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AskMe: How to become an eccentric (or just look like one)
Merlin Mann | Jul 13 2006
Suggest eccentricities for me to adopt | Ask MetaFilter From a fun AskMe thread:
This reminds me of that stage where teenage girls randomly start to affect a terrible british accent, or when college freshmen suddenly stop wearing shoes and take up raw foods and the shakuhachi. Of course, this is not to say that I haven't had ideas of my own. ’Fess up: what was your goofiest affectation and what made you stop it? Clarification (2006-07-15 10:20:20): The "In my quest..." portion above is a quotation from the link that is referenced; it's not actually me asking for help to (God forbid) become more eccentric. This confused some people, and, well, I regret your confusion if you have any and hope this clarification helps. -- The Management 98 Comments
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 Just like Brian I didn't...Submitted by JoAnna (not verified) on July 13, 2006 - 10:32am.
Just like Brian I didn't think there was anyting for me... but I now remember in the earliest years of grade school,(first or second grade?) I was fascinated by spiders, so, I thought I'd be cool: I'd write my name on the top of my papers and draw an hourglass symbol like a black widow spider next to it. I was trying to get rid of my own name, and use the symbol instead. Eventually I stopped putting my name on the page, and just put the symbol on. I remember how thrilled I was that I got my papers back from the teacher without writing my name on them. so: 1) I was goth before anyone knew what goth was 2) take that prince! I also used to cut glasses (spectacles, not drinking) out of construction paper, and everyone in the class wanted to wear them. » POSTED IN:
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