It's taken me 13 years to realize how different I can be from the rest of my family...
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Family meaning the people that I live in the same house with. My dad, an older brother, and an older sister. This makes me the youngest. I'm not exactly sure what point I'm trying to make, but I guess I could say I'd stand out if you were to compare me to my family. Don't worry though because I know for a fact that I'm not adopted. I've thought about it before, but that's impossible. From what I know I'm exactly like my dad when he was a kid. However, it's a shame to know we all have to grow up one day. He's got his reasons for being so mature; He's a parent. My older brother thinks in the same way I do. Sometimes it's like I can read his thoughts and sense what he feels. In a way it's sort of cool because for certain situations I know what to say to make him feel better. As for my older sister, the middle child, she's the most sensitive out of all of us. We know to be careful around her though. Alright, so maybe I'm not that different from my family. When it comes to knowing them in terms of personality and stuff, I'm pretty much an expert. Try observing your family members sometimes because trust me, it can get interesting.
Now to explain the title of this blog. Regardless of how sometimes you can tell what each other is thinking, I can be different from them. When it comes to music it means so much to me. There hasn't been one day where I haven't listened to anything that I love. I freak out when I don't have music that I like to listen to. The rest of my family pretty much loves hockey. They're Vancouver Canucks fans to be exact. I mean, I'm all for hockey and I like it and all, but sometimes I just don't want to hear it. I know that Roberto Luongo is amazing and that "he's the man." I know that we should "believe in blue" and stuff. Like I said, I only like hockey. If I didn't I'd probably be murdered. Today after stopping by the church to pay respects and eat at Macdonald's we made our way to the mall and ended up staying for longer than we expected. Running into hockey t-shirts they went all "OMGGZZZ." Well, not exactly like that. I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's the same way I'd react to seeing the Green Day t-shirt I want. As for me I was thinking "Yea, they're nice shirts, but ok.." Then my dad asked me if I wanted to buy one as well. I smiled, thanked him, but said "It's ok, I'd rather buy a band t-shirt." So in the end I got a brand new Ramones shirt... Wanna know the good part? At least they accept me for being a little different and having a different taste.
I guess I can say that I'm lucky. Even though we're all stuck in the same house with each other, fight over the bathroom and like different things, my family would be boring if we were all the same. Besides, watching a hockey game wouldn't hurt. I'll admit I feel like an outcast sometimes. I'm fortunate that they don't bash me for loving music or anything. I know for a fact that a lot of kids now a days have to go through that. In my opinion, that's horrible. Sometimes people want to be accepted. Sometimes people want to stand out. Either way, we're all on that border line and only you can define yourself. I can be different from my family, I know that. But I'm stuck with them and all of their "hockey glory." I'd rather that than have them be obsessed with music that I hate and annoys me.
And like the title says "It's taken me 13 years to realize how different I can be from the rest of my family..." Although that's true, in a weird way it's like a puzzle. Me and my family have gone through a lot of crap over the past 2-3 years. We're pulling through and I hope that we can put our differences aside and keep kicking and moving forward together.
Hopefully this blog made some sense. Thanks for reading. =)
-Eileen
________Family meaning the people that I live in the same house with. My dad, an older brother, and an older sister. This makes me the youngest. I'm not exactly sure what point I'm trying to make, but I guess I could say I'd stand out if you were to compare me to my family. Don't worry though because I know for a fact that I'm not adopted. I've thought about it before, but that's impossible. From what I know I'm exactly like my dad when he was a kid. However, it's a shame to know we all have to grow up one day. He's got his reasons for being so mature; He's a parent. My older brother thinks in the same way I do. Sometimes it's like I can read his thoughts and sense what he feels. In a way it's sort of cool because for certain situations I know what to say to make him feel better. As for my older sister, the middle child, she's the most sensitive out of all of us. We know to be careful around her though. Alright, so maybe I'm not that different from my family. When it comes to knowing them in terms of personality and stuff, I'm pretty much an expert. Try observing your family members sometimes because trust me, it can get interesting.
Now to explain the title of this blog. Regardless of how sometimes you can tell what each other is thinking, I can be different from them. When it comes to music it means so much to me. There hasn't been one day where I haven't listened to anything that I love. I freak out when I don't have music that I like to listen to. The rest of my family pretty much loves hockey. They're Vancouver Canucks fans to be exact. I mean, I'm all for hockey and I like it and all, but sometimes I just don't want to hear it. I know that Roberto Luongo is amazing and that "he's the man." I know that we should "believe in blue" and stuff. Like I said, I only like hockey. If I didn't I'd probably be murdered. Today after stopping by the church to pay respects and eat at Macdonald's we made our way to the mall and ended up staying for longer than we expected. Running into hockey t-shirts they went all "OMGGZZZ." Well, not exactly like that. I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's the same way I'd react to seeing the Green Day t-shirt I want. As for me I was thinking "Yea, they're nice shirts, but ok.." Then my dad asked me if I wanted to buy one as well. I smiled, thanked him, but said "It's ok, I'd rather buy a band t-shirt." So in the end I got a brand new Ramones shirt... Wanna know the good part? At least they accept me for being a little different and having a different taste.
I guess I can say that I'm lucky. Even though we're all stuck in the same house with each other, fight over the bathroom and like different things, my family would be boring if we were all the same. Besides, watching a hockey game wouldn't hurt. I'll admit I feel like an outcast sometimes. I'm fortunate that they don't bash me for loving music or anything. I know for a fact that a lot of kids now a days have to go through that. In my opinion, that's horrible. Sometimes people want to be accepted. Sometimes people want to stand out. Either way, we're all on that border line and only you can define yourself. I can be different from my family, I know that. But I'm stuck with them and all of their "hockey glory." I'd rather that than have them be obsessed with music that I hate and annoys me.
And like the title says "It's taken me 13 years to realize how different I can be from the rest of my family..." Although that's true, in a weird way it's like a puzzle. Me and my family have gone through a lot of crap over the past 2-3 years. We're pulling through and I hope that we can put our differences aside and keep kicking and moving forward together.
Hopefully this blog made some sense. Thanks for reading. =)
-Eileen
I totally understand.
I'm alot like my family members,
but yet, we are so completely different.
And my family makes it REALLY noticable, how different we can be..and it really pisses me off.
Bubble Wrap., July 24th, 2007 at 04:59:34pm
I'm like my Dad.
I wish I weren't.
He left me.
But I'm exactly like my stepmum.
She's been there over half my life and influanced me on everything.
I couldn't thank her more.
Her msuic, style, the way she speaks.
My Mum and sister are alike, leaving me out of the loop.
I wish we were like they families on T.V.
germma margaret!, May 1st, 2007 at 12:27:16pm
I know for a fact that a lot of kids now a days have to go through that. In my opinion, that's horrible. Sometimes people want to be accepted. Sometimes people want to stand out.
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Rick Lava, May 1st, 2007 at 01:07:10am
totaly.
PaNcAkEs, April 30th, 2007 at 08:49:15pm
nice blog. XD
Isabel., April 30th, 2007 at 08:37:45am
I understand completely what you mean.
My parents and I are quite alike on what kind of music we like.
My Dad likes Nirvana, Green Day... all the old school kindof rock/punk.
But then, on other things we're completely opposites. I think most families are different from each other in their own ways and the fact that your family accept that is really great.
It can be really annoying when all your family like something that you absolutly hate, which is the case with mine at the moment.
Realising how different you are happens in most families. We're all individuals at the end of the day.
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nevershoutnever!, April 30th, 2007 at 07:55:00am