Cleaning Out My Closet...

I guess everyone who's reading this blog knows that I've just started college. As a result, I had to (literally) clean out my closet. In the process of doing so, I stumbled upon my old English Language notebook. I started reading my essays and realised that I'm really quite proud (you'll read more about this in the essay!) of this one and hence decided to post it. For your 411, we were supposed to write an essay about ourselves. This is what I wrote:
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WEIRD AND PROUD OF IT!

"You are special, you're the only one,
You're the only one like you,
There isn't another in the whole wide world,
Who can do the things you do."

One of my favourite childhood songs, 'Special' has some of the most simple, yet meaningful lyrics. It has led me, right from the age of five, to believe that I am unique. I know that everyone is on Earth for a purpose, and that no matter what anybody says or does, every single person stands out from the crown in his or her own way.
What are those qualities in me which set me apart? For one, I'm an eternal optimist. I'm the sort of person who believes that my favourite can win a tennis match even if his opponent is serving for the match. Perhaps as a consequence of my optimism, I am always happy. I sometimes joke that I don't drink tea, coffee or cola, as I don't need caffeine to be on a high, permanently. My perpetual excitability is the butt of jokes from my friends, but it doesn't bother me because I know it is an important part of me.
One aspect of me that is quite different from most people my age is the fact that I am a "play-by-the-rules type", to quote a friend. My overworked conscience and will power work in my favour most of the times - I rarely get into trouble, and when I do, it's rarely serious. These same attributes work against me sometimes - I hardly take risks, and still have not experienced the thrill of "living life on the edge". I enjoy studying, much to the shock of most people, and am often labelled a "nerd" or a "geek".
I enjoy all kinds of music, across genres and languages, something which very few other people can say. I'm also an incurable eater, and an enthusiastic reader. Music, food and books are possibly the three most important things in my life.
As for my social life, I prefer having a small circle of extremely close-knit friends to a huge circle of acquaintances. This might make me unpopular, but I don't mind. Though my friends are few, they are true.
I have a long list of things I'd like to change about myself. For one, I would probably give myself some more humility. As my essay probably suggests, I am quite full of myself. I know that over-confidence kills, but somehow, I still seem to think that I'm really good at whatever I do. Perhaps my overconfidence is just an extension of my optimism...
Another thing I would like to change about me is my naïvete. I sometimes get shocked by the mildest of offensive language or vulgarity, which my friends consider harmless. This results in me getting scandalised about five times a minute during a normal conversation - something I would love to live without.
There are many facets to my personality - hopeless romantic, eternal optimist, hyperactivity personified, boring geek, goody-two-shoes, swollen-headed idiot... the list goes on. When people call me weird, I feel proud because I know "weird" is just another way of saying that I stand out from the crown - that I'm unique.

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I've posted this one without editing it, and I wrote this more than a year back, so excuse any discrepancies! If I gave myself the licence to edit it, I would probably remove the cheesy 'Barney & Friends' song! By the way, Poovaiah gave me a 'Very Good' for this one. I normally think she over-rates me, but here I think I must agree with her. Told you I was full of myself!