she got her own thing, that's why i love her

my whole life i've always strived to be different. of course different than the "world," but just different in general. i never like to be grouped into a category (except like Jesus-freak or something, I'm OK with that).

i remember in one of my high school yearbooks a girl i didn't know super well signed it & wrote something about how she respected me because i wasn't like everyone else- not like i was a total freak-o anti-conformity type, but i was my own person & OK with it. she wrote that i was genuine and true. she wrote that she loved the fact that i was friends with all the different "groups" but never compromised myself or changed for anyone. that meant so much to me, i've never forgotten it. i treasure that comment possibly more than any others i received- even the "cool guy" in school writing that he wanted to hang out that summer & giving me his number- ha.

i've never owned a pair of rainbows or ugg boots. i've never had croakies or booty shorts with "cocks" written on the ass. i don't own vera bradley or really anything name brand. i don't say "fail" or "epic fail" or whatever popular phrase everyone is saying at the time. i don't like bands because everyone else does. you get my drift.

and honestly, if you have all of that & say epic fail all the time, i freaking love you. i don't think you're lame or dumb, i swear. i'm just trying to make a point. there are things i like that a bajillion people like, but it's not because a bajllion people like them. i like twilight & so does everyone and her mother, but it's not because it's the popular thing to like right now...

please only buy things & like things & say things because YOU like them, not because it's the cool thing to do. don't be afraid to be the only one that says you don't like a band that everyone loves. i don't like bright eyes at all, just so you know. wear your k-mart brand ghetto shoes with pride & don't worry about what people will think. be you & be proud of it. think of how boring the world would be if everyone liked the same stuff just because it was the cool thing to do. yuck.

i hope that when i meet the right guy he'll find this quality attractive in me. and i hope he'll be the same. one of the most attractive things to me is cool confidence & knowing who you are. pimp juice, if you will. for now i'll go on being miss independent- not the kelly clarkson/destiny's child 3 snaps in z formation miss independent- just my own person miss independent. and you should, too. thank you & goodnight.