Why I am "weird" and unique and LOVE IT

1. I don't like acting, sketching, painting, singing solo onstage, ballet, designing fashion, and writing novels. I know, I'm terrible.

2. I obsess over a ten-year-old cartoon.

3. I eat pretty much anything you put in front of me--not if it's poison or something, but I've had snails, tripe soup, Dutch licorice (ewwwwww), fermented shark, intestine sandwich, and a lot of other gross/odd-sounding things.

4. I don't love any sport except climbing, which isn't weird for me, but I get the feeling a lot of people don't think you can be passionate about rock climbing. (see previous post)

5. I've never been to public school, which, again, isn't weird for me, but my peers may think it's weird.

6. One of my closest friends is almost three years older than me, which <sigh> isn't weird for me, but I don't think it happens to a lot of other kids my age.

7. I don't feel influenced by the media to look/behave a certain way, and I'm pretty happy about that, but apparently a lot of other tweens and teens feel like they have to look/behave a certain way because of the media.

8. Makeup and mani-pedis are so not my thing. Unless the makeup I'm using is for Halloween or something, I've never found it very interesting. The one exception is fun flavored lip glosses, even though they come off whenever I eat something. And mani-pedis? Forget it. The polish will wear off the next time I climb, and I don't like when the stylists trim and file my nails. Also, they only let you choose one color. What's up with that? Home nail-painting is so much more fun. 

9. I don't like dresses and skirts. They're impractical. I got this cute dress from a friend, but I'm going to change it into a tank top. Skorts are okay.

10. Indie/alternative music RULES! :D (Okay, so maybe that is even less weird but whatever. I guess it's more like I don't love the music played on pop music stations.)