Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Teen moe

Having been watching the show Dexter, I can't help but harken back to the days of yore when I was a moody teenager. Many of the monologues that Dexter has in his head remind me of things that I thought back then. Now, for those of you who've seen the show, no, I was not, emphasize, NOT, a serial killer. And for those who have not seen the show, Dexter is a sociopath who does not experience the normal range of human emotions. He lives his life in his head and thinks everything through, if not logically, then with all head and no heart. I used to do that. I'd over think everything and I was the center of my own universe.
It got me to thinking if that was normal for teens or if I was just a spaz. I also started wondering if most teens who go through their little rebellious phases and moody moments do it because that's how we're told we're going to be, if it's because that's what's expected of us, or if it is really something that happens to most kids. I began wondering if my rebelliousness was triggered by the belief that it was what all the kids were doing. Was my teenage angst nothing but peer pressure? Don't know! I know there are a lot of things I would change if I could do it all again. I don't think I needed that moodiness to have matured to where I am now. I think my highschool years would have been so much nicer if I could have just been myself, my happy, peppy, random, nerdy, retarded self. I would have liked me more and I probably would have hung out with different people, who would also have liked the happy, peppy, random, tarded me. That time machine I was talking about in an earlier post? I need it. Anyone have a time machine I could borrow by any chance? Just for a couple hours, promise!
Would it be wrong to go back in time and steal an elizabethan dress for halloween?

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