Nothing out of the ordinary…
My name is Mike. I am a 27 year old boy. I call myself a boy because I don’t feel like a man yet. I’m not sure what being a man feels like, but I still feel like a boy.
I’m just a normal boy. I’m not incredibly fascinating, but I’m also not too boring either. I don’t have special talents, but I do have regular talents, and I’m adequate at them. I’m sort of like a Jack of all trades (master of none), but more like a Jack of some trades, definitely not master of anything. Oh, except that I have a master’s degree in mathematics, and my name isn’t Jack.
My favorite book is “The World of Normal Boys” by K.M. Soehnlein. The name of this blog is based on that book. I immediately related to the main character of the book after reading just the first chapter. The book is about a boy named Robin, growing up gay and feeling like the world is full of normal boys (of which he is not one). The irony, of course, is that Robin (like me) is actually just a normal boy, coming to terms with himself and the world in which he lives.
You can contact me at normalboy.wordpress (at) yahoo.com.
January 29, 2008 at 2:49 am
Great introduction. I feel similar actually – as I guess most people would not consider me boy anymore – that`s if they know my age of course. But I feel much younger anyway – sort of Peter Pan`s thingy
February 22, 2008 at 4:37 am
I turned 31 last year and my partner will be turning 30 in a few months. We often talked about not feeling like adults. My partner is having major issues about turning 30, but honestly, I don’t see the problem with it.
Jos76
http://www.jos76.wordpress.com
March 7, 2008 at 6:12 pm
April 29, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Hey there! I am really enjoying your blog. Just wanted to pop in and say so. I’m rather new at this website so am still learning the ropes (and I’m rather slow)…
Have a great day!
Cary
May 2, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Hey California,
I have been getting updates spoken to me, but thought I would check it out myself. You are the top hit when searching google for “target grad school gay actuary” (though it turns out that “gay” is superfluous).
Okay I have a bunch of reading to do, but take it easy.
W
August 24, 2008 at 8:23 am
i thought more of a nirvana song, i don’t know if you heard of it, it’s a pretty famous one: About a Girl.
anyways you caught me with your writing and so i’m going to ready constantly your blog
November 6, 2008 at 2:44 am
I came across your journal searching for “dealing with gay crush” and since then been reading many of your entries. You bring up many good issues in your entries, and you express your views in logics I understand and agree with. You and I are somewhat similar, thus I am going to post reply here very often
- Julian
March 29, 2009 at 9:04 am
I love your site. Keep it up !
May 13, 2009 at 10:14 am
Hi Mike,
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Hope you find it helpful!
Cheers,