Inside outside... Leave me alone...
Inside outside... Nowhere is home...
I've never been an insider, even growing up in my home town. I got on Facebook last year because I had found a family we lived next door to in Germany, but couldn't contact them without joining, so I did. Next thing I know, all these people I grew up with were pinging me and I'm wondering why. Can they really be that damned bored?
If I were interested in their lives, I would have looked them up when I go back to see the folks.
I'm not an outsider either, but I am somewhat of a lone wolf. I've lived so many other lives, awkward kid and misplaced adult being just a few. Sometimes, being an American walking the streets of a foreign capital can feel comfortably inside, other times it can be very outside...
Thank God Raymond Davis is now outside Pakistan and back inside Colorado...
Growing up in foster homes, I have always been an outsider. I now prefer it, but it does make it difficult for my daughter. She dearly yearns to fit in.
ReplyDeleteI tried fitting in, it didn't work so I stopped trying! My husband says I'm "on a different level". I know what he really means! His wife is odd. LOL!
Is what it is!
I am avoiding using Facebook. Lord knows that students can reach me by other methods.
ReplyDeleteAs for former colleagues, if I haven't kept in touch with them over the years, I don't want to be in touch with them.
Facebook? Gee, I'm still stuck with a landline phone!
ReplyDeleteI think it's good for kids to learn how to be independent and not get too hung up on "belonging." We have enough herd mentality is this country.
ReplyDeleteFacebook is generally a waste, but I love YouTube, because you can find videos like the one above. It was made by a Who fan.