So I was sitting at Sudwerk's in Davis with my fellow labmates, when it was spoken that I was "too cool" to be a grad student here after I divulged some information about myself. I found this quite hilarious.
When I was in high school, I was damn nerdy. I had played Dungeons and Dragons, enjoyed reading science fiction and fantasy novels, watched anime, updated a website, and was pretty intimidated by any and all women who I found remotely attractive, aka I was shy.
I'm sure some kids might have thought I had things pretty together at that age. But, like all teenagers, I didn't. I was confused, naive, pretty stupid and immature. I remember that me and my friends hung out at the benches behind the library in our own little world on the side of the quad, very far away from where all the "popular" kids hung out.
Given all this stuff, I find it humorous that someone could mistake me for being a popular kid. I suppose there was also a side of me that looked good from a different point of view. I held parties regularly at my house (none of which were very big), I was exposed to drugs, alcohol, sex, etc... and was an aspiring musician. But oh, what I would have given to be noticed by some people...
The point of the matter is this. People change. What you present on the outside might not be anything like what you are on the inside. And most importantly, everyone was just a silly little kid thinking "nobody understands me!" when they were a teenager.
Current Mood : Nostalgic
Current Music : Pantera, Cowboys From Hell
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