On Looks
This is a bit of a rant on the focusing of looks by people. If you don't want to read it, you don't have to.
Okay, first I've gotta give a little background info, right? I'm a geek. Most of my family are geeks and hillbillies. As you can guess, people of both those descriptions care little for their looks. Both, I believe, prefer to look past those. At least that's what I prefer to believe, but I could quite possibly be lying to myself.
Now, my brother is a bit of a prep. He cares a lot about how he looks, what clothes he wears, etc. And more than that, he cares how people see how he looks. And that's about all the set up I need to do.
Now, countless times, he has remarked on my clothing and that I need to shave, get a haircut, etc. None of these things are very highly important to me, so I don't much notice. However, it does get wearing after a while, especially since I don't remark on how he looks or what he wears. That's his business, not mine.
I prefer to focus past the clothing on who a person is inside. The out-front image of people matters little to me. That is not to say it doesn't matter at all. After all, I am a guy and a hot girl is a hot girl is a hot girl. I just don't like to focus on it and I don't particularly care for people who do.
I think as a sort of "rebellion" against all the people who focus there, I care less about how I look. I say to myself, "If they see my outside and turn away instantly, they aren't worth my trouble." That's me in theory. In practice, I think I'm less harsh than that, but I only see myself in the mirror. And, like looking in a mirror, what I see is distorted, flipped, what have you.
And besides, I want to have a beard. Unlike he obviously assumes, I don't shave because I'm lazy or I forgot or something along those lines. I don't shave because I would like to have a beard. That's my choice.
Yet, perhaps he's only worried about me. Perhaps he sees my not caring as me withdrawing from society. Perhaps he sees that as unhealthy for my psychological development. Perhaps I just get angry about things I shouldn't.
Hmmm, I need to pratice these rants, they don't suitably mad, now do they?
Heading off to set up church now. I'll be back around nine-ish unless I hang with my church friends.
Okay, first I've gotta give a little background info, right? I'm a geek. Most of my family are geeks and hillbillies. As you can guess, people of both those descriptions care little for their looks. Both, I believe, prefer to look past those. At least that's what I prefer to believe, but I could quite possibly be lying to myself.
Now, my brother is a bit of a prep. He cares a lot about how he looks, what clothes he wears, etc. And more than that, he cares how people see how he looks. And that's about all the set up I need to do.
Now, countless times, he has remarked on my clothing and that I need to shave, get a haircut, etc. None of these things are very highly important to me, so I don't much notice. However, it does get wearing after a while, especially since I don't remark on how he looks or what he wears. That's his business, not mine.
I prefer to focus past the clothing on who a person is inside. The out-front image of people matters little to me. That is not to say it doesn't matter at all. After all, I am a guy and a hot girl is a hot girl is a hot girl. I just don't like to focus on it and I don't particularly care for people who do.
I think as a sort of "rebellion" against all the people who focus there, I care less about how I look. I say to myself, "If they see my outside and turn away instantly, they aren't worth my trouble." That's me in theory. In practice, I think I'm less harsh than that, but I only see myself in the mirror. And, like looking in a mirror, what I see is distorted, flipped, what have you.
And besides, I want to have a beard. Unlike he obviously assumes, I don't shave because I'm lazy or I forgot or something along those lines. I don't shave because I would like to have a beard. That's my choice.
Yet, perhaps he's only worried about me. Perhaps he sees my not caring as me withdrawing from society. Perhaps he sees that as unhealthy for my psychological development. Perhaps I just get angry about things I shouldn't.
Hmmm, I need to pratice these rants, they don't suitably mad, now do they?
Heading off to set up church now. I'll be back around nine-ish unless I hang with my church friends.