| Blast From the Past |
[Jan. 17th, 2010|04:33 pm] |
So someone had a blog post detailing pics and trends from years past that have happened in her life, so I thought it would be nice to look at some of my old pics from high school and my younger years.
After some supreme lol-ing, I came across this pic.
This is me in my senior year of high school at Colegio de la Salle in Temuco, Chile. Me and my entire class of about 20 girls gave a dance to the whole school as a way of giving our last hurrah. It was a fun event, and we had a great time getting dressed and dancing our socks off.
Seriously though, girls, pink mini-skirts? Too hilarious. I was only close with the girl standing directly behind me; she was probably the closest friend I made while in Temuco. I will see her when I arrive in Santiago, so I am very excited!
I have been thinking a lot about how I was growing up in Ohio, as well as during my time in Chile.
I have come to realize that things have canged. I am no longer the shy (yes, you read that right) girl that sat pensively in the corner thinking everything about everyone but never saying it aloud.
Most of you who know me understand that I am nowhere near shy, and that I can hold my own...but to be honest, I was a pretty quiet person growing up. I was supremely confident in my intelligence and ability to understand social situations, but I was often bored or uninterested in those around me. Sometimes I would be afraid to speak up about certain things, because I didn't know if other people would understand me or even get why I was talking. I was also a bit weary of giving up too much information about myself, as I was unsure about how it would be perceived. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) keeni84 was the same way, but even more.
Many times, I lied to my fellow classmates about almost everything, just so that I could pretend to be a little more of what I then percieved to be normal. In my house weren't allowed to watch TV, were vegans, our religious practices were practically non-existant (save walking around the house with sage to ward of evil spirits), and in the summertime, we spent our free-time time doing reports or reading encyclopedias. It wasn't that I was ashamed of that part of my life, I was just a little afraid that everyone would think my mother was an awful parent.
On a side note: me and my siblings revelled in the times that our mom would come home late from work, giving us time to sneak in early afternoon cartoons. At the time, it made me feel bad, but looking back on it...she probably already knew ;).
In middle school and high school, it got better. Me and the sibs were always semi-popular, but underneath we were still a bit snobbish and separatist (at least the girls were). That type of paranoia was not easy to get rid of...especially in a family such as mine.
We were a weird, egghead family, so I honestly believed I did not have to talk to other people. Me and my sis would sit for hours and just rag on everyone we had encountered in the day, a trait we inherited from our mother. My mother was a wonderful, kind, hardworking woman, but she had a scathing sense of who belonged out in the world, and who did not. I think my little sister and my older brothers got out of that trend before me and keeni84 .
It was harder for us because, essentially, we didn't need anyone else. We are twins. Instant conection. Now, we've learned how to be open, friendly people without ostracizing others. We still have our snobbish little world...we just know how to hide it a little better. Like Dexter, without the melodrama and the blood slides.
Fortunately, we all levelled off with that nonsense, and once I got to college, I became the well-adapted, cool art_house_queen that you all know and love!
IIn case you are wondering where this all came from...I was just talking with keeni84 about how we were, and it's funny how much you can change in 8 years. |
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