Don't Care Anymore

I have come to the realization that I don't think I care anymore if anyone likes me or thinks I am cool. I am perfectly okay with myself the way I am and if that is a loner and a big fat dork then I will embrace it. I came to this today as I listened to some music and peeled potatoes for dinner. Here is my list of things I will no longer be apologizing for:

1-Liking pop music. It makes me happy. It makes me dance. It makes me feel good and makes peeling potatoes go by so much faster. If that makes me musically tasteless than that's just wonderful! So bring on the 80's hair bands, bring on Top 40, bring on Kelly Clarkson and Justin Timberlake. I really like Nick Lachey's new songs.

2-Liking cheesy movies. I like Titanic! I like the Notebook. I hate Sci-fi movies. I like the Father of the Bride movies and Beaches.

3-Liking books that aren't listed on anyone's top 10 of the most Intellectually stimulating. I like Nicholas Sparks and Nora Roberts. I like Jackie Collins and Danielle Steelle. I like anything that combines action, mystery, and graphic love scenes.

4-Liking cheesy t.v. shows. and some reality TV I like 7th Heaven(at least until this current season) and Desperate Housewives. I like catching soap operas when I have nothing else to do. I like American Idol and Extreme Makeover Home Edition. They all entertain me and make me smile.

5-I like driving around in a car full of car seats singing Green Day at the top of my lungs. I like blasting the hard rock radio station out the window even if it makes people wonder what that 30 something mother of 2 is trying to prove by doing so. Being one of "Those" soccer moms is endlessly appealing to me.

There are probably so many more things that I could write about. Some of them I probably don't realize aren't cool because I haven't heard otherwise. Sometimes I wish I was more indi or is it indy. Truth be told most things considered indy bore me to tears. Maybe it's because I am not deep enought to "Get it". I don't really care. I have gone through my whole life so far with people telling me what I should think, feel, and believe. And if I don't think, feel, and believe like they want me too then I am a heathen who will not be in some high kingdom of God. So I am done with it. This is me take it or leave it. I am a closet unbelieving, liberal thinking, top 40 listening, chick flick watching, romance novel reading, Green Day singing, stay at home and future soccer mom who likes Pina coladas and shopping at Old Navy. As my daughter's Barbie Diaries song goes:
"This is me, getting older, reaching out, breaking free, constantly, moving forward, yeah I'm just going far as this is me"

Not sure I got the lyrics right but you get the gist!