December 21st, 2004
You may not know you have this problem, but that's completely understandable because I would be a little disappointed if you did. The problem you have that seems to have infested and made a nice little home in thousands of others like you is that you're either a boring benign lump or an attention slut that withers without limelight. I did a search just moments ago for people within 50 miles of my zip code and the first page alone made me want to go on a serial killer spree just for the holiday season. I'm surrounded by people that show as much skin as legally possible here just so people will look at them and want them as a friend, people that belong in a glass case b/c they take so much time to make sure their appearance garners them gawks, points and stares when they enter public and people who simply joined this site just so they could jump on the bandwagon like their friends told them to and are "Add As a Friend" button happy.
Whatever happened to being unique without being obtuse? Is it so difficult these days to simply dress yourself in clothes that you like and are comfortable in without having to adhere to the latest trends of your specific group? Obviously it is. If you dye your hair black and wear eyeliner with your Chucks, Dickies and "vintage" tee you just bought from Hot Topic or whatever little corporate store you shop at and somehow manage to think that you look unique, then you need to be slapped. Same goes for the A&F kids that switched to Hollister, they're the same company in case you were too busy getting drunk and stoned to realise that. Same for the little hipsters in their knit caps, sweaters, scarves and Birks...the AE and Aero kids that can't afford the A&F and Hollister stuff, too.
Stop reading Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Cosmo, Spin and Maxim. Start reading Catch-22, the Lord of the Rings, DaVinci Code or something else that's more text than pictures and advertising. Shop at a Mom'n'Pop store or local thrift store for your shirts, pants, jackets and shoes (yes, shoes). You can't be unique if you look like 10,000 other people and listen to the same music as them. Sure, it's nice to be able to have something in common with other people but you don't really need their approval to be able to live with and love yourself. Make yourself happy before worrying about others. And, for health's sake, EAT SOMETHING YOU FUCKING PIXIE STICK!