Anyways, forgive me as this will probably be a rant and I will go on and on and on about my ideas that probably mean squat. However, I need to get this out as people seem to be falling every day into the trap that is trying to be cool. Something that is merely subjective, I see people left and right around me being influenced on their perception on cool, and changing what they do and even say and believe to cater towards this word and idea. The most annoying is girls that completely fail at it-those who think they'll be accepted if they spend their money tanning every other day, getting tips, and spending their Saturday mornings trying to remember what they did that Friday night. Other girls, mostly ones that I laugh at the most (to myself, not to them, of course), are the ones try to be "different" from the rest by listening to so called "indie" music, shopping at Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, and reading Nylon. You might be reading this and calling me a hypocrite since I do all of those things, but I'm talking about the girls who follow these culture trends just because they think they're entitled to doing them, the girls who complain that other people at their school who they don't think are "as cool as them" are doing the same exact thing. Honestly, these self-entitled people have to get over themselves; while trying to be high and mighty (and cool), they're just making themselves seem like assholes. To me, being epitome of cool is some person who is charming, intelligent, knows something about everything and is bitingly clever--the most important part is they don't broadcast these talents, don't show off their "skills" as Napoleon Dynamite would say. They also wouldn't complain if another person "less cool" as them were doing the same activity, liked the same thing, or had the same opinion. I know that I will never become this person, as I am too loud, take things too personally, and will never learn to be charming; therefore, I don't dwell too much on this fictional person. I would rather be with someone with complete different tastes than me, listened to music that I hated, and dressed in clothes that I would never dream of wearing and that did what they wanted rather than subjecting themselves to the society of cool than be with people with the same tastes as me and obsessed with showing everyone their "cool" things and telling people their "cool" ideas. Honestly, most people don't give a shit. My philosophy is to do what you like, don't focus on fads, what everyone else is doing, or what you feel you should be doing so other people think your cool. Be yourself. It's so overly cliche its almost hard for me to type it, but it is the truest and purest statement fitting for this post. So embrace it, love it, and goddamn it start wearing those purple and yellow striped socks that go to your knees if you want to.
About Me
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- under your bed, Antarctica
- I'd like to somehow make a difference in people's lives - and buy them all a Coke