Wednesday, July 23, 2008

The Man behind the Glass

I been part of many groups in my life and they were honestly pretty boring groups like just sitting around playing video games or watching movies. I liked doing the things we did in the group but we all acted the same and shared the same ideas it just predictable. Thats why when one of my friends went crazy and actually started hearing voices, I went with him to his psychiatrist and sat in the lobby while he was examined. 
The people in the lobby were so cool and interesting because I could not think like them. First there was this eight year old boy who could not stop playing Gameboy. While he played he would shake a lot and twist his body in odd ways with out taking his eyes of the screen. Then there was this girl named Megan who look sweet and nice on the outside but very dark on the inside. She talked about how she would paint her nails and add a touch of red from her freshly sliced wrist. Then she told me how she wanted to go to Northwestern since she was twelve and how the wrist cutting was no problem. All I could ponder was how could some sweet little girl think like that. That is why I also like talking to groups that I am not even really a part of because they can tell you things that you never could imagine. 

2 comments:

nicolewilson said...

Tom, this is a very mature and well-written post that combines sensitivity and curiosity with deeper thinking--good work.

Julian said...

Pretty intense to run into some girl who enjoys cutting her wrist. Its good that you're watchful in your socializing with foreign groups as you mentioned at the end.