http://willooi.com/2010/04/clique/ Escaping within the mind, one level at a time Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:19:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://willooi.com/2010/04/clique/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 brendan Sun, 02 May 2010 16:26:37 +0000 http://willooi.com/?p=1353#comment-1345 i like this, especially the challenge you present us in the last stanza. in high school (the title immediately evoked a 'high school' theme in my mind, but as i get older its surprising how little the clique mentality fades from view), i positioned myself as someone who didn't buy into the clique mentality, and who didn't care about popularity. not overtly, just implicitly; i pretended to ignore the pressure to be popular. i was friends with everyone who was friendly, from any clique, and ironically this made me very popular. i am ashamed to say, i was a little impressed with my own popularity. i refused to snub someone based on their perceived social standing within the high school jungle, and i can feel good about that. but at the same time, it served me well, and the pride i felt (and, even as i type this, still feel? weird) seems somewhat....hollow to me. i like this, especially the challenge you present us in the last stanza. in high school (the title immediately evoked a ‘high school’ theme in my mind, but as i get older its surprising how little the clique mentality fades from view), i positioned myself as someone who didn’t buy into the clique mentality, and who didn’t care about popularity. not overtly, just implicitly; i pretended to ignore the pressure to be popular. i was friends with everyone who was friendly, from any clique, and ironically this made me very popular. i am ashamed to say, i was a little impressed with my own popularity. i refused to snub someone based on their perceived social standing within the high school jungle, and i can feel good about that. but at the same time, it served me well, and the pride i felt (and, even as i type this, still feel? weird) seems somewhat….hollow to me.

]]> http://willooi.com/2010/04/clique/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Will Ooi Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:09:23 +0000 http://willooi.com/?p=1353#comment-1319 Could well be =) Could well be =)

]]> http://willooi.com/2010/04/clique/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Anthony Truong Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:19:16 +0000 http://willooi.com/?p=1353#comment-1318 Is this about Apple products? Is this about Apple products?

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