Is what i plan to get written on me for my next tattoo, if i can just find the time to pick out the font that looks best and decide where to put it.  The quote is from Shakespeare of course, though i’m not sure which play, and i probably wouldn’t have read it anyway – but i don’t think that matters.  It is pretty much the basis of my life, that quote.  To me it means “be who you are, not who society thinks you should be, even though it may be tough sometimes.”  Therefore i have given myself permission to be unfeminine (i don’t wear dresses, skirts, makeup, high heels), unsociable, interested in nerdy stuff, not act my age if i can help it, not have children, love cuddly toys and be more interested in crafts and video games, robots and aliens than politics/business/current events. 

Sometimes it is a lonely life and i don’t have many friends, because i’m not good at talking to strangers and getting to know them.  I just HATE “polite conversation”.  Why ask someone how they are when you don’t really want to know the answer?  Why ask them about their hobbies that don’t interest you at all?  Why sit in the staff room and listen to people wittering on about what happened on Coronation Street last night when you could be on your computer exploring the net and talking online about things that you are passionate about with people you will never have to meet if you don’t want to?  I’m an introvert and its about damn time that all the “I’m really bubbly and and I’m always cheerful and I talk mindless drivel constantly” extroverts learned to respect the introverts of the world.  So there.