I would not mind the coming of the apocalypse so long as I had a giant flying robot friend. Presumably, with the help of Gigantor or Optimus Prime, I'd be able to save what I cared about.
On a more serious note, it bothers me how willing people are to be peer-pressured into doing something. I'm not saying I haven't done this (I have, and many times), but it's a distressing tendency anyways. On the other hand, it's not like the alternative is much better. I know people say "Your real friends won't care, and you should ignore everybody else", but it's sort of miserable to live that way. I would know. I tend to spend time almost exclusively with my "real friends", and I feel awkward with anyone else. Which makes a lot of things really uncomfortable--I'm just plain awful at being sociable. People who I don't know very well avoid me because I make them uncomfortable in turn.
And the weird part about all this is that I'd like to think I'm pretty good at reading people(admittedly, I can be oblivious about some things-- mostly romantic interest between two people). I'm good at analyzing why people do what they do. So it follows that I should be able to figure out why I'm making people uncomfortable and then remedy that.
Sadly, that would require me to talk to people I don't know. Eek.
I'd rather live in my own little world--I don't mind interacting with masses of people, but I much prefer to be alone. You actually learn a lot about yourself that way, and you get to do some good thinking. For example, I've started working out a formula for the sort of movies I can't get over my love for. It's not precise yet, but it's pretty cool to see what I like and what I don't like in particular--rather than just saying, "Oh, these are my favorite movies because they're awesome." It turns out there are more than a few common factors.
Also, this way I can save myself from the embarassment of giggling at random intervals in front of other people. And I get to read, and listen to music, and read some more. I've actually read some amazing things online (also a lot of crap, but it's a price worth paying). So you all should take my advice: BE A HERMIT. IT ROCKS.
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Unfortunately, I already am a hermit, in all the worst ways. You are a hermit in the way where everyone is like, oh, Ishani's too good for us. I am a hermit in the way where it's like, oh, Navya's so weird, let's not hang out with her. Also, I will have MAJOR problems making friends in college. This makes me semi-sad, and semi-nauseous. But also, a part of me wants to know how I would do on my own.
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