Sunday, April 17, 2005
what is the meaning of true individualism?
i find it real hard to find a true individualist. because however hard you try to do things your own way, there will be some other ass out there doing the same thing. to be a true individualist is to do things no one else is doing.
you can't do it with clothes. when you buy something from a clothing line, there's bound to be someone else wearing it. especially if you love brands. then you can't be an individualist. i guess if you want to be a hardcore individualist, then you might as well wear a loincloth, or better yet, be a nudist because no one else has YOUR skin.
you can't do it with your taste in music. even if you deviate from the norm and listen to shit like grunge, or indie or whatever, the whole point of people making music is to have LOTS of people listen to it. if they only have one person listening to them, then what the heck is the point?
you get my drift?
i guess individualists are those who pioneer. and i respect these people because now, its real hard to be one.
i can't call myself an individualist, but i do try. i try not to conform, but sometimes im forced to [ that's a different story though ]. i dont deny following trends, but i don't go all out with the following. subtly does it. im already breaking out by being female and doing graff, but i cant call myself an individualist by just doing that, because nas is doing it too.
there are the individualists, there are the in-betweens, and there are those at the other end of the spectrum. the non-individualists. the confused. the lacking of identity. the copycats. the [i dont want to use this word, but i have to, to get my point across] posers. you have no idea how much i hate these kind of people.
not only do they shamelessly parade around in their inoriginality, they claim credit for it. they claim they know why they're doing whatever it is that they are doing while blatantly ignoring how irritating it is to people like me.
i don't wear brands. the only brand i wear is adidas, and that's because i get it for free.
not that im anti-brand. i like stuff from new world order, rebirth, freshbox, abathingape, dc and stussy. and i like them because their stuff has substance. i tell you, they have some fucking talented designers and most of it has a message brought across. its not because of the brand, but because of the things they put on their clothes. yes, there IS a difference.
i wouldn't buy a t-shirt just because its from, say, op or ripcurl. i don't wear op and ripcurl because the designs just don't appeal to me. or billabong. or roxy. they all just sound the same to me. no offence though. i don't mind people wearing stuff from those shops. but everyone's buying them too.
and besides, im not planning to buy anything from new world order because evryone else is doing so. its becoming so common. although the designs are really nice. so the only things im planning on buying is alot of plain tees and fabric markers.
i already re-did my bag by the way. and husna just said it was so new world order. fuck. but new world order does not have my design, so i can safely call it mine. i told you its so hard being original nowadays. the truth is sad.
any comments on originality, feel free to tag.
anyway, back to my life.
had syf on wednesday. the juniors were so sweet! they came down and actually had a banner for us and everything. the whole thing went quite okay, no major glitches. but mas got her bangle stuck in her necklace. hahah so farnee. being the professional that she is, she still went on with show. *applause*
im slightly appalled at the teachers confidence. they're already talking about a gold and shit. i sense a hint of desperation about them. but whatever. what's done is done.
okay i have to go now. going to my gramma's house. tata!
funkadelic @ 12:50 AM
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