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[quirkybird]

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[rheall]

I still feel like that ten year old. I look around at some girls I used to know, and I just wonder what the hell happened... and I also wonder if I missed something somehow! Argh!

Wonderful art; The "Eat At Joe's" is wonderfully quirky. =)

[quirkybird]

Yeah, I was the kid who blithely tunneled through middle school, drawing strawberries on my tapered jeans, writing epic fantasy stories, acting the smart-ass, and generally being incomprehensible to my schoolmates.

I had pals in 6th grade who would cheerfully pretend to be dragons together or go on magical woodland adventures - then in 7th grade, pwif, I was on my own. I don't think it ever dawned on me that I could TRY to conform.

[rheall]

That all sounds a hell of a lot like me, hehe!

I responded to it though by outright refusing to conform. Haha! I dressed as non-girly as I could, excelled in science, english and art class, never went to any of the school dances, and walked around in the school yard during elementary pretending I could control the wind. "The wind will blow............. now!"

[vogelein]

Oh, my God, did you hear that segment of This American Life two weeks ago, the one about the woman who tried to start a tween-girls' gameshow to help subvert this very occurrence? Heartbreaking.

[quirkybird]

Oh geez, yes. I just wanted to die or turn it off, but it was like a horrible carwreck you can't look away from.

[questionstar]

omfg that was me too! It still is a bit though >_>;

[gutlesswonder]

In middle school, I had this big ugly frizzy ponytail and kids still confused me for a boy on some occasions. Also, I read shitty Star Wars novels that I kept in the pockets of my cargo pants.

Thankfully, sometime around 11th grade I finally had friends and gained the support I needed to become awesome.

[fishcracker]

Also, I read shitty Star Wars novels that I kept in the pockets of my cargo pants.

Dear God! MY LONG-LOST TWIN