I think it was you and I who talked once about how really we are all products of our environment. how we pick up things from each person we come across. Its the combination of all these small things that makes each of us unique. A quote my mom always used comes to mind here "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." If someone takes something of yours and makes it their own its because they really liked it, take it as a compliment. Nobody knows exactly all the same people as anyone else, even if you share a lot of common friends. You're going to be most like those closest to you because you spend the most time with each other, but each of you has your own little idiosyncrasies phrases etc. that we use and thats what makes us an individual. You are definitely unique brooke, no questions about it, but sometimes you just need to look a little further than surface level to see where you really shine. Try too hard to be an individual and you just wind up part of another group. So smile, cus youre brooklyn mundy and nobody else is!
hey sweetheart... i wish i had something truly profound to say in reply to your post, but my mind feels pretty foggy at the moment. however, i would like to tell you that i love having you in lang arts with me and i wish we talked more because i think you're a great person! you always make me smile! :0) i hope you had a good day! xoxo
Does this have anything to do with purse straps? hehe.jumplilkidJanuary 8 2004, 16:58:17 UTC
I know I know. I hate it too. I hate that I constantly feel like pieces of me are being stolen every time I have an idea about something and say it outloud allowing others into my mind and giving myself up to them. Lately I've been trying reeealy hard to ignore it though, because I know I let it bother me too much. I hate the mere thought of it. I also hate that it seems like everyone else feels the same way, because that means that there's one more thing to add to the endless list of reasons why I am not unique. And it also means that either I'm right or everyone else is right, but according to each individual I am just another part of 'everyone else,' therefore I am not right and neither is anyone else. But we can't all be right. ugh. It's so annoying and confusing. I hate that people's happiness is dependant not on how original they are, but on how original others THINK they are. It just pisses me off beyond belief. I hate it hate it hate it. And I hate it when people try to do/say things to make themselves seem more
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All of them staring at me funny except you, and I fail to see why I should carehesgottajeepJanuary 8 2004, 19:17:22 UTC
It seems to me that this happens all the time. I hold dearly to me the things about me that are unique. I guess that is why I appear to be someone who conforms. I don't want them "stolen". Others think that it is the "cool" thing to "start the trend", but is it wrong for me to want things that just belong to me? I don't want to be the one who starts the trend. I want to be the only one who can pull it off. It may sound selfish, but I want it, I don't act on it. Individuality is something that you have. But it appears everyone is working for it now. I know it is impossible to be completely indsividual, but why can't I have somethings that just belong to me and don't become the new big hit in the teenage world. I guess I just let it bother me too much. ~h
A little more of my mindcrzygurl44January 11 2004, 16:29:44 UTC
I think one of the biggest lies our inflated media society has shoved onto us is that the only way we can be individuals is to express it outwardly by participating in their culture.
The biggest expression of individuality is how you live your life. Not how you chose to project yourself on other people....just how you live your life. How you love, how you choose not to live in fear or judgement, how you choose to react with strangers on the street...It's really got nothing to do with what you wear, listen to, how you talk...
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You are definitely unique brooke, no questions about it, but sometimes you just need to look a little further than surface level to see where you really shine. Try too hard to be an individual and you just wind up part of another group. So smile, cus youre brooklyn mundy and nobody else is!
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i wish i had something truly profound to say in reply to your post, but my mind feels pretty foggy at the moment. however, i would like to tell you that i love having you in lang arts with me and i wish we talked more because i think you're a great person! you always make me smile! :0) i hope you had a good day!
xoxo
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I hate that people's happiness is dependant not on how original they are, but on how original others THINK they are. It just pisses me off beyond belief. I hate it hate it hate it. And I hate it when people try to do/say things to make themselves seem more ( ... )
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Individuality is something that you have. But it appears everyone is working for it now. I know it is impossible to be completely indsividual, but why can't I have somethings that just belong to me and don't become the new big hit in the teenage world.
I guess I just let it bother me too much.
~h
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The biggest expression of individuality is how you live your life. Not how you chose to project yourself on other people....just how you live your life. How you love, how you choose not to live in fear or judgement, how you choose to react with strangers on the street...It's really got nothing to do with what you wear, listen to, how you talk...
I dunno, that's just me. Individuality is tricky.
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