Are Lemmings Cool?

Of one thing I am absolutely certain... nothing about me is cool. I've never been cool and I never will. Having a blog and a twitter account is about as trendy as I get. I've never followed fashion. I don't understand half of the language kids use nowadays and I spell words correctly when I text. To some people I probably seem old before my time but I have always been this way. As a kid it was pointless to want the latest thing because we didn't have the money to buy it. So I learned not to care what everyone else was doing. I still don't. I like marching to my own personal drum. I'm not embarrassed by it and I certainly won't apologise for it.

I'm not interested in keeping up with the Joneses or keeping up appearances. I don't pay attention to movie or music critics and I don't listen when "friends" try to tease me about my interests.

I actually feel sorry for people who feel the need to follow the herd. To me that is so restrictive, so smothering. Aren't personal interests supposed to be just that - personal? I mean, lemmings are cute but are they cool?