pass me the knitting needles

I wasn't feeling particularly inspired to journal today but after reading Dorc's entry, I felt like springing off of that. She wrote about bordeom...about what American culture finds to be exciting, she finds boring. So does that make her boring, or is boring a relative term? My answer: boring is whatever you make of it, so that means, no, Dorc, you are not boring. =) In the same way, what is exciting to one person may not be exciting in the eyes of "American culture." But does that make it less exciting for that one person? No.

Clubbing, concerts, bars, movies...all those typical activities that make one fit in with American culture really don't matter. It just seems like in this day and age, in our age group, the "typical" go out to do those things. If it's fun for them, than more power to them. But if it's not fun for one person, and they go do them just to be typical, well, no power to them.

For me, I love anything active. I like working out, dancing, capoeira, kickboxing...being outside. But I also like the more mellow things...crafts, knitting, crocheting and let's not forget reading and writing! Those things aren't exciting to do on a Saturday night while the typical are out clubbing, but if I were to spend my Saturday nights doing the more mellow, does that make me a boring person? I would hope not. Can't I stay home and watch a video alone or do I have to go out to the movies with friends?

Boredom, to me, is definitely a relative term. Just like in high school, we used to say, "What is weird?" What is weird to one person may be normal to another...unfortunately, "society" (whoever they may be) sets these unusual standards for others to measure "boredom," "weirdness," "coolness," and whatever other adjectives there are out there.

So today, let me ask you. What do YOU find exciting? What do YOU like to do? If you can come up with a list, then there's your answer...you're not boring.