Archives for June 2009
parenting advice you didn’t ask for but need:
fear to courage
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my heart grew
a picture worth a thousand words
fashion friday
In with in crowd
I never really loved High School.
I didn’t dig the early start time, the vicious rumors and gossip, the lockers that I could never remember my combination for (I still have recurring dreams on that one!), but what I especially hated were the cliques. I could never quite get into the idea of it, and I certainly couldn’t claim one that I wanted to be officially affiliated with.
Looking back, I had friends in nearly every “clique” there was in every school I went to. (I went to three high schools in four years. Another story for another time.) Anytime I felt like I was starting to be branded, I felt myself withdraw a little. I could never understand why. But, I always kept myself on the outskirts of every social circle. I had friends on the inside, but my attitude was a little of ‘don’t you dare draw me in with you.’ It was never a conscious decision, just something I have since noticed in looking back.
I’m noticing though that this didn’t end in high school. It continued into my twenties, and now into my thirties.
I have a wide array of friends. I just don’t necessarily have one group of friends, and when I have parties or get togethers, a lot of my friends only know each other and are familiar with each other because of me. I don’t intentionally make it this way, it just seems to be how it has worked out.
I’ve been this way in my blog as well. I know blogs that focus more on one particular topic seem to be more successful, but I can’t seem to commit to being branded. I know if you get in with the top clubs, you can rock it out. If you kiss some serious bootie, you might get noticed. If you follow, they will too.
But, it’s just not me. I guess it never really has been.
Jimmy says he loves this about me. It’s one of the things that drew him into me. The unexpectedness, the inability to figure me out.
I may never be in. I may never be the best. I may never be able to say, I’m a part of “the” crowd. This used to bother me. I used to think there was something wrong with me. But, in time, it has settled. It has become me.
© 2009 “Le Musings of Moi”