This is real, this is me, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be

Kudos to you if you recognized that lyric. It's a relic of a reference... a decrepit piece of modern popculture.
It's Camp Rock...
Not generally a well remembered movie...

So lately, I've been doing LOTS of thinking.
Thinking about people...
Thinking about the 'identity crisis' that people face...
Thinking about confidence...

and the other day, I put away my laundry--a feat in and of itself--I realized something about this.

as I hung my last shirt on the rack and looked over to admire my work, I noticed something...

 

I was looking at a wall of t-shirts.
They were all different colors and all had different designs, pictures, and motifs that I'd graciously bestowed upon them. (this is obviously NOT from my closet)
now most people in my area who are my age and of the female persuasion don't quite have a closet like that. They normally have an assortment of fun different shirts that are all very stylish and classy.
As for me: I have my own class.

I wear a t-shirt and jeans pretty much every day, all of my t-shirts are different, and most of them have a touch of my creativity embellishing them to greatness. I wear my hair down and I usually wear tennis shoes.
hum.
That's interesting, eh?
Not quite your typical chick. Everyone's jealous, it's just not quite trending yet.
And it's not like I don't have that frilly nonsense, I just choose not to wear it.
This being said, to all of you out there who wear or enjoy that fru-fru, go right on, I'm not 'hating on' it at all, I'm just saying it's not me. Then again, from my stats it really doesn't look like anyone will ever read this at all anyway, so who cares? #iwantyoutochangeintosomethingmorefemininebeforelunch... but only one or two people would even get that...

My point here is,
Be yourself.
"imitation is suicide"
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world has enough of those stupid people who all try to fit in and be the same, the greats are always the people who stand out:
Galileo
Thoreau (I mean the kid dropped out of Harvard and moved to a shack by a pond...)
Einstein
Poe
Dickinson
Yours truly... (well obviously...)

All of these people have taken the risk to stand for something else; they were unconventional. They didn't follow the norm.

So my point here is that you've got to be yourself, not so much stand out, because sometimes, you do fit with the crowd, but always know why you believe in what you're supporting. Don't be hasty.

#jealouswoman
and none of you will ever get that either.

Night, all.
Mmhmm.