I am more annoyed with society.
For instance, I simply wanted to go to a friend's house this Saturday to work on my transitions on the guitar. I go to ask my parents.. and they are all.. wait who is this? and well there are going to be TWO guys there! what?! and I was like I need to work on my transitions! and they are all no! I'm sure you do, but thats too bad. Make other plans. They are all like "Its our responsibility as your parents to protect your reputation." Psh..
they seem more concerned with what people will think than what will actually happen.
But what can I do.. nada, zilch, zero.
Also I have been recently disturbed by the lack of support from my parents for my "new type" of friends.. whatever.
So I have recently began to hang around artsy, however you want to describe them, more musically than athletically interested friends. Which is cool.. my parents are still bitter about my not being involved in track.
And I have perfectly legit reasons for not doing track..
1. I need to focus on my grades more since the musical totally killed them and I was just a tad distracted by somthing else last quarter.
2. I wanted to be able to hang out with friends more.. yes being uninolved may seem retro active to this process. But, I was once so involved I didn't even enjoy my activities anymore and it wasn't any fun to do them, really. So it just seemed pointless.
3. I just wanted a break.. so tired all the time.. stress wat s building.. I saw a major crash coming.. I attmepted to avoid.
4. I wanted to focus more on guitar.
5. I simply didn't want to run track. It is not as fun as cross country. Granted most of the same people are involved, but its just different. I don't know how to describe it.
I doubt listing those reasons was necessary, but I just had to get them out there.
Either way all this was a just a small bit of my frustratin towards my parents for their closemindedness to a different form of expression than that of any one else in my family. So I'm different, and attacked fot it. Joy.
I get it. I do. The best thing between friends/parents is try to prove the credability/why you like these friends to your parents (ETHOS!). make peace not war. If that doesn't particularly work, tell them reasons (quite casually) why you love hanging out with these people (PATHOS!). And how you end up seeing them no matter where you go (LOGOS!) Okay, not perfect, but everything's an argument, right?
ReplyDeleteJust a favor for old days though - don't give up CC please - I know that you have it in you and can be quite good at it. Just don't give it up.
Make peace, not war. That's a good point. I never do either though, I just hide from the problem. It's too much trouble to work it out with parents! But I don't hide stuff from friends. That's just not cool.
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Yea.. I'm slowly trying to get my parents to go for them. I've gotta work on that whole casual commmunication with my parents.. Its always really formal stuff.. or like not at all. And I'm definately going to explain to them wh they are so awesome and why Ilove hanging out with them.
ReplyDeleteand btw.. I don't plan on ever quiting CC. Tha wuold cause more pain than joy.. and people call me crazy for running.. its aweome.. im not going to quit.
Good. I'm sorry, but I just have vivid memories from eighth grade, trying to get you to run. The conversation:
ReplyDelete-Come on June, you can do it!
- Slow down! Stop for me!
-I'll slow down, but I won't stop. You're gonna have to catch up.
-Come on Melora!
-NO! Come on!
Oh, the good old days.
haha ahh yes.. memories..
ReplyDeleteand as for mis padres.. I have talked to them both.. nada. but hopefully twill improve.Thanks for the concern. haha
No problem. I try to force weird concepts on my friends whenever I can. Just call!
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