At odds...

I'm not really sure why, but the older I get, the more at odds I seem to be with society's expectations. Politically, relationally, career...what I want and expect for myself just isn't what society-at-large tells me I should have or should aspire to be. Maybe some of that is due to the fact that I don't see myself ever being successful on society's terms, but I guess a man has to be honest with himself a bit before he can be honest with anyone else. One thing I'm coming to terms with is just how antagonistic others can be when you express an opinion frankly without sugar-coating it for them, despite the fact that they'd never do that "service" for you. I'm tired of trying to live up to a status-quo designed for the types of people I'd rather not associate with. There has to be a better way...

Bohemian...apparently.

Hmmm... So I was just speaking to my mother about possibly applying for a job at IBM. She's not sure that's a good idea because I'm apparently quite "bohemian." I'd never really thought of myself that way, so I looked it up on Wikipedia and it summed the term up quite nicely this way:

"Outsiders apart from conventional society and untroubled by its disapproval."

You know, I kind of like that.

Yeah...I guess I am "bohemian." It beats the alternative...