Where My Loners At?!

School dance season is always a lovely time of year if you're in the typical teenager crowd- you show up to class and there's flower and a poem on your desk and ohehmgee that cute boy you've had your eye on asked you to homecoming/prom/whatever. Hooray! Time to go buy a dress and research hairstyles, asap!

And then there's the rest of us.

Those of us, who, referencing the popular internet meme, are "forever alone". We get excited about reading a book on the weekend, not hanging out with boyfriends/girlfriends. We watch with sadness/envy as the cool kids get asked to dances and such in cute and creative ways, and just sit back and say "Well, that's great, I'm happy for you!". We have lots of free time. We also usually enjoy sci-fi tv shows. Oh, and Pinterest. Now, I shouldn't have a problem with being a loner. I'm 17 years old, so technically I should be okay by myself (I am not entirely self-sufficient yet (see past blog entries about college and the future and stuff)), but watching cool kids get asked to dances gets exhausting. You walk around getting excited for other people and wish you, too, could be excited and go dress shopping and be cool. But alas. Someone has to hold down the fort while everyone else is on fun dates. And that someone is me. (Don't worry, I'll make sure everything stays safe and all of your shows get recorded and your facebook stays in check until you guys get back from your dates. And maybe I'll even bake some cupcakes for you guys to eat when you get back?...)

But there is hope. I have been told that I am the marrying type, not the dating type. Which makes me feel all warm and fuzzy for, like two seconds.... BECAUSE HOW DO YOU GET MARRIED WITHOUT DATING FIRST?!!! (Sorry, accidental caps lock and excessive punctuation. My bad.) I think the message that they're trying to get to me is "You can't get dates so how about you invest in a cat or something?...". (Which is cool I guess, because I already have a cat breed and name figured out and everything!) but it's also kind of a bummer. Maybe I want to have fun, too? I've been to dances before, but those opportunities are few and far between (and they usually involve dress budgets around...ehh... twenty dollars?). But I suppose this is my life calling- to stay lonely single and be productive, doing stuff like spending quality time practicing the cello, or doing homework, or reading, and/or scouring the internet looking for cats to start my crazy-cat lady cat collection. (I have my eye on a hairless cat on craigslist, and I swear, I WILL buy it if provoked.) Plus, if loners like me got asked on dates, who would keep the constant stream of new pins going on pinterest and like everybody's statuses on Facebook about their boyfriends and awesome dates? Nobody. The world would stop functioning. And Pinterest would be sufficiently less interesting. And your homecoming pictures wouldn't have any likes. And there probably wouldn't be a "geek" category on Pinterest, either. You're welcome.

But seriously, this thing I just wrote wasn't meant to be a mopey, "pity-me" fest. I have a point. I think.

I guess by being a loner I get to know myself a little better not defined by another person, as nice as it is to have someone by your side. But, hey, as the gangsters say, "no boyfriend, no problem", right? Plus, with all this free time I spend not talking to boys I get to write blog posts. And you people seem to enjoy these. Aaaaand, most teenage boys are immature anyway. I don't need no lameos in my life, that's for sure! So here's a shout out to all the lonely ones out there. You're not alone, you're clearly recognized by all the other lonely people (which is probably almost about as comforting as the "marrying type" comment (cut me some slack, I try to be inspiring/motivational)). But, hey. Maybe we can all be lonely together.

cats <3