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Tuesday, May 18, 2004
I've always believed myself to be a good judge of character. Maybe that sounds self-righteous but I found that most of the time, I really am right about my opinion of people. And I know that there's no right or wrong when it comes to opinions, especially when they're about somebody's personality since that's never permanent. People change, and there are too many factors, too many things about someone's personality that even if you've known him/her your entire life, you still can't say that you know everything about that person. But you gotta admit that even if you've known a certain person for only a short period of time, it's also possible that you more or less have an idea of what kind of person he/she is, like, if he has any special talents, or what his views on life are, how he treats his friends... Really, I'm very intuitive about that kind of thing. A test in e-mode even said that I was an empath--someone who can accurately read people's emotions because I can relate to them easily, and I think that quiz result is more or less correct. Because I can read people's emotions, and I do relate to their feelings easily. I just do. And because I do, the advice I give my friends whenever they have problems is often the one they take and they prove to be very useful. Of course I'm always happy when I'm right, and always, I trace it to the belief I have that I'm a good judge of character, that's why I'm helpful when my friends are making decisions about, going out with somebody, or turning someone down on a date, and stuff like that. So you can imagine my surprise when I was actually surprised by one of my friends (one I've known for about 4 years), because he did (rather, he said) something that was out of character, for him.
Maybe it's because I'm really way cynical when it comes to the male of the species. I think all guys are inferior to women, or, okay, not really inferior, but they do possess all the bad characteristics one can think of: dishonesty, laziness, irresponsibility, infidelity, stupidity, etc. Have you ever heard/read the quote "Not all men are jerks, some are dead."? Well, I have, and when I first did, I totally bought it. Until now I still do. It's just that, all the guys I've met so far, really are jerks. And it's not as if I haven't met a lot.
I've been studying in a co-ed school ever since I started studying, and my main group of friends consist of more guys than girls. Okay, so maybe you're wondering why I have so many guy friends when I claim to hate them so much. This is because I do believe that guys are great friends, but that's about it. When it comes to girls, I have to admit, that even the guys I'm closest to, the ones I really trust, have their flaws--the same ones that guys I hardly know also have. I mean, I'm already talking about my friends here, and still, I know that even if they already have their own girlfriends, they still can't help admiring other girls and doing something about it. So, what am I supposed to think?
Anyway, what was it that my friend said that surprised me? I've already established that I think all guys are jerks--that means, they're all useless, helpless pigs who cannot understand why there are need for romance novels, chick flicks and the like. I've always thought that all guys cared about besides getting girls are video games, and cars, and action films, or something close to those topics. And because, as I've said before, I'm usually a good judge of character, I really didn't think that there would actually be people who'd prove me wrong about it. Especially not ones I've known for several years.
But apparently, everything really is possible because yesterday, as I was in a car with five guys I know from high school, heading home from our swimming outing (maybe I'll write more about this later), we got to talking about this girl (we don't really know her that well), and one of the guys in the car said something about her that was in reference to one of the characters in Harry Potter 5 - Order of the Phoenix. And, oddly, another guy in the car, agreed with him. Meaning, they've both read Harry Potter 5; and if they've read that, well, it means that they've read the whole series, right?
So, granted, that these were the 2 guys I knew least about in our whole group, and that a lot of guys read Harry Potter anyway, I was still surprised, because I'd always thought that they were the kind who didn't care for any of those, and only thought about cars and action movies, like my brother.
Was I ever wrong when I realized they actually knew more about Harry Potter than I did (I haven't even read the 5th book), and liked the HP movies more than I did, too. And maybe Harry Potter isn't something that defines somebody's whole personality, but irrelevant and small it may seem, it does change their apathetic-cool-guy image.
It's just weird how you put a certain person under a specific stereotype in your head and then a few years later you find out that you were wrong about them all along. And then begin to see them in a different light. And then think that if you were wrong about that particular thing, then maybe you're wrong about many other things. And that unlike other guys, maybe he's not such a jerk after all. And maybe neither are your other friends, or those who aren't your friends.
Something even weirder, I guess, is how this one small incident (I'm pretty sure that the guys in the car with me don't even remember it because really, it was just something they'd mentioned in passing), is suddenly making me re-evaluate my opinion of a lot of other people, thinking that I might've overlooked something about them along the way, and that maybe I should re-form my opinion of the people I know.
Oh, well, like I said in the first paragraph anyway, people change, and there are too many factors, too many things about someone's personality that even if you've known him/her your entire life, you still can't say that you know everything about that person.
Posted at 00:49 by miriyammqx
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Ida /ee-da/ n. 1. Born on September 17, 1984. 2. Likes people to greet her on her birthday. 3. Loves reading books but hates buying them and always prefers them as gifts. 4. Has a sudden liking for mysteries. 5. A little too obvious when hinting for presents.
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