(18 Mar 2015, 11:08 pm)Jimmi wrote For me it's not totally being self conscious it is just me thinking that I could be doing something that normal people would do such as watch football, go out with people I know, anything normal people would do rather than taking out a camera and take photos of something most people just think of something to get them from A-B.
But this is who I am.
I don't have grief from anyone I know as very few people know that I actually do this although I am slightly worried about my friends finding out as this hobby isn't exactly normal although I would hope my friends would not make a deal of it if they found out, couldn't care less really if people I know but I hate find out though. Thinking of excuses for if Arriva do any MAX/Sapphire launches in Durham, I will probably just say I am interested in photography - in fairness that is true, I am just neglecting to tell them what I normally take photos of.
Define normal...
What is not normal about what we do, just because others may think we are freaks, it does not make it not normal, if it is all you've known, then to you, it is normal, to me, it is normal...
I personally could not give 2 shits if people think I am weirdo or freak, that is there small minded problem...I was quite shy and self-concious at first...I am quite lucky most of my friends know what I do, they can extract the urine now and again, but they normally leave me to it and they know when to stop, my family is the same and the bit knowledge I have of bus services means mates come to me and trust me to give them the right information. When I am out alone, I try to look as normal as possible and normally don't do anything so that I stick out like a sore thumb.
I always think if you have the 'it is normal attitude' then you do not enjoy as much as you and normally happens with that attitude is you drift away and leave it behind...
I hope you and Marcus don't start drifting away, it would be a real shame if that happened
I must be trying to break the world record for how many times I use the word normal in a post, normally, that would be seen as not being normal