"I've got to be where my spirit can run free..."

I look different and people feel uncomfortable when they're around me.

Because you read the title, you probably think you know what this blog is about.

"Just an Unusual Girl."

Simple.  You're probably thinking that this is about how weird or strange I am, but I'm sorry to tell you that you're a little bit wrong.  You're right in thinking that I am a bit weird and strange--well, the title does say "unusual"--but because of that fact, I'm not going to lament about how I wish I was like all the other girls my age.  That just gets boring.  So I apologize to all of you who expect that.  That kind of thing just doesn't interest me.  I have enough going on in my own life to read about how annoying someone else's is.  Come on, do you really want to read about all that?  Unless someone's life is so spectacularly terrible that you just can't help wanting to know what happens every second of their blogging life and can't stay off their page, that subject so terribly tiresome.

I know I'm different.  I don't regret it.  I take pride in the fact that I'm different from all the rest.  And I'm not alone in being so.  There are plenty of celebrities that are strange (and by strange, I mean I admire them), mostly musicians, but those are the people I find I can relate to.

I'm interested in what no one else thinks is cool.  I love the music from the 60's, 70's, and 80's and think old British literature, like Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters, and British history is fascinating--especially King Richard III.  I also like to read a lot and write anything: stories, poetry, songs, and the like.  Music releases me from the craziness of everyday life and I love learning about my ancestry, something a lot of people don't really care about these days.  I was just born 30 years too early.

I don't mind that people think I'm weird.  I'm glad I can distance myself from my generation, because honestly, I don't have anything in common with them.  I relate more to my parents' generation in terms of music, and even my grandparents' generation involving literature.

I'm also going to use this blog to post some of the poetry I write.  I'll try to end every post with a poem I've written that I think ties in with the title of the post.

No one can hurt me now
I don't care what you think
I'm away from the world
I don't care what you say
Because I'm happy the way I am

--Emma Keynes

© 2012 Emma Keynes