Long time lurker, first time hippy

Hey, I've been reading these boards for a few weeks, now; I've finally plucked up the courage to register. Just like to say hi.

I'm only fifteen, which is kinda young I guess, so I've a lot to learn. I'm avidly interested in the whole hippy scene, my dad is a lapsed hippy (Which I only found out after getting into the music- the Beatles, Small Faces, Janis Joplin etc.) from Liverpool so it's in my blood.

I hate violence in all it's forms, have done even before getting into hippidom being one of the slightly built minority, terrible at all sports (well, except ping-pong and badminton, but that's nothing to advertise ).

Anyway, hi.

 

Hi, welcome to the forums. You should scope out other counter cultures as well; grab a bit of each and make your own instead of settling down and fitting into some cliche'd idea of what a hippie is supposed to be....goths, punks and straight edgers all have something to offer though, again, I'd suggest not settling down into any one group; instead take the best of each and make your own thing.

Anyway you slice it; welcome to the forum.

 

Tried the rocker thing, wearing leather and listening to Alice Cooper for a while, but it just didn't fit my personality. I guess I wanted to be different from my parents, even though temperamentally I'm exactly like them.

There are lots of punks around the area I live, which is cool (They're less threatening than hoodie toting chavs) but I'm not very good at pogoing. I don't know any straight edgers but from what I've heard they seem cool, I don't intend to be a junkie anyway, and have decided not to try any sweat leaf until I've finished my education, however far it goes.

There's a growing number of emo's around, but I don't really associate with most of them (With a few exceptions). Not to say I don't get along with them, but they kinda confuse me.

So I've been exposed to quite a few different mindsets, and hope I've finally found my niche. People don't mind if you're soft, unless you look like you think you're hard and I think that's how people would see me if I turned gothic.

Thanks for the quick reply, and I see the sense in what you're saying. I won't change any facets of my personality in order to make myself "the ideal hippy". I don't think there is one. I'm not going to consciously change, just to act as I feel and other people seemed to think I was "hippyish" before I did, probably because I don't egg houses, smash windows and bitch about people like the majority in my school.

I personally feel I've always been a hippy deep down, and though I feel sympathy with goths and punks, I'm just not that kind of person.

I hope I make sense, and thanks for reading

 

How can you not like the Coop? **SHOCK & HORROR at your oddness**

Only kidding. But I do listen to Cooper almost semi-religously.

 

Hullo out there, welcome to the hipforums.. Enjoy your time here..

 

Hey SNB,...hope you like it here. It's really kool here at times. Have fun and welcome...

 

Thanks, and I still like Alice- going to the Manchester concert, in November (Forked out on money for the Life and Crimes, too. Glad I did, it's nifty.)

 

have fun and welcome to the forum

 

hey..you seem like your in touch with yourself..& if ya look around you'll notice tons of 15 yr old hippies hidin out round here....asfor lookin into other things..i tried being a punk ,yself for years.. but even then the hippy in me wasscreammin to get out..& yea those emo kids..i didnt even have a clue what an emo was untill a few daysago when someone explained it.. it just seemed silly to me..but i guess people are entitled to pretend to be anything they want while theyre discovering theyre true selves

 

heyhey...Good To Know You : )...And Welcome : )

 

Thanks peoples, this is a friendly board I'll look out for those other fifteen year olds (Nearly sixteen, though- yay I guess).

 

Welcome,Bones. Don't worry too much about where you fit in. Just do whatever feels right to you. I don't understand what Emo is,either...but I've been told that I like it