Thursday, November 3, 2011

Bah Bah Black Sheep


Even though I look so much like my parents, I couldn't be more different for either of them. My mom works as a lunch lady part time and at a local cafeteria. She loves cooking, and (while she'd never admit it) cleaning. She thinks horror movies are the devil, and doesn't understand any sort of music besides the 'easy listening genre. My father is an insurance agent who mostly works out of our house, in the minnesotan suburbs. He, a little more open to things then my mother, enjoys a good joke and has more of my sense of humor then my mother. Even though me and my dad get along, we are very different people personality wise. My dad is one of the patient and tolerant men i've ever known and my mother one of the most temperamental, my brother follows suit of my mother in thats sense. My brother is your average teenage boy, who enjoys a good game of high school football and some of the more popular music on the radio. But for me, I really am none of the above. Though my family loves and respects me, which took all to long to achieve, I have a personality i feel is completely different from that of any of my immediate family members.   Im never afraid to tell anyone how i feel about something. I'm blunt and I provoke controversy. Unlike the rest of my family who prefers to stay under the radar in almost every situation. Im sarcastic and i have a sense of humor that is probably considered 'sick' and 'dark' because i love all obscenities and i love making people feel uncomfortable, and creating shock value; (most of my own humorist satisfaction comes from trying to creep people out). My musical taste run to the performers who venture out in extreme costumes with lyrics that challenge routine and american norms. I love constantly trying to change peoples ideas and make them really think. A lot of my personality as far as morals go, do come from my family in some aspect, I'm always very respectful to adults (unless they have previously judged my character, then of course i give them exactly who they want me to be.) But In a backwards sense i feel like i was never trying to 'spit' my family in anyway, i've juts always had a completely different view on the world that my family had a hard time being able to relate to.

2 comments:

  1. Heya, Holly.
    It interests me that your family (especially your mother) is somewhat reserved and passive and you contradict this. Perhaps you don't consciously attempt to defy it, but I think it's kind of interesting that your parents reside on one end of the spectrum and you reside on the other. I wonder why that is...? :-)
    I'm also interested in the phrase "unless they have previously judged my character, then of course i give them exactly who they want me to be.)" That typifies an instance wherein your behaviors/actions are heavily influenced by the perceptions n' expectations of those around you. Really excited to see what you churn out for the identity paper!

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  2. hiii!
    I totally love your blog! you are very insightful and i can totally relate to being a black sheep in the family. while my family supports me, they find it hard to relate because im so different than them.
    great workk!
    Clara (:

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