June 4, 2008

  • Featured_Grownups: Normal


    What is normal?

    Normalcy is a statistical anomaly,
    a bell curve illusion of what every conformist should strive to be
    no thank you sir... that's not for me

    Wake up and be, just be, not for anyone else
    wake up and see, just see, you're like no one else


    Normal... I hate that word. There is nothing normal about me.... and I'm proud of that. Calling someone normal assumes that they are a square peg fit into its proper hole. Somewhere along the road that led to the person I am today, I lost the desire to fit in. It was probably when I started to build my self esteem based on the things that I liked about myself (as opposed to the things I had in common with others) that I grew proud of my oddities. I stopped worrying about "fitting in" and became more concerned with standing out. Which is not to say that I am outwardly a very assuming person, but inwardly, those who get to know me are never under any illusion as to how much of a nonconformist I am.

    People who strive to be normal are really only latching on to an average... and I strive never to be average or mediocre in any way. There is no fun or challenge in trying to be like everyone else. It is infinitely more satisfying to explore the farthest reaches of who I am and redefine myself according to my interests, not the dictates of society.

    I have been called insane. I have been told I need therapy. I've been shunned and avoided by people who find me disturbing.

    I have also been admired for speaking my mind, for telling the truth. People come to me when they want honesty or a fresh outlook. I make people happy with my unorthodox perceptions and unusual commentaries.

    Who wants to be normal? People who don't know who they are, that's who. People are afraid of themselves; that's why they strive to be like everyone else. How boring... how lonely.

    That's not for me, and if that makes me strange, you can just call me Abby Normal.



    June 4th


    Socrates was born in 470 BC.


Comments (17)

  • RYC:  Somedays I surprise myself!!!

    I try to avoid being 'normal.' (hell, i ride a tricycle and apparently have raccoons living in my chimney!) Why would anyone strive for 'average?'

  • Yea for those who are not considered normal.  

  • In reading all these posts and comments where people proudly boast that they are not normal, it would seem that it is quite normal for people to proclaim how abnormal they are.

    Geez, I must be the only normal guy in all xangaland.  But then, maybe I ain't that normal either.

  • I don't think it's really bad to be normal, or bad to abnormal. It seems there isn't a clear cut definition of the word anyway. lol As long as you love what you do and who you are, who cares what label anyone slaps on you?

    -G.

  • We should teach our children that they are as different as anybody else to the day they die. And it's alright to be different because it's just being yourself.

  • "Abby Who!?"  I love this movie.  Gene Wilder is amazing.  I love your perspective and respect your silly and outrageous too. 

    "Abby Somebody."

  • hehe, inspired by this post and a strawberry... http://weblog.xanga.com/XtremePsionic/660168891/ab-normal.html

  • not normal and proud of it

    you go abby

  • For me, normalcy is in the eye of the beholder.  Normal is what makes others feels normal; therefore, normal isn't a static concept, just like abnormal isn't the same for everybody.  If "abnormal" is out of the ordinary (or just contrary to normal), then I'm proud to be abnormal.

    Props for you, Abby Normal.

  • That poem is fantastic. Normal is boring anyway!

  • Abby Normal -- muawhahahahahhahaaaaa.... Very good!!!

  • So I don't have much to say, except that I can relate to the nonconformist in you.  It just made me think have I been conforming lately?  I'm pretty rebellious. 

    Anyways, on my way home from work your blog reminded me of this song.  "They" by Jem.

    Video/Music can be seen here. I really like her.  I especially like the song Finally Woken.

  • @jaeyounglee - I love that song and Finally Woken. The whole cd is is good.  

  • Some of the people who try the hardest to be normal are those who cannot be, and feel left out.  That's kinda nuts, a lot more crazy than being content to be who you are.  I like your take on this topic.

  • I love this picture, though I'm not sure why, haha.

  • I like that you said square peg. Visions of Sarah Jessica Parker -- pre-Sex in the City -- ran through my mind :)

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