Indie Conformist

On Monday I was called indie. I'm not one for stereotypes, I don't believe that you can corner someone into some sort of social outcast thing, cult, I don't know -  I couldn't find another word for stereotype off the top of my head. I've never understood how we, as society, have the ability to make a popular movement. We all strive to be different, in one way or another, it may not be in music or fashion, it may be in art or some astro-physics photography. Who knows, but we all what to be a bit different.
In no way am I telling everyone to conform, oh Jesus, that would be awful - unless the conformity was to always walk on you hands and eat ice cream as part of your 5 a day, then maybe I'd wear a badge to support it. But unfortunately it isn't like that in the world outside my own brain and conformity is uncool.

I'm not being funny, but what is 'indie' anyway?

I've never been into the regular things that a girl should. I hardly ever read magazines (aside from Q, that shit is like a music bible). I find them so mundane, every week it's exactly the same articles on 'the secret to a great body' or the true stories, 'I have a third arm growing out of my face, and my boyfriend dumped me'. The words change ever so slightly, but the underlying facts are the 'great body' that everyone seems to be after takes a lot of work and isn't a quick fix, and maybe if you have a 3rd arm sprouting out of your face you should find someone that actually likes you for who you are?

I have to admit, when I was 12 (that's 12 years old, not year 12) I scoured YouTube with my best friend to look for Justin Bieber's home videos. I reckon I lost a few hours to that. But we all go through phases of what we like, wear and listen to. My hobbies change month to month , and my ipod is almost embarrassing with the amount of Busted that is still on there, but it keep me happy and at the end of the day I have no issues with people who find that weird. Deep down the guilty pleasures that we have, make us all similar and quite frankly if you don't know all the words to at least 1 Busted song, me and you can't be friends. Me and you are not similar. Bad example.

We should be who we are, and not care what people say about it. Confidence is a virtue.

I realise I've gone a bit preachy, but I'll leave you with this fact of me:
My birthmark is between one of my toes.

Who'd have thought it right?!