I'm sure that everyone has heard, at least once, in their life, that they are an unique individual and that there is no one else in the world like them. Naturally, I've heard that too... But I've also seen that I have clones running around this earth, so I guess this means my personality may be unique.

Who knows though?

I know that this sounds particularly sardonic, but since that's how I feel I think it's particularly acceptable.

When presented with certain situations, I think that people usually refer to their own experiences in their reactions. So if someone told me about a bad break-up I would, naturally respond with my thoughts and feelings from a bad break-up of my own... Of course, in that situation, I think it would be offering advice.

I've always liked guessing at how people will act, and usually I would take my knowledge of their personality and things they've said and done. Of course, there are always people who could be hiding beneath a very convincing mask, but usually when I psychoanalzye people it's when I've known them for a fair amount of time. That way, I'm probably not wrong.

I hope anyway.

But anyway, the point is if you were living underneath the same roof with someone for five or so years and you known them for eight or so years, wouldn't you feel slightly offended if that person didn't know how to spell the name you always go by? I've never felt the need to correct him, but it's always irked me a little. I mean, my rendition of my name has appeared many places in the house.

Even more spefically, I think it's kind of insulting if an adult looks at you (as a teenager) and assumes you're going to behave badly, or behave like they did when they were your age (i.e. badly) without any regard to your own character. I mean, I really do understand the mentality of looking out for your kids and making sure that they don't make the same mistakes you did. But honestly, I find that I learn so much better from first hand experience than the vague recollections of my elders. I'm not saying I'm going to go get drunk so I know how horrible a hangover feels (that is just plain stupid after all), what I'm trying to say is that I'd like to have room to make my own mistakes so that I can learn from them.

I don't really appreciate the whole... "when i was your age" thing either... Well, that's in the negative connotation (isn't it usually?). Like, I said, I guess it's advisory to keep me from doing something that I might regret later on, but really. When you were my age what? You did this, you did that... But that was you, not me.

And wasn't I told that I was unique?