Believe It or Not… This is Me
September 27th, 2009 by SarahMAs a first-year I have to introduce myself to many people many times. I have highlighted a certain trend in this ritual. Before I open my mouth, people have already conceived the following perception of me:
- has a boyfriend
- is Spanish or Latin
- too intimidating to talk to
- likes POP music
- likes to part-AY!
- in her own world
Is it my hair, my cute heeled boots or is it my attitude? What about me exudes these characteristics? The funniest or most insulting to me is when after introducing myself I hear phrases like:
- “Really?”
- “I would have never guessed.”
- “Interesting I’m impressed.”
I like to think that I am a very unique person. I am not a compulsive liar (if I was I would mention my secret marriage to Lionel Messi). Then why do people think I’m lying or joking when I tell them:
- I don’t have MSN or Facebook.
I like to call people and find technology desensitizing
- I’ve never had a boyfriend.
PERSONAL CHOICE! Nobody worth the trouble…yet.
- I’ve never tried alcohol, drugs or anything else that is intoxicating.
If I don’t have absolute control over my body and self…then what do I have control over? Scary stuff…I know. Hugs not drugs!
- I’m scared of dolphin and WHALES!
They are the demons of the SEA! On land you can run, but underwater, one giant whale gulp of air = DEATH or dinner (depends how you see it).
- I am 5’1 NOT 5’0!!
With my cute heeled boots I’m 5’3.
- I am not from Spain, Argentina or Portugal!
Although their soccer teams ROCK.
- I’m smart.
Even though I sound like a 16 year old valley girl from the states.
- I have good taste in music, with the occasional slip-ups, of course.
I have been Jonas-sober for two weeks now.
- I don’t have a sugar daddy nor am I secretly a foxy grandma in disguise
Even though three of my most favourite people are: Elvis Costello, John Cusack and Frank Sinatra.
- I liked Michael Jackson before he died.
- I have only one friend at UofT :S
Give me some time! I haven’t found my niche yet!
- I like soccer because it offers me all of life’s joys in 2 hours
Bot because i want to meet hot soccer fans…soccer fans = pub besties = not boyfriend material
- I read politics for fun and not just because I want to sound smart in my tutorials!
- I am not anti-social or hostile, I’m just scared to break the ice.
I’m finding it really hard to be ME in this new environment. I am sick of censoring myself to impress others or avoid judgment. Does anybody else feel like this?
I am who I am, and if that’s too out-of-this-world for you, then you and your judgment can pay me to get on the show “The Moment of Truth” (Mark Wahlberg is so cute).
September 30th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Hey, I’m cool – wanna be “us”? I’m pretty low maintenance, and a relationship can enrich your life in many ways! I read politics for fun too! Add me on MSN: dull_troll@hotmail.com
September 30th, 2009 at 11:31 am
UM INSULTING! i do not need a relationship to enrich my life! and you clearly did not read the article…i DO NOT HAVE MSN!
October 1st, 2009 at 10:09 am
Ouch. o.o
October 4th, 2009 at 12:47 am
I know where you’re coming from.
Since no one really knows us yet, and we don’t know anyone, well, it’s difficult to be our random, crazy selves without either (a) scaring them off or (b) having them ignore us. Of course, there’s a (c), which is “them joining us and becoming our new friends,” but we don’t know how likely any of these outcomes are likely to occur.
So. Yeah. Somehow I made that sound almost scientific. O.O Must be from reading too many textbooks.
We’ll find our niches sometime. Don’t worry.
And, I don’t use Facebook either. ^-^
October 9th, 2009 at 7:59 am
I totally understand. When I went to U of T, I felt like because I wasn’t a hipster and I dressed in plain H&M clothes, people thought I was “mainstream” or “suburban”, as if that somehow made me an airhead, void of being cultured or intellectual. Being quieter, anti-social and liking things because you like them and not because they make you seem hipper or smarter opens you to a lot of judgment. U of T is a tough school, sometimes it feels like if you’re not from a rich, private school or you’re don’t know the latest unsigned bands and dive bars, you don’t belong. I never found my niche and I never really made any good friends but I still had a great university experience.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Ugh i got the “i never would have guessed” line today.
its totallly how i feel!!
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