--I scare people. I admit it and it might make my numbers small. But I scare people. I scared some kid in my 11B English class for stuff you need not know....and if you do know that's okay too. Just don't tell. The things I say and do scare people. Funnily enough, I don't scare people too....I don't scare two people, and they know who they are. I don't scare them, which is damned good. I need someone to talk to who won't freak out once I tell about the stuff I do and the things I think and the stuff I listen to.
People shouldn't just go on what they see, they need the time to throughly "examine" someone before they deem them as being "uncool" or "freaky" or whatever. But, of course, people do and they're denied really good people....all because they did not delve further in. I think that they are blinded by stereotypes and lies based on what they have been taught. That's not to say that I am any better than anyone reading this [because I'm not and I know this]. That's saying that that might be a reason why people are the way they are.
Of course, not all people are like this.....but I just wish that they'd maybe stop by and say hi to the class outcast or what have you. Or the kid who everyone avoids because s/he's Goth or what their last name is Hussein (there is actually some kid in my school whose last name is Hussein) or because they're Muslim or whatever. That's just wrong and unfair to them because it is not their fault that this is who they are. I'm just trying to say that I (try) to respect people for who they are....not because they know every Cradle of Filth song (though that would pique my interests even MORE...). They're just people, we're just people. Why we are so destined to outcast us is just beyond me.
I like to listen to Evanescence & people think that I am emo. I barely know what emo is, but from what forums say, I'm not. :) I just like the music, why am I emo? I tell people about L'Ame Immortelle, and they just leave. Guys try to set me up for dates (which is why I've got to start saying that I'm taken otherwise they'll try to set me up with dates for the upcoming Junior Prom.
I don't like being set up either....for my failure, or for a date (which is failure because I'm so socially inept.) I'm smart, and I get a big bang out of reading and finding new music and writing. I write poetry that people think is good. Sometimes I don't think so, but hey, everyone has a different opinion--who am I to crucify you just because we don't agree?
Basically, there is so much more that meets the eye...but what the eye takes in the mind forms opinions on...which is not bad, mind you. But when it gets in the way of things...forming stereotypes...then I think it's bad. Not the opinion making, no. The fact that we let stereotypes dictate to us.
That's all I have for now. Stick to your opinions and I'll stick to mine.
