Have you hugged your weird today?

Have you always been a little bit weird? A little strange? Dressed a little funny and maybe just didn’t fit in with the crowd. Maybe they even made fun of you because you liked purple sneakers or wore green with everything. Or your pre-meal ritual simply frightened them a little. Perhaps, you’re the only who ever laughed at your jokes – because nobody else got them, right? Until maybe purely by accident you bumped into a fellow weirdo and you secretly shared the joy of your weirdness.

Because you know something the non-weird don’t know. Being weird is really fun. And freeing. And those ‘normal’ folk have no idea what they’re missing either.

But this post is for the closet weird among us. Those who shared their weird with no one. Who only let their weird hang out when they’re alone or perhaps with a few close weird-minded friends. And to you closet weirds I say, “Embrace your weirdness.”

Why?

Well because…

• It’s what makes you, you
• It’s easy being the same as everybody else – it’s hard to be yourself
• It might encourage suppressed weirdos to come out of the closet
• It’s fun and makes you and others laugh
• Behaving and doing what’s expected if overrated
• It’s your God-given right

And when you feel alone in your weirdness, just remember there are/were lots of really famous weirdos, like:

• Weird Al Yankowich
• Einstein
• Thoreau
• Picasso
• Robin Williams
• Lily Tomlin
• Annie Oakley
• Dorothy Parker
• Michelangelo
• Shakespeare

I mean why be normal when you could be weird like these guys? Am I right?

How to embrace your weirdness

For those of you who’d like to give weird a try, following are a suggestions on how you might want to take it out for a test drive:

• Spend the day playing nothing but Weird Al Yankowich tunes
• Whatever requests are made of you today at the end of your answer add: “would you like fries with that?”
• Wear two different sneakers to the gym and see if anyone notices, if they do, tell them it’s a new trend
• Go to your favorite coffee place, order a coffee then sit in the dining room having a conversation with the main character in your book – if you aren’t a writer, then have a conversation with the main character of your favorite book
• Start a fund for lost pens or homeless sneakers
• Wear a top hat
• Walk your dog or cat in a stroller
• While riding on the bus sing to yourself intentionally screwing up the lyrics to well known songs (example: another one takes the bus, rather than, another bites the dust)
• Wear a Tu-tu and ballet slippers, or any outfit that makes you feel happy
• Tell people your favorite cause is lint preservation

Here’s a few pictures that might inspire you:

Or anything that strikes your fancy. You may find you really dig your native weird – because between you and me, everybody’s got a little weird in them.

How about you? Do you let your weird hang out or hide it from friends, family and co-workers? What’s your favorite way to be weird? What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done. Get your weird on in the comments – and knock yourself out.

Weird Writer Chick