Sunday, February 12, 2012

Identity-type-thingy-majig-or-something

I'm doing this on my phone again, so it's pretty plain looking like the last entry. Anyway, as I mentioned in one of my previous free writes, I've noticed that my perceptions of the world around me are built on the idea of my displeasures. My opinions are often based on "I hate it, it doesn't interest me, I don't care about it," or "I love it, I want to know all about it." In order for me to love something, I've noticed that my first question to ask myself is always, "Does this suck? Do I really dislike it?" This is why drives my perception of the world around me. I imagine people can get very mixed signals from me. I look very depressing, I wear my pants low so people probably think I'm overly headstrong and unintelligent. People have often told me I look like a drug dealer or at the very least, an addict. The observations I can make by this are interesting though as it shows I'm difficult to read. I'm not only against drugs strongly, I don't drink. I'm rather intelligent and a talented writer and musician. This tells me that my perceptions will almost always be wrong, and I can't make a conclusion without talking to a person first hand. I also notice that this will help my topic by providing physical generalizations to juxtapose to the nerd stereotype, thus providing and interesting way to present each person I talk to.

2 comments:

  1. I usually form opinions on the notion of "suckiness" too. I can also relate to your point about people making judgements without actually getting to know you. I've been misread plenty of times as well. I care to an extent although I really don't care what people think. What matters is what we want to matter? Matter is a funny word. Nice post.

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  2. Hey, Ben.
    I like how you're eager to explore the complex and contradictory elements that comprise your outward identity. Indeed, you do defy the typical "nerd" stereotype, which is interesting, since you somewhat identity witht that label. I'm stoked to see what you come up with for the project.
    (Post needed to be 300 words, though.)

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