ah…i started writing a different post, not realizing that it needed to be about my subculture paper. subculture, what a word. at first glance it seems that it would have a negative connotation, sort of like how poles were considered to be sub-human by the nazis…but i digress. my subculture topic for my paper is parkour. i really want to know more about it, and that this paper would be more for me then class. ahh…but wouldn’t you know it, i know nothing at all about parkour. there is, apparently, a club about it on campus, but i don’t know how to find it. damn. i’m only 1/5 the way through my blog. it needs to be 500 words. the teacher said that this would be a short thing, but it’s not. i’m used to writing short papers. my essays are an example about an economy of words. in the stories i write, i might write 50 words and consider that alot. this is insane. i also learned that i need to write a 2 page essay for tommorow. again, another short paper. great… i screwed up again. this isn’t about the subculture that we are supposed to write about, its about one were in. thing is, i don’t consider mt self a part of any subculture. i guess that i daly in between a few subcultures trekdom, video gaming, hiking camping, civil war history, manga, swimming. i can be considered well versed in any of these cultures and more that i can’t really think of the names now. i…just don’t consider my self a part of them…except hiking. i am an incredibly individual person. i don’t like going to peoples houses, going to movies or anything like that. i’m most comfortable about doing things that get me outside. i went hiking once on the AT, in the appalachian mountains. that was for a school project and i felt my self lucky to get in, even though the teacher in charge told me that i was an easy first pick. most likely on account that i have attained the rank of eagle in boy scouts of america. apparently that will give me an increase in pay if i ever join the military. but i’m not and this is a major side track. back on course now. people do consider me parts of various groups. they have told me so. i disagree. i don’t go to conventions and i DON’T like death note. some anime / manga people might want to burn me for that, but i don’t care. i think the idea of some kid with the ability to kill anyone he wants by writing their name on a paper is sheer stupidity. it will NOT make the world a better place. with swimming, i just don’t have the drive. going on, swimming for miles every day just killed me. finally, out of desperation to get a break, i stuffed my head in a bucket of ice for 15 minutes. the coach let up on me after that. i didn’t really care about the competition, and the coach knew it. i probably infuriated him. if i exerted my self, i could keep up, for a short time, with the second best swimmer in the state. i could beat others easily. i just didn’t want too.
all i like to do is be outside and hike.
thank you
