Marching to the beat of your own drum

At work today I had a converstation with one of my co workers that got me to thinking about following the crowd and how glad I am that I don't have that affliction. It started when one of my fellow dee jays made a comment about the shirt I am wearing. Basicly it was in style back in 1982. I wear it because it is comfortable not because it is in or out of style. He was poking fun at me for daring to wear such a shirt and though it was odd. My response was to say, "now ask me if I care." I told him I don't wear cloths because they happen to be the fad of the moment. I wear them because they are comfortalbe and if people don't like it, tough. I happne to believe in thinking for myself and not doing things based on weather the crowd is donig them or if it is the latest style or fad. I've always been this way. Back in highh school I was looked down upon because I dared to be an individual. I never fell for the, "everyone else is doing it." trap but for some reason people had a dificult time excepting this. They throught I was some kind of outsider for dareing to think for my self. I don't have the coolest car. I have a Honda Civic because it gets great gas milage. I'm not going to get an SUV or whatever just to have a status symbal. Why would I waste money on a vehicle that you have to stop every twenty seven feet to refill with gas? You would be amazed at the funny looks I get from people for stating this opinoin. They would aparently rather have a gas guzzliong status symbol to impress their fake friends as apposed to being smart and getting a vehicle that won't cost them more than their kids college education to fill up the tank every week. I judge people based on who they are not wheather they follow what is cool. So if I choose to wear my 1982 style sweat shirt I will do so and if my co worker thinks he needs to make fun of it to make himself feel better I say go ahead. I do and wear what I like because I like it. Not because some TV show or magaxine tells me it is the in thing.