The Day After : A Day To Box?

Hello World!

My apologies for not writing yesterday but I'm sure you understand why.
I hope you all had yourselves lovely Christmases? :)

26th of December : I'm sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssooooooooooooo bored =/ I've lost count of how many times I slept, woke up and slept again.. Gosh..
In an attempt to cure my boredom, I logged on facebook, only to find that none of the people I regularly talk to, are online. All, well most of them, are with their families. And me? Well, I'm with my family but in a different type of way.

This then brings about todays topic of thought, FAMILY.

What does it mean to you?

To me, it's those group of people that will and have always been there..through it all. For me, that family, over and above my biological one, is my friends. My friends, in an unexplainable way, have sort of intergrated themselves into my life. They're all embedded..deep inside my heart.

Of course, maintaining such friendships is not easy..at all. For many, handling group dynamics is a difficult task that may result in a friendship not being a genuine one. I've seen lots of those.
There's always the one girl, who the clan worships. Then there's her side-kick (the "best friend"), then the rest of the clan are like subsidiaries. Secrectly, all of the "juniors" want nothing more but to become the leader or at least, the best friend.
One other characteristic of such friendships, is that the leader ALWAYS makes the other girls feel inferior. She's like the Hitler of Germany..dictating who should say what..who should wear..who should date who..
WHY? I've never understood, why people can allow themselves, to be belittled by someone. Is it a question on wanting to fit in? Wanting to be accepted? What is it?

The friendship I have with my friends, is the ultimate answer. I'm not saying we're perfect..no..but we make it work. I think the difference with us is, we're all, to a greater extent, comfortable in our skin (height, complexion, weight), so we see no need in trying to impress anyone but ourselves. This, of course, in a typical high-school environment, has resulted in us being the "out-kasts" ? Yeah, I think that's the term. But I'm not embarrased to be labelled this because in my head, the word "out-kast" simply translates to "UNIQUE".
We don't try to become people we're not. We don't hang around certain people in order to increase our social standing. No.
This, is not to say that we don't argue like they typical friends do..we do..all the time and that's what makes us so close. I think what also helps is the fact that there's a perfect balance of personalities. There's the out-spoken character (can you guess who that is..?), the introvert, the geek, the girl with the perfect body, the shy girl, the "mute' girl, the adviser and the critique. The list goes on and on but my point is to prove how dynamique we are in contrast to the "popular girls". And maybe I'm being judgemental because I've never actually sat down with any of them because I just didn't see the point, but that's how I feel.

That's what has always amused me about high-school. It almost defines who you become simply because of what you say in class, who you hang with and what you do on the weekends. With reference to me, the answer would be : what I think is correct, the "outcasts" and whatever I feel like, respectively. If a popular girl was asked, the answers would probably be "usually the answer that makes people laugh (in an attempt to be liked), the other "populars" and do whatever is "cool".

But hey, maybe I'm being judgemental. But bear in mind, that I'm not saying we're perfect. =)

** I wonder if anyone actually reads this**
If you do, Thank You =)

That's me,
Nozie :)