately I'm going away to Ottawa for the weekend and am therefore unable to invite you over for Ginger Dojo-style weirdness.)

*big hugs*

[rougemacabre]

I know that feeling all too well. Mostly, I'm happy being quirky old myself, but some days I wonder what happened that makes me unable to ride the "normals" bus. Did I just not get the memo? Do I smell funny? Why is it when I sit down with a group of normals that they sense the oddity, even before I open my mouth or do the Time Warp nude on the table. -_- There should be a warning label on "be yourself". "To thine own self be true, but remember thy peers will mock and laugh at thee." >.>

But remember, it's those smexy stylish tentacles that keep us comin' Em! ^_^ You can cut them off but then you'd be missing appendages.

[felis_ultharus]

I have those days. Hell, I'm writing a novel about just that subject. And yeah - those aspects are autobiographical.

But you know what? Unless they turn out famous actors and sports stars, those people's lives peak in high school. They remain fixed there for us, because it's high school where we're most mixed with people who are not our chosen group. It gets reinforced, because idealized (and unrealistic) versions saturate the media.

But then you meet them at work, meet the high-schoolers through FaceBook, and find out what they're like at 30, 40, 50. They wonder where their lives went, and how they got divorced, and why they aren't with it anymore. Meanwhile, the outcasts and weirdos who find things they love just get better and better.

But you know all this already, so maybe I should just shut up now :)

[_mad0nna_]

Screw them all. You're "you," not "weird" or bizarre. "Weird" is just an inappropriate description with a negative connotation that people use when they come across someone who defies their idea of normal, typical, common, etc. People don't like what's different. There's nothing wrong with different, people just don't like to open their minds a bit. But, on the other hand, I do understand where you're coming from, too, and I hope you feel better soon. Just remember, you have a group of friends and people around you just as unique as you who care a lot about you. Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter. *hugs*