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Originally posted by MillionEyedMask
Now don't get me wrong: I was born into a human body, raised in a human family and grew up fully convinced of my temporary condition of humanity. I do not claim otherwise. There are no spaceships in the immediate memory of this particular human brain.
However, I never fit in very well. I was variously labeled gifted, disturbed, sensitive and strange. The few friendships I kept tended to be of a very strong and deep variety and with people to whom I felt a true kinship, but even with them I have always felt an enduring and unassailable loneliness which I could not explain.
None of things that typically amuse humans are capable of distracting me more than momentarily from the truth of my condition. Though I possess natural talents of an intellectual and creative nature, I have no drive to pursue the goals common to most of the human race. I eschewed academia ferociously, leaving school at my earliest opportunity and never looking back.
The pursuit of wealth, property, power and influence nauseate me. I have no desire to better myself in my worldly standing. The idea of marrying, reproducing, working like a dog until retirement and dying in a hospital bed vainly clutching at the ephemeral accessories of a forfeit life seem to me a hellish nightmare. I respectfully leave the pursuit of Earthly goals to those whose souls are native to this world. Those who want the Earth may have it. I live almost like a monk, though I am entirely apathetic toward religion and theology, caring too little even to brand myself an agnostic.