I do not fit in here. I am a redhead, I am pale almost to point of looking dead, I used to be fat and I am covered in tattoos. Another one of the deadly sins here in Southern California, I don't drive. Ever.
My roommate fits in. She is blond (usually), skinny, and has been at the pool of our apartment complex every sunny day since May, slathered in tanning oil. The boyfriend and I have a bet on as to when she'll develop skin cancer and how long it will take to notice it. But back to my not fitting in, people actually seem offended by how fair my skin is...like it's some personal attack on them. Maybe it is. Being so pale makes the colour in my tattoos pop, maybe that's what does it.
The not driving thing is another issue. It's a hard concept for a lot of people to grasp. My reasoning is this: I am easily distracted, do you really want me going 80 miles an hour in what is essentially a one ton battering ram. Do you really want me being you on the freeway on that? I also have a hard time timing things so I tend to drive like an old woman (Though this may have to do with the fact that when my ex tried to teach me to drive on the freeway, he had me pull onto it and said "If you fuck up, we die") Everyone asks me, "How do you live without driving?". It's simple really, I have always dated someone who drives and if you don't do something, how can you know what you're missing?


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