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This I know...They're everywhere. SZB just made me laugh at the whole concept that is in fact quite sad.
But really, my culture doesn't really have shut-ins... o_O Or does it?

I'm late...

SWIMMING actually

because land is a drag...

And then there's Student Council, Knowledge Bowl, and Math Team...but those aren't really 'sports' as defined by everybody else

and Art...Art is fun...if only I had supplies

Guhhhhhh the water makes everything slow.
Hard to throw a decent punch underwater.

I like the air better. I just never can stay up that long XDDDD
Not that I want to fly in a plane or anything (although I really do like airplane food for some really odd reason)

Mab has one normal club activity and 3 super nerd ones. gonk

@Bapp: You make it sound like that's a bad thing. stare

It was only hard for me because of the very reasons that lead me to become one:

I had no motivation to do anything, not even socialize. I had a stupid crippling fear of trusting people because I was scared they were going to hurt me. I became generally repulsed by people. It wasn't a hate or anything, I could still accept a person for being them, but the thought of having to socialize and make a name and identity for myself with the chance of being stomped into the ground again made me particularly angry. Anger turns to loathing. Loathing turns to Spite. Spite turned into indifference, which then turned into sloth. It was much easier to interact with the world behind the shelter of the internet, and I had video games and computers to keep me all the company I needed.

It's not a good thing, really. Everyone's reasons for shutting themselves in are different from person to person, though. Mine started from when I was cheated on and dumped after 8 years of being in a relationship. That same year two of my good friends passed away, so I wasn't too much of a happy camper then.

It was hard to recover because I just didn't want to do anything for myself. It's like existence-purgatory. I don't want to end it, but I don't want to do anything. Neither option seemed worth it.

I forced myself out of it though because I became sick of living like this, and a stupid drive to want to do better in my life than my parents and my now-'enemies'. I'm starting to take an interest in photography, especially since I'm leaving Hawaii in a year. Documenting things has proven fun, and it's a good excuse to kick my a** out the door. Even now, though, I have difficulty mustering up the drive to get out there, even if I want to. It sounds stupid, but it's true.

Wow... I'm sorry Aru. That's... wow...

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