The Elusive and Obscure

I've always liked being different from other people; it was and still is part of what makes me special. I can remember mentally commenting on the herd mentality of my classmates and how they whent from one hot movie star to another. I can also remember being almost purposefully contrary. Not that I disliked what my friends loved, more like that I liked the still liked but less popular thing. Hmm, can you put that many likes in one sentence? Anyway, my contrary tastes have always saved me from being a crowd follower--not that there weren't things I liked right along with my friends. Unfortunately this gets to be a problem now that i'm not only going against my friends, but the popular market. Can you see where this is headed? It can be near impossible to find things I like. Take music for example, not only do I like artists that my friends have never heard of, but some of the CDs are even out of print. The problem is that while this artist was popular in his day, I don't think he would have been in the mainstreem of popular artists of his day. Un like Frank Sinatra whom I also like, people still know who he is and you can still buy most of his music. Peter Nero is pop market popular for only a few songs.His lesser known works--at least by the pop market--are the ones seemly out of print. Wouldn't you know it, those are the ones I want. That's part of my other problem, I may end up liking something after the fact. This could be a good thing caust wise, but usually it gets to be quite challenging. Of course it's always rewarding in the end when I can find what it is I wanted. In Mr. Nero's case, I just haven't been alive that long. I made a joke to my friends once that most of my favorite people were dead; it isn't true, a lot of them are fictional. hahaha O well, it's a challenge being different, but I wouldn't want it otherwise.