Your label is sticking out...
...well maybe not really. I know labels are silly and they really don't do society on a whole any real good, but I can't help but think of them from time to time, I guess more so online, and sometimes outside of the internet too.
You always hear and see these labels, "Oh he's such a jock" or "Yeah, her? She's a girly-girl" or something along those lines. Or better yet, the people who label themselves, like the goth kids, the stoners, the gamers, the nerds, etc. I know in high school, I would try to find my own category, which I know changed depending on my mood. Identity crisis, I guess, is what you would call it. I know I went through it in middle and high school. I sometimes wonder if I'm still going through it on occasion. It's not like I don't know who I am, or I'm dissatisfied with how I came out of the molding or something, but I feel like I don't really "fit" under any label. I know a lot of people don't "fit" under labels directly, but I need that organization sometimes. So I try to categorize myself. I'm not really a gamer, I don't play half as many video games as other people do (even less lately). I'm not a nerd/dork/geek or however you want to put it, since I don't have a love of any academic subject (though I like learning). I find biology and history (ancient civilizations) interesting, but that's about it. Yeah, I guess I'm something of a fangirl for Arashi, but it's not to the caliber of others. I like to read manga and watch anime, but I'm not an okatu for that (I haven't even read/watched an anime in months). I like to write, but I'm not a writer, since I haven't written for fun in ages. I guess the only thing that fits is that I like to read, I'm a bookworm of sorts. That, I feel, is the only consistency in the labeling of my life.
I guess what it comes down to is that it's hard to find a way to describe myself to others. I'm a little bit of everything, not enough for a label, but enough to state I have an interest. I know people are usually like that, but sometimes, I want my clean cut cookie cutters.
You always hear and see these labels, "Oh he's such a jock" or "Yeah, her? She's a girly-girl" or something along those lines. Or better yet, the people who label themselves, like the goth kids, the stoners, the gamers, the nerds, etc. I know in high school, I would try to find my own category, which I know changed depending on my mood. Identity crisis, I guess, is what you would call it. I know I went through it in middle and high school. I sometimes wonder if I'm still going through it on occasion. It's not like I don't know who I am, or I'm dissatisfied with how I came out of the molding or something, but I feel like I don't really "fit" under any label. I know a lot of people don't "fit" under labels directly, but I need that organization sometimes. So I try to categorize myself. I'm not really a gamer, I don't play half as many video games as other people do (even less lately). I'm not a nerd/dork/geek or however you want to put it, since I don't have a love of any academic subject (though I like learning). I find biology and history (ancient civilizations) interesting, but that's about it. Yeah, I guess I'm something of a fangirl for Arashi, but it's not to the caliber of others. I like to read manga and watch anime, but I'm not an okatu for that (I haven't even read/watched an anime in months). I like to write, but I'm not a writer, since I haven't written for fun in ages. I guess the only thing that fits is that I like to read, I'm a bookworm of sorts. That, I feel, is the only consistency in the labeling of my life.
I guess what it comes down to is that it's hard to find a way to describe myself to others. I'm a little bit of everything, not enough for a label, but enough to state I have an interest. I know people are usually like that, but sometimes, I want my clean cut cookie cutters.