Out of place

paula · August 31, 2005

Crystal,

oh yes! I am definately in this club.

another great thread due to your gifted insight. You are so very special!

DeLarla · August 31, 2005

Looks like you're not so alone afterall!

Love, your weirdo friend.

Zoe · August 31, 2005

Another weirdo here! Years ago, a shrink put me through a bunch of tests and gave me a printout of the results. I was literally off the charts on the "alienation" scale. When I showed the charts to my grad school mentor, he laughed. "Look at how f-ed up the rest of the world is, pumpkin. All the best people are alienated." Years later, he was denied tenure -- but I still think of him as the smartest guy I ever knew. Who wants to be conventional and mediocre?

vinesqueen · August 31, 2005

While there are definately times I wish I could be more convential, never mediocre. I guess part of my thing is that once again I'm tired of being that nail that sticks up and won't hammer in right. I dunno. Maybe part of my trouble is what I give myself. Part of the problem is that there is no guide hole... if a nail is driven in the wrong spot without a needed guide hole it will spilt the wood.

The funny part of what quote is that this guy was returning from duty in Iraq. I would have thought that he served with women who were at least as self-confident as I am, or as I appear anyway. I'm very assertive, yet not aggressive. I don't have to be agressive. As far as I know, "bitchy" is not something that people call me. Or if they do, perhaps they are too scared to call me that to my face?

DeLarla · August 31, 2005

"Sometimes bein' a bitch is all a woman's got left to hold onta."

Kathy Bates as Delores Clayborn

vinesqueen · August 31, 2005

What do you call a woman who acts like a man? A bitch. Stuff that guys get away with all the time are just viewed as being manly, but if a woman acts even a little bit like a guy she is maligned.

Kelly, you need to find different people to hang out with! I think any time anyone is called to do something is powerful. You feel that you have a powerful calling to server God. That is absolutly wonderful. I know that Jonathan recently changed his entire life to answer his calling. My calling is information security and assurance. Since god is everything and everywhere... well you know the rest.