This was inspired by kind of a scary dream I had last night.

If you had to choose one or the other,

would you choose to be unaccepted and alone to maintain your individuality

or

would you give up your individuality just to feel accepted?

It was a horrifying vision, kinda brought upon last night from something going on on my floor in my dorm building.
But I think my deepest fear of all is not being accepted and being completely alone. Sure, I'm a loner a good part of the time... but I don't think I could take it if I had to live that way.

And even for that, I'd rather maintain my individuality when it comes to trends and the music I listen to. Being like everyone else is so boring... but I think I do face this every day.
Not just here on occasion, but in the real world.
Maybe that's why I write so much fiction. Its to escape it and that feeling of loneliness.

Prince has gotten me to be more open, but at the same time, he keeps me from others cuz few like to talk about him.

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

that's why it's helpful to have this place. BUT you can have other interests and passions that you can share with others. you don't have to fall in with what everyone else is doing but that's the beauty of universities. someone, somewhere is going to be interested in similar things. art, music, history, politics, social activism, sport, literature... you name it!! for me it was stopping at a table and joining a campus group that i was interested that allowed many unique friendships.

everyone wants to loved and accepted at some point but I am rather happy with being me. I think it's why some people dig me.

Prince is a bundle of contradictions... but also a bundle of ironies.

I like him because he's unique.
I know I'm unique and I like being the way I am.
But he makes it a little difficult to do so w/o judgement.
I was lucky that I found this place at the dawn of my journey with Prince. Or I wouldn't gotten to like him as much as I have.
I used to be able to "walk" thru here, offer my and not worry about saying the wrong thing. Because people understand him here like they don't seem to in the real world.

I'm just as much an individual here as I am in real life. But here, at times it gets me into trouble. Maybe I can't resist posting and preaching my "love" for every part of him.
But the biggest irony is that he helps keep me away from people, not just cuz of his music, but because it's just this "secret life" I have.

don't let people's attitude towards prince get to you. i had the same thing happen to me the first year i was at college. people will think you're weird, but whatever, just try to ignore it.