Topic #6: Groups

I belong to the "outcast/loser" clique (no offense, Maggie :P). What stereotypes do I match? I don't know, because I don't really pay attention to current stereotypes. Stereotypes will affect me if I discover that I match a bad one. Ooo, I just thought of one! Computer geek... yeah, I totally match that stereotype except for the pocket protector and taped glasses. Or is that computer nerd? Whatever, same difference. Most of the time, if people put me in a category, it's simply from not knowing me well enough. Stereotypes do not inconvenience me until it affects how I make friends. I am perfectly happy with my social group at the moment, and I would not do anything to change my close group of friends.


On the topic of labeling others, I tend (or try) not to do this. You can never, ever, predetermine what someone's personality will be. When I do add others to a social group without hearing it from them firsthand, it's normally convenient (I hope), though I will not deny that I have put people into potentially harmful stereotypes.

Answers to #6 and #7

I know I'm a bit late on this.

For topic 6:
I'm scared of lots of crap for no apparent reason. I'm scared of insects, spiders, heights, death (of me or someone I know), pain, the dark, and a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff I can't even think of. My fear of spiders and insects is completely rationalized by this fact: they're creepy-crawlies, and I don't like them. As for heights, I didn't use to be scared of them, but one day I got on a Ferris wheel, and oh boy, no way! Death is rationalized by the fact that no one wants to die unless they're tired of life. And for pain, I'm just scared of pain. I've had too many emotional and physical distresses to live with pain any longer. Fear of the dark is never really fear of the dark; it's fear of what lurks in the dark. I'm a huge scaredy-cat, and I believe in all manner of things; cryptids, ghosts, demons. Finally, I'm really scared of ending up like either of my parents. I won't go into any details on that one.

For topic 7:
I know for a fact I have entirely bad luck. I've never won a contest that actually mattered to me, I'm always this close to winning. I also got my first cavity a couple nights ago, and we don't have any dental insurance. I also got the flu after I went to the doctor. Finally, I lost my entire math notebook with all of my math notes for most of the year, and I need it for my homework. I'm also very superstitious. I knock on wood when I think something bad might happen, and I see that I actually have better luck when I pick up a heads-up penny or carry around my rabbit's foot. When I was younger, I used to say "bread and butter" when I was walking with my mom and we were separated by poles and other people. I didn't really understand what it was back then, but I do now. I also know a lot about superstition; one of my favorite tales is that people started to say "God bless you" when someone sneezed because they believed that the soul flew out of the body and went wandering and could be stolen by the Devil. You could prevent this by saying "God bless you", thereby returning the soul to the body. For a touch back on the previous topic, I said I believed in all manner of things. I'm very superstitious about all of these. I believe that just because you can't see it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. I also believe that anything is possible; when you really think about it, the Earth is big, and we've not discovered even a quarter of all living species on it. Who says that there's no Sasquatch, Loch Ness monster, Chupacabra, or anything else people believe in? I even think that if there's someone to believe it, it's real.